let s start here in the uk, where the pressure is mounting on the government to intervene after many leading firms across a number of industries have complained about supply chain disruption. the boss of the supermarket chain iceland has said the disruption could affect christmas supplies, and wants the government to address the lack of hgv drivers. according to the british retail consortium, the uk is currently facing a shortfall of 90 thousand hgv drivers. logistic uk says brexit and covid 19 have exacerbated the situation. they estimate 25,000 eu drivers returned home during the pandemic and following the end of the brexit transition period. some firms have taken action, last month tesco began offering lorry drivers a £1,000 joining bonus due to the shortage. coral rose is chairman of the federation of wholesale distributors. good morning. from your perspective, talk about how big a deal this is, where are we at in this crisis? in this crisis? good morning, this is impac
investigation. primary elections will soon be held in alaska and wyoming. why a republican trump critic, liz cheney, faces a difficult fight to hold onto her house he. and china has reportedly sanctioned officials in taiwan, claiming, the recent visit by u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi, is a sign of pro- independence activities. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary chance. good to have you with us. we begin this hour with a group of growing illegal troubles for trump and his closest allies and advisors. first, the u.s. justice department is opposing the release of the affidavit of used to get the search warrant for trump s for the home. the two apartments is, the ongoing investigation and vials highly-classified criminal materials, and making the details of could compromise their work and discourage cooperation from witnesses. in the meantime, prosecutors in georgia have notified trump s former attorney, rudy giuliani, that he is a target in th
they need to take such an historic move to bring transparency to this. eric holcomb is the latest u.s. official to pay a visit to taiwan. we ll seek to continue to build strategic partnerships with you. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is monday, august 22, 4:00 a.m. in washington, 9:00 a.m. in london and 11:00 a.m. in moscow where new details are emerging after the death of dugin, daughter of a prominent supporter of vladimir putin. a murder investigation was launched after she was killed in a car bomb on saturday. the russian investigative committee believe someone ordered and planned the blast. a foreign ministry official has implied ukraine may be responsible, but ukraine is strongly denying that claim. cnn s fred pleitgen is following all the developments from the russian capital. reporter: a car engulfed in a massive fireball on a highway outside moscow. police say the vehicle exploded and crashed, the driver dead on the scene. that
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in that direction. it s notjust investments coming from the outside, in this regard, the us is investing in itself. $6.6 billion as part of the chips act. this is a significant amount of money, isn t it? you have to put this in some context, though. other countries, like taiwan, likejapan, like south korea, they been investing in their semiconductor industries for a long time, so this is the us finally playing the game of investing in this type of manufacturing which requires in most cases requires some government investment to defray the cost of these facilities which has reached something like $40 billion for the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities, so government assistance here can be crucial to sort of making the facilities more viable commercially. us treasury secretary janet yellen has wrapped up four days of meetings in china with a warning that the us will not accept new industries being decimated by chinese imports. during a press conference, yelle