Political discourse. Senator Lisa Murkowski this morning saying why she stands by her criticism. When there is a conflict, when the party is is taking an approach or saying things that i think are just absolutely wrong, i think its my responsibility as an alaskan senator speaking out for alaskans to just speak the truth. A new reaction to former Vice President mike pences harsh rebuke of his former boss, Calling Donald Trump wrong. Pences former Chief Of Staff saying why the vp chose now to speak out. And he extended those remarks a little bit this week to the federalist society, primarily because the president s comments about the Vice President had the ability to overturn the election i think merited response. Of course theres nothing in the 12th Amendment or the electoral count act that would afford the Vice President that authority. Joining us now, Josh Lederman in wilmington, delaware, sahil kapur on capitol hill and erin in ukraine. Josh, ill start with you. With a russian invasi
Political discourse. Senator Lisa Murkowski this morning saying why she stands by her criticism. When there is a conflict, when the party is is taking an approach or saying things that i think are just absolutely wrong, i think its my responsibility as an alaskan senator speaking out for alaskans to just speak the truth. A new reaction to former Vice President mike pences harsh rebuke of his former boss, Calling Donald Trump wrong. Pences former Chief Of Staff saying why the vp chose now to speak out. And he extended those remarks a little bit this week to the federalist society, primarily because the president s comments about the Vice President had the ability to overturn the election i think merited response. Of course theres nothing in the 12th Amendment or the electoral count act that would afford the Vice President that authority. Joining us now, Josh Lederman in wilmington, delaware, sahil kapur on capitol hill and erin in ukraine. Josh, ill start with you. With a russian invasi
With Vladimir Putins opponents in exile, in prison or dead, like outspoken Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny, putins victory is practically certain. If mr putin serves out the full six year term hes likely to win, hell become the longest serving russian leader since catherine the great. Over the next half hour we will look at the impact of the election for those in russia, ukraine and around the world. But first, we start our coverage with this report from our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg in moscow. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change a
Paul welcome to the journal editorial report. President biden and donald trump secure the delegates needed to clinch their partys nomination setting the stage for the first president ial rematch since 1956, most americans dont want that. Following the state of the Union Address President Biden has been barnstorming battleground states in pennsylvania, georgia, wisconsin, and michigan which were crucial to his victory but polls show the president narrowly trailing donald trump in those states which can he turn that around as the general Election Campaign kicks off . Lets go to doug showing. The initial polling after the State Of The Union suggests the president has not received a bump in his Approval Rating despite the fact so Many Democrats love that speech. Are you surprised . Not surprised. The speech was directed almost exclusively at democrats and to show that his cognitive issues as described by Special Counsel and others are not an issue. He wasnt really trying to change his Appr
To the deflationary spiral however now because theres a strong trend of Wage Increases, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki says its over. Joining me now is seijiro takeshita, whos a professor at the university of shizuoka. Thank you for being with us today. Talk to us first of all, this is a pretty unique set of circumstances that japan has pretty unique set of circumstances thatjapan has been pretty unique set of circumstances that japan has been through for the past generation. It is todays Declaration Calls for celebration . Yes, i would think so. Concerning the fact that for two decades, we havent seen any wage rise. Where the only country to do that. There are a lot of recurring profits, bits nine redeeming to their employees. This is, in that sense, a remarkable change. In most of the estimates, there were around 4 , but now its been reported to be around 5. 2, exceeding expectations. fist been reported to be around 5. 2, exceeding expectations. Been reported to be around 5. 2, ex