Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Kahn won power in pakistan two years ago with a promise to root out corruption and take on the countries vested interest. So hows it going . Well, rising food prices and the covid pandemic have left many pakistanis feeling worse off. While the Anti Corruption drive has become a political battleground. My guest today ishaq dar was pakistans Finance Minister a former Prime Minister nawaz sharif now both of those men are trying to rally opposition to imran khan. But how much credibility do they have . Ishaq dar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Let us begin with your personal status, your legal status. You are a wanted man in pakistan. Are you here in london to escape the judicial process . Not really, i think you must be aware of the pakistan history. When our in pakistan over 73 years the rhetoric has been used over the last two dictatorships and the current one isnt different. Because this regime is known to be under the martial law.
Quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer well, mr. President , for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and Senate Republicans have refused to take action on the housepassed for the people act. At a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore Peoples Trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. It is under it is for the people. In order to make a more perfect union. It would shore up our elections from threats from abroad. Thats something we have just recently read more and more about. Why arent we doing more on that . In fact, when senator van hollen a few days ago put on the floor the an act u. C. Of an act that would say russia should have sanctions imposed on it if they interfere with our elections, the other side blocked it. I hope theyre not following Donald Trumps obeisance to russia and his view that putins just okay. It would also dismantle systemat
In our understa served communit and those that have had a dramatic reduction in their revenue. Tim walz is about to address the states response to George Floyds death, an africanamerican man who died in police custody. Youre watching live coverage on cspan 3. I just want to give a heartfelt thank you to a lot of people for the peace and the generosity, the kindness and the love thats been shown on our streets of minneapolisst. Paul and across minnesota over the last several days. Last evening was another example of that. We saw peaceful protests across the city. We saw memorials continue to grow for george floyd. Down on 38th and chicago. We saw beautiful interactions on the State Capitol where out of respect the National Guard troops there told the protesters out of respect they would go back away to the building and take care of those vehicles that were out front which, of course, they did. Not protesters at that point. Certainly neighbors and friends and agents of change. We saw tho
Indicted, highly classified documents in bathroom and the ballroom down at maralago. And federal judge aileen cannon, the Trump Appointed lawyer who came to this case with only three years on the bench and with very little experience in running criminal trials. Cannon whose rulings in the case so far have repeatedly drawn scrutiny and reversals and rebukes by higher courts. And now judge cannon is under fire once again for what the Washington Post diplomatically calls, quote, an unusual order regarding jury instruction. Quote, even though cannon has not yet ruled when the trial will be held or a host of other issues, shes skipping ahead to the very end, to Jury Instructions, asking prosecutors and Defense Attorneys to consider two different hypothetical situations. Writing in part, quote, in the first scenario the jury would be allowed today review a former president s possession of a record and make a factual finding, whether it is personal or president ial, using the Definition Set f
At the white house. And this is cnn you. Are in the cnn newsroom. Hi, everyone. Im jessica dean in new york. The us made its first humanitarian aid drops over gaza today, and a joint operation with jordan, us aircraft delivered some 38,000 meals. Us official saying they chose the drop zone based on me believing a large number of people to be sheltering mirror that location at the same time, a senior us official now saying, israel has quote, basically accepted the terms of a Ceasefire Deal to release more hostages how the. Decision falls to hamas to accept the deal for Scylla Alvarez is joining us now, live from washington, priscilla, the white house seems to believe this was a big success. This airdrops of aid today, thats been the resounding message from Senior Administration officials, though, while theyre touting it as a success, they are also cautioning that much more is needed as this dire humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in gaza. Now, as you mentioned, there, there were 38