our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom we re having a wonderful time. everything is going well. nothing has been resolved in this negotiation. so let s stop the political games. let s get down. we only have 15 days to go. house has overridden the governor s veto and the bill becomes law. should we be worried about this for our elections? my worst fears are that we cause significant harm to the world. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, may 17th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the pressure of the debt standoff has the president offering his plans for the g7 summit. joe biden will cut his trip short in order to get back as the default line creeps closer. the u.s. has until june 1 to raise its borrowing limit. and the latest round of talks between the republicans and the white house resul
let s get down to business. hsbc has just reported a 92% surge in quarterly profit. rising interest rates helped to swell its net interest income. europe s largest bank that s headquartered in london said pre tax earnings ringed in at $5.2 billion for the fourth quarter that s better than expected and up from $2.7 billion the year before. but it s biggest shareholder, ping an insurance of china, is putting pressure on the board to pivot further east. that s one of the challenges facing hsbc. let s discuss this with will walker arnott, senior investment manager, charles stanley good morning. talk about numbers. shareholders will benefit. hsbc did well in the last quarter- benefit. hsbc did well in the last quarter. yes, benefit. hsbc did well in the last quarter. yes, strong - last quarter. yes, strong results which would have pleased the market and beat expectations, as outlined. gather up 30% over last year, and the results explain why. what strip on the results, first
policies. bragg s investigation of alleged financial crimes. we will talk live with chairman jordan shortly on this program. first, correspondent david spunt has our top story tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, quite a rare moment to see such a public fight between a local district attorney and the chairman of the house judiciary committee. this all spilled out just hours ago in a federal lawsuit filed in the southern district of new york in federal court. now, alvin bragg, of course, the district attorney in manhattan, he made history last week by indicting the former president, donald trump, on 34 felony counts. he says republican house judiciary chairman jim jordan needs to stay in his own lane and stay out of the donald trump prosecution. bret, the lawsuit is aimed at strong former assistant district attorney mark pomerantz from complying with the house judiciary committee subpoena to spill the beans on the inner workings of the office and
all backgrounds, that their full and equal participation at every level of our political process, that is the most fundamental building block of a stable and enduring democracy. we see it in iran. we know it to be true in afghanistan and everywhere around the world where women s rights have been repressed. those are the most repressive regimes for democracy for all, and that is true here too. joe. lawrence o donnell, thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. i can t help but, listening to rech and just thinking about america, sort of sets us apart when it comes to how we deal with women and leadership in leadership roles, especially as president of the united states. you can look back. my god, israel had golda meir 50 years ago. india, bhutto. you can go around the globe. the united kingdom, great britain, obviously the most important person on the world stage for them, protecting outward from britain, queen elizabeth. the entire era shaped by this woman. and in her time,
many, many months. the question is does this late afternoon story in the post signal a major movement in the case? correspondent david spunt has the latest information from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. a source with knowledge of the investigation tells fox news it has reached a significant and critical phase also federal investigators are no longer collecting evidence. it s moved past that point and is now in the hands of the united states attorney in delaware. the washington post reported that agents believe prosecutors have enough evidence to charge biden, hunter biden with tax crimes, plural s there. and a false statement related to a gun charge. the investigation moved over the summer from the fbi to the u.s. attorney in delaware. justice department policy is not to file politically sensitive charges in the two months or so before a federal election since biden is not on the ballot. this rule may not apply. we previously re