Weve got new reporting on who might be next up for criminal charges. President biden set to sign his Infrastructure Bill on monday, as well. Even as the house is preparing to pass his build back better bill. All of that plus a special report. Who is really to blame for inflation . When it comes to rising gas prices, a journalist is putting the blame on the saudi government bent on pun iring the Biden Administration for the stance of the murder of a journalist. Thats ahead, as well. We begin with developments for former white house Chief Of Staff meadows. A short time ago a Committee Member congressman schiff said theyre moving quickly. Meadows failed to appear for a deposition on friday. And repeatedly defied congressional subpoenas. The news arrives mere days after the indictment of former trump top aide steve bannon set to turn himself over to authorities tomorrow after being charged with Contempt Of Congress. With me is julie sirken and paul butler. Julie, bannon expected to self su
Biggest covid hot spots from over the summer where hospitalizations are now falling and vaccinations are ticking up. Plus, the impact of vaccine mandates, big business, the ceo of United Airlines will be here to talk about how the companys latest move is paying off big time. You know were beginning with this morning facebook, Ceo Mark Zuckerberg finally weighing in overnight insisting that his company is the victim of a, quote, false narrative. At the same time, he is saying he is open to regulation from washington. In fact, after watching that explosive Senate Testimony from whistleblower Frances Haugen, it is clear theres one thing that she and zuckerberg and congressional lawmakers agree on in theory that the ball is in congresss court. Is facebook capable of making the right decision here on its own or is regulation needed to create Rule Transparency on facebook . Until incentives change at facebook, we should not expect facebook to change. We need action from congress. The questio
Joined us, im sally bundock. Were looking at the top business stories. We start in the us, where in the next few hours Sam Bankman Fried the former cryptocurrency tycoon convicted of stealing billions of dollars from customers will be sentenced for his crimes. The 32 year old founder of collapsed Crypto Exchange could now face decades in prison. Our cyber correspondent joe tidy was the last person to interview bankman fried before he was arrested in december 2022. He reports on the rise and downfall of the man behind one of the biggest financial crimes in us history. One interesting thing that has been happening pretty recently is the perpetual futures ran up a loss in price. A loss in price. This was Sam Bankmanfried a loss in price. This was Sam Bankmanfried in a loss in price. This was Sam Bankmanfried in his a loss in price. This was sam i bankmanfried in his element, bankman fried in his element, at his desk Talking Crib Go and making incredible profits. His hair and chubby look w
The institute of export and International Trade flag and the importance of the Baltimore Port. The crash could affect operations at the port for months, it is the ninth largest port by Trade Volumes in the united states. It handled over 50 million tons of foreign cargo last year and Baltimore Port is particularly important for the auto industry. Ranking number one of yours for the input of export vehicles with nearly 850,000 cars and light trucks passing through into thousand 23. Lets talk to emily about this who is the Market Analyst at the shipping analytics firm. Good morning. Talk us through what this will do in terms of halt to trade. Clearly it is an important hub in the us. It is not the biggest on the us east coast, has much bigger neighbours to the north in new york and to the north in new york and to the south in norfolk on The Port Of Virginia which will be able to handle the extra Container Volumes. You can argue never Container Shipping is a little easier to helper because
Hello and welcome to the programme. The man who led a mutiny against President Putin and played a key role with his wagner mercenaries in the war in ukraine Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to be dead, in a plane crash in russia. This image has been confirmed by bbc verify as being from the crash scene near moscow. Its been confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board the private jet. Theres much we still dont know about this story. The uk government says it is monitoring the situation. In the us, President Biden has said, theres not much that happens in russia that putins not behind. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg has this report. Caught on camera, the final seconds of a private jet. On board, reportedly, the head of a private Mercenary Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Look over there by the farm, it is burning, the eyewitness can be heard saying. In the distance, a giant cloud of smoke. The plane had crashed north of moscow. Yevgeny prigozhin s right hand man, the wagner commander, was also th