Menendez about context charges. Trumps allies try, perhaps successfully to continue to run out the clock on this investigation. Well come to Meet The Press daily. Im chuck todd. As covid cases rise, the Biden Administration is struggling to sell and implement the vaccination soft mandate. As early as today, the senate is expected to pass legislation that would attempt to revoke the white houses vaccine and testing mandates for private sector workers. At least two moderate democrats are expected to join with all republicans to pass that bill. The white house told reporters President Biden plans to veto the legislation if it actually reached his deck. It comes as more than a few prominent democrats in congress and one at the state level, a couple governors, appear to be souring on similar Vaccine Mandates. The administration is facing another legal setback as a judge blocked the president s mandate for federal contractors. Right now all three of bidens Vaccine Mandates for federal contra
To do, what will be asked instead. Mommy. A warm welcome to this blustery guardian on the top of a Community Centre in berlin. Where here as we begin our coverage of the German Election Campaign through to the last day of voting on sunday. Of course a german election is always a significant moment. This is one of most powerful countries in europe, one of the most powerful countries in the world. So the selection of a new government does it matter for germans, it matters for visit to eight people across the European Union across the world. Of course this decision has extra impact this time around. Angela merkel has been chancellor of this country since 2005, but she is stepping down. Germany will first choose their mps, they will then form a coalition, that coalition will have a leader in that coalition will have a leader in that leader will be the next chancellor. It is a moment of great, great importance. Were going to explain to all of the details of how the selection works and who i
and comes as the war in ukraine rages on. more from new york. when news broke on friday that alexei navalny, the foremost critic of russian president putin, had died in an arctic prison, questions arose of how the us would respond. now we have one answer. the us is expected to announce further sanctions against russia. this comes as washington struggles to agree on funding to assist ukrainian armed forces. this week marks the two year anniversary of russia s full scale invasion of ukraine. at the start of that conflict, the us enacted a slew of economic sanctions against russia. those included freezing russian banks and businesses out of western financial markets, and along with europe, canada and japan, freezing some $300 billion of russian central bank assets. the us also enforced economic restrictions on russia s oligarchs and banned russian energy imports. all this was intended to dampen the country s economic and military power and ultimately stem its might in the war. b
good to have you with us. let s start with the banking giant hsbc which has just released its latest annual results showing pre tax profits soared by nearly 80% to just over $30 billion. the record high annual profit was marred however by a $3 billion impairment on the bank s stake in china s bank of communications. hsbc makes most of its money in china. joining me now is the independent banking analyst frances coppola. who s been having a look at the numbers. hello to you. so, record earnings, a big number but not as good as expected? no, and they were down on the communication stake, 3 billion, quite a big kid in the fourth quarter last year. the really rather reflects the weakness of times economy and i would much worry for hsbc s management because they do make a significant batch of earnings in asia and particularly in china. ~ . ., , china. what was really the fuel further this china. what was really the fuel further this big china. what was really the fuel further
ukraine rages. more from new york. when news broke pry friday that alexei navalny, the foremost of russian president putin, died in an arctic prison, questions arose of how the us would respond. now we have one answer. the us is expected to announce further sanctions against russia. this comes as washington struggles to agree on funding to assist ukrainian armed forces. this week marks the 2 year anniversary of russia s full scale invasion of ukraine. at the start, the us enacted a slew of economic sanctions against russia. those included freezing russian banks and businesses out of western financial markets, and along with europe, canada and japan, freezing some $300 billion of russian central bank assets. the us also enforced economic restrictions on russia s oligarchs and banned russian energy imports. all this was intended to dampen the country s economic and military power and ultimately stem its might in the war. russia s economy has weathered the effects of these and i