hopes eakin, he was chief economist of economic advisers under president george w. bush. peter, i have to turn to you first, how is the white house spinning this? we will be hearing from president biden at 11:30 today. so you will get the first formal reaction when he speaks then. but based on my conversations there, i think it s likely the president will use this as a window to try to reinforce the argument he feels the american jobs plan needs to be passed going forward, insisting neareds needs to be done. officials insist that all along they knew this recovery would happen with b.i.p. s and starts and would make the case that the american rescue plan, coronavirus relief plan with nearly $2 trillion was so crucial here. i suspect they will say things like a lot of work is now beginning to happen. just this week they were accepting applications for the restaurant revitalization fund. that s close to $29 billion. that money begins going out over the course of the next coup
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said indian agents may have been involved in the killing of a canadian sikh activist. he was shot dead in june near vancouver. just now, mr trudeau doubled down on that claim. india described the accusation as absurd . it also said canada can expect its number of diplomats in india to be reduced. india s foreign ministry spokesman was asked how the dispute was affecting india s reputation. one, any country that needs to look at this, i think it is canada and its growing reputation as a place, as a safe haven for terrorists, for extremists and for organised crime. and i think that s a country that needs to worry about its international reputation. at the heart of this issue are calls for an independent homeland for sikhs in india s northern state of punjab. it s known as the khalistan movement. sikhs form a majority of punjab s population, but are a minority in the rest of india. there have been calls for an independent state to be formed there for some time, with the movemen
lachlan has congratulated his father on what he calls his remarkable 70 year career . i can speak now to brian stelter. he s a special correspondent at vanity fair and has also written a book on the murdoch s and donald trump, network of lies, due out later this year. hejoins me now from new york. you are a font of knowledge when it comes to the us media. let s start by getting your reaction to this news. in by getting your reaction to this news. , ., ., , , by getting your reaction to this news. ,., . , , by getting your reaction to this news. , news. in some ways this was inevitable. news. in some ways this was inevitable. yes, news. in some ways this was inevitable. yes, rupert - news. in some ways this was - inevitable. yes, rupert murdoch always said he would never retire. his son lachlan said his dad would never retire. his companies have been shrinking over the years and struggling against the media headwinds that all media companies are facing. for example, stre
living in the uk. three men and two women. three of these defence were charged earlier in the year with possessing fake id document, passports and others, for up to nine different countries. at that point we reported, we revealed this last month, that they were suspected of spying for russia. now actual formal confirmation that these three defendants and an additional two are to be charged with spying for russia. they are suspected of being an operational spy cell operating out of the uk but also going into europe. it is alleged that they conducted surveillance on targets. one of the defendants, orlin roussev, is alleged to have been running the operations from the uk, that he was also alleged to have been responsible for creating some of the fake passports that the police allegedly found in a couple of properties they searched earlier in the year. this is an unusual case, we don t often get cases like this. these defendants are going to be here in court are going to appea