Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us today on the 1st of july germany will be assuming the presidency of the council of the European Union now this means that until the end of this year germany will chair the meetings of the council and will be tabling e. U. Legislation this morning on a macro will set out to the German Parliament her vision for europe and where it should be heading were seeing some live images right now for from that session thats just getting underway at the bundestag at this hour. The president of the german bund a cycle of gong show you blow will be addressing parliament 1st medicals statement is expected to include details of a massive stimulus package to all economies recover from the impact of the coded pandemic and plans for the distribution of a 1 point one trillion euro budget you have used chief Political Editor Michelle Acuff theyre standing by for us at this hour at the Parliament Good day to you michelle can you tell us about the priorities berli
A mistake initially by uh, not taking into account that the she await those everyones bags and is not compatible with the soft black soil of ukraine. And so they easy to get bogged down. And on top of it, as you mentioned, the wrong department of allows those those things to become sitting ducks essentially without having um, you know, any kind of a peer to peer a confrontation with washer and things. So its a disaster. Uh 61. Uh uh, 31 things were announced to be deployed. It is reported that between 5. 00 and 8. 00 of them were already taken out. I think the decision for now has been put on hold to deploy them. Its obviously a blow to the american arms industry because it shows that the equipment is not performing in the war theaters and it makes it difficult to sell the system to a potential would be buyers. So it continues online right now. What oxy dot com you can also catch it for anything else were doing here at all t on god of modesty road across the telegram, as well as a well
The Donald J Trump, maybe the Republic Unit presumptive nominee. But for me, are you an investor, nikki haley continues to be a thorn and trump side. Shes still play double digits and state primaries even after dropping out of the race one day after super tuesday. Now this causes speculation, there might actually be trouble when it comes to the vote at the Republican National convention in milwaukee wisconsin. Later this summer. Now all this fall. Com, following the ousting of Republican National Committee Chair women, ronald, rodney mcdaniel. And it seems she didnt go on around. There was already discontentment, with how republicans have fared in the 2020 to mid terms and a special election. I suppose it read weighs well, it didnt materialize with mcdaniels leadership as a point of blame. But even if she was partially removed for her past track record at the r and c, some think it was more of what she would or would not have done regarding support for the campaign and the administrati
But as of last kind of at least the age of being destroyed, thats according to moscow. Despite this, joe biden says, the m one, a one abrams is the best in the world. The United States will be sending 31. 00 a room tax to ukraine, the equivalent of one ukrainian battalion abrams tanks of the most capable tanks in the world. They are also extremely complex to operate and maintain. So were also given ukraine, the parts and equipment necessary to effectively sustain these tanks on the boss, look, when it comes to the abrams tank. Weve said were going to continue to talk to the cranes about their needs and were going to wear and continue to meet them as best we can. And well do that. The abrams is a, a powerful system. Theres no doubt about it. This is a very powerful step by the United States. You frame will receive abrams tanks. I personally think, mr. President biden. These tanks must be like a fist a freedom that knocks out tyranny so that it may never stand up again. We can do this we
Has become more depended on price here. American liquefied natural gas. Oh. And francis own ellen, g imports from russia are now up 75 percent in the 1st few months of this year compared to a year ago. So i guess my call figures that people are so stupid that if he just says something enough times like in the speech, theyll just simply accept it all as objective reality. Because a lot of gays terrorism is at the top of the agenda. The for me i left. Busy them in st. Petersburg as representative of countries around the world have gathered to address some Global Security issues. We want to talk with to see whether the human am i. So thats a rush, or he emphasized the impulse of Cyber Security in come buffing terrace. In particular, in this confidence uh, the agent uh was uh, focusing on uh, my status of, uh, the new Technology Aspects and uh, the, uh, what the things of challenges. And thats why there was some discussion about the site for security. But also the 2nd point of the agent th