Joining us this hour. Heres an interesting thing. Sort of a personal thing, but also a news thing. Right before President Trump was impeached the first time, i published a book called blow out and the weird surprising to me thing about blow out is that tended up being oddly well timed. I had no idea it was going to be well timed when i set out to write it, but thats how it landed. It was a book about the Oil And Gas Industry and the political power and geopolitical power of that industry. And a big chunk of that book was about all of the craziness and Corruption In Ukraine. And of course, then, right at the time the book came out, all the craziness and Corruption In Ukraine ended up being the setting, like the Playing Field for what President Trump got impeached for the first time he got impeached. I did not intend it to land that way. It was fortuitous and i hope helpful to people trying to figure out that landscape while we were looking at that first impeachment. Now, of course, mr.
All about the craziness and Corruption In Ukraine. And of course, then, right at the time the book came out, all the craziness and Corruption In Ukraine ended up being the setting, like, the Playing Field for what President Trump got impeached for the first time he got impeached. I did not intend it to land that way. It was foretuittous, and i hope, helpful to people trying to figure out that landscape while we were looking at that first impeachment. Well, now, of course, mr. Trump is being impeached for a second time, and its kind of uncanny a lot of the things that i wrote about in that book that came out during the first trump impeachment. Theyre sort of coming home to roost now. The whole reason i wrote that book is because i think we were pretty consistently underestimating the sway of this one industry, how much sway the Oil And Gas Industry has over politics and whole governments, both here in the United States and around the world. And so, i thought it would be helpful. I thoug
Education and Budget Committee assignments that she holds. Moments ago democrats said this about House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy. Why would Kevin Mccarthy continue to associate himself and the republican conference with someone who leader Mitch Mcconnell has characterized as a cancer . The last time i checked, cancers need to be cut out and not allowed to metastasize. And Kevin Mccarthy has the ability to do the right thing he should. But greene will not be the only urgent topic the republicans will need to address when they meet here in a few hours. Wyoming congresswoman liz cheney is on the fence of being ousted for voting to impeach former President Trump in his second impeachment. She has been shoring up support behind the scenes. That includes from Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell. Republicans are facing a critical reckoning. Will they encourage, quoting one gop senator, the coux of their party or those who vote their conscience like liz cheney or try to get away with
Lets say theyre in scranton just for the sake of argument, one is working as a nurse, the other is a teacher making 120,000 a year should get a check. Thats in his plan. And the plan presented by republicans, they would not get a check. His view is that at this point in our country, when one in seven American Families dont have enough food to eat, with he need to make sure people get the relief they need and are not left behind. As was also part of our readout last night, there was discussion of technical followup with opportunities to discuss things like Small Business and covid relief. Im not suggesting reduction, im suggesting how to do it effectively and those technical discussions at a staff level will be part of whats ongoing over the next couple of days. But the president s bottom line is that this is the package, the risk here as he said many times is not going too big, it is going too small. That continues to be his belief and thats why he supports the efforts by senator schum
It is about half past two in the morning, you are up to date on the headlines. Its time for tuesday in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to tuesday in parliament, where there is a mixed reaction to the bbcs decision to scrap free tv licences for most over 75s. Labour blames the government. Forget the crocodile tears. The truth is his government is supporting taking away £150 from pensioners who are on around £10,000 a year. But some conservatives think the bbc should find the money elsewhere. It seems to me that the elderly and Vulnerable People have been asked to contribute to the £1. 75 million salary of gary linacre. Also on this programme. What can be done to stop drones disrupting airports, and sir lenny henry calls on uk broadcasters to match us tv makers when it comes to diversity. My hope one day is to be able to hold up a picture like this for bbc, itv, channels four and five and i think that would be a real step forward. But first, there was anger in the commons followi