he called the mercers worried that a landslide trump defeat might damage breitbart. the mercers, political innocents but with a vast checkbook immediately flew out to the hamptons to meet trump at a fundraiser to be held at the home of woody johnson, the johnson & johnson heir and new york jets owner whom trump would subsequently appoint to the ambassador of port st. james. virtually no one showed up for the fundraiser, a humiliating moment for trump, who with the promise of a mercers and desperate to not spend his own money, promptly agreed to make steve bannon the head of his campaign. that is why bannon is one day away from the first federal prosecution. trump pardoned steve bannon. joining us now is michael wolf, the author of too famous. >>> that is his new book. michael, you have more insight in to steve bannon than anyone on the january 6th committee. and we see what steve bannon is doing now. he is going to fight this legal ly as far as he can. presumaby this is good for steve bannon's business, isn't it? to be seen as the great resister of this investigation

he called the mercer's, worried that a landslide trump defeat white damage breitbart. the mercer's, political innocence but with a vast checkbook, immediately flew out to the hamptons to beat trump at a fund-raiser to be held at the home of woody johnson, the johnson & johnson air and new york jets owner, whom trump would subsequently appoint his ambassador to the court of st. james. virtually no would no one showed up for the sudden fund-raiser, a humiliating moment for trump, who, with the promise of a new influx of cash from the mercer's and desperate not to spend his own money, promptly agreed to make than in the head of his campaign. and that is why steve bannon is now one day away from being the target of his second federal prosecute prosecution. -- of stephen, while it was underway. when he pardoned steve bannon. joining us now, is michael wolf, he's the author of two things. the rich the powerful, the wishful, the notorious, the damned, that is his new book. michael, you have more insight into steve bannon than anyone on the january six committee. we see what's

thank you, phil mercer, for now, in sydney for us. governments all around the world are trying to find ways to tackle climate change. one of the biggest problems is our use of fossil fuels. whether it's warming our homes — or powering our vehicles — finding an alternative is crucial. now, a company in scotland is exploring a solution that seems a little unusual. tim allman has the story. there is apparently an old proverb that says "what whisky will not cure, there is no cure for". but, does its magical properties extend to saving the environment? well, maybe. here at the glengoyne distillery, they have been making whisky for almost 200 years. but it is what they throw away that could turn out to be so useful. from these malted barley grains, a biofuel is created that can power this car. this is made from living carbon, from the residues of an industry that is one of the most important industries in the scottish economy and we can take their residue and turn them into something that we need right now made from sustainable resource

let's get more from our correspondent phil mercer. what is the problem in australia about housing density they are talking about? thea;r they are talking about? they say informal _ they are talking about? they say informal outdoor - they are talking about? they say informal outdoor play i they are talking about? iia: say informal outdoor play by children has been in decline in australia for quite some time and they point to many reasons, parents, child safety, increased traffic, pull city planning. also greater housing density. medium to high density housing, apartment blocks are a relatively new concept in sydney. but anyone who has been to australia's biggest city in recent times, not that you have been able to get it because of covid restrictions, but you would notice the city is getting taller. about a quarter of residents in those apartment blocks are families with children. campaigners say that children. campaigners say that children are often the last people to be thought about when these developments are made and thatis these

the for has this is mercer good? how are you doing? and i just wanted to let you know that we just received a missing person from somebody that only got our i'm just in case you have seen somebody with his description. he's 22 years old. okay. between 66 and 67 inches tall. the only distinctive features that he has is that the 2 in his 4 arm with a name ah maria, sense of coral. yes, i don't know which arm is because of the family can remember. yeah, that's the only thing that he has. he doesn't have any factors or dental work. he was feeling ok. he went just travelling with a group and he came back to try to help pregnant women and all the guy. and the last thing that a, i found this can somewhere in letters last tuesday total kelley blue goose's whitland component is here to. 2 you, i just went to the dna villa for seneca community. they saw lots of because you guys are close tomorrow. sandra to point to las cruces. can you or go? no stone valley yourself with this one. when america go get him real. when america kid him, which are le

