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Atlanta, and its sparking speculation that another indictment could be coming very soon for the former president. And also ahead well look at a special election today in the state of ohio that could change the rules for amending that states constitution and how it could impact Abortion Rights there. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 8th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Well get right to the news, and it was another fast moving night on th...

Announcement that he appointed a Special Counsel to investigate hunter biden was like a really bad practical joke. Here today to announce the appointment of david weiss as a Special Counsel consistent with the Department Of Justice regulations governs such matters. In keeping with those regulations, i have today notified the designated members of each House Of Congress of the appointment. Laura yes, thats the same david weiss who tried to give hunter that Sweetheart Plea Deal before a smart judg...

But as the ukraine war drags on, western countries, especially the us, are starting to think that it might be better to lessen their dependence on china as well, which has made everything for us, from beach balls to Nuclear Power stations. Almost unnoticed by the outside world, President Biden has been pushing ahead with wide ranging plans to replace chinese goods with American Made ones. The bbc� s economics editor, faisal islam, has been investigating the extent of this new America First pol...

Newscast from the bbc. Hello. Its adam in the studio. Hello, its alex in the studio. And there is a chris mason shaped hole just on that side of the table because hes off on his travels. Hes in Washington Dc where hes been for the last day or two with rishi sunak, the Prime Minister who has been visiting joe biden. And on thursday evening they had a Press Conference. And alex, the centrepiece of this visit is this communique theyve put out where theyve talked about this new, new trade relationsh...

of extreme weather, heat alerts are stretching from california to texas and parts of south florida as well. while in the northeast, a state of emergency. in vermont, the capitol city devastated by flooding there with some people still stranded in their homes. and then new this morning, what we know about the fourth migrant child to die while in u.s. custody. we begin this hour, though, with a war in ukraine taking center stage at the nato summit in lithuania. later today, the preside...

military promotions by senator tuberville. what does this say about u.s. military readiness? would you talk with tuberville to work out a solution? >> i would be willing to talk to him if i thought there was any chance of him changing this ridiculous position. i expect the republican party to stand up and do something about it. its within their power to do that. the idea that we dont have a chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the idea that we have all these promotions and we dont kn...

and say that skin color determined. >> turn hard not to do that. the answer to that has official backtracking today. i will speak to the reverend, al sharpton, about the controversy coming up. we also continue to follow the dangerously putting millions risk this weekend across the country. a billion dollars up for grabs in the next few days as jackpots for the two biggest lottery is in the country reach stratospheric heights. more on the head, as well. more on that and the new york tim...

the conditions exists for the return of the northern ireland power—sharing executive and indicated he expects the assembly to sit on saturday. weve seen just a number of moves through the last couple of days. we saw legislation late in the house of commons. now the dup leader says hes written to the dup leader says hes written to the speaker of the stormont assembly, saying the conditions now exist for the return power—sharing in northern ireland, expected to start on saturday. wel...

custody this hour after leading officers on a chase through the streets spraying dozens of bullets along the way. mike tobin has more. mike? >> bryan, were standing by to get the update from philadelphia police. they have declined to identify the gunman. the philadelphia inquirer has no idea what sent the man on the killing spree. he was wearing a bulletproof vest. he had an a.r.-style rifle and a sidearm and a scanner to listen to police ray. four fatalities were found on the street. ...

u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, former nato supreme allied commander, james to read us, and cia analyst from congresswoman, elissa slotkin. later, my sunday exclusive with house speaker nancy pelosi. get her reflections on the one year anniversary of roe v. wade being overturned in the future of abortion rights in america. >> over just the last 48 hours, the yevgeny prigozhin a brutal shadow commander of mercenary forces staged a short-lived attempt to seize more power in ru...