Thousands showed their support for position leaders that lana took on of sky with president ial elections just over a week off shes hoping to topple the decades long rule of alexander lukashenko. And the coronavirus mutes for stephenies as muslims around the world mark the start of the. Boss pandemic precautions are changing centuries old traditions for the faithful. As welcome to the program us president ronald trump has drawn across Party Criticism after suggesting a possible delay to this years president ial elections trump who currently trails Democrat Joe Biden in opinion polls has no authority to change the date which is set by law so trump later backtracked but continues to push claims that any increase in mail in voting due to the corona virus pandemic what was altered fraud. Even for President Trump it was a rapid u. Turn after floating the idea of delaying novembers election only hours later he was walking it back i dont want to delay i want to have the election but i also do
In the last few minutes, the Us Government has said israel may have breached humanitarian law in gaza using american weapons. The Biden Administration presents a report to congress critical of the way israels used american weapons. Meanwhile, the Israeli Military is creating defensive positions in gaza in defiance of us wishes. Well discuss what all that means with our expert panel. Also tonight, labour unveils their own plans to deal with illegal migration. The shadow Immigration Minister tells us what hed do with small Boat Arrivals. Those who are rejected, where will they go . There are countries like pakistan, bangladesh, which are low grant rate countries, they are safe countries. And do look up where you might see a spectacular Northern Lights show tonight. Good evening. In the last few moments, the Us State Department has said it has reasonable to assess beliefs that us supplied arms were used in ways inconsistent with israels obligations. It follows news earlier this week that
Security has been ramped up in the u. S. , especially in new york and boston. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton responding to the attack. Highlighting the need to work with allies and at a rally last night, trump said more has to be done to combat the terror threat. We have to stop it. We have to be so strong. We have to face so viciously and violently because we are dealing with violent people. Maria markets looking higher. Teams across the world extending yesterdays rally. Investors put more money into equities as fears ease of a boat to leave the European Union. Sharon again at the opening of trading for stocks and 94 points in the u. S. On the Dow Jones Industrial average. In europe a pretty good rally underway. Stocks higher at the board. Leaders saw the second day of meetings in brussels focusing on the process the u. K. Will take in terms of leaving the e. U. The ft 102. 5 . The dax in germany up almost 2 . In asia overnight, major markets also higher. The nikkei average take a l
I got from the former commandant. A few years ago i asked him, general, i dont have the military background. How successful can we be in training the afghans to be soldiers and policemen . And, of course, we realize there is a problem with education in that country, and i understand that. But let me read what he said very quickly. Get real in training an army and police force. Trainers are doing a wonderful job, but we dont have the time to make an army. And he closed by saying every day somebody dies. My question to you, we are faced with a debt of 18 trillion. Were going to be debating in about a month a debt ceiling increase so we can borrow more money from foreign governments primarily to pay the bills for last year. The american taxpayer has got to know at some point in time theres going to be an end to this investment. Money, blood, theres got to be an end to it. I heard something you were saying a while ago, and this is going to lead to the question. At some time, ive been heari
On the next washington journal, governor gary herbert will be here to discuss his meeting with the president and state priorities for this weeks nga annual meeting. Then congressman donald norcross, democrat of new jersey, talks about his priorities for the 114th congress and what can be accomplished under a republican majority. Later, our spotlight on magazines features James Fallows on the atlantic with his cover story of the armed forces. Well also take your calls on the sentencing of former Virginia Governor robert mcdonnell. Washington journal is live at 7 45 a. M. On cspan. Heres some of our featured programs for this weekend on cspan networks. On cspan2 the pitfalls of Group Decision making and what to do to avoid them. And sunday afternoon at 1 00 part of the influence of hiphop on politics and [cy and on cspan3, saturday lectures on history. Brian dirck uses lincoln to talk about slavery during the civil war. And a discussion on Birth Control with Margaret Sanger and the Birth