the for has this is mercer good? how are you doing? and i just wanted to let you know that we just received a missing person from somebody that i was just in case you have seen somebody with his description. he is 23 years old, paid between 66 and 67 into fall. the only distinctive feature that he has is that the 2 in his forearm with the name, ah mighty yes, that's a quarrel. yes, i don't know which arm is because of the family can remember. yeah, that's the only thing that he has. he doesn't have any factors or dental work. he was feeling okay. he went just traveling with a group and he came back to try to help her pregnant women, an older guy and does the last name of it. so a i found this can somewhere in there last tuesday total california cruises whitland component is here to. 2 can you i just want to the dna villa for seneca community. they saw lots of because you guys are close tomorrow. sandra to point to las cruces. can you or go? no. stone valley yourself with this one? no. monica logan. real? no. monica kid. him witcher. le

and amazing for mercer to this is, was a relief list. we're on all these people. even if coven safety requirements posed, costuming challenges, i'm happy that i can, but you know, at the same time that we had the whole faith in order. a little cramps use out a little bit, but yeah. all attendees must be vaccinated as well. artists are just thrilled to have the business back. it's great once movie after one have money to spend. everyone's looking for the ones just for to get out. like a true super villain, cold in kel comic han in 2020 for the pandemic was actually good for comic book sales and graphic novel sales, which taught a record setting $1200000000.00 in north america. last year. comic con is where fans and publishers come to discover the next big thing. it's so exciting to hear feels like coming home again. all of the artists are kind of friends with each other. this is the way we all get to see each other. it's amazing to get to see our family again and to see the fans again after so long away. it's so a chance to see some old favorites, you can count on

busy mercer. busy years, so nato forces and did under government become the deputy of president said they become defense minister as they become andy assert directors, and many of them were running their no big provinces. but now we're using her. busy they are puerto as a tool to push at asia taliban with the crimes committed and asked, and also since the withdrawal it will not only justify the previous wider crimes, but it will also my add more now to the my hit us try few specifically the minute didn't get us for a few cases and a country in an upcoming days. when you talk about that crisis in the upcoming days, might the taliban be realistic here? might they realize that if they react positively to the reporter that increases let's be realistic. that increases the chances of all this locked aid money being unlocked. sure to get the dish should be area listed, but there, meanwhile, that realism should come from the new year's ned to in you, in also may, it should be a mutual respect. her approac

we can get the latest now from our correspondent phil mercer. i desperately sad story and one that i know has captured the public�*s attention in australia. what more do we know at this stage? i australia. what more do we know at this stage?— at this stage? i think when western australian - at this stage? i think when western australian police l at this stage? i think when . western australian police said this is a suspected abduction that strikes at the very hard of the community it gives you an indicationjust how of the community it gives you an indication just how severely australia as a nation is feeling about little cleo smith, who disappeared as you say, almost a week ago. this search for her is into its seventh day, involving police, army reserve, mounted units, private helicopters and also volunteers. forseven private helicopters and also volunteers. for seven long days they have searched this very remote coastline, about 1000 kilometres to the north of perth, in western australia, and there has been no sign of this little girl. hund

and i hope i'm wrong. meanwhile, it has a mercer anthony file. she has been the top paid federal employee for years in 2004 . he was granted a permanent pay adjustment full bio defense research, you know, on more than the u. s. president spike cohen says to revelations, about gain of function kind mary research actually come, there's no surprise. i think it is the height of 9. it's a to believe that what we know, the u. s. government to have done from the 193-949-5900. 69799202010 has suddenly magically stopped in the 20 twenty's that you know, a decade century plus of subterfuge in clandestine operations. and, you know, and cover ups and scandals and lies suddenly ended, even though no one ever was held accountable for the old lives and clandestine operations and so forth. so i hate to say that, you know, i don't think this is a one off. this is car for the course for largest or darian government. moscow has warned berlin and as nato allies not to tempt fate by deploying military hardware, including nuclear weapons, close to russia's borders. ag

