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welcome to the programme. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, has been in kyiv today hoping to shore up a deal struck that was between ukraine and russia in the summer to allow for the export of grain from both countries. the agreement, which was brokered in turkey and is overseen by the un, must be renewed by 18 march, but theres concern, moscow will refuse to renew it. the deal also aimed to facilitate the export of "russian" food and fertilisers. moscow says those shipment...

retaliation. senator tom cotton calling on the white house to take a stronger stand against china in support of taiwan. >> president biden and the white house is going out of their way to minimize this visit, to say its merely a private visit, not to defend the rights of senators and congressmen. not only are we going to continue this practice, but well stand up to any provocation that china undertakes in the western pacific because of these meetings. >> senior national correspondent w...

among other things, mike pences novel -- to put it kindly -- novel notion about why he should not have to testify before a grand jury. >> novel is one way of putting it, lawrence. i cant wait to see. it >> thanks, alex. >> thank you. >> well the breaking news of the night is that special prosecutor jeff jack smith has invoked the crime fraud exception in a motion to force one of donald trumps lawyers to testify before a grand jury without being able to refuse to answer questions bec...

a crazy republican state legislature. of course theyre not gonna pass that. thats never gonna happen in the country, and then before you know it, you look back at something like roe v. wade being overturned and you say, here we are. let >> me tell you one more thing that strikes me, which is, this is something that is happening in texas, and it would be easy to say, thats only gonna impact texas. no. there was a decision thats going to be made in texas that impacts you regardless of wh...

on president bidens student loan forgiveness plan. and a special womens history month panel, three state attorneys general from across america on the fight to protect reproductive rights and your right to vote. im ayman mohyeldin. lets get started. lets go back to the beginning of last month for a moment, when congressman jim jordan gaveled in the first hearing of house republicans newly established weaponization subcommittee. yes. it is called the weaponization subcommittee. he spoke ...

thing that strikes me, this is something that is happening in texas. it would be easy to say that is only going to impact you in texas. no. there is a decision is going to be made in texas that impacts you regardless of where you live. and that is why we cannot afford to take our eyes off that ball. >> like i, said we can talk about this for two hours pollution mondays enjoy the rest of your evening. welcome to ayman tonight. house republicans have been accused of faking the weaponizat...

how much fox news is going to pay dominion voting systems for amplifying conspiracies that the company rigged the 2020 election against donald trump. fox sort of admitting that their viewers were lied to quote we acknowledge the courts rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false. their settlement reflects foster foxes continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. we are hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute allows the country to move forward from...

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joining us in the united states and all around the world. im bianca novillo foster joining you live from london just ahead on cnn newsroom. the world got to see what really went on at fox news in 2020, todays settlement is complete vindication and really a message that lies do have consequences. im thankful that mr lester has turned himself in charge does not mean justice deep. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, april 19th nine am...

ridiculed by the media. kevin corke with the details, kevin. >> as you know, the president loves to get out of town. hes going to do it again this weekend. speaking of what he likes to do, he also likes to talk about things other than what voters are frankly concerned about, at least somewhat. however, if the strategy is meant to make all the difference, you may not be doing so. let me show you the latest smallmouth pole. most people feel like hes just not paying attention enough to th...