CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915
#Markets:   The Fitch downgrade and the Biden Administration. . Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4135471-fitch-smacks-biden-for-out-of-control-spending/

915-930

#Markets:  #GOP:The first debate in two weeks.  Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-08/pence-polling-donors-republican-debate

930-945

#StateThinking: Niger refuses.  State@MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

https://www.ft.com/content/0a8fee1b-4848-4bc1-b64b-28cac6592798?accessToken=zwAGAmqqmUQAkc8Kj-4bSEhLwdO2SyjKxlknmA.MEUCIQDyeNGLSyKqH3yEVCvwK-YLcpaaoxF0BMJik9ffIPlI3AIgODxZj3teNlB2cpOx8EDwujSbZshzHya7WdrSdxKfr5k&sharetype=gift&token=8da88dea-3d91-49ac-99da-37c121628639

945-1000

#StateThinking: CIA intervenes in State's work. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-21/biden-elevates-cia-director-to-cabinet-amid-russia-china-tumult?sref=5g4GmFHo

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#LondonCalling:  The Central Bankers march in tune. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-08/harker-says-fed-may-be-at-point-where-it-can-hold-rates-steady?srnd=economics-central-banks&sref=5g4GmFHo

 

1015-1030

#LondonCalling:  The public learns of the bill for Net-Zero. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bc2c8ab8-35bd-11ee-a54b-14a9a87cf1a8?shareToken=7161c97af63f292252195bb626c47c95

 

1030-1045

1/2: #DOJ: Jack Smith Forum-shopping in DC and Florida. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/08/complications-mount-in-mar-a-lago-documents-case/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/my-take-on-trumps-take-on-me/

 

1045-1100

2/2: #DOJ: Jack Smith Forum-shopping in DC and Florida. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/08/complications-mount-in-mar-a-lago-documents-case/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/my-take-on-trumps-take-on-me/

 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

 #Iran: Marines to the frontlines in the Strait of Hormuz. Selling drones to the Global South.  Behnam ben Taleblu, FDD.

https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2023/08/03/us-may-put-armed-troops-on-commercial-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz/

 

1115-1130

#IIran:The unleashed missile program.Behnam ben Taleblu, FDD.

ttps://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2023/08/03/us-may-put-armed-troops-on-commercial-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz/

1130-1145

#DC: Hyper convergence to the Multicloud environment at DoD and DHS. Francis Rose, FedGovToday.com

https://fedgovtoday.com/2023/08/05/coming-sunday-dods-cloud-overdrive-hyper-convergence-zero-trust/

1145-1200

#PRC: Xi and Bo: Game of Princelings continues. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-17673505 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#Niger: Wagner Group turns up & What is to be done? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/niger-coup-hopes-mediation-before-west-african-blocs-thursday-summit-2023-08-08/

1215-1230

#Nigeria: Uncertain leadership for ECOWAS. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/niger-junta-snubs-us-backed-peace-mission/ar-AA1eYanX

1230-1245
#PRC: Lacking a war economy, absent loyalty by the PLA. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-hints-leaders-started-annual-seaside-vacation-in-flood-hit-province/ar-AA1eJEJU

1245-100 AM

#KingCharlesReport: The Mey Highland Games anda glass of "whisky." Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/king-charles-hands-over-tug-155400140.html