tonight bringing us the context are amanda renteria, hillary clinton s former national political director and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. exactly 20 years ago today, us forces, with the uk and other allies, invaded iraq. the stated aim to rid the country s dictator saddam hussein of his weapons of mass destruction weapons that in the end were never found. it was part of the us s war on terror , started by president george w bush after the terrorist attacks of september 11th, 2001. let s remind ourselves those first moments of the war. on this day in 2003, the first raids were on the capital baghdad it was called shock and awe . it took the us just over a month to defeat iraqi forces and saddam hussain s regime collapsed. president bush declared iraq to be free. but rather than an end to conflict, it was the beginning of many years of bloodshed for iraq and the wider region. the failure to plan for the aftermath of the invasion led, in part, t
Where are we? so a lot of folk right now are talking gas prices, how are they managing this? what are the different they managing this? what are the different threats and environmental challenges? undoubtedly food prices. and then challenges? undoubtedly food prices. and then as of this week a run on banking and then as of this week a run on banking. there isjust a lot of instability banking. there isjust a lot of instability going on right now, and at the instability going on right now, and at the same time you have heard right at the same time you have heard right now at the same time you have heard right now for months and months that workers right now for months and months that workers need help making up their wage workers need help making up their wage growth. i think we are going to continue wage growth. i think we are going to continue seeing this into the year as we continue seeing this into the year as we see continue seeing this into the year as we see mo
I m wondering how long people can hold on. that s a tough question. most of the restaurants seem to be closed and they close early. the curfew goes into effect at 10:00 at night but really as soon night falls, the traffic out here in the streets, the businesses, they all seem to shut down. as far as supplies and cash, we ve witnessed the run on banking. i was telling you yesterday that the atms are largely inoperable because they ve run out of cash but i ve seen a couple of atms with big lines in front of them this morning. the part of them is. i went to an atm yesterday and able to pull out the equivalent of a dollar 50 and if you re looking to move your family it s not going to get you very far. thank you very much. as the war reaches the heart of ukraine, pushing for more nations for russia to stop. nato is mobilizing its