we hear from the secretary of health on how the islands are coping. also in the programme: a battle for the future of the us republican party is under way in the cowboy state, wyoming, as a prominent critic of donald trump tries to fight off a primary challenge. i ve never agreed with one thing liz cheney has ever said but i respected how she fought for democracy. she is standing for principal and she is saying, i don t care if i lose myjob, i m going to do the right thing. # give me a sign # hit me baby one more time and tributes to the former uk pop idol contestant and theatre star, darius danesh, who has died at the age of 41. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the the programme. we start in the united states where president biden has signed into law the biggest ever investment to fight climate change in the us. the bill, known as the inflation reduction act, includes more than $400 billion of new spending. it s being s
New dash cam video from a semi truck as a crash sends it dangling off a bridge. The recordbreaking filibuster in missouri as democrats wage a battle over Abortion Rights. And the athletes dominating the world of womens golf and swinging for a shot at gold in the paris olympics. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. Not one, but two president ial debates are on the books tonight after an exchange of verbal taunts more akin to a prize fight promotion. President biden and former President Trump have agreed to televised oneonone debates, the first happening june 27th and, notably, without a live audience. The second one, september 10th. The arrangement first proposed by President Biden was quickly accepted by mr. Trump, who refused to take part in this years republican primary debates. The first of the showdowns timed by the Biden Campaign to take place before early voting begins. In the time being, the debate among pundits will likely be over whic
President biden should have pardoned mr. Trump. Also tonight, the attempted assassination, a man walking up to slovakias Prime Minister shooting him multiple times. Aides pushing the wounded politician into a car and a man tackled on the ground. The Prime Ministers condition tonight. The barge slamming into a bridge in galveston, texas, causing a partial collapse and unleashing an oil spill. One Community Island cut off. Opening statements in the Bribery Trial of senator bob menendez. The defense suggesting those gold bars didnt belong to menendez but to his wife. A heartstopping new dash cam video from a semi truck as a crash sends it dangling off a bridge. The recordbreaking filibuster in missouri as democrats wage a battle over Abortion Rights. And the athletes dominating the world of womens golf and swinging for a shot at gold in the paris olympics. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. Not one but two president ial debates are on the books
have six alternative sites. we have kept covid relatively free from our hospitals. 0ur response has been fabulous in marshall islands. we have had six deaths. well over 4000 cases now so that is pretty good i think and very unfortunate for all of us because it is a small island community. we have around 30,000 people where the outbreak is so we know all these people when they die. it is not like other places. every death is very hard for us. i am sure that death is very hard for us. i am sure that it death is very hard for us. i am sure that it is, death is very hard for us. i am sure that it is, secretary, - death is very hard for us. i am sure that it is, secretary, and| sure that it is, secretary, and i m sorry hear that. but this is happening as the rest of the world have sought of moved on from covid, learning to live with the virus. is that the strategy going forward? there is not a lot strategy going forward? there is not a lot of strategy going forward? there is not a
fishermen, i do the best that i can, i come from a small island community, i have seen my friends, some of my friends lost at the sea, so i know the dangers of it. i myself had a few close calls. on the water. you know, i know the dangers of that. we are not adverse to danger in our industry. it is something that has just been ingrained in us. when this came about, we just said very simply, all we want to do is fish. these are our fishing grounds, this is where we fish, and we do not see any reason why that we are the ones that have to make way. that is our stance, and we said than that it would be our protest, if the russian fleet came in and they wanted to do their exercises, and we were fishing, and they said no, our protest was no, we are just going to keep fishing here.