Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Mitch mcconnell is stepping down as leader of the Republican Party in the senate, a position he has held now for 17 years. What is going to change . Mcconnell has been hugely effective as leader. He single handedly blocked President Obama from filling a Supreme Court seat, refuse to go hold a vote on merrick garland. Coming up with a novel and hugely controversial policy that Supreme Court vacancies cant be filled in election years. A policy he immediately said did not apply when President Trump had the chance to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburgs seat just before november 2020. From the Supreme Court to the federal courts across this country, no Single Person has arguably had a bigger impact, confirming 228 judges in the trump years alone. Almost all young, White Conservative men who will be able to serve for the rest of their lives. In spite of that success with trump, mcconnell has also been seen as one of the last guardrails against maga. Holding firm on uk
Culture looking at the stereotype cracks in your thinking for you from time to time i know im. Taking this drama they are to me its all about their. Time my job join me in the. Post. Economys a bullet hole with paradoxes the Airline Industry is just one example state Financial Support huge Tax Exemptions for fuel means flanks cheap but what about our Carbon Footprint and is that our tax money any way a Government Subsidies to help or hindrance lets stop with germanys 54000000000
euro climate deal a source of much protest it will run through to 2023 with the aim of reducing c o 2 emissions by putting a price on them the plan is budget neutral meaning the country would have to take on any new debt to finance the plan as 1. 00 bit of good news but many say its inadequate its a strategy that balances the interests of too many different Interest Groups to actually do anything for the climate and despite the states apparent good intentions it continues to support Energy Intensive industries
yet georgia, which we re right next to florida, which is among the hottest in the nation, we are we have no mask mandate at all statewide. so, therefore, cities are having to do it. and so, you know, we would love to see some leadership to try to protect our folks from our governor. unfortunately, that has not been the case as we ve seen the race towards the bottom. mayor van johnson, hopefully, things turn around soon. appreciate your time. thanks for joining us. keep us in your prayers. thank you so much. will do. thank you. israel is struckling right now with a surge in covid cases. despite that country having some of the highest vaccination rates, new case numbers have been rising. its israeli health ministry is hoping up booster shots to ages 40 and up.
critics here of generous government per cent tax breaks. i m meeting. the president of the kiel institute for world economy he s known to take a critical view of industries diverse truckling despite having been subsidized for decades with taxpayers money. the problem of subsidies is that the cost money and the district money from other sources. the research institute at think tank is located on the waterfront its focus is on making the global economy fairer and more efficient. sees subsidies as a barrier to that go nuts to kill to innovation in shipyards and in the shipping industry for example. behind your back the naval yard and the harbor.
president trump last week. kevin s win sets up a heated battle of the bases this fall when he takes on democrat stacy abrams who was fighting to become the nation s first black female governor. all right. just hours of president trump praised tariffs on twitter, his administration announced a temporary $12 billion program to help american farmers who have been struckling in the wake of the president s trade policies. nbc chief white house correspondent halle jackson has more. reporter: before he farmed this land his dad did and his dad before that. these days, it s tougher to turn a profit. we need these tariffs to end southeastern rather than later. reporter: those tariffs triggered a trade war. the longer this goes on, it makes it that much harder for us. crop costs on our end seem to be going up all the time. reporter: producers of soy beans, dairy, cotton and more