hello and welcome to world news today. a top executive in the chinese telecoms giant huawei has appeared in court in canada where she was told she faces fraud charges in the united states. meng wanzhou is the daughter of the company s founder and also huawei s chief financial officer. she now faces prosecution in the us, for allegedly trying to get round sanctions on iran. let s speak to michelle fleury who s live for us in new york. what more can you tell us about these charges? she has been appearing ina these charges? she has been appearing in a packed court in vancouver. this is a bail hearing it is worth pointing out. any extradition attempts will be a separate court date. but we have learned so far is that meng wanzhou faces charges of fraud in the united states for allegedly misrepresenting huawei s relationship with the hong kong company. apparently between 2009-2014, the kong company. apparently between 2009 2014, the court heard that huawei apparently used nikon t
and serve the american people. certainly without any democrat support, that means that this is only a symbolic moment and not a moment for us to make a law. that program with all the latest on capitol hill this morning, chad? good afternoon, harris. as they go through right now and they release senator scott s bill, the house judiciary committee is crafting its own bill. that s what s going on here on capitol hill. the white house obviously prefers the bill that was crafted by senator scott. mark meadows, the white house chief-of-staff, he paid a surprise visit to capitol hill today and he says that senator scott s bill creates what he called a good foundation for this bill. now, the question is whether or not they can get senator scott s bill on the floor. mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, wants to get on that bill next week and the issue is whether or not democrats will filibuster the start of the debate. here s the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell.
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