E. U. Foreign ministers in berlin the pressure is on as the decision to impose sanctions on by the roots is approved over suspected Election Fraud. And the trail of destruction left behind by hurricane nora the task of cleaning up begins. To begin with the resignation of japans Prime Minister shinzo the 65 year old has long been suffering from all sorts of colossus about disease is the countrys longest serving data where gupta has more on his time as Prime Minister. A chronic illness that cut short his 1st term in office 13 years ago has come back to force should be japans longest serving Prime Minister to step down. In q oh i thought i would like to. Sincerely apologize to the people of japan for leaving my post with one year left in my term of office and amid the coronavirus was various policies are still in the process of being implemented. Oh d 7 the for most of the century should so our pay has told me to japans politics he comes from an influential political dynasty his grandfath
He had Health Issues in the past that he has managed well during his tenure as Prime Minister. He resigned abruptly the last time he was Prime Minister in 2007 because of his health condition. David he is the longestserving Prime Minister, but he was quite influential. One of the things bloomberg is concerned about is abenomics. He came in with three arrows. Was that a success . Sheila i think it is a mixed bag. I will leave it to the economist to delve into the details. There two details are two pieces of what he did manage to accomplish. One is structural reforms. He and his government were impressive in agricultural reform, one of the structural impediments to participate in the ttp, the regional trade pact. He tried to increase womens participation in the economy. Some people would have liked to see more women, but he managed to make some strides there. Progress in slight the labor market reforms he tackled, but he did not accomplish what the japanese wanted, which is to see their
Needed to hear not he showed the stark contrast between he and vice he and the current president i think also he spoke to all of the issues that americans are grappling with right now he spoke to his plan to get us out of this Global Pandemic that has just taking our country just to the right he talked about how hes going to invest in our country to get us back on our economically he also talked about our standing in the rest of the world and in talk about his ability to to you know make america better standing with our citizens and our fellow countries in the world and i think he hit on a policy point but he also talked about the issues that americans are grappling with issues of racism a shock to racism he was very bold on that and he also i believe was very bold in touching in reminding us who he is any showed us the strength i think you know weve seen all the comments about him and sleepy joe and these things that you know these things that President Trump has put out there at the
Controversies admitting the School Shootings and 9 11 Terror Attacks are, in fact, real. Also breaking, a lawyer for former President Trump saying he will not testify under oath at his Impeachment Trial on the senate floor next week after a dramatic move by House Democratic Impeachment Managers calling on him to take part in the proceeding. Meanwhile, we just heard President Biden make his first Foreign Policy address since taking office and declaring, im quoting him now, america is back, diplomacy is back as he announced some major Policy Shifts in a rebuke of his predecessor. Lets start our coverage this hour up on capitol hill. Our chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju is joining us right now. Were standing by for an extraordinary vote to begin. Tell our viewers whats going on. House democrats are pushing forward a truly unprecedented measure to strip Marjorie Taylor greene from two of her Committee Assignments punishing her for views that she expressed before she was a member
Tries to activate whats called a snapback mechanism hoping to reimpose all u. N. Sanctions against iran. Also ahead argentinas steps up efforts to find a Coronavirus Vaccine as the economy struggles on a long lockdown. Will be kicked off this news with a developing breaking story for you federal prosecutors in the United States in the last hour or so have arrested and charged a former senior white house strategist steve bannon he was one of President Trumps most influential advisors during the 2016 Election Campaign the Justice Department is accusing him of conspiracy to commit wire fraud it has to do with a Fundraising Campaign to support the building of Donald Trumps wall along the border between the u. S. And mexico live now to the heart of the story the white house and our correspondent there kimberly how kick him hi there so mr bannon what does this mean. Well what this means is that he could face along with his associates up to 20 years in prison these are not light indictments t