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hearing on capitol hill. fbi director christopher wray on defense over the agencys alleged preferential treatment of democrats. senior, national correspondent kevin corke joins us here in the nations capitol. good evening, kevin. >> kevin: you could call it a bipartisan be down today. hobbled and pilloried by the right and left for that matter at that hearing today on capitol hill. while his opening statement offered a forceful defense of the bureau, house members wasted little time in...

during his treatment. during the kings recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted. subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer. his majesty has today commenced a schedule of regular treatments, during which time he has been advised by doctors to postpone public—facing duties. throughout this period, his majesty will continue to undertake state business and official paperwork as usual. the king is grateful to his m...

officers have now searched five properties in london and newcastle in the hunt for abdul shokoor ezedi. the injured woman, who was known to the suspect, remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. lets go and take a look at whats on the show. getting germany growing again. europes biggest economy continues to shrink. so, whats it going to take to ge...

for dangerous flooding. our weather team timing it all out. and breaking overseas, the latest u.s. strikes in yemen in retaliation for repeated attacks on merchant shipping in the red sea. tonights military action against the houthis hitting 36 targets across 13 locations in yemen. this coming just one day after the mission to strike other iranian-backed militants in iraq and syria. american warplanes delivering a blow to the armed groups the u.s. blames for killing three americans a...

seeking a "winner—take—all" competition and that both countries should not let any disagreement hurt economic ties. tensions have flared over washingtons efforts to limit chinese access to advanced computer chips. just this week, beijing tightened export restrictions on two rare minerals — both used in the chip industry, but speaking earlier today janet yellen insisted the two economies must remain closely interlinked. ive made clear that the united states does not seek a wholesa...

all of that with these two — there they are. one of germanys leading business groups tells me its important that consumers start splashing the cash again and how problems abroad are hurting his members. also, the chairwoman of the german startup association, herself a successful entrepreneur, tells me why a different way of thinking is needed. and its the younger generation that are going to deliver it. also, i catch up with the big boss of germanys most valuable company, the softwar...

closing in new hampshire. of course, president trump looking to deliver a knockout blow to nikki haley and take full control of the g.o.p. nomination. but haley says no matter what happens tonight, she is in it for the long haul. were just minutes away from getting the first results. plus my angle on whats at stake in moments. but, first, tonight we have reporters at the trump and haley headquarters. lets go right to alexis mcadams who is standing by at trump watch party. alexis, what ...

good morning to you, it saturday, january the 20th. im ali velshi. three days, three remaining candidates for the republican nomination are gonna face off in the new hampshire primaries. ron desantis, nikki haley, and donald trump. theyre all holding offense throughout the state this weekend. and in the normal presidential election year, the race would really be ramping up right now. we would be talking about momentum from iowa and how the independents would line up in new hampshire an...

word" with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence odonnell. velshi, who i in -- >> many ongoing legal challenges, including news that, on monday, defending donald trump may become witnessed all. trump a source close to donald trump tells nbc news that he is, quote, planning on testifying, end quote, in his own defense, when trial resumes next week in e. jean carrolls civil defamation suit against the disgraced former president. the decision to testify would come with a great deal of risk ...

caucus. if you do better than expected youre off to the races, however, if you do worse than expected, it could be the end of the race. im thinking back at a time in 1968 when lyndon johnson actually won the new hampshire primary, but barely so. a fella named eugene mccarthy had almost taken the state outright and changed everything. not too long after that, lyndon johnson, the president of the united states, who was expected to run for reelection, did not and all because he won a stat...