The International Energy agency has revealed that lng now makes up 35 of europes energy supplies, not far off the 40 contribution that russia made before it was sanctioned over ukraine. Joining me now is ben mcwilliams, whos an Affiliate Fellow at bruegel. Thank you very much for being with us today. What are your concerns about where gas prices could go if these workers do indeed strike . This is certainly a concern, but to be clear up front, nothing comparable to last year. The position we are in is that, as you mentioned, as russian Pipeline Supplies have been cut over the last 12 months, the eu and uk have become more dependent on liquefied national gas. Natural gas. Australia typically supplies asia. If it were cut to asian consumers, we would see asian consumers turning around and looking to qatar and competing with european buyers there, which would in turn have some Knock On Effect on prices. As it had last week, 40 increase from around 30 to 36 euros just nothing like close to
Or, alternatively, trump can take his phone with him but his Defense Counsel has to babysit him to make sure he does not copy anything onto his phone. And if the defendant takes notes, regarding sensitive materials, the Defense Council must inspect those notes. It is sort of like the sats, only its all part of a federal criminal indictment. As the prosecution argued for that provision, they noted dryly and pointedly, trump has shown a tendency, a desire to hold on to material which he should not have. Yes, that is correct, trump was caught having taken more than 300 classified documents with him to his Florida Beach house when he left the white house. The reason this all had to be ironed out today is because Special Counsel smiths team is going to start handing trumps Team Evidence to review before they all go to trial. Those rules are part of a much larger protective order that judge chutkan ordered today, outlying what evidence trump cannot share from this case outside court. And we
Thank you for your coverage, my friend. You bet. Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Former President Donald Trump, former President Donald Trump got some marching orders today. The judge overseeing Special Counsel jack smiths case into trumps attempt to overturn the 2020 election, judge Tanya Chutkan, today she laid out some new rules for the former president , as far as the next phase of this criminal indictment. When mr. Trump want to go over sensitive evidence, like Witness Emails or Audio Recordings in his testimony, he is not allowed to bring anything into the room with him that could be used to copy that sensitive material. Like a smartphone, if trump is reviewing this material on his own. Or, alternatively, trump can take his phone with him but his Defense Counsel has to babysit him to make sure he does not copy anything onto his phone. And if the defendant takes notes, regarding sensitive materials, the Defense Council must inspect those notes. It is sort of like t
The history of lahaina which i honestly didnt know until reading about it in the wake of his destruction is fascinating and its lost just absolutely devastating. Yes it will have more on that later tonight. Thank you as always for the coverage. Thanks to you at home for joining us tonight. We have new developments in the multiple criminal trials in the former president donald trump. Todays coconspirators in the maralago case, of the walt nauta and all of carlos tlr, they appeared in a florida courtroom to brought and to the new charges brought about them by jack smith. Trumps lawyer was also there representing his interest in this case. The nude event fan in here, a property manager Carlos De Oliveira did not enter a plea, he needs to still lock in some legal representation, with both trump and his valid walt nauta pleaded not guilty to their scheme to delete Security Footage that of maralago. A wall that classified documents case continues to move forward, so too does jack smith other
Spotted even if she was inside her own courthouse grabbing coffee in the cafeteria. Thats where we are today, and look, we have to extend the threat concern to of Course Witnesses who are already being targeted by trump and his cohorts, the prosecutors, of course, and the jury, of course, the many jurors, all of this in a high threat environment. Complained about her . More like railed against her. And a reminder, she was confirmed to the bench unanimously. Meanwhile, the Special Counsels office has proposed january 2nd, 2024, as a trial date in the case, though some experts think that might be a little optimistic. This is the Special Counsel right Out Of The Box saying we are ready on january 2nd, so now when the defense comes back with, well be ready on january 2nd 2025, the judge is going to balance the scale. And then come up with a more reasonable time period. Trumps team has one week to respond, then judge chutkan will set an official trial date before the end of this month. Down