Other adversaies they must face consequences for this and other cyberactivity. The republican party made it clear they re the party of insurrection. Senate republicans yesterday blocked the bill to create a nonpartisan commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection, a bill that was negotiated in good faith by members of its own party. Here they are. 35 senate republicans who voted to block a vote on a january 6th commission. Modeled on the famed 9/11 commission. Why don t these people want an investigation into the violence that put their own lives at risk? are they worried about what might be unearthed by such an investigation? about what we all might learn about the former president and the protrump extremists that took part in and aided and abetted in the attack on the united states capitol? those 35 republicans voted against the commission even after the family of brian sicknick, who died after defending the united states capitol on january 6th, paid personal visits to sena
in the city of zaporizhzhia. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. as the russian war machine tries to inject momentum into its ukraine offensive, could it be crippled by the west s economic countermeasures? ten weeks of sanctions have seen foreign currency reserves frozen, oligarch assets seized and international businesses quit russia. but putin can still count on his oil and gas income, and there s no sign of economic pain forcing a rethink. well, my guest is bill browder, a former big time investor in russia turned anti putin crusader. why haven t the wheels yet come off the russian economy? bill browder, welcome to hardtalk. great to be back. it s great to have you here. just a few weeks ago, you seemed almost euphoric about the scale of western sanctions you were seeing being imposed on vladimir putin. i wonder, with a few weeks more knowledge of the way the war is going and the way the russian economy is going, whether you re a little
on his oil and gas income and there s no sign of economic pain forcing a rethink. well, my guest is bill browder, a former big time investor in russia turned anti putin crusader. why haven t the wheels yet come off the russian economy? bill browder, welcome to hardtalk. great to be back. it s great to have you here. just a few weeks ago, you seemed almost euphoric about the scale of western sanctions you were seeing being imposed on vladimir putin. i wonder, with a few weeks more knowledge of the way the war is going and the way the russian economy is going, whether you re a little less euphoric. well, euphoric is probably the wrong sentiment to in any way attribute to this terrible tragedy that s going on with putin and ukraine. what i would say is that the sanctions that have been imposed on putin are more devastating and more unbelievable than any sanctions that have ever been imposed on any country ever. but that s not enough. and as you said in your introduction, we ve s
we begin our second hour with several major developments in the georgia election interference case. donald trump pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal counts on thursday, waving his arraignment. trump s lawyers submitted the plea in writing and notified the court he will not appear in person this coming wednesday. rudy giuliani became the latest codefendant to waive arraignment, entering a not guilty plea on friday. in total, 12 defendants have done this so far. the ex president and some of those charged along with him are also pushing to break up the broad 19 defendant rico case, in a separate filing, trump s lawyers act judge scott mcafee to sever his case from his codefendants who have asked for a speedy trial. at least two defendants have done that, former trump loyal sidney powell and kenneth chesebro. chesebro has been scheduled for october 23rd. like trump, they ve asked to have their cases tried separately from others. as trump and his codefendants push for their preferen
breaking this morning, significant disclosures from are the supreme court justices clarence thomas and samuel alito and both of them reporting who paid for trips and lodgings and meals. we will break down the significance of the disclosures. also, a scary moment for senator mitch mcconnell, and the senate minority senator freezing for the second time in a week while taking questions. it is prompting more uncertainty for the 81-year-old s future. and in johannesburg overnight, a fire burns through a building full of families. we have the latest on the rescue and recovery efforts. i m boris sanchez with rahel sol solomon, and we are in for john, kate and sara. you are watching cnn news central. we begin with the break news from the supreme court. two of the high justices disclosing details of the trip they took. moments ago, samuel alito acknowledging a trip to rome paid for by a conservative group, and we have learned that justice thomas disclosing trips on a private j