at the same time, it shows the labor market is not slowing, despite all the efforts by the federal reserve to cool down the economy, so they going to be raising rates again, for sure, maybe even higher. in a moment, i ll speak with a member of the white house economic counsel of advisers what it means for your wallet. also this morning, to secure the release the brittney griner, sentenced to nine years in a russian prison. last night, a striking moment pausing before tip-off and the crowd shouting for her to come home. now russia s foreign ministry says they re ready to discuss a prisoner swap. reverend al sharpton who is working with griner s family is going to be joining me. and new fallout from speaker pelosi s visit to taiwan after china held its biggest-ever military drills in the taiwan strait. this morning, china now halting military and climate talks with the u.s., and sanctioning speaker pelosi. the white house summoning the chinese ambassador to the white house to
Strikes Many Americans as contrary . Most fundamental democratic principles, yes, he said, no. In fact, he said, i think a lot of people like it all right. Eric, thank you. And thanks to all of you. Its time for ac30, 60 good evening. Thanks for joining our special palm time coverage and the trump hush money criminal trial. They nine saw something remarkable former president held in Contempt Of Court and threatened with jail time. And the lawyer who represented two of the women who alleged affairs with trump, testifying about the deals he made to buy their silence, the contempt ruling made history and made the man you see there, a convicted criminal, judge, juan merchan, finding he violated the gag order. He is under nine times quoting from his ruling, this Court Rejects defendants arguments and finds that the people have established the elements of Criminal Contempt beyond a reasonable doubt. Criminal contempt, no, sitting or former president has ever been found guilty of any crime be
Broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. We start in the us and the white house has confirmed that President Biden has spoken to israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the situation in gaza. In a statement, the white house said that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israels security. It referenced what it said was a successful defence house against irans unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. The two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. And they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings, starting this week. The statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his clear position although it didnt give details of what that is. In the last few hours its also been announced that us Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken will visit jordan a
Call with the israeli prime minister. A delegation from hamas is travelling to cairo for further peace talks as pressure to reach a cease fire grows. The negotiators, along with qatari and egyptian mediators, will look at the latest ceasefire proposals. And its also been announced that us secretary of state, Antony Blinken will visit jordan and israel after a stop at the World Economic forum summit in riyadh. As we just mentioned, the Israeli Defense force chief spokesperson, Daniel Hagari has said aid going into gaza has increased in recent weeks. Lets listen to what he said. Over the last few weeks, the amount of humanitarian aid going into gaza has significantly increased. In the coming days, the amount of aid going into gaza will continue to scale up even more. Food, water, medicalsupplies, shelter equipment, and other aid. More aid is going into gaza than ever before. ~. ,. ,. , before. We have ust heard that neaative before. We have ust heard that negative state before. We have j
Bombardment . Israel and egypt wont allow the bbc to report from inside gaza but bbc news has obtained exclusive access to footage filmed by an american doctor recently returned from the north of the territory, where the crisis is most acute. Fergal keane sent this report you may find parts of it distressing. This is the story of a doctor who travelled to hell. Desperate voices cry out. Sam attar went to help people trapped by war. He usually works in a Hi Tech Hospital in chicago. In gaza, his skills and mental strength will be tested to their limits. Immediately upon crossing the border, we were met with the familiar Stench Ofjust millions of people packed on top of each other, living together. In some pockets, the air you breathe, you feel like youre decaying, just breathing it, because there are just so many people. The crisis is constant. Lives in the balance. The wounded and the lost. Woman cries. The mother who will not leave the side of her dead boy. Amin, amin you have no ct s