joining us. i m ana cabrera in new york. fighting for every last vote. more than two weeks from now americans will hit the polls and minutes from now president biden will hit his wins in office but is it enough to keep democrats in power? the president is about to speak to the democratic national committee headquarters. the plan, rev up staffers and talk about the economic agenda. gas prices dropping. here is what he s contending with, inflation still crushing americans out pacing wage growth and mortgage rates have more than doubled. today s speech comes as the latest polling shows voters trust republicans more on the economy right now. cnn phil mattingly is at the white house. why does the president need to rev up democrats at the dnc? reporter: ana, this is as hu much a tradition that should tell you we re close to election day as anything else. when the principle whether the president or the senator, wherever the candidate visiting staffers to rally them to get them goi
in the uk or around the world. at least 50 more people have died in pakistan as torrential downpours and flash floods continue to wreak havoc in several parts of the country. the kabul river has broken its banks, sweeping away houses and forcing people to flee. nearly a thousand people have been killed sincejune and the government is deploying the army to help. our correspondent pumza fihlani sent this report. moving to higher ground. families wade through the water with the only belongings they could salvage. in southern pakistan, many streets have been turned into rivers. families have set up tents on the few roads that are still visible. it s been more than ten days of heavy rains and yet the streets are still flooded. this is one of the main roads linking this community to the outside world. now, something has also happened here. many of the people of this community say they ve lost their homes to the floods. what they could do was they moved to slightly higher ground and
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These guidance systems. The fact that iran is willing to do this in the middle of negotiation, and to demand the up front payment of the signing bonus, which evidently they are going to use for this purpose is something that really drove the attention here of a number of members of congress over the last two days as this information surfacing. And i would like, i would like your comments, ray on this. General, you might have some insights as well. Nick can talk about the conventional provisions in the u. N. Because they were negotiated in the security resolution. As i understand it, those violation those embargoes have to do with irans behavior and not the dispute going on at the time. Irrespective of what happens to the arms embargo, and i think it is unfortunate that is not want to be sustained, i ran has a fairly Indigenous Defense industry. Money it uses can certainly enhance procurements and so forth. There is always going to be a problem of iranian transference of technology in o
Sackur. Donald trump embraces disruption. What does that mean for Americas National security and Foreign Policy . At first glance it seems to herald a new era of confrontation from the korean peninsular to the mexican border. But are there limits to the president s break with convention . Well, may guest is veteran diplomat and adviser to a host of republican members, john negroponte. Does this presidency marked a permanent shift in americas global while . Role . John negroponte, in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Let me start with some words if i may that you wrote or at least you co site ina that you wrote or at least you co site in a very public letter during the president ial Campaign Last year. It was a grim warning about donald trump as future president. You said then, he in your view could be the most reckless president in american history. You had eight months to judge him. How do you feel about it now . Let mejust judge him. How do you feel about it now . Let m