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Israel banned both Rashida Tlaib and ihlan omar from entering the country at all. Theyre the first and only muslim women in congress and they are vocal critics of israel and have supported the Boycott Movement against israel known as bds. Dont forget, this isnt just a spat between members of congress and a u. S. Ally, this also comes after President Trump got involved publicly and privately, were told, pushing the Israeli Government not to let them in. Cnns Oren Lieberman is joining us from jerusalem. Hes been following all the twists and turns. What are you hearing there now . Well, as of right now congresswoman Rashida Tlaib who has granted access f ....
And again, this is after israel denied permission for her and her fellow congresswoman ihlan omar to visit israel, both of who support the boycott of that under. Oren lieberman joins me this morning with more. Israel under the 2017 law is allowed to do this. They can bar people who support the boycott from coming into the country and they chose to do that with the encouragement of President Trump. President donald trump certainly instigated and support the decision saying it would be showing great weakness if they allowed them to enter. Benjamin netanyahu has never publicly disagreed with trump and wasnt going to start now. This is the most high profile use of the law. There was an opening that congresswoman tlaib initially took that she would be allowed to enter or at least make a request if it was on humanitarian grounds to visit her family. That was granted by israels interior minister who has the final say earlier this aftern ....
Julian assange set to appear in london courtney minute. The wikileaks founder charged by the u. S. Justice department with one count of criminal conspiracy related to the leaking of classified documents in 2010 given to him by a whistleblower inside the u. S. Army. Assange faces expedition to the United States. Right now about to be inside a courtroom overseas in london. You can see the building, were about to show it to you after six years, nine months and 24 days hold up in the Ecuadorian Embassy. Here is british Prime Minister theresa may. This goes to show in the United Kingdom no one is above the law. Assange was trying to avoid being expedited to sweden. All of that and everything the u. S. Wants him for happened before the 2016 campaign during which u. S. ....
Im sitting in for christine romans. Good morning, im dave briggs. August 16th, 4 a. M. In new york, 11 a. M. In jerusalem. Thats where we begin with strong reaction with what congress sabaning two muslim women. Two members of the squad and his political foes. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu explaining the ban is the plan of the two Congress Women is only to damage israel and to full meant against isr l israel. Both omar and tlaib agree. The president said, quote, it would show great weakness if israel allowed representatives omar and tlaib to visit. The ban sparking a mountain of criticism from democrats. Speaker nancy pelosi saying it is beneath the dignity of the great state of israel. Some republicans are slamming the decision. Senator marco rubio saying while he disagrees with the two, denying them entr ....
This morning slight as it is, does not negate the fact that we saw this inverted yield curve yesterday. Absolutely not, and i can tell you the only thing im willing to promise you right now is volatility, quite frankly. To your point, weve had strong numbers from retail giant here in the United States walmart. Weve also had a broader reading of retail fails here in this United States, which also helped to shore up support. Remember, services, u. S. Consumer spending, its such a huge chunk of the u. S. Economy right now. When you get these kind of numbers, it will shore up support for stock markets, but more bloodily theres still a degree of nervousness. Beijing overnight said if the United States slaps more tariffs on it, well retaliate, but they also said they want the Uni ....