Focusing on National Security and Foreign Policy. Making sure we selected a cabinet that looks like america. That reflects the best of our nation. And that is what we have done. The list of sixes headlined by secretary of state nominee antony blinken, a longtime aide, alejandro mayorkas, for Homeland Security, linda thomas greenfield for ambassador to the un, avril haines for director of National Intelligence and former secretary of state john kerry as special president ial envoy for climate and Jake Sullivan as National Security advisor. Fresh perspective and an unrelenting belief in the promise of america. There are a number of first in the group including the first woman to serve as dni. Mr. President elect, you know ive never shied away from speaking truth to power and that will be my charge as the director of National Intelligence. Mayorkas would be the first latino in his decision if confirmed. I will work day and night in the service of our nation to lead the men and women of th
A view to bringing the perpetrators to justice after. The shooter sugo wins japans governing Party Election putting him on the path to become the new Prime Minister. Also ahead the future of tick tock remains uncertain but there are reports of a deal that could satisfy the u. S. Government. And im really hard in with all of your sports news austrias world number 3 dominic team becomes the 1st new male grand slam singles champion in 6 years. The breaking story this israeli settler has been handed 3 life sentences for the murder of 3 members of one palestinian family. Battle. Through a fire bomb into the home of the the wops a family in 2015 killing the couple and their infant son their eldest son who was 4 years. The time is the only survivor bennett received an addition 20 years for the injury of the surviving child we have 2 correspondents on this story near the abrahams in duma in the occupied west bank the home where the attack happened back in 2015 but 1st to harry forsett whos out
Max airplane back into Flight Operations is still on schedule Dennis Mullen burke said the target date is by the end of this year but the aviation giant has been very troubled because of the 2 fatal crashes of the 737 max 1st the lion air crash nearly a year ago and marchs crash of an Ethiopian Airways jet liner this is a situation that has had a devastating impact on boeings bottom line it lost 21 percent in revenue from a year ago and it also saw a nearly 50 percent drop in its share price this is also coming as the federal Aviation Administration which certifies whether airliners can fly itself is coming under pressure the Inspector General for the department of transportation here in the United States says that the f. A. A. Needs to upgrade the way that it approves planes to be put into service this is all coming as Dennis Mullen bird the boeing c. E. O. Is getting ready to testify before congress about the 2 crashes involving the 737 max he told investors and analysts on a call on
That libra would not be limited to those for membership regulators were satisfied it would not be a source of instability but his message that his only concern is a level financial field was met with skepticism here for every term 00 washington. Lets take a closer look at libor that its a Digital Currency being developed by facebook which would allow users to buy products and transfer money and nearly no fees unlike bitcoin libras value will be tied to National Currencies and subject to supply and demand Facebook Says it would not fully control the currency but have just one vote in the libor association originally the libor association had 28 founding members but now as youve been reporting 7 Major Players have left the project including pay pal visa master card strike and joining me now is glen goodman author of the crypto trade up so it was quite the grilling that Mark Zuckerberg had today in front of congressional lawmakers did he really have any hope of winning them over on this i
Ladies and gentlemen 7700000000. 00 of that comes from trade with egypt which is about 40 percent of the total. Compared to china which has invested 200000000000. 00 in africa russias role is small but its working hard to change this and is now getting militarily economically and politically involved in dozens of african countries representatives from all over africa have probably thought you to revive an old friendship after becoming a major power broker in the middle east president clinton has now settled eyes on africa and is offering a different kind of relation than western countries have had for the continent. At the Russia Africa Forum buton spoke about a mutually beneficial relationship in contrast to former colonial rulers but in africa some are wondering who will benefit most Russian Military experts have been training government through. In countries like Central African republic and sudan in exchange for access to minerals analysts have pointed out that russia wants to coun