Investigation goes from here. Hi, david. Hi, gillian and sandra. Safe bet this investigation is now prolonged for at least the next several months now that david weiss is Special Counsel. All that talk about whether or not david weiss requested Special Counsel Status from Attorney General garland, talk about the plea deal in delaware, throw all of that out the window now that he is Special Counsel. And saying david weiss asked for the status, the trumpappointed u. S. Attorney investigating the president s son for several years will continue. Attorney general Merrick Garland decided to give him special County Status after Plea Deal Negotiations fell through. In a new Court Filing Shows during the july 26, 2023, hearing, the defendant pled not guilty. Since that time they have engaged in further negotiations but are at impasse. The government believes it will not resolve short of a trial. I am committed to making as much of his report public as possible, consistent with legal requirement
shrinking glacier streams in the himalayas are creating a water crisis. we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. and the smart, caption glasses, allowing deaf people to see real time conversations right in front of their eyes. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. nancy pelosi, america s third highest ranking politician, is right now in taiwan on a visit that s infuriated beijing. ms pelosi is due to visit taiwan s parliament and meet the taiwanese president on wednesday morning. tensions are high. china considers self ruled, democratic taiwan as its own territory, and it s been flying warplanes close to the island. four us warships have also been deployed to the region. our correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, reports from taiwan. the speculation has been swirling for days, but it wasn t until this moment with her plane on final approach that we were sure nancy pelosi would defy beijing and
sure that we have this special counsel without notifying the white house, without them knowing. sandra: politically speaking, what is the impact on the president and his re-election bid. a large chunk of democrats are hoping for somebody else. does this build their case? i don t think it does. i think it further scrutinizes the president and shows there s no wrongdoing, it shows that joe biden has been doing right by the american people and most importantly, he s actually delivering. the anniversary of the inflation reduction act, we can point to numerous pieces of legislation that have employed more people, help the cost of prescription drugs. sandra: policies are so popular he ll be re-elected? that s right. sandra: here is chuck grassley in his plaid shirt last hour reacting at the iowa state fair. we sent a letter, i was one of those who sent a letter saying we should have a special counsel. the short answer to the question is it s about time.
britain s security services that the vote could be hacked. it s all about the voting part of the selection. in essence, they fear that somebody could actually take a unique code from one of these members and use it again to vote second time on their behalf without them knowing. now our viewers will know there have been fears of hacking and other elections in the us presidential elections most recently, and actors from states in china, iran and russia have often had the finger pointed at them. in this case, we don t believe there s any direct person involved, this is more of a cautionary approach but i guess the key question is, will these changes affect the result of who will become britain s next prime minister now that the deadline for receiving these postal ballots has been moved to next thursday? things have been moving very quickly liz truss, in an embarrassing you take dust you turn on tuesday. rishi sunak s team