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before leaving warsaw this morning the president met with leaders from nato's eastern flank and reaffirmed their joint commitment quoting the white house here to, quote, stand with the ukrainian people for as long as it takes. vladimir putin was also alliance building, meeting with china's top envoy saying cooperation between their two countries is very important for, quote, stabilizing the international situation. russia wants weapons from china. the pentagon spokeswoman today warning, quote, it would certainly be a miscalculation of china to provide lethal aid to russia. president ...

>> plus the justice department marks a new phase of its investigation into donald trump. a federal grand jury subpoena now demands testimony from a key west wing insider. the trump white house counsel pat cipollone. and china's response to nancy pelosi's defiance by dispatching 27 war planes into taiwan's airspace. the house speaker says her taiwan visit a clear marker now in the battle between democracy and dictatorship. >> today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy. america's determination to preserve democracy here in taiwan and around the world remains iron ...

Its own subpoenas, which congress can't. if congress wishes to go down the road of trying to compel anybody to testify, they'd have to go to the justice department and take everything to court and would be a more convoluted, complex legal process. so anything the justice department does is going to have more teeth in congress both in the way of subpoenas and bringing in anyone to testify. >> so, but i mean how likely is it the former president would try to invoke executive priv l, and how would that play out? >> certainly, he can. now, look, regardless of the fact that these individuals were t...

Exact issue. we know he was there when members of congress were also in touch with the president of the united states also. so the other key thing about pat cipollone is that he is not someone close to the president currently in trump world so you can't just offer him a job or anything else to get him to not talk to the committee. >> help me understand the line. where does he have priv l, and where is there no privilege? if pat cipollone turned a hypothetical and said, sir, is that illegal? is that privilege if you're talking about potentially committing a crime? >> he can argue to this, but i...

17 March 2021 | 09:46am StockMarketWire.com - Investment consultancy River and Mercantile posted a 19% drop in first-half profit amid a fall in management and performance fees. Pre-tax profit for the six months through December decreased to £4.6 million, down from £5.7 million, as revenue slipped 5.7% to £34.3 million. River and Mercantile held its interim dividend steady at 3.89p per share, but also declared a special dividend of 0.5p per share. Fee-earning assets under management increased 4.4% to £45.7 billion, thanks to net inflows of £100 million and a positive investment performanc...