he is revered as one of the great statesmen of the 20th century who did so much to bring down the iron curtain, to unify not just germany but of course a lot of europe and of course also bring a lot of country s freedom as well, kim. yeah. fred, let s explore that then. no vladimir putin at the funeral. and it won t be a state funeral. so does this reflect that ambivalence that you re talking about the way the regime views gorbachev? and do many russians share those the way the views of the regime? reporter: well, first of all, many russians do, yes. i also think there s a sort of ambivalence there as well. we know that the relationship between mikhail gorbachev and vladimir putin was at times testy, that certainly they did not see eye to eye on many issues, like for instance personal freedoms, political freedoms as well. vladimir putin has said or the kremlin has said the reason why vladimir putin is not attending the ceremony here today is because he simply is too busy. his s
it was the nixon denial notification bill. it s now law. and worked closely with nick s law, it was critically helpful to have senator cornyn, a member of the judicial committee, tough on crime conservative republican making it clear what was possible and what might yet more than ten republican senate votes. he was the whip of the senate republican congress. the person who corrals votes for the leadership, and so he had a very well defined sense. he and senator tillis said what was possible and i think the approach that senator murphy and senator sinema took as they were initially negotiating with tillis and cornyn is, let s explore what s possible and get more than ten republican votes because frankly, to come up short in this moment to deliver literally nothing again was just too hard a prospect to contemplate. i want to read you something i got from a republican aide involved in this negotiation
from both sides of the floor. let s explore where the media fits into this story. we have stephen glover, a columnist at the daily mail, david yellen, former editor of the sun, who now runs the communications firm kitchen table partners. and ayesha hazarika, the broadcaster and journalist and a former adviser to some senior labour party politicians. stephen, i wonder if i could start with you. how do you assess the evolution of this story? well, i think it is a triumph for old fashioned journalism. i d also like to talk about beergate. that s the story involving keir starmerand his alleged antics in durham. on the one hand, we ve got the daily mirror, which basically as you say, broke the party gate story. and on the other hand we ve got the daily mail which pursued the beergate story for weeks without anybody really taking much notice. and it seems to me a good example of how the partisan press can work
so someone put ben and i together and the rest is history. so thank you. well, i ll pass the thanks on to amol. i can t take the thanks on behalf of myself. i got lots of questions about the return of challenge, anneka. we will get to that a little later in this edition of the media show. great to have you on it. but we are going to start with party gate because the sue gray report is out, borisjohnson tell the press conference, he held the press conference, he also made a statement in the house of commons earlier and responded to questions from mps from both sides of the floor. let s explore where the media fits into the story. was stephen glover, a columnist at the daily mail, david yellen, former editor of the sun, who now runs the communications firm kitchen table partners. and ayesha hazarika the broadcaster and journalist and a former adviser to some senior labour party politicians. stephen, i wonder if i could start with you. how do you assess the evolution of this story? well,
people can feel like they can have control over now, if you can get through to the bankers. we re trying and it s not cheap to refinance. that s right. you have to think about whether you want to do that. if rates go low enough, it s good to check it out. it s friday. yes. yeah. although the week started off well, the realization that a second recession may be drawing closer is hammering stocks this morning. actually futures. here in the united states, the dow dropped 420 points or nearly 4% yesterday, stripping away this week s gains and then some. adding to the uncertainty, bad news on manufacturing, inflation and jobs. jobs, which we know are scarce, this video says it all. thousands of americans waiting for hours in sweltering heat just hoping to land an interview at a job fair in atlanta and because the economy is truly global, the anxiety here is spreading. nina dos santos is live in london. nina, how are the markets overseas so far? i m afraid to say