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Notice, blaming the stand off over the debt ceiling which was ultimately lifted any last minute bipartisan deal. The feud was cited by fitch is one of the reasons for the downgrade. Make no mistake, this is a major black eye for america. The us treasury, essentially government ious are seen as the bedrock of the Global Financial system. Fitch is essentially pointing out there is an erosion of trust in american leadership. Given the death and perceived safety of us treasuries, this downgrade is not likely to change its role in the financial system. Likely to change its role in the financialsystem. It likely to change its role in the financial system. It could, likely to change its role in the financialsystem. It could, however, make it potentially harder and more expensive for the government to borrow in the future. Right now the Us Government owes 30 trillion in debt. Fitch is highlighting that the Us Government has too much debt doesnt have a way to bring it down. And at washington at
[cheers and applause] greg: happy wednesday, everybody. so don t look now but the metoo movement is back but this time what s being attacked isn t women but academic integrity and once again we look to harvard. the devri in the east. you don t know who that is. trust me it worked in the meeting. he s just been accused of roughly 40 instances of plagiarism in her ph.d. dissertation and in a single academic paper she published in her career. there will be more accusations of plagiarism but she was too lazy to write more than one fake paper. which digs the question, when was the last person to have an original idea at harvard? john adams, al gore, barack obama. he must be sweating, he just ate a real spicy dog. charleston s husband is also a professor, and according to reports her one publication even ripped off the research that he did back in 2012. wait. a woman bringing up something her husband did years ago? that s not plagiarism. that s marriage. a sexist would say
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it s saturday 8th july. our main story: tributes are being paid to the eight year old girl who died when a car crashed into her school in wimbledon on thursday. she s been named as selena lau. her family says she was adored and loved by everyone . another eight year old girl and a woman in her 40s are still in a critical condition. a woman who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail. louisa pilbeam reports. an intelligent and cheeky girl, adored and loved by everyone. selena lau s family have paid tribute to the eight year old. she was killed when a land rover crashed through a fence at the study preparatory school in wimbledon, where an end of school school tea party had been taking place. 12 people taken to hospital, among them another eight year old girl who remains in a life threatening condition. a woman in her 40s is in a critical condition. large numbers of people have been coming to the school to lay flowers and ref