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think with the lawyers and a good tool for a lawyer to try to develop that relationship early on. so that as things happen in the trial, that jury looks to that lawyer because they trust him or her moving forward and in terms of the witnesses norm just heard marshall, they're laying out some of the bigger names who who could be called but the prosecutor so far have refused to reveal this witness list with the defense. they have cited trump's previous tweets about witnesses as their pretexts, their judge mark sean is saying that he won't force them to hand it over. do you think the judge made the right move there when it comes to the witnesses, i think the judge has been very cautious. i think the prosecutors will get the name of the first witness tonight. this will be attached this will be a test very likely. this will be a test. alex of, you know, will there be an immediate pivot to attacking whoever that witness would be? there has been public
clearly an unpopular war in the sense that 200,000 russians are dead or wounded in this war, it does not seem to excite the kind of nationalist fervor that putin was hoping for, and what prigozhin is doing, he is almost giving license to people decide that the whole thing was started on false pretexts. that is a big deal and it punctures the aura that putin hasn't tried to create around him. does that lead to the toppling of the regime? i do not think so, i think putin is firmly in control. >> we are just playing the video of people waving at and taking pictures of prigozhin as the flood. putin is not usually the type to take two challenges to his power very easily. should we be concerned at this moment that he could lash out in some way to just to show the world, and to show russians that he is still in control? >> i think that he will
but, what he did was not just challenge but assault the rationale for the war and it is clearly an unpopular war in the sense that 200,000 russians are dead or wounded in this war, it does not seem to excite the kind of nationalist fervor that putin was hoping for, and what prigozhin is doing, he is almost giving license to people decide that the whole thing was started on false pretexts. that is a big deal and it punctures the aura that putin hasn't tried to create around him. does that lead to the toppling of the regime? i do not think so, i think putin is firmly in control. >> we are just playing the video of people waving at and taking pictures of prigozhin as the flood. putin is not usually the type to take two challenges to his power very easily. should we be concerned at this moment that he could lash out in some way to just to show the world, and to show russians that he is still in control? >> i think that he will certainly do some kind of purge. that is very typical in russian history. there is a doctor's plot
losing his troops to them says the whole war was started on false pretexts. the ukrainians did not provoke us. we decided to do it because we wanted to control them because we -- a whole bunch of oligarchs who had been making money in the donbas. he provides a kind of alternative narrative that is not one that looks good for putin. it completely contradicts putin's own narrative about ukraine being taken over by neo-nazis. and i wonder whether that will turn out to be, you know, if things go down badly for putin, i wonder if this becomes a central issue, which is that his own guy says the whole rational for this war is a lie. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has spoken with close allies about the turmoil in russia, saying the crisis is a result of russia's own aggression. >> translator: the longer
we'll be taking a deep dive into the chinese economy this week, to look at what's stalling the much anticipated rebound, and what policy makers are doing to spur growth in the world's second biggest economy. the usjustice department has filed criminal charges against four chinese chemical manucturing companies and eight individuals. they've been accused of illegally trafficking the chemicals used to make fentanyl — a painkiller that has fuelled an opioid crisis in the country. according to the doj, the companies sold chemicals to a cartel in mexico, which has flooded the us with the drug. this is the first time washington has tried to prosecute any of the chinese companies responsible for the manufacturing process. china's foreign ministry has accused the us of using pretexts to sanction and prosecute chinese companies and citizens. old cars are being given a new lease of life, thanks to a scheme by online marketplace ebay which verifies parts taken from vehicles destined for the scrap heap. the website says the move will help consumers notjust save money, but offset part of their carbon footprint as well. paul carter visits a recycling plant in the uk to find out how this works.
state again and again,ronted confronted with a foreign adversary. for example, after 9/11,r 1 ththe federal government useso the opportunity to expand their police powers over the americanus population. er fal pretthey do it under false pretexts and they do it quickly. quicklby whipping people intopai a panic. usually that's rooted in some truth. ure. tiktok is bad. sure, al qaeda was terrible of course, but these measures are not aimed at stopping the foreign threat. they're aimed at controlling the american population. they rush through and they do it so quickly that no one evers explains. how exactly does this preserve american national security. security according to sandy core we really quotz,e her. th wa congress has not even been briefed on any of this watch. >> usually when the united states is proposing a very major move that has something to do with significant risk to national securityo , one ofps the first things that happens is that congress receives a classified briefins g. and i can tell you that congress has not received a classified briefin cg aroundry
to spread some of these false alarms and claims to maximize public outrage, to lay the groundwork for an invented justification for war. let me be clear. i am here today not to start a war but to prevent one. >> that was u.s. secretary of state antony blinken over a year ago calling out russian attempts to manufacture false pretexts for the invasion of ukraine. it was all part a bold and new u.s. intelligence strategy which helped unify the west and blunt russian efforts to use propaganda to justify its aggression. today "the new york times" examines how this previously inconceivable tactic, releasing declassified intelligence to expose russian plans, has redefined how the united states uses intelligence and how it unified the west against vladimir putin. "the times" writes this, quote, the play book is not just about naming and shaming russia and its allies. it has become a powerful tool in
between nations. before leaving poland president biden meeting with eastern european leaders. former soviet union and nato pack. today they make up the eastern flank. worried about the land locked soviet moldova on the border. russian deference ministry ukraine staged a. warning sign it could be russian forces heading there next, guys, as brian you have been warning about for days. >> brian: people of moldova slow motion coo going on and they feel it. invasion like ukraine and do something insidious and political below the surface in a small place. >> ukraine started very similar pretexts, guys. >> steve: indeed. so far and lucasens headline there and a "wall street journal" exclusive is apparently the u.s. intelligence apparatus and the administration are thinking about spilling the beans on what on any china-to-russia lethal arms deal might go through it is
All eyes within the BJP and other political parties of the state are on the decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government in this regard. Shivamogga airport is the dream project of Yediyurappa.Duri
All eyes within the BJP and other political parties of the state are on the decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government in this regard. Shivamogga airport is the dream project of Yediyurappa.Duri