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common values to be put at risk. the commission will act. translation: i will not have politicians blackmail poland. | blackmail must not a method l of contact with member states. a 96 year old war crimes suspect who fled her nursing home before her trial was set to start has appeared in court in germany. we ll speak to a journalist who was in there. and we ll report from the canary islands, where geologists admit they have no idea how much longer the eruption on la palma will continue a month on. the uk government has set out its plans to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. over $855 million, that s £620 million, will be spent on the transition to electric vehicles. another $482 million, or £350 million, is promised to help the automotive supply chain move to electric. the announcement arrives under two weeks before the big cop26 climate summit in glasgow. lots to show you on this. let s start with the bbc s science editor david shukman. every aspect o ....
agenda with an overwrite for spending. steve bannon facing possible jail time after stonewalling these investigators. no documents, no testimony, and they said they will hold him in contempt for not responding to the subpoena. if you re looking at steve bannon or any of this footage that reminds you he s had recent legal problems, that s because steve bannon was indicted. that trial never occurred because he called in a favor. and although him and donald trump had a famous falling out that had everything to do with ethics to how he dressed, then-president trump did pardon mr. banbannon, which means he g to skip what most citizens had to deal with. here he is, daring the prosecutors to go after him again, all because he s apparently listening to one ex-blogger in florida. he also said he would like to have his executive privilege back. it doesn t work like that. it s a nonsense legal argument because and i would say that for any president who just asked for it. the e ....
doses of the pfizer vaccine, of course, parents would have to go along. and that s proving tougher than anyone predicted. the news comes as the governor of texas, greg abbott, has moderate mounted abroad challenge to the administration s vaccine mandate. abbots order to buy van vaccine mandates. that only sets up a legal confrontation with the feds, but it also forces businesses to make tough choices in texas. he s also getting backup from fellow republican governor, and fellow trump are robbed desantis in florida. he s proposed a lot of shield all workers from being fired, for pete not getting the vaccine. this afternoon, the white house put both governors on blast. 700,000 american lives have been lost to covid-19, including more than 56,000 8000, and 68,000 in texas. why would you be staking steps that prevent the saving of lives? that to make it more difficult to save lives? i think it s pretty clear when you make a choice that s against public health information ....
lost. as my wife says all the time, a professor, any country that outeducates us is going to outcompete us. the work of our time is to prepare ourselves to be competitive to win the fast-changing 21st century global economy. that s why i propose two critical pieces of legislation, being debated here in washington right now. one focuses on the investments we need to make in the physical infrastructure of america, roads, brings, ports, et cetera. the second focus on the investments we need to make in the american people to make us more competitive. i know this is my legislation, and i feel strongly about it, but the people who have the most at stake are the american people, so we need to stay focused on what these bills will mean for people who are looking for a little bit of breathing room, a fair chance to build a decent middle class life and rather than hanging on by their fingernails. we need to keep an eye on what s fundamentally at stake for the country, the ability ....
friday, biden reportedly told house democrats to bring that price down to somewhere between 1.9 and $2.3 trillion over ten years. bernie sanders, who favored a larger bill than the $3.5 trillion, was actually questioned about that by chuck todd on meet the press this morning. have you accepted the fact that it s not going to be $3.5 trillion? that s not my understanding what he said. what he said, there is going to have to be give and take on both sides. i m not clear he did bring forth a specific number. at the end of the day, this is basically a numbers game. what s the price tag that both factions of the democratic party, the two that are hoeltd holding out on the senate side, can agree on. it has never been about the price tag. it s about what we want to deliver. i don t feel the need to give a number. my number was 3.5. what about 1.5? that s not going to happen. why is that why won t it add up to that? that s too small to get our priorities in. ....