joining me now with the latest is our correspondent phil mercer. tell us more about the case and why the search has been called off. it the search has been called off. it is almost seven days since cleo smith went missing and police believe she was asleep in the tent that her family was staying in, at about 1:30am last saturday morning local time her mother saw her asleep in a separate room of the tent next to the culture occupied by her younger sister. at 6am when the family got up, cleo was missing and police believe that the tent had been unzipped and cleo was taken away. almost exactly a week later police say this search at the campsite about 540 miles to the north of perth will be suspended and what they are looking at is to get security vision from businesses within a 500 mile radius of the campsite, so now the inquiry is spanning a vast area of western australia and beyond. this spanning a vast area of western australia and beyond. this story has tl’lt ed the australia and beyond. this story has gripped the australian _ australia and beyon

the bbc�*s sydney correspondent phil mercer explained the details surrounding this case. i think this reward, this huge 1 million australian dollar reward, is pretty unusual to be offered so early in an investigation. it is an indication, i think, as to how worried the authorities are about cleo smith. she was last seen on a family camping trip about 550 miles to the north of perth just over a week ago and the authorities are of the belief that she was taken sometime during the night. a brief timeline — the family arrived at this campsite north of perth. the young girl went to bed at about eight o'clock in the evening. at 1:30 in the morning she woke up for some water. at 6:00am — so a few hours later — she was gone. and what leads the authorities to believe she was snatched during the night is that the zip had been opened, apparently to a height well beyond that of a four—year—old girl. this is a massive search. the search near the campsite has now been wound down, it is now a broader criminal investigation, not only spanning the state of western australia, whi

year in and year out, dozens of global rankings published by the economist, mercer, forbes, monocle, just to name a few, have explored, analyzed and dissected copenhagen and placed it in their top tiers. and, well, this place is indeed impressive. hundreds of parks, a pristine revitalized harbourfront, a stunning bicycle network, public spaces... so many of them! pedestrian streets... so many of those too. and the list goes on. the city gets it and the people get it. so, is this it? are we done? is copenhagen the ultimate life-sized city? it may come close to being a definitive model for urban living on a human scale, but many questions are still unanswered, the first being: "is this model scalable?" this place isn't perfect. come on, no city is. but i do feel that each problem can be tackled with collective creativity and willpower. as i explore my hometown through the lens of this series, i'll talk to friends and colleagues, but i'll also meet new faces, people working to make copenhagen live up to its reputation as one of the world's most life-sized cities. - as we've seen in many

our correspondent, phil mercer, is following the story from sydney. tell us about the search. detectives in western australia to see the disappearance of cleo smith strikes at the heart of the australian community. forseven at the heart of the australian community. for seven days the police supported by military reservists and volunteers and a private helicopters, have been scouring in a remote part of the western australian coastline. this is about 550 miles north of the city of perth. foran 550 miles north of the city of perth. for an entire week they have been scouring bush lines and dunes and beaches, without any clue of this young girl. what the authorities are doing, they are casting a massive net, asking people with dash cams and shop security video within a 500 mile radius of the campsite where cleo was last seen, to see if there are clues on the videos. ford you don't cleo was last seen almost a week ago, the police believe she was abducted in the middle of the night during a family camping trip. her mother and stepfather have remained at the campsite during this orde

thank you for now, phil mercer _ safety. of course. thank you for now, phil mercer in _ safety. of course. thank you for now, phil mercer in sydney. - a species of giant owl that had become something of a holy grail for birdwatchers has been spotted in the wild for the first time in 150 years. there hadn't been any sightings of the shelley's eagle—owl since the 18705. that was until this week, when scientists from imperial college london interrupted one during its daytime nap in a forest in ghana. the pair only saw the bird for about 10 seconds, just enough time to get this photograph. ifi if i had spotted that in the wild, i wouldn't have taken a picture. 15c! wouldn't have taken a picture. 150 ears, as wouldn't have taken a picture. 150 years, as well. it is amazing. let's take a look at today's front pages. the mirror leads on the hollywood actor alec baldwin, who fatally shot a crew member while on a film set. the paper says he was heard asking, "why was i handed a hot gun?". the times leads on its interview with the chancellor, rishi sunak, who says shops, pubs and restau

megan mercer. she spent a summer as a page 15 years ago. before long she took an internship in my personal office serving kentucky and then an entry level in the leadership office and then megan came here to the floor to the republican cloakroom. a decade or so ago they took a seat behind their big desks, answered phones and answered questions and over ten years worked her way up to a key role as senior floor assistant. pick any important vote and megan has been right here in the well at this table tallying the count for our side. she's cleared legislation and consent requests. she's negotiated with democrat counterparts on a daily basis. through it all megan's colleagues have come to admire her patience, level headedness and the institutional knowledge she has built up. and so have us senators. fortunately the work has not been thankless. i remember megan was especially thrilled when senator lamar alex made sure that megan's help had a signed thank you note from dolly parton, one of her all-time favorites. so as we unfortunately prepare fo

