we start with tax and how to make the global tech giants the likes of facebook, google and amazon pay their fair share. finance ministers from the 620 group of top economies are in venice today and tomorrow. they ll be trying to clinch a final deal to stop tax dodging by multinationals. 131 countries have already signed up to the plan to introduce a global minimum tax rate of at least 15% and stop companies challenging their profits to tax havens. but some countries are holding out, including ireland, where facebook, google and apple have their european bases. the eu needs unanimous agreement if it s to implement the deal. alex cobham is chief executive of the tax justice network. thank you forjoining us. explain thank you forjoining us. explain firstly how this deal will work in practice?- will work in practice? well, there are will work in practice? well, there are two will work in practice? well, there are two parts. - will work in practice? well, there are two par
case, however, they say they found what they (inaudible) evacuate the area and a motor later, a big burst of flames as rv explodes in a ball of fire and the force of the explosion shattering windows and knocking down trees and causing structural damage to a number of buildings in the area. today, the city of nashville is hailing these six officers as heroes. we re told they ran into danger trying to get people out of harm s way. at least one officer suffering temporary loss of hearing following the large explosion. and when they got there. the danger continued to increase and they took swift action and started working in the streets and the neighborhood to clear residents from the area and cleared pedestrians from the area and they put themselves in between good and evil. to explosion went off right in front of and damaged at&t s data communications center, causing telecommunications issues and in a statement this morning, at&t says, quote, we have two portable cell site
it s a lot easier said than done , but they are close, because they are coupling this with some sort of measure that will stop the government from shutting down late sunday night. that was pushed back 48 hours, thanks to a vote and a signing by no less than president trump, to make sure that they continue moving on this so that they can avoid a shutdown of the united states government. this does seem to happen every year doesn t it? but we re on top of that with first taking a very close look at what s in the measure, where the divisions are. leland, the more i look at this , they had a lot of common ground, but it s some of the more thorny issues that are keeping them apart, right? leland: so close, yet so far away, neil, and behind me on capitol hill, negotiators are burning the weekend oil. congress is working on a weekend , you know, there s something happening. they are trying to find a deal to spend somewhere around a trillion more dollars on covid relief, fund the gove
question this explosion was a deliberate act. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom, and merry christmas. i m rick leventhal. merry christmas, writ, and everyone at home. i am molly line. we are watching what has just occurred here all through the morning and nashville, quite a scene. it felt miles away, taking place shortly before dawn. police had been responding to reports of shots fired in that area, and alerted the bomb squad about a suspicious recreational vehicle shortly before that blast. we are expecting a press conference. you can see the microphones they are set up right now. we expect to hear from the fbi out of memphis, the atf, and local police seeking more information about what occurred there in nashville. on the ground in washington we have rich edson to bring us what we know from there. rich? good afternoon, molly. it is a major police response in downtown nashville after an rv blew up there at 6:30 this morning. an explosion police say wa
we have great confidence in our son. i m not concerned about any accusations made against him. it is used to get to me. i think it s kind of foul play. sandra: congressman jim jordan joins us in moments. first peter doocy is live in wilmington, delaware. how concerned is joe biden on the impact of this investigation on his presidency? he claims that he is not, sandra and that he will keep his job running the federal government and the federal investigation separate. can you reach across the aisle to people who will be using this as an attack on you when it is such a personal attack because it s about family? it benefits the country,y, i really mean that. we know who we are. you are a better man than i. i m not sure i could do that. it doesn t mean i m not angry and if i were back in days in high school i wouldn t say come here and go a round. we still haven t heard back from hunter biden s lawyer whether or not he has been interviewed by authorities yet as new