To our Financial Futures . The bank of england tells us what they think later this morning ill have the details. Unfinished business for Manchester United, as they march on in europe. They finally finish the Europa League tie, which started before lock down, and now play copenhagen in the quarter finals next week good morning from Windsor Castle where it will be open for visitors on thursday and friday throughout august but you will have to people. Drizzly this morning. We will see some sunshine today, the best of which in northern scotland. The details later in the programme. Its thursday, august 8. Our top story port officials in beirut have been placed under house arrest while an Investigation Continues into the massive explosion which killed at least 135 people. 5,000 people were injured and many more were left homeless by the blast, which its thought was caused by Ammonium Nitrate stored in a warehouse. Sean dilley has this report. A city in ruin, as authorities start to plan a co
Or dental procedures. Both made eliquis right for me. Ask your doctor if switching to eliquis is right for you. Welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. Tonight President Trump confronts russia and china, two nations he hopes to win over, but now faces head on in a global game of chicken. Plus, epa chief scott pruitt holds on, but for how long amid a slew of headlines about his spending . And later, surprise you shared all your information on facebook, and now everyone can see it. Mark zuckerberg is preparing to face congress. Well talk to senator Amee Klobuchar who is set to question the tech billionaire. But first tonight u. S. Officials say north korea is willing to discuss denuclearization. Russia is calling a Chemical Attack on syrian soil fake news. And china is locked in the opening rounds of what may become a fullblown trade war. And for real this time, the president is acting out a riff he used throughout his campaign, determining who is a friend and who is a foe. Is that friend
Our coverage covers the country. Today 10,000 people gathered in brooklyn for a memorial for george floyd, led by his brother terrence, before then marching across the Brooklyn Bridge into manhattan. In washington, d. C. , protesters nield at the Martin Luther king jr. Memorial while a loudspeaker called the names of those who have died in police custody. Massive crowds march through the streets of houston, texas today. George floyds hometown. Protesters in pittsburgh gathered outside of the county jail there. And in los angeles, thousands of protesters were in the streets as the curfew was finally lifted today. Today in minneapolis, during the Family Memorial Service for george floyd, people outside of that service, out on the streets joined family inside. Reverend al sharpton asked them to stand for 88 the amount of time police were kneeling on his neck. Starting off in los angeles is g gadi schwartz. Were going to gadi right now. Gadi, where are you . And whats the situation . Take
I am thomas robbeerts. Republicans are warning the white house to back off after the plan b was leaked. This draft bill which was obtained by usa today over the weekend allows for an eight year path to residency for the undocument already inside u. S. Borders and within hours of that plans release florida senator marco rubio fired back saying if proposed the bill will be dead on arrival in Congress Leaving Us with unsecured borders and a broken legal situation for years to come. The chief of staff defended the white house choice to be ready to go it alone. Were doing exactly what the president said we would do last month in las vegas which is were preparing. Were going to be ready. Lets make sure it doesnt have to be proposed. Lets make sure the group up there, the gang of eight, makes the Good Progress on these efforts as much as they say they want to. Republicans on the hill are upping the ante and accusing the administration of political games man ship that will backfire. Leaks dont
Now, thats no way to get it done. With both parties agreeing now is the moment to make this reform happen, will congress be open to obamas backup if the efforts fall short . It is a threat from the white house by saying, hey, if you dont do it, the politics get really bad for you very quickly, so hurry up and get something done. Say good morning to our president s day political power panel, contributor Jonathan Caphart and an opinion writer for the Washington Post and angela reid, principle of Impact Strategies and msnbc contributor susan dellpurseo. You come in on president a days. Lets dive in and get to work talking about this leaked proposal that came out. Angela, i want to start with you. We have the timeline here and if we look at it, the president was scheduled to go to las vegas on january 29th and give his first policy speech of the Second Administration but we see that on the 28th the Bipartisan Group of senators, they came out with their plan trying to trump the president to