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President is in brussels meeting with key leaders from the European Union but will the worlds two most powerful Trading Blocks reach a deal . The American Food giant, kraft heinz, walks away from its proposed merger deal with rival unilever. It would have been the largest merger ever. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, a nose for talent. Indias Perfume Industry takes on a unique hiring approach. But first the us Vice President mike pence meets the presiden...

They like to bring in donald trump and talk about the big lie. that message seems to be resonating more with voters according to that nbc poll, if you believe it. but when it comes to certain states like texas and arizona, the immigration issue looms very, very large for voters. so it is a mixed bag. i do think that democrats are facing a huge challenge because they only have, the republicans only have to gain a few seats in the house, and it looks like its almost impossible for them not to at t...

Any anyany given issue. there will be a formal press conference at the white house, but as you say, all eyes will be on what they can do on voting rights if these two bills fail as unfortunately for democrats it looks to be the case. >> the biden administration hits the mark on thursday. well have complete coverage all week on "way too early." thank you so much. president biden is calling the hostage situation in a synagogue in the dallas area over the weekend an act of terror. the fbi yesterd...

The multi-trillion dollars hole. and taxes go up and premiums go down and you come out ahead but there is still a multi-trillion dollar hole in this plan and add if you like your private plan her vision will kick it off of you in four years or less and we dont have to do this. what im proposing amounts to the boldest health care reform in years. and this is the biggest thing since medicare itself was invented and has the advantage of preserving americans freedom to choose. >> if it happened it w...

Talks about, it the problem is the multi-trillion dollars hole. and taxes go up and premiums go down and you come out ahead but there is still a multi-trillion dollar hole in this plan and add if you like your private plan her vision will kick it off of you in four years or less and we dont have to do this. what im proposing amounts to the boldest health care reform in years. and this is the biggest thing since medicare itself was invented and has the advantage of preserving americans freedom to...

Keep the mr. smith myth alive? that was what the filibuster gave, which was this belief of mr. smith can go to washington and one senator can do something, can either get something done or stop something in its tracks. what does that look like in a no-filibuster world? >> ill tell you what we have right now. its not mr. smith goes to washington. under the current rules it is only the majority leader deciding what comes to the floor. only the majority leader deciding what amendments are there. im...

So i think what youre seeing about buttigieg could turn out to be extreme, extremely important and significant advantage that he has, if he can execute what he laid out today. >> yeah. donald trump is very good at taking all positions on a given issue but hes especially good at doing that when it comes to foreign policy. he ran as this noninterventionist very much opposed to the iraq war. he started his presidency by talking about fire and fury in north korea and now hes really backed off and is...

This is not something that was achieved when republicans controlled everything in washington. and now of course democrats control the house. no doubt it remains a very thorny and complicated issue. >> nancy pelosi will be sitting behind the president for the state of the union. that will be an interesting optic when we see the speaker of the house behind the president for the address. >> its always interesting to keep an eye on facial expressions of everyone in the room. no doubt! >> kind of lik...

Romney, but i feel we are a ways away from that. >> i dont know what a stage of intervention means in this case. he is who he is. what do you want republicans to do with president trump in an intervention? >> well, i think somebody has to march down pennsylvania avenue, and presumably republican leaders and say this is an unsustainable situation. it cannot continue this way, the insulting of allies, the constant name calling, and the unpresidential behavior. just the way he negotiates. i mean, y...

Independent personalities in politics for quite a long time. on one hand you have a man who spent six decades in service to the united states of america from his time in the military to the house of representatives and the u.s. senate and two bits for the u.s. presidency. mccain is nothing if not an american icon. not just in the confines of the u.s. border but globally pursued for making sure democracy and freedom and individual liberty rained across the globe. trying to write as he has such a ...