jon: donald trump drew a massive crowd in south carolina where he criticized president biden and his son hunters legal troubles his rivals trying media this weekend to react. senior correspondent steve harrigan live with details for us. steve. reporter: john pickens south carolina population just 3,000 more than 50,000 people came on saturday for independence day to hear that former president trump speak. many arrived before dawn and then midday sun and heat, they heard the former president speak for 90 minutes at times trump taking credit for recent supreme court decisions. somebody that hasn t done nearly as well who perhaps has not workeds nearly as hard will not be taking your place on a school, college or at a university they re not going to be we re going by merit back to old merit stham built our country. trump s competitors in the meantime attacking him on multiple front seat nikki haley former south carolina governor said she expected trump s high poll numbers
world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program from the czars and arenas to soviet-era com czars to president putin. we delve into the nature of power in russia looking at the past to help us understand the present. i ll talk to the new yorkers david remnick can professor nina krus efa. also the prime minister of barbados on getting the west to pay for damage for the climate change s rising seas and weather. two degrees is a death sentence. and the president of kenya on why many nations in the global south are not taking a side on the war in ukraine. but first, here s my take. in his important book the third wave samuel huntington pointed out the division among the ruling elite is a key sign of weakness in authoritarian regimes. when prominent members of the establishment break with the system it often triggers a larger set of changes. conversely, when you do not see such defections it means the autocrat will probably be able to survive. syrian dictator bashar al ass
might not end there. 25 republican governors telling president joe biden don t mess with texas. as texas congressman chip roy was telling us yesterday, enough talk. just send more troops and now. so far we see south dakota governor kristi noem on the ground promising to send more razor wire. there s border talks on capitol hill that are coming down to the wire but pressure from donald trump could blow them up. we re on that and so much more. we ve also got with us tonight, republican congressman pat fallon, chris coons and a look at the markets putting a winning week together and a record week at that. but first, to matt finn in eagle pass where this texas-size fight is now in full swing. a short while ago, we spoke with governor kristi noem here on the ground. she said she will continue to offer texas its support, including national guard troops from her state. a short while ago, i spoke with the acting governor, lieutenant gorden patrick here in texas. right now today is
pressure as well. the main problem is that the company has nearly £14 billion of debt, so it has a substantial interest bill to pay every year. that interest bill is currently going up because interest rates are going up. some interest rate payments are related to inflation, which is very high. at the same time, it s having to spend over £1 billion a year in infrastructure, water mains, stopping leakage and there s a regulatory review coming up in a few years which may mean it will have to invest even more. thames water needs to raise money from somewhere but if it can t get it, the government is looking at options. we need to make sure thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work the government is doing on resolving sewage. up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down but there is a lot of infrastructure work that needs to take place and we need that entity to survive. in a statement, thames water says it s working constructively