Subcommittee. The four companies represent in sports and on its larger Strategic Vision for engagement with the United States. This hearing will come to order apologies for beginning a little bit late. We had a vote going, about 5 30, but i want to thank the foreign for individuals for being with us today and thank, as well, my friend, senator johnson, as Ranking Member for his cooperation and his support in moving forward with this hearing. A lot going on. Of historic magnitude, before the United States senate, but the issue before us today is truly of historic consequence in president ial and practical import. The issue is, in fact, whether for companies sitting here today represented by barry able leadership accepted their obligation to respond to congressional subpoenas. Their apparent refusal to do so in full is not only unprecedented but it threatens opening the door to other United States companies cloaking themselves from scrutiny whenever they work for a Foreign Government or
reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, thousands taking to the streets in israel, blocking the country s main airport and make highways. prime minister netanyahu s latest attempt to curb judicial power just reignited massive protests. also, president zelenskyy arrives at the nato summit. he just addressed a crowd of thousands from an outdoor stage with many supporters in the crowd waving ukrainian flags. ahead, what to expect from his meeting tomorrow with president biden who says ukraine is not ready to join nato. and presidents of turkey just hours ago. his message of thanks now that turkey has lifted the last hurdle. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we begin in lithuania with president biden and president erdogan. chris, just a couple of days ago, the u.s. was suggesting that sweden would join nato but we didn t know when. they were not thinking it was going to be possible during the course of this summit. we got that surprise
with king charles will focus on climates. biden is a bigger lift of both in london and again at the nato summit in lithuania it will be justifying his decision to provide cluster bombs to ukraine which are banned by more than 120 countries. we are not signatories of that agreement. but it took me a while to be convinced to do it. the main thing is they have weapons to stop the russians now to keep them from stopping the ukrainian offensive to these areas. or they don t. and i think they needed them progress a key factor in the decision russia has been using cluster bombs on ukrainian soil since the beginning of the invasion. the land will need to be de- mind anyway ukraine also committed to postwar cleanup and u.s. officials point out they have huge incentive to mitigate risk to their own people. the move drew opposition from nato allies canada, spain, germany, the uk as well as some congressional democrats because i have some qualms about it. there is an international prohib
a second vigil will be held in nottingham later to remember the victims of tuesday s attack. the families of the two students killed joined thousands at the university to pay tribute to them yesterday, and urged everyone to look out for each other. police in nottingham are still questioning a 31 year old man on suspicion of murder. we re joined now by our reporter jo black, who s in nottingham. this is a city shrouded in grief. what is the mood like today ahead of the second video? trier? what is the mood like today ahead of the second video? the second video? very quiet here in nottingham the second video? very quiet here in nottingham at the second video? very quiet here in nottingham at the the second video? very quiet here in nottingham at the moment. - the second video? very quiet here in nottingham at the moment. there . the second video? very quiet here in i nottingham at the moment. there will be a second video later. but yesterday there was a video where i am
and counterclaim from both sides. both sides are reporting heavy losses. and as we have been hearing, this counteroffensive is going to take many months, really the focus has been on the spring and now very much the summer offensive, which will last until about october or november before the rainy season begins. and as we have also reported, it is quite difficult to fight when the weather becomes colder. it becomes difficult for the tanks that go off road to be operating on wetland. so, they had this window where they need to try and make as many gains as possible. joining me live from fife in scotland, kezia dugdale, former leader of the scottish labour party, and from washington, bryan lanza, republican strategist and former director of communications in donald trump s transition team. looking at these developments in ukraine, this counteroffensive is something that has been anticipated for a while now. keep has been quick to talk about successes, but brian, these are small