Timing of this operation and what the biden administration and the military wanted to achieve. so part of the timing here, they ve had strike options on the table and underssion since late 2023, so for about a month or so if not even a little bitonger at this point. the reason that it took until now to really refine them and then make the final decision president biden to carry out these strikes was they wanted to, number one, build a coalition. the u.s. didn t want to go this alone. so once they had the british military on board for the actual conducting of the strikes, the british military also dropped bombs here with the united states last night, and then there were a number of other nations that played a non-operational role. so they supported the mission even though they weren t up there in aircraft or dropping bombs inside yemen. the u.s. wanted to establish that. in addition to that, they wanted to make sure they could identify a number of targets that might actually impact the houthis ability to continue carrying out these attacks in the red sea. now, tha includes things like degrading their ability to fair
General s office get to that $370 million line it is seeking? re question. they moved it up kind after the trial. it is a tal of $378 million. and $168 million will just be on interest that was saved because donald trump got fav rates. and then there is two components that are interesting. one is $139 million for diskount on all of the proceeds of the sale the old post office then another $60 million from the sale of ferry point. the argument there is tha they used fraudulent records to obtain loans for those. but i got to tell you, that is a big number. and part of the i thought the most interesting part of the attorney general s case yesterday was midafternoon, they got up and they went through a lot of donald trump s spending that he has done in recent years. and he has put hundreds of millions of dollars into
They get their masters in america. that s why. thank you. k you. i that s why i support releasing a wolves. i kid, i would never do the that to the wolves. the real answer would be to tha give them a criminalo bo record that would follow them for life. but we wouldn t want to bother l thos all busy democrat days. after all, trump is still a free man.e and you know what he did? let s talk about the fact a that president trump incited an that i wasn t going to pass that up. so tonight i propose a different method. from where i sit where i, young
There s a victim and their money was taken. if you rob a bank, the bank can lose money. they will say, this is the amount of money that we lost and should be given back. disgorgement is the example i gave was be exactly the same dollar amount, but what you are looking at is, what is the benefit that the culprit received from engaging in this conduct? what did they get? in this case, the state s argument is tha there was a, they got loans they weren t entitled to. b, they loans at a better rate than they were entitled to. they could take that extra money and not only did they get that extra money that they would have had to use to pay interest just think about if anyone is listening has a mortgage on
A court hearing in washington. is a court hearing in washington. a very sad thing tha happened is a very sad thing that s happened with this whole situation, when they talk about a threat to democracy. that s your real threat to democracy. i feel like as a president, you have to have immunity very simple. records tumble like dominoes as european scientists confirm that 2023 was the warmest year on record. america s top diplomat antony blinken says the daily toll on civilians in gaza, particularly on children, is far too high . live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday.