Ongoing challenge. For discussion from george Amanda Bennett is ceo of gt the u. S. Agency for global media. She talks about the importance of a free and independent press and highlights the rise of global disinformation as an ongoing challenge. This discussion is from George Washington university. [background noises] [background noises] good afternoon everyone. Good afternoon, everyone. Im joel fishman, president of the Public Diplomacy council of america. It is my privilege, on behalf of the George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy and global communication, the university of Southern California Annenberg Center on communication, leadership and policy. I did that without reason. And the pdc a to welcome you to the first monday of september 2023. Nevermind that this is the second monday. It always is in september. Today is september 11th, 9 11. Many of us in this room will always remember with clarity where we were and what we were doing on that day 22 years ago and
Was, i think, shortly after it was publishing a piece about ben carson. I overheard a Conversation Congratulating him on the great reporting. It was about medical malpractice. There is the direct link between what hope hicks heard, not what she thinks she heard, but what she heard and pecker and trump. Thank you so very much. That wraps up the hour for me. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york. The trump trial is underway. Right now, the former president s close aide, trusted advisor and former White House Communications director, hope hicks is on the stand. She no longer has an official role in trump world. Has testified to the january 6th house select committee. But hicks was by trumps side throughout his 2016 campaign and for a time when he was serving as president. She potentially has a firsthand account of the alleged crimes her former boss is now charged with. We begin with P
the budget director, mark, so maybe you can tell us what the impact of these decisions would be. the budget director said that these decisions would be. the budget director said that the these decisions would be. the budget director said that the united - these decisions would be. the budget director said that the united states i director said that the united states is almost out of money, and that s certainly true. it is true that the money is committed. it s not all spent. that means there won t be any new money, new purchases, but there will be a flow of previous purchases and previous commitments going to ukraine. that will decline over time. what that means is that over time, as this flow decreases, ukrainian military capabilities will decrease also. militaries and back need to constant flow of munitions and supplies to replace what s lost and supplies to replace what s lost and used up, and without those, they become less effective, and we will see that happening wi
good afternoon. israel says its troops in gaza are engaged in face to face combat with fighters from hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. israel says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, here in the north of the territory. meanwhile, 92 british nationals are on a list which means they could escape the fighting and leave gaza today through the rafah crossing into egypt. jon donnison reports from jerusalem. israel says it s at the height of its battle with hamas. its ground offensive in northern gaza is pushing forward, with the military claiming gaza city is now completely encircled. translation: we discovered encircled. translation: - discovered today a recording call with a health official in gaza who spoke with our forces and described how hamas controls fuel supplies and a hospital. while supplies are running out, they are stealing from sick patients for terror aims. we will continue to expose to the world the act of hamas and h
and in half an hour, two people are arrested at a demonstration in kings cross station this evening, as police prepare on newsnight at 10:30pm, as hezbollah s hassan nasrallah stops short of declaring all out war on israel over gaza, a pentagon spokesman tells us a broader regional conflict has been deterred. good evening from jerusalem. israel has this evening said it struck an ambulance in gaza city, which it said was being used by hamas. the health authority, which is hamas run, says it was part of a convoy carrying wounded people from the besieged north to the south of the territory. israel began bombing gaza after hamas, designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk government, killed more than 1,400 people in israel and kidnapped over 200 others. the health ministry in gaza says more than 9,000 people have been killed in the strip since then. today, the leader of the lebanese islamist group hezbolah, which is also classed as a terrorist group by the uk government, ma