Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Kahn won power in pakistan two years ago with a promise to root out corruption and take on the countries vested interest. So hows it going . Well, rising food prices and the covid pandemic have left many pakistanis feeling worse off. While the Anti Corruption drive has become a political battleground. My guest today ishaq dar was pakistans Finance Minister a former Prime Minister nawaz sharif now both of those men are trying to rally opposition to imran khan. But how much credibility do they have . Ishaq dar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Let us begin with your personal status, your legal status. You are a wanted man in pakistan. Are you here in london to escape the judicial process . Not really, i think you must be aware of the pakistan history. When our in pakistan over 73 years the rhetoric has been used over the last two dictatorships and the current one isnt different. Because this regime is known to be under the martial law.
Hours in the Oval Office Last night. The gop plan proposing 1 3 of the 1. 9 trillion democrats are looking for. It was a very Good Exchange of views. I wouldnt say we came together on a package tonight. No one expected that in a twohour meeting, but what we did agree to do is to follow up and talk further. The devil of course is in the details. Theres plenty of kidisagreemen in the dollars in the plan. Its unclear how much republicans are willing to go up and biden willing to go down but a Top White House aide suggests not much. Everything here is to help people stop suffering from the pandemic. This will lift 4 million kids out of poverty this year. We are more than willing to keep engaging, but at the end of the day what the president and Vice President wont do is compromise their values or let the American People down. Democratic leaders in the house and senate have taken the first steps towards reconciliation, a Budget Maneuver that would allow the Biden Relief Act to pass with a s
Haiti, Trapped Americans begging to get out as we await an update from the State Department. So begins a thursday afternoon. Sandra a developing situation at this hour. Im sandra smith in new york. This is america reports. We are following it for you. Violent gangs are attempting to seize control of haiti led by A Brutal War Lord known as barbecue. John barbecue, a former Police Officer, got the nickname from his penchant to eliminate his opponents by burning them to death. Believed to be responsible for a massacre in 2018 that killed at least 71 people and burned some 400 homes. He is now calling for a bloody revolution. Sandra haitis top political leaders are rejecting the latest regional plan for a transitional government. Gillian turner has an update live at the State Department for us. Gillian we do know there are americans stuck inside haiti who want to escape as the country is teetering on the brink of collapse. Officials here at the State Department do not appear to know how Ma
disagreements it s a reminder of how much it would mean to reach out. that does it for me tonight, the rachel maddow show starts right now. i love that closing story. that was excellent, and you do not know this, but it is very much in keeping with the theme that i m going to be talking about this whole hour, so i know we didn t coordinate this, but this was we have a mind meld today. i will be looking forward to that. just a reminder of humanity even with disagreement which is sometimes hard to remember in this time. yeah, and it is the thing that most frustrates the people who want us to forget that for their own political purposes but it s the only way out, thanks, my friend. much appreciate it. well done. thanks at home for joining us. the capital of the great state of mississippi is jackson, of course. the airport in jackson, mississippi, is called jackson medgar wiley evers international airport. it is named for medgar evers, the civil rights leader. after he
good night and i am symone sanders townsend in for stephanie ruhle. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. the capital of the great state of mississippi is of course jackson. the airport in jackson, mississippi is called jackson medgar widely evers international airport. that airport in jackson is named after medgar evers, the civil rights leader. he was a decorated u.s. army veteran in world war ii. after he came home from the war, after the united states supreme court ruled on brown versus the board of education. in may 1954, segregation, racial segregation was of course supposed to end in american public schools. as you know, it did not. six months after brown v. board, the naacp named medgar evers its first ever field secretary in the state of mississippi. they named him field secretary in mississippi so he could lead their efforts in that state to organize against segregation, to organize for civil rights. and in 1