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.
Cnns justice correspondent Jessica Schneider is following this. What more can you tell us, jess . Reporter brianna, since this happened on january 6th, the fbi has been releasing more and more information. Theyre now saying the bombs were placed near both of those headquarters, dnc and rnc, between 7 30 and 8 30 p. M. On january 5th, the night before the capitol attack. Authorities have been hunting for whoever placed these pipe bombs now for more than three weeks. Today is the third time theyve increased their award for tips leading to any arrest. It is now 100,000. This really speaks to how much difficulty the feds are having tracking this perpetrator you can see in this picture. This is the picture that has been released from the fbi. And now the fbi releasing a bit more detail about the picture itself. Theyre saying the suspect is wearing a light sweatshirt, their face and head mostly covered. As you can see there, that is Surveillance Video that was obtained by the washington post
Buts. Lawmakers are struggling to come to any sort of agreement. And President Biden wont rule out democrats acting alone to bring relief to millions of americans. This, as Johnson Johnson says its Covid Vaccine is 66 effect against moderate december but 85 effective against severe disease. Lets start with the latest on the Sprawling Investigation on the attack on the u. S. Capitol. Jessica sh insider is working the story for us. The manhunt for whoever planted those bombs is clearly intensifying. Reporter it is, wolf. The fbi does have new clues, but the suspect is still out there. Theres concern from Law Enforcement tonight that he or she might be plotting even more bombings out there. Now this comes as were getting a glimpse inside the Capitol Insurrection from a Police Officers perspective. But a warning here, this video is graphic and quite disturbing. A major mystery mounts tonight. Who planted the two pipe bombs blocks away from the capitol near the republican and Democratic Nat
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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