Vice president on not he will take to the podium in grand rapids, michigan, and what marks his third visit to the Battle Ground state in a month. We are told he will be centering his speech around the economy and inflation, as it remains a top issue in the state. Sandra also take aim at the administrations energy policy, plans of a multibillion dollar ev battery plants. So far Vice President harris has been vague on her energy policies, so what could we expect . We will get the read from fox business Charles Payne live just ahead. Really an extraordinary abuse of power by both the fbi, the cia on covid and other issues by department of homeland security, so i think we are still at the beginning of a reckoning here of really a panic that resulted from peoples ability to get information. We see people having a kind of panic around the inability to control information thanks to the internet and social media platforms. The fact that you have government putting its thumb on the scale and in
the week, but further than it looks like things will be a little bit cooler. if you look at the weather icons, not a drop of rain in sight, and that is of course bad news especially for the southern areas. so hot and dry is the story. 50 hot and dry is the story. thank ou ve so hot and dry is the story. thank you very much- that is the bbc news at six on thursday the 4th of august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it is goodbye but the news hello and welcome to sportsday was this the moment that geraint thomas lost the gold medal? wales s star cyclist comes up short in the time trials. it s gold number 40 for england as zoe newson shows her strength and joy in the women s pa ra powerlifting final and world champion wightman is in control once again as he eases into the 1500m final and he isn t the only athlete from the home nations to watch out for. well, what a dramatic day in the men s time trial with crashes, misj
china has fired missiles near taiwan in a show of force against nancy pelosi s visit to the island. and the bank of england makes its biggest rise in interest rates for nearly thirty years while saying the uk s headed, for recession. a court in moscow has sentenced the us basketball player, brittney griner, to nine years in prison on charges of drug smuggling. she was also fined $16 thousand. here s ms griner arriving at the court for the sentencing. the olympic gold medallist was detained in february at an airport near moscow when cannabis oil vape cartridges were found in her luggage. here s what she said after both sides presented closing arguments. i made an honest mistake and i hope that in your ruling that it doesn t end my life. brittny griners s lawyers spoke to reporters after the sentencing. we feel disappointment. you know, when we saw britney, i think it was tuesday and we were told we will see you on thursday. and she said, see you on doomsday. so it looks like