here in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, dc, web donald trump is under new pressure over his sacking of the former fbi director. where. james comey will give evidence on thursday about whether he was given any pressure to drop an enquiry into links between a senior white has official and russia. and written testimony has been released injames comey. in it, he says he believes that the president asked him to drop the investigation into general michael flynn. here are the key lines from his statement. 0ur washington correspondent says that the evidence is eagerly anticipated. they are saying that this could be a bigger box office, if you like, as far as capital hill is concerned, then the clinton impeachment hearings, all watergate. it will very closely watched. we have this opening statement released on the senate intelligence committee website. or watergate. on the senate intelligence committee website. orwatergate. it reveals, amongst other thin
we remain comfortable. the valuation between the disconnect between the u.s. and europe is actually growing. we are in more of a political crisis than americans feel. the brightest minds in business drive the conversation in sun valley. we should get over the notion of the politics of repeal, and onto the notion of fixing the aca. for the industry, there is a lot of energy around making net neutrality work. it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. nejra: hello and welcome. i am nejra cehic. this is bloomberg best. your weekly review of the most important business news, analysis, and interviews. let s start with a look at the top headlines. on monday, the spotlight fell on economic data from china. supplies gains holding up in june. signaling demand in the economy there could remain robust in the face of regulatory curbs. steady as she goes. it is a positive headline. when you look at that ppi, it suggests factory profits are heading in the right dir
look at that and get back to the committee on that because it is a concern where we don t have the resources to meet current obligations we cannot spare expand eligibility. you are absolutely right. i agree and we will follow up for the record. thanks for bringing this to light. given that the cost overruns are a problem to you feel the va could benefit from expanded use of public-private partnerships the major construction projects that allows nonfederal stakeholders and construction experts to work on projects? the short answer is yes. in fact, secretary mcdonald and i met two weeks ago with the leadership of the association of general contractors with large and smaller contractors that work with us on a regular basis. this was a very specific topic every talked-about and we agreed to come together to look specifically at those opportunities here also actively considering an opportunity is emphasis go for public-private partnership. will the cost overrun of the denv
i m stephen sackur. for 17 years, one man has dominated the politics of the russian capital, vladimir putin. externally, he s projected russian power from ukraine to syria and internally, opposition has been repressed, intimidated and silenced. but not altogether. my guest today is the most prominent leader of russia s anti putin opposition, alexey navalny. now he has committed to fighting putin in the 2018 presidential election but will his defiance cost him dear? alexey navalny, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me here. you have been involved in opposition politics of one form or another for almost ten years, maybe more, and itjust seems to me that right now your position is perhaps more dispiriting, more depressing than it s ever been before. would you agree? absolutely not. actually, ironically, i can call vladimir putin as my godfather in politics. because when he came to power and the way he talks and what he s saying, what he s doing, the laws he s p