supplying advanced precision guided rocket systems to ukraine. the bowden and ministration is sending its most significant weapons package since the russian invasion began. in february. the rockets and tactical vehicles are part of as $700000000.00 worth of usaid. russia is cut off natural gas supplies to denmark because it s refused to pay in roubles. president vladimir putin had signed a decree that foreign buyers needed to pay for gas in rubles from april, because of western sanctions. but denmark s biggest energy company refused saying it proves that the units to stop to pending or russian energy warn ukraine is fueling a global food crisis, forcing government to secure domestic stocks. india is announced that export. so sugar will be restricted until the end of october. the government had already banned. we take sports a few weeks earlier. there s the headlines. the stream is up next, but before that will leave you with emery s over sure in abruptly. the voice of palesti
Take you. Thank you so much for coming today. I would also like to thank National Press club staff, centerng our journalism for organizing event. You can find more information ut the National Close press club on our website. Thank you. We are adjourned. [applause] on this weekends newsmakers, iowa senator chuck wesley is our guest. He talks about some of the issues rating facing congress. He is the Top Republican on the Judiciary Committee and one of the conferees working on a Budget Proposal for 2014. Here is a reef look at the interview. Brief look at the interview. I do not believe will be easy for us to make an agreement between the republicans and the democrats. Because the democrats want to increase taxes they want to if theres going to be in agreement, it would have to be are agreement if we willing to give something up on sequestration, but only if there is a longterm agreement on medicare and Social Security. Can that happen . I am very pessimistic. But i know republicans are
Kospi in a slight decline. Australia is closed. [indiscernible] the city of karachi is tense where a nightlong gun battle with heavily armed militants were third team people died before the army was able to regain control. After a long. History of violence entrenching. Yeah. There was an attack on a military base there two years ago. This is considered the biggest attack since then. T is hitting the heart of happenstance and the pakistani government. The economic heartland of pakistan essentially. Well forsnt bode efforts to resolve a standoff with the taliban, if this proves to be the taliban. Do we have any claims of responsibility . That havent been any public claims of responsibility yet. There was some praise for the attack on a couple of telemanagement. It doesnt mean it is the taliban necessarily. I assume they have an idea who is behind this attack considering they have 10 bodies and quite a bit of weaponry that has been seized. We also have islamabad on high alert. And flights
in custody in the maximum security prison at fort leavenworth, kansas. we re learning things more about sergeant bales, his family and career. john yang is there with the very latest. good day, what it is the latest? reporter: hello, alex, bales is making his first day on u.s. soil since he was deployed in afghanistan in december, but he is not back in his own house in washington state. he is in fort leavenworth in solitary confinement. staff sergeant robert bales seen here training at a military facility in california is housed in a pre-trial detention facility. he s awaiting formal charges in connection with the shooting rampage that left 16 afghan civilians dead including women and children. he s the married father of two young children of his own who have all been moved on to a military base in washington state for their own protection. they re suffering a lot. they re confused a lot. more than anything, everybody is very concerned. they re scratching their heads more