Comments live. Then Alex Rouhandeh talks about news of the day on capitol hill, including the delay by House Republicans and bringing articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary Alejandra Mayorkas to the senate. And then jared bass with the center for American Progress and Christian Cooper of the foundation for research on equal opportunity to talk about President Bidens revised student loan forgiveness plan. Also, lisa curtis, Program Director for the indo pacific on the japanese Prime Ministers u. S. Visit, and the Security Alliance between the two countries in the face of threats from china. Washington journal starts now. Host good morning. Wednesday, april 10. Yesterday, the Arizona Supreme Court imposed a near total ban on abortion, citing an 1864 law that forbids the procedure except his ailing mothers life. It also punishes providers with six years of prison time. The first halfhour, we will get your reaction to the arizona ruling. Publicans, 202 7488001. Republi
A very bad depression day by day my depression is getting worse so varied about my life but nothing could happen to me pretty boy i see Greater Manchester officially the u. K. Government says it investigates every claim of intimidation and considers all cases on an individual basis now we have asked for reaction to abdel bari situation from a number of organizations focusing on human rights still yet to hear anything back when we do well tell you what they say. And see russias sentiment and im going over alarm clocks thats a glimpse into an alleged Kremlin Campaign to influence the twenty sixteen u. S. President ial election from a database of tweets from a supposed moscow linked accounts released by an American News outlet Jacqueline Bouvier joined me earlier to talk us through some of the tweets. For a while now social media has been wrapped up along with the allegations of russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen president ial election in the u. S. Scores of socalled russian
114. 8 versus the expectations of 113. 9 so slightly higher. Looking also at expectations in 102. 2 for the month of august. Thats in line for expectations and sil to what we saw in month of july. The greek crisis and political impact in germany at this point doesnt seem to have had a big impact on german business sentiment. Expectations for july at 102. 3. Lets get more on this. Joining us on the phone. A pleasure to have you on the show today. Will german business have to look elsewhere if china continues to weaken . That seems to be one of the Big Questions when i speak to economists. At the moment theyre still in a relatively good state. This month particularly in the improvement Retail Sector has improved, construction sector but all the manufacturing is relatively strong. The German Economy remains a rock in turbulent waters. How strong can it be with weakness out of china but also the strengthening euro which can hurt many of the exporters in germany. Well, the expectations decl
We begin though with the latest revelations about wealthy individuals. Multi. Duration. Xing money to avoid paying. Millions of leaked documents stop the Paradise Papers and said light on the extent of global tax havens today the technology from apple defended its tax. Practices arguing it had not broken any laws now that the European Union is trying to come up with ways to crackdown on tax avoidance but theyll yet to agree on the best way to proceed with more on that im. Joined by george tenet hes from the Tax Justice Network in the United Kingdom thanks for being with us on france24 tonight. And let. Others do. Starts out with the corporations you know the apples in the nike in all these huge funds to. Have managed to shift their profits of sorts so that they pay only a fraction of the usual tax rates are in european Member States dont year argued. At for system of unitary taxation at presumably that would require cooperation from every single country on s. Naram actually its a syste
Midway. The untold story of the battle of midway. And timothy orr coauthorer of never call me a hero. A dive bomber pilot remembers the battle of midway. Watch the battle of midways 75th anniversary live on friday beginning at 9 30 a. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. The house way and Means Committee recently held a hearing to changes to the tax code that could expand the u. S. Economy and create jobs. Executives with Manufacturing Companies were at the hearing. Which was chaired by kevin brady. The committee will come to order. Good morning, and thank you all for joining us. And today our committees focused on a top priority for the American People. Pro growth tax reform that will create jobs, increase paychecks, and strengthen our nations economy. America has one of the most costly unfair and uncompetitive tax systems in the world. The need for pro growth tax reform is urgent. Todays high tax rates on american businesses drive good paying jobs overseas and makes difficul