the results was illegal. but they pushed anyway. listen to former trump white house lawyer eric herschmann on his conversation with eastman. i said are you out of your effing mind. i was completely blunt. i said you re crazy, you re going to cause riots in the streets. and he said words to the effect of, there s been violence in the history of our country to protect the democracy or protect the republic. testimony revealed even after the capitol riot, eastman pushed for delay in certifying the election and later asked for a pardon. [ crowd chanting ] the committee also outlined just how close rioters were to the then vice president and pointed out that some of them had seen president trump s tweet at 2:24, saying that pence lacked courage. recent court filing by the department of justice explains the confidential informant from the proud boys told the fbi the proud boys would have killed mike pence if given a chance. some of those rioters came within just 40 feet of
Its been a long week for barclays Ceo Jes Staley and it ends with him fooled into replying to an email he thought was sent by the banks chairman but was actually from a prankster. Well tell you what he wrote later, but first we want to know have you ever sent an email to the wrong person . Just use bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start in europes economic powerhouse, because in the last half hour germany has released gdp figures for the first three months of the year, and they show an economy thats accelerating. It grew 0. 6 on the previous quarter. That translates to an annual rate of 1. 7 . Its being fuelled by Global Demand for the countrys exports, like cars and machinery. But its not all cause for celebration. Let me show you why. Last year germany clocked up its biggest ever Trade Surplus, thats how much more it exports than it imports. At 275 billion, germany has one of the biggest Trade Surpluses in the world. Its a source of tension with its neighbours and a
really eats into your budget. $250,000 home, you re now spending $335 more per month, and that money is not getting you an extra bedroom or bathroom or a swimming pool. that s all going to the bank. on a half a million dollar home, you re talking about $670 more per month. if you extrapolate this throughout the very credit sensitive economy that we live in, you can see how fed policy is shifting to very aggressive rate hikes is going to have a big impact on the economy, victor. yeah, 600 bucks a month is a lot. that s a significant change. let s talk about the concerns about a recession, more concern from business leaders. what are you hearing? reporter: victor, there are a growing number of business leaders who are getting concerned about the risk of a recession. this new survey put out today from the conference board found that 60% of global ceos and
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