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Serious risk that their client now faces in manhattan >> glenn, let's switch gears a little bit here, let's tal about former vice president, mike pence, is this really big of a win as it's being toute for special counsel jack smith we know that pence was basically saying, i've got thi speech and debate clause, and have executive privilege t hide behind, but a federal judge says, no, you have t answer questions before th grand jury, there are stil limitations. talk about it. >> yeah, it's an important victory, both legally an tactically for jack smith. i think we all know, katie that mike pence...

>> yeah. and olivia, let's switch gears a little bit. democrats had a lot going against them, inflation. the high gas prices. people drive by the gas station and see the high gas prices. crime was on the minds of many voters, depending where they live in this country. yet democrats managed to control, managed to keep control of the senate. what do you think it was? do you think it was maybe partly the dobbs decision, i suppose? but what about president biden's appeal to americans to hang on to their democracy, to defend democracy? >> yeah, i think, again, i think that played a big role. look, ...

Military families they are speaking to make, and what its like to be one of them. And so they speak obviously from their own personal experience. And, you know, we will tune in when the president starts speaking about what message he wants to send this memorial day. We know this has long been something that the first lady has made a priority. She, even as second lady, during the obama administration, working with the former first Lady Michelle obama, made working with and supporting military families a priority, a project that they made sure stayed at the forefront of the administration. And t...

that's their rationale, then it doesn't fly. because the bill they voted down yesterday essentially said we can create hundreds of thousands of jobs rebuilding our infrastructure making america more competitive and the entire program will be paid for by a tax not only millionaires, but people making a million dollars a year or more. which in the united states is about -- a little over 300,000 people. now, there aren't a lot of small businesses across the country that are making that kind of money. in fact, less than 3% of small businesses make more than $250,000 a year. so what they'...

some 5,000 palestinians reportedly fled a u.n. refugee camp. more than 40 people have been killed in two days. those are the headlines from cnn, the world's news leader. world business today starts right now. good morning. from cnn london. i'm charles hodson. >> and' very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i'm andrew stevens. you're watching world business today. the top stories this tuesday, august 16th. >> new signs of slowing growth in europe as leaders of the euro zones top two economies try to restore confidence in the region. >> google announces its biggest bet. what's in it ...