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and in central africa, weve a special report on the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands releasing damaging carbon dioxide. hello. one of president putins closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine. hes repeated the kremlin line that there is no war, but instead a "special military operation". this comes as russias invasion of ukraine is almost four months old. mr lavrov, whos been at the heart of power in russia for...

weve a special report on the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands releasing damaging carbon dioxide. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. one of president putins closest advisers, the foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine. hes repeated the kremlin line that there is no war, but instead a �*special military operation�*. this comes as russias invasion of ukraine is almost four months old. mr lavrov, whos ...

we start here in the uk, where the bank of england has raised the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 13 years. the quarter of a percentage point rise, to 1.25%, was less than some were expecting. but financial markets are now betting uk interest rates will have to rise a lot further from here, to get control over soaring inflation. the worry is, too steep a rise in borrowing costs could tip the economy into recession. and the warning signs are already there. our economics editor...

about the presidents counsel, the vice presidents counsel. they all told him it was un-american. in the words of a prosecutor, illegal. even the nations top prosecutor, the attorney general bill barr, found no evidence to support a play to stay in office. and tonight we have not one but two former attorneys general here both nominated by republican president. and both are going to give us their take on whether the emperors wardrobe might be traded for prison garb. the former attorney g...

between the president and the vice president, is that correct? >> yes. >> when i entered the office the second time he was on the telephone with who i later out to found out to be the vice president. >> could you hear the vice president or only hear the presidents end? >> only hear the presidents end. at some point it started off as a calmer tone and became heated. >> the conversation was pretty heated. >> did you hear any part of the phone call even just the end that the president was...

the january 6th committee presents new evidence as it tries to connect the capitol insurrection to trumps pressure campaign against his vice president. witnesses testifying trump knew the plan was illegal, but he went ahead with it anyway. there is so much to discuss with our senior political analyst, but first we want to get you to manu raju with the latest. >> mike pence has betrayed america! >> reporter: the pressure campaign was relentless. donald trump for months trying to get mik...

>> then, you said at some point, there was a telephone conversation between the president and the vice president? is that correct? >> yes. >> when i entered the office, the second time, he was on the phone with who i later found out to be the vice president. >> did you hear the vice president, or only hear the presidents end? >> only hear the presidents end. it was a calmer tone and then became heated. >> the conversation was pretty heated. >> did you hear any part of the phone call? l...

>> the statement. >> the statement. he really wanted to make sure that it was just so. >> as president trump was, quote, pouring gasoline on the fire during the insurrection, were now hearing how close to danger vice president pence was on january 6. plus we now have the first of the two captured by russiae reported missing. were live in kyiv with the latest. and more than 65 million americans are in a heat alert with temperatures getting into the triple digits fahrenheit. were live ...

thing, we win the election. >> i remember hearing the word wimp. he called him a wimp. wimp is the word i remember. >> it was a different tone than id heard him take with the vice president before. >> do you remember what your father called him? >> the p word. >> the hearing included testimony that even after trump was informed violence was breaking out on the capitol, he tweeted an insult saying that pence lacked courage which the committee says led to a surge in the crowd. >> then i ...

good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is friday, june 17th. im brianna keilar with john berman. there are new questions about donald trumps legal exposure in the january 6th attempted and attempted coup. he and his allies new their scheme was illegal but continued with it anyway. putting vice president pences life in danger as angry mobs vowed to hang him at the capitol. this was pence on january 6th sheltering in a secure location as rioters overwhelmed the...