maybe you don t have the whit to be a median. kamala harris still hasn t realized she doesn t have to take what it takes to be president or vice president or anything else that involves leadership. kamala harris has launched her well, we have lost count, fifth rebrand tour? trying to get america to fall in love with her and make sure biden doesn t kick her off the ticket? you can call this a re-re-rebrand. her first stop was on the stephen colbert show. now, these types of shows are highly choreographed. two or three preinterviewed before show time. kamala knows every question she is going to get asked. all rehearsed. should be a slam dunk for the v.p. it was a disaster. colbert eased into it reminding the audience that kamala shatters. my first guess this evening is the vice president of the united states. she is the first woman, the first black american, the first south asian-american to hold the office please welcome back to the late show vice president kamala harris.
the electric car battery maker britishvolt has gone into administration after hopes of a last minute bid for the company faded. the collapse raises questions about uk hopes of building a home grown battery industry. the company, which had plans to build a gigafactory to make the uk start up had been expecting to build a new 5.8 billion or $4.7 billion factory in northumberland, as part of a long term vision to boost uk manufacturing. well, this promotional video shows what the factory with a capability to make 300,000 electric batteries a year would have looked like. the plan was to create 3,000 jobs at the plant. now, administrators have taken over the business and most of britishvolt s 300 staff are being made redundant. here s our business editor simonjack. so what went wrong? britishvolt was a start up company with no track record. their battery technology was only at the prototype stage. although there are expressions of interest from lotus and aston martin, they
bringing the total to 15. scientists say they are still unsure what s causing the outbreak but they believe it can be transmitted between humans, as well as from animals to humans. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. constitutionally barred from seeking a second term in the countries upcoming election. but if he were running, his chances would not be good. his poll ratings are poor. last year, columbia was gripped by street protests, poverty, inequality and violence remain endemic. president duque is my guest today. could his departure signal columbia s rejection of the traditional ruling elite? president ivan duque. a very warm welcome to hardtalk. thank to hardtalk. you so much for allowing me thank you so much for allowing me to be here in the show. it is a pleasure having you in the studio. in a few weeks time, you will be leaving office and the opinion polls in columbia state a clear majority of your people disapprove of th
inequality and violence remain endemic. president ivan duque is my guest today. could his departures signal columbia s rejection of the traditional ruling elite? president ivan duque. a very warm welcome to hardtalk. it is a pleasure having you in the studio. in a few weeks time, you will be leaving office in the opinion polls in columbia state a clear majority of your people disapprove of the job you have done. why is that? let me tell you you have done. why is that? let me tell you something interesting. fouryears me tell you something interesting. four years ago, and the route of the elections, i got 39% of the vote and when you look at the national polls that have been outcome of those of the same numbers i have today. if i have a chance to run for reelection, for sure, i will fight for it not be reelected because we have important results to show six. we have an obligation to transform our country restore security and confidence to citizens, promote entrepreneurship,
And theres been plenty of detail from Stormy Daniels this afternoon . There certainly has. The woman who donald trump paid 130,000 to to keep quiet has been speaking out in great detail in court. He of course vehemently denies having had any kind of sexual encounter with her just before she appeared his lawyers in court, trying to limit how much salacious detail could actually be heard on the court, that she was giving evidence, theyjumped up frequently to object to what she to say. She described in a lot of detail visiting donald trump in his hotel suite at a Golf Tournament in 2006 and ending up on the bed having sex with him, and so much detail on the fact that even the judge had to tell herjust the fact that even the judge had to tell her just to the fact that even the judge had to tell herjust to answer the questions. As donald trump heads to court, waving at the cameras, it looks much the same each day, but they are not the same. Today, he had to watch a woman who claimed she had