-- clearly been captured by right wing whites of premises groups like the heritage foundation, the mercer family, the coors family. really, it is just a tool of this right wing push to basically strip rights from us that we have obtained since the 1950's. guest: i think that is a very profound question. the idea that we could look at the court and see it not as a protector of our rights, not as a body that promotes the equality and liberty in the constitution but rather as a body that will be a tool of oppression. i think that is a deeply profound question and gets to the crisis of faith in the court. i think the justices certainly would not agree that they have been captured by the interests but what we look at are the results that the supreme court gives us and i think that we have seen a lot of voting rights cases in particular that are not grounded in the statutes, not grounded in the constitution. -- pointing to a particular provision on which it was getting the voting rights act and so when you see these repeated results from the court that go against these hard-fought changes to th

the military have been helping the police look for her. 0ur correspondent phil mercer gave us this update. police believe that she was asleep in the tent that her family was staying in. that about 1:30am last saturday morning, localtime, her mother saw cleo asleep in a separate room of the tent, next to the cot occupied by her younger sister. at 6am, when the family got up, cleo was missing and the police believe that the tent had been unzipped and cleo was taken away. so, almost exactly a week later, police say that this search at the campsite, about 540 miles to the north of perth, will be suspended and what they are looking at now is to get security vision from businesses within a 500—mile radius of this campsite, so now the inquiry is spanning a vast area of western australia and beyond. how to care for migrants is once again proving a divisive issue across the european union, with some of its member states accusing belarus, which is not part of the eu, of trying to flood them with people desperate to get into europe. we've looked at the political issues, but now let's hear from som

we can get the latest now from our correspondent phil mercer. phil, what more do we know? western australian police say the disappearance of cleo smith strikes at the heart of the australian community. this was a small girl on holiday, about 500 miles or so to the north of perth, the western australian state capitol. she was last seen very early last saturday. for seven days, the police, supported by army reservists, and volunteers have been scouring the remote stretch of coastline. there has been no sign of four—year—old cleo. she was last seen as we say early on saturday. in the morning. she was gone. police believe the tent had been deliberately unzipped and they fear she has been abducted. all the way through the ordeal, the family has remained at this remote campsite and cleo's mother eddie smith says she hopes that her daughter is still safe and well. —— ellie smith. every time we get call, we always think like this is our call that she is home. we sit and watch the sand dunes and we just think she's going to run down and back into our arms, but we're still w

johnny mercer mp, same question to you. when people are putting money on the just giving page you go through the commons and the word that occurs again and again is inspiration?— is inspiration? yes, we are so proud of him. is inspiration? yes, we are so proud of him- we — is inspiration? yes, we are so proud of him- we are _ is inspiration? yes, we are so proud of him. we are so _ is inspiration? yes, we are so proud of him. we are so proud _ is inspiration? yes, we are so proud of him. we are so proud of - is inspiration? yes, we are so proud of him. we are so proud of him - is inspiration? yes, we are so proud of him. we are so proud of him in l of him. we are so proud of him in plymouth — of him. we are so proud of him in plymouth. you have just got to spend a bit of— plymouth. you have just got to spend a bit of time — plymouth. you have just got to spend a bit of time with him. you go through— a bit of time with him. you go through plymouth and people stop to -et through plymouth and people stop to get out

megan mercer, there you are, megan mercer, thank you for all you have done over the past few years in your role as senior floor assistant. we have seen you scurrying around, making sure everything works, and we so much appreciate it. day after day, you have made this body work, and we wish you well on the road ahead. thank you. now, madam president. i move to proceed to legislative session -- the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 364. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, patricia tolliver giles of virginia to be united states district judge for the eastern district of virginia. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report.