stolen by fraud. that was testimony from former attorney general bill barr, played during the second hearing into the attack on the capitol, saying donald trump was detached from reality, as he tried to overturn the 2020 election. we will have the key take-aways from day two of testimony. plus, after yesterday s intense sell-off, stock futures are in the green so far this morning. as investors brace for a larger than expected interest rate hike. we ll have the latest read on the economy. and the race to turn that bipartisan compromise on gun safety into law and the process of writing the bill hits a snag. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, june 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin today with the second hearing into the january 6th attack on the capitol. the house select committee made the case yesterday that donald trump had an inner circle of advisers telling him the truth, that the election was not stolen, but t
3 central values that form the foundation of this country. Have these values developed in post more. Or is it to live by and defend the principles of unity justice and freedom in our everyday lives. Our german 3 part series starts october 21st t. W. This is deja news asia coming up newfound friends the Solomon Islands and china have recently established diplomatic ties china says this is to both countries benefit look at exactly how. But this comes at the cost of taiwan what options does president citing one have when taiwan keeps losing diplomatic allies to china. Im very strategy welcome to dublin years asia its good to have you with us an Island Paradise in the Pacific Ocean but now at the center of a strategic game of diplomatic chess this isnt a common description for the Solomon Islands but since it established diplomatic ties with china last month the u. S. And taiwan have sat up and taken notice. At the center of it all is the small island of an island with only about 1200. 00
there are more than 10,000 of these charging stations across taiwan, with more than a million of these batteries in them. that should mean goodbye to range anxiety. well, if my vehicle has a 100 kilometre range, i can only go 50 and then 50 back. which means that now you have a tether on your neck, everywhere you go, that s not a solution. we are solving for range anxiety also at the same time because you can just hop, hop, hop from point to point. this could be the answer to zero emissions personal transport for many of asia s huge megacities. and for this taiwan start up, the next stop is india. rupert wingfield hayes. to the us, now where it s a big week for retail results, with the numbers due from some of america s biggest shops, giving us an opportunity to take the pulse of the us consumer. 0ur north america business correspondent michelle fleury is in new york for us.
the relative calm in the global natural gas markets has been broken by the threat of strikes in australia. it is largely because europe has become more reliant on liquefied natural gas because of the sanctions placed on russia. at the moment, european storage facilities are close to 90% full, so that does mitigate some of the worst parts of the risk, but supply and demand is so finely balanced in europe that only a small amount of natural gas supplies coming off market has a massive ripple effect of bringing prices up. as you said, 40% on a single day last week. find prices up. as you said, 4096 on a single day last week. prices up. as you said, 4096 on a single day last week. and yet demand in the northern single day last week. and yet demand in the northern hemisphere single day last week. and yet demand in the northern hemisphere has- in the northern hemisphere has effectively dropped, hasn t it? the concern, isuppose, is effectively dropped, hasn t it? the concern, i suppose,
fact that they will be sorting out other spot supplies. yeah, so asia is the largest other spot supplies. yeah, so asia is the largest importer other spot supplies. yeah, so asia is the largest importer of - is the largest importer of australian liquefied natural gas, so the strikes in australia impact asia a bit more, but in today s environment, as the european union has been trying to wean itself off russian dependency, there is more need for natural gas. europe is in a lot more competition for every module unit of natural gas across the world, and that is why the prices have become a lot more volatile, we have more of an interconnected global gas market compared to two years ago. where would those compared to two years ago. where would those spot compared to two years ago. where would those spot supplies - compared to two years ago. where would those spot supplies come i compared to two years ago. where - would those spot supplies come from? say the strikes did take place, t