News network close captioning is brought to you by skechers, Handsfree Slip in we talk on the phone handsfree. Go hands free to turn on our lights and now theres Handsfree Footwear revolutionary sketcher slip. You just slip in in their own, right . Sketches slip is whos the Laws Leader hinting at retaliation . After backtoback attacks across lebanon, targeting wireless devices he says the deadly explosions crossed a Red Line as tensions escalate across the region. With israel making new moves. And House Speaker Mike Johnson says he has to draw up another play after the Gops Government Funding plan failed to pass, but it doesnt even look like hes the one writing the playbook why former President Trumps obsession with Election Fraud, falsehoods could lead to a shutdown and a promising new trend in the fight against fatal Drug Overdoses. The number of deaths actually falling fast and hitting their lowest levels in three years will look at what is behind the drop. We are following these ma
And another vaccine, developed by us manufacturerjohnson johnson, is the latest to prove effective in phase three trials. In other news primary schools in wales could re open to all pupils after half term, though the nationwide lockdown will continue. Thousands of volunteers helping the nhs with the Vaccine Roll Out will be prioritised for a jab. Hello to you, welcome to bbc news. The European Union has introduced Export Controls on Coronavirus Vaccines. Individual Member States will decide whether to allow exports of vaccines produced in their territory. A European Commissioner said it was being introduced to enhance transparency and to ensure that all eu citizens had access to vaccines. A European Commissioner, valdis dombrovskis, made the Announcement A little earlier this afternoon. The protection and safety of our citizens is a priority. And the challenges we now face left us with no other choice but to act. Vaccines are key to the recovery, and to bringing the pandemic under cont
More news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, former president trump, today scrambling for a half billion dollars in cash to post bond in the new york civil fraud case against him and the trump organization. While saying democrats hate israel and any jewish person that votes for democrats hates their religion. Thats a quote. That set off a political firestorm. This after President Biden and Prime Minister netanyahu argued over rafah. President biden saying they can root out hamas without a fullscale invasion that would kill thousands of civilians. Today, netanyahu says, theres no way to eliminate hamas without entering rafah. Americans allies on russias border. Natos front line against an aggressive russia. Stunned by congress failure to vote for needed help to ukraine. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Trump said the Democratic Party hate jewish people. His spokeswoman issued a statement that the democrat party, her words, hates israel, has turned into
The governments Finance Department to make it support Economic Growth. But the governments Chief Secretary to the treasury laura trott says labour are offering no plan just more borrowing and more taxes. So what are the priorities for british businesses . Joining me now live is the Chief Economist of the confederation for british industry. What does the cbi and its members need to hear from a prospective chancellor back . Often the criticism of not enough detail. What would you like to hear . What businesses would like to hear . What businesses would like to hear is a long term vision and strategy for how to deliver Economic Growth in the uk, and we know our challenges of growth in the last couple of years has been lacklustre and in terms of Living Standards we have not seen the growth and productivity that we need so what is the answer to that . It is absolutely how business works with government to make sure we have a Business Investment going across all sectors and regions in our ec
Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that firestorm on capitol hill. The former special counsel robert hur testifying about his investigation into president bidens handling of classified documents. The special counsel was defiant, standing by his conclusion that no charges were warranted. You may recall, though, it was his final report that angered the white house. The report included personal assessments about the president s age and memory, mentioning his son, beaus, death. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle used the hearing to score political points ahead of the 2024 president ial election. Republicans blasted hur for not charging biden with a crime, while democrats aimed to point out the differences between the current president and donald trump, who is facing charges for mishandling classified documents, saying trump obstructed all investigations. The white house views the matter as over and says the case is closed. Cbss ed okeefe is