abhorrent and had previously been unaware of the claims. we can speak now to laurie at the international communications and financial world affairs commentator. she s in west london for us this evening. good to see you. a rather strange statement, suspending key activities can i suppose you have to understand what the cbi does to make sense of that. maybe you could explain it to les. the cbi is really one of the bigger lobbying groups that polices between business and government. cbi has had a bit of a reputational hit, even before all of these allegations. we will get to those in a moment. a lot of people were wondering whether the cbi had become, had lost its effectiveness, given the last governments attitude towards business. rehabilitated itself a little bit, couple of the things that cbi had been looking for, like childcare provisions did make it into the last budget, but that seems a different era now. so many company picnic companies have deserted the cbi the last coup
expansion of free childcare provision in england in his budget on wednesday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in washington dc in the united states where the us military has said that a russian fighterjet has collided with an american military drone over the black sea. officials said the plane was struck in what it called a reckless and unprofessional action. russia s ambassador to the us has been summoned to the state department to explain the incident. the us says the drone was involved in a routine operation in international airspace when the russianjets tried to intercept it. at a press conference, a pentagon spokesman gave more detail. at spokesman gave more detail. approximately 7:03 i the at approximately 7:03 a:m., one of the russian aircraft struck the propeller of the m2 nine causing forces them to bring it down in international waters. several times before the collision, the dumped fuel on influent front of the m2 nine and a reckless and unprofessi
don t look down. don t make any sudden moves. because we are almost at the end of a legislative tightrope, y all. senators are putting in some extra hours this weekend. they re working to get democrats, health care, climate, and deficit reduction package across the finish line. the parliamentarian approved key components of the bill just hours ahead of when the senate is expected to debate it on the floor. it will take all 50 democratic votes and a tie breaker from vice president harris for the inflation reduction act to pass the senate. what does that mean to you? it means medicare can negotiate prescription drug costs. with an out of pocket cap at $2,000 for seniors. it means lower aca health premiums. it means lower energy costs, and the reduction of carbon emissions by 40% in the next eight years. it also lowers the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars, which will be crucial to fighting inflation. how is all this possible? this is one of only two times per fiscal ye
appointee, investigating the missing text messages. plus, new details about trump lawyers, talk into the justice department about january 6th. blas i know everyone is talking about political pawn, and politics, but that is far from this courtroom. the truly unacceptable sentencing of britney griner. nearly a decade in a russian prison. plus, a verdict reached in the alex jones defamation trial. you are saying that everything is true, but it isn t. your beliefs do not make it true. that is what we are doing here. the millions of dollars he owes for his sandy hook lies. when all in starts, right now. good evening, from washington d.c., i m mehdi hasan, in for chris hayes. cast your mind back to two years ago. the summer of 2020, donald trump, still an office. federal agents, being sent into american cities like portland, and seattle, and using war tactics against protesters for racial justice. i was in this seat, filling in for chris hayes, for the first time. we sh