Mayors and other city leaders, their annual conference. The timing of this, he is talking while that controversy is cooking over his state of the Union Address. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. The president s remarks will come after he spent the weekend walking this back. President biden its not about him, not about me. I would be a winner not really. I [crowd noise] President Biden lincoln riley. Harris the suspect is an illegal immigrant. The president called it out. Its the fact. Now there is a complete difference in his choice of wording. I dont know about his perspective or real honest opinion, who knows . But his words are changing. Two days after he said that at the state of the union he essentially apologized to laken rileys suspected killer for calling him an illegal. Police confirm the man suspected of murdering the young Nursing Student was in the United States illegally. Republicans. Its a slap in the face to this family of laken riley. Talk about disg
politicsnation tonight s lead, the turnin point. right now, donald trump is huddling with his attorneys in florida. and getting together his defense for possible crimina indictment they could come as early a next week according to the new york times for people with knowledge of the matter have said, hi lawyers say they have no plans to meet with the manhattan district attorney s office after prosecutors invited trum to testify before a grand jury next week about the hush money payments majoring his 2016 presidential campaign to actor damage stormy daniels. years after and alleged sexual in a fair. which trump has denied former chunk fixer michael cohen, who served time i prison for charges relate to those hush money payments, met with prosecutors for the 20t and final time yesterday ahead of his grand jur appearance on next week. meanwhile, current trump attorney joe tackett pinot tol nbc news this weekend, his client is an extortion victim. and that neither of them believe c
peru s president, dina boluartay, has called for a national truce, after clashes between police and protesters led to 50 deaths. now on bbc news, it s time for global questions. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m on one of the city s beautiful waterfronts along the indian ocean. sri lanka s stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, but this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions heatwaves followed by torrential rain and rising sea levels. so, we re asking is sri lanka something of a test case of what and what not to do in combating environment challenges? and will the historic cop27 agreement to help developing nations be enough to avert climate catastrophe? that s global question sri lanka: surviving climate change. applause. welcome to the magnificent national museum here in colombo, which charts the history of this beautiful tropical island as it marks 75 years of
the bbc chairman s appointment. at an emotional meeting in new zealand, jacinda ardern hands over the leadership of her party and country to chris hipkins. the uk business secretary urges energy suppliers to stop moving vulnerable customers onto more expensive prepayment metres. millions around the world gather to celebrate the lunar new year. in china the tradition of giving remains strong. you re watching bbc news. now its time for global questions. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m on one of the city s beautiful waterfronts along the indian ocean. sri lanka s stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, but this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions heatwaves followed by torrential rain and rising sea levels. so, we re asking is sri lanka something of a test case of what and what not to do in combating environment challenges? and will the historic cop27 agreeme
environmental challenges. and for copp 27 agreement, help developing nations be enough to avert climate catastrophe. that is global questions sri lanka, surviving climate change. as it marks 75 years of independence from britain. i have a panel from here and sri lanka were going to be answering questions from my audience here. i ve got a panel from here in sri lanka who are going to be asking questions from my audience here. let me tell you who s in the hot seat for this edition of global questions. ruwan wijewardene is deputy leader of the united national party, and is the president s right hand adviser on climate change. he recently launched a climate prosperity plan to tackle the crippling effects of the climate crisis. professor mohan munasinghe is an eminent sri lankan climate scientist. he was vice chair of the un international panel on climate change when, as an institution, it was awarded the 2007 nobel peace prize with al gore for efforts to combat climate change. an