fabric of a whole belt of america. can we believe anything we re told about the war in ukraine? in this fog of war where you basically can t trust anyone or anything that you see, it s so important to bring people the truth, whatever that truth is. and are the weird creatures who we re only now discovering in the depths of the oceans threatened with destruction by deep sea mining? the scientists would say, - until we actually know what s there and we study the ecosystem better then we just cannot - understand the risks. it took russia s invasion of ukraine for germany and other european countries to realise it might not be an altogether good idea to be quite so dependent on russian oil and gas. but as the ukraine war drags on, western countries, especially the us, are starting to think that it might be better to lessen their dependence on china as well, which has made everything for us, from beach balls to nuclear power stations. almost unnoticed by the outside world, preside
the economic fabric of a whole belt of america. can we believe anything we re told about the war in ukraine? in this fog of war, where you basically can t trust anyone or anything that you see, it s so important to bring people the truth, whatever that truth is. and are the weird creatures who we re only now discovering in the depths of the oceans threatened with destruction by deep sea mining? the scientists would say until we actually know what s there and we study the ecosystem better, then we just cannot understand the risks. it took russia s invasion of ukraine for germany and other european countries to realise it might not be an altogether good idea to be quite so dependent on russian oil and gas. but as the ukraine war drags on, western countries, especially the us, are starting to think that it might be better to lessen their dependence on china as well, which has made everything for us, from beach balls to nuclear power stations. almost unnoticed by the outside worl
but as the ukraine war drags on, western countries, especially the us, are starting to think that it might be better to lessen their dependence on china as well, which has made everything for us, from beach balls to nuclear power stations. almost unnoticed by the outside world, president biden has been pushing ahead with wide ranging plans to replace chinese goods with american made ones. the bbc s economics editor, faisal islam, has been investigating the extent of this new america first policy. i was astounded by the scale and the speed of the transformation in terms of the deployment of public, government, taxpayer subsidy into strategic industries, particularly green industries. there s so much money going in that it s transforming the economic fabric of a whole belt of america. we used to talk about the rust belt. they are now talking about a battery belt. it sounds rather sort of roosevelt years, doesn t it? yes, and there s some conscious echoes of that. indeed, where
the president speaking tonight. rifles admit ing admitting is what does the agreement mean for americans who receive food assistance for veterans, taxpayers? your questions answered tonight the rush to get home after a relatively successful start to the holiday weekend at airports and on the roads friday, now millions are packing up for the long trip home from the beach and beyond what you need to know before you head out. shootout at a memorial day motorcycle rally a fight between rival motorcycle gangs, leaving at least three dead and more injured. in ukraine, the heaviest night of drone attacks yesterday. grand theft auto in one major city. a car is stolen every 48 minutes now cancer researchers, yes, cancer researchers are using their expertise in mining data to help police recover stolen cars all aboard after americans abandoned ships during the covid era, millions are returning to cruises now some luxury lines are running above 100% capacity again plus, paying
examined the evidence, we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. vice president kamala harris says russia must be held accountable to actions against ukraine. meanwhile secretary of state antony blinken meets with his chinese counterpart to address the suggested surveillance balloon shot down earlier this month and it comes with king jong-un issuing a direct threat to the u.s. and south korea. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 20th. i m jonathan lemire alongside nbc s ali vitali. we have breaking news this morning. president joe biden is in ukraine. he made the trip ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. he had been scheduled to depart tonight from washington to poland. he would give a speech marking the anniversary of the war and the u.s. s commitment to ukraine s cause, but he made this trip days in advance. we re seeing now brand-new images of president biden