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Clear, but the inflation reduction act. i have to say, whoever came up with that that is actually genius because for once they are clear about what the democrats are trying to do. and then when you try to dig into the meat and potatoes of it, for young people is going to be 375 billion dollars to address climate change, that is a huge deal for a generation of young people who have basically said i dont think im going to vote this election. when it comes to prescription medicare drug pricing, you...

Value for money. the house of commons public accounts committee is chaired by dame meg hillier, whojoins us now. thanks forjoining us on bbc news. these reports state downing streets response to the crisis has exposed a uk taxpayer to a significant financial risk, how significant? you hiuuhlihted financial risk, how significant? 7m, highlighted that figure of £375 billion spent on the covid response was not unexpected we would be spending huge sums of money on an unprecedented pandemic. but the...

In -- just yesterday the trade war between the u.s. and china erupted when china said it would put new tariffs on 375 billion of goods. china is the fourth largest export market. trumps reply on twill twitter g u.s. companies not to do business with china. caught in the middle of this trade war are us farmers. president trump says they understand why this has to happen. well, roger johnson is the president of the national farmers union and a third generation farmer. good to see you. you said on ...

Immigration, they say that solves that problem. and they say congress has opened the door to this by authorizing $1.375 billion. the pentagon says that it would spend up to $6 billion total under this emergency declaration over the following years to build about 265 miles of wall and about 60 or so could be be built by the end of the year. the two sides here, the two parties that brought the lawsuit are asking the judge for an injunction to stop construction right now. i dont think its likely th...

Agree after the government shutdown to spend $1.375 billion to start border wall construction. the administration says the door was already opened by congress. the administration is simply walking more thoroughly through the door. now, the plaintiffs here are asking for the judge to block this immediately. they are asking for a preliminary injunction that would stop the work on this while this continues to work its way through the courts on the question of the merits. so, they wanted an immediat...

Is fighting for the promise on the campaign trail the first time around. when he first said he wanted the wall to be built, he said mexico would pay for the wall, and she a -- he is asking american taxpayers to foot the bill. as a reminder, this gives the president $8 million to build the wall. there is $1.375 billion that congress agreed to back in february. the language in there specifically says that the money is for fencing and existing barrier technology. $600 million would come from the

Vote, condemning the national emergency declaration on the border that moves money from other parts of the government to fund the border wall. its expected to pass with support from several republican senators. the president said he will veto it. it will be his first veto of his presidency. im going to speak more about this with north dakota republican senator cramer. thanks for speaking with me. youre voting against this resolution of disapproval. why? >> first of all, dana, thank you for the o...

Will be upheld, as i do. as the suits against the presidents action work their way up to the supreme court, well, hes got the money, in the meantime, to keep on building and repairing the wall. with the $1.375 billion guaranteed to him, in the latest budget compromise, and of course the money that he willro reallocate from other places in the government, which he has every right to do. meanwhile, the president continues his work to secure and protect the country,e many in te deep state, they hav...

Prevent this national emergency from being implemented. >> well, certainly, the attorney general in california and i think 12 other attorney generals are going to file a lawsuit. they should. i ive talked to xavier becerra about the underlying issues here. hell go forward. we have to fight back here. this is a fundamental constitutional crisis at hand. the congress undertook a thorough, more than 12 months, of whether we should or should not build a border wall. they came. the house and the sena...

Did the statements from the rose garden on friday hurt yourself case? the detractors would argue the president said he didnt have to go this route and he will lose a few legal cases but ultimately win at the u.s. supreme court. did that hurt your standing before a judge? >> we know the realities of judicial activism as youve seen so many time with the ninth circuit. the president didnt want to have to choose this route. he wanted to see if congress would negotiate a better deal. they, of course,...