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Get it done is still to be determined. >> trying to figure out what anyone is basing this on. we have been at this for a month. more philosophical issues need to be worked out. not just details on where specific dollars go. were learning in realtime why this has not been done. why the administration couldnt do this, previous administrations could not do this. it is hard, right? >> yes, there has been public optimism. of course that struck this $579 billion framework more than a month ago. they a...

12 people have lost their lives. and here, the rescue operation is still on. mayooresh konnoor, bbc news, mumbai. devastating images they are out of the state of maharashtra. if you want to get in touch with me, im on twitter at @bbckarishma. youre watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: were back live in tokyo for our special olympics correspondent mariko ois unique view of the games. a lot of excitement about japans gold rush. it can you see the temperature behind me? its ...

Our headlines... some shocks and surprises on the second full day of the tokyo olympics, including relative unknowns from austria and tunisia winning gold medals. a top american general has warned the taliban they could face us air strikes unless they stop their military offensive across afghanistan. later today, president duterte is due to deliver the last state of the nation address of his term of office, after leading one of the most controversial administrations in the history of the philipp...

It isnt something prosecutors would have to prove. but i could see it being one of tom barracks defenses if this ever goes to trial, that he was simply acting in his own financial interest. >> and very briefly, before i have to let you go, on wednesday the attorney general merrick garland issued a memo that limits contact between the doj and the white house. what do we read into that? >> well, this is something weve been waiting for for several months, joshua. for the last few administrations mo...

Barrack did, that isnt discussed in the indictment. it isnt something prosecutors would have to prove. but i could see it being one of tom barracks defenses if this ever goes to trial, that he was simply acting in his own financial interest. >> and very briefly, before i have to let you go, on wednesday the attorney general merrick garland issued a memo that limits contact between the doj and the white house. what do we read into that? >> well, this is something weve been waiting for for several...

So-called demoting? >> well, that was very cringe to listen to how awkwardly he answered those questions. scurrying for favor. >> [overlapping talking]. >> yes. >> full retreat. seeking accommodation with the government. successful administrations put pressure on social media companies and they are sensitive to pressure from the government. you have the biden administration calling mark zuckerberg a killer for not suppressing enough. the companies will feel a lot of pressure to do it. we had it ...

White house. prime minister suga told me the two of them were working together on policy particularly at the g-7 last month. the policy to counteract china in his own words. so i wanted to ask him about that relationship and how he views it. take a listen. are japan and the u.s. more aligned than ever in their view of china, and how would you describe the challenge of china? >> translator: well, in terms of how japan and the united states view china, with the establishment of the new administrat...

Access to abortion. >> katie, how do the new judges change the scope of this battle? >> they absolutely do. we know that all six conservative justices have been hostile to abortion in different ways, either in their personal lives or professionally as a judge or even working for republican hobbled to abortion in personal ways, either in personal lives or professionally as a judge or working for republican administrations in the past. now, justice amy coney barrett, of course we know she is perso...

Pipeline. the project will double russian gas exports to germany. there have been concerns over moscow using the energy is leveraged to exert political control in europe. as part of the deal, germany has committed to take steps including sanctions to prevent that from happening. ways the us involved in whether a gas pipeline in europe goes ahead? david willis explains. in actualfact, ben, the last three american administrations have all expressed their dislike of the nord stream 2 gas pipeline. ...

Part of the deal, germany has committed to take steps including sanctions to prevent that from happening. david willis, our correspondent join us now from washington. david, why is the united states involved in whether or not a gas pipeline in europe gets to go ahead or not? in gas pipeline in europe gets to go ahead or not?— go ahead or not? in actual fact, go ahead or not? in actual fact. ben. _ go ahead or not? in actual fact, ben, the _ go ahead or not? in actual fact, ben, the last- go ah...