focus, $1.9 trillion covid relief package republicans the ride it is nothing but cover for social spending, now there s a $2.3 trillion plan dressed up as infrastructure with improvements to roads, highways and other public works. the wall street journal says infrastructure like that accounts for $115 billion of the proposal after factoring in spending on airports, earmarked for transportation are actually subsidies for green energy and payouts to union s. this is a plan for it to grow back bigger than it has ever been. look around you? it isn t really crumbling as mister biden put a couple times a day. there are places where it is trouble but 2019, the bureau of economic research study from brown university, most us transportation infrastructure is not deteriorating. careful examination of how spending is allocated across most as suggested by the evidence. massive new expenditures are not. here is more from mister biden today. it is the second legislative proposal in two mon
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. oand i m max foster. happy 2024. just ahead on cnn newsroom in their filing, the trump team attacking maine secretary of state sheena bellows. i did my duty and we await the court reviewing the matter. the leader of hamas is condemning the attack describing it as cowardly assassination carried out in his words by israel. israel s official line is no comment. fireball on the tarmac of haneda airport. the collision of the passenger plane with a japanese coast guard aircraft. this accident will go down as a bench mark and will be studied extensively going forward. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, january 3, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in maine where former u.s. president trump is asking a court to overturn a decision removing him from the state s 2024 primary ballot. maine secretary o
continues, the bank of england is forced to step in again. let s start with the war in ukraine we ve seen a second day of russian missile strikes across the country. have a look at this map. it shows all the places that have been hit since monday morning. we ll take a closer look at the damage done in a moment. but first, let s look at the international response. an emergency meeting of g7 leaders that s the group of rich countries has warned russia that irresponsible nuclear rhetoric is threatening global peace. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, had this message. translation: i ask you to increase yourjoint efforts to help financially to create the air shield for ukraine. millions of people will be grateful to the group of seven. now this is the statement issued by the g7 after its meeting. these pictures released earlier by the russian ministry of defence show a little of what s been going on. more cruise missiles launched what they describe as a massive
our correspondent theo leggett has the details. when alison rose said injuly that talking to bbcjournalist about talking to bbcjournalist about talking about nigel farage s bank account was a serious error of judgment but it s also turned out to be an expensive error ofjudgment as well. as you said, dame alison will receive her contractually entitled salary and other allowances until her period of notice ends injuly next year and it is worth about 2.4 million so it s more like £10 million so it s more like £10 million because she was entitled to long term share options and bonuses as well and bonuses about something like 2.6 million so overall she will lose £7.6 million and the reason is that natwest says she did not qualify as a good lever, someone who leaves a job on normal service where you walk out the door with a handshake and everyone is happy. it wasn t like that and she was not a good lever oh she forfeited a large chunk of the money she was owed natwest they had n
chinese leader xi jinping begins a historic visit to north korea so can beijing reassert economic influence over its excitable neighbor days before a crucial trade meeting with u.s. president donald trump. also on the show 4 years have passed since a devastating terror attack on a tunisian beach resort killed dozens of foreign visitors now terse to earth turning to the country. and looking for the perfect wine to pair with fish how about a bottle that itself was pulled from the sea. this is your business report i m stephen beers in berlin thanks for joining us. she jean ping has become the 1st chinese leader to visit neighboring north korea in 14 years and that s a sign of improving relations between the 2 traditional allies despite a drop in trade between them both president xi and kim jong il will want to make sure that their economic ties remain strong especially as she prepares for
a crucial meeting with u.s. president donald trump and north korea 6 a nuclear agreement with the