Democrats are in a box. They are trapped inside and it is a box of their own making. Slowly but surely, Kamala Harris is being exposed for what she has. An empty pantsuit. Even when obvious questions are asked, she wont answer them. Just because you have changed your position on so many things. You were against tracking and now your ford. You were for medicare for all and now you are not. So many of the people dont truly know what you believe or what you stand for and i know you have heard that. Speak when the last four years, i have been Vice President of the United States. Ive been traveling the country and listening To folks and seeking what is possible in terms of common ground. I believe in building consensus. We are diverse people. Geographically, regionally in terms of wHere we are in our backgrounds and what the american people do want is that we have leaders who can build consensus. WHere we can figure out compromise and understand, it is not a bad thing as long as you dont co
Washington tonight. The unserious woman. That s the focus of tonight s angle. Laura: democrats are in a box. They are trapped inside and it s a box of their own making. Slowly, but surely, kamala harris is being exposed for what she is. An empty pants suit. Even when obvious questions are asked, she won t answer them. You have changed your position on so many things. You were against fracking. Now you are for it. You have supported looser immigration policies. Now you are tightening them up. You were for medicare for all. Now you are not. So many of the people don t truly know what you believe or what you stand for. And i know you have heard that. In the last four years i have been vice president of the united states. And i have been traveling our country, and i have been listening to folks. And seeking what is possible in terms of common ground. I believe in building consensus. We are a diverse people. Geographically, regionally, in terms of where we are in our background, and what th
Live from london, this is business today. We start with uber, the us Tech Firm that has become a global transport giant. Around The World some 6 Million people work as drivers and couriers through the uber app, and their services are used by 150 Million people at least once a month. Well, the boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has been talking to our business editor simonjack, about their plans to make the firm greener and get more of their drivers using Electric Cars. But hes worried that trade tensions with china are getting in the way. The us and europe are hitting chinese Electric Cars with hefty Import Taxes or tariffs to protect their own auto makers, making them more expensive. I think cheap chinese vehicles are a good thing for the environment. And i would tell you that china is transitioning from notjust being cheap but also being high quality and for us, we want to electrify our fleet and make sure it is affordable for our drivers to switch over to evs. The political considerat
The worlds biggest Trade Blocs is deepening with china announcing new tariffs on Brandy Imports from the european unIon. It follows last Weeks DecisIon by the eu to push ahead with Import Taxes of its own on Electric Vehicles from china. Last Year China imported about 1. 8bn of brandy from the eu with the vast majority coming from france. From Friday Companies that import will have to pay a tariff of up to 39 to the chinese government after they decided their own producers were being unfairly harmed. It follows the eu pushing ahead with tariffs of up to 45 of chinas Electric Vehicles which it says have benefitted unfairly from government help. Last Year Trade between the Eu And China was worth about 811 BillIon after it fell last year. With more tarfffs under consideratIon, it could fall further. Im joined now by Dr Deborah elms, head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich FoundatIon in singapore. It describes itself as a philanthropic organizatIon that works adavance sustainable trade. So the
And in the uk, conservative mps prepare to eliminate another candidate from the party Leadership Contest. Hello, im annita mcveigh, and welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We start with all the latest developments in the middle east, and more than 100 rockets have been fired by hezbollah into the northern israeli city of haifa. Ma ny were intercepted by israeli defences. By israeli defences. But some did get through. But some did get through. Israel says it fired back at israel says it fired back at the launch is used for the the launch is used for the beirut, israel says it has attack. Attack. The latest salvos came the latest salvos came after a separate announcement after a separate announcement by israel that it had by israel that it had expanded its Ground Invasion expanded its Ground Invasion into south west lebanon. Into south west lebanon. In Lebanons Capital in Lebanons Capital beirut, israel says it has killed the commander of he