pictures right now from paris. you can see police moving in and we will have the latest. and in america first republic has become the third back to collapse in a matter of months and will be bought byjp morgan chase. this is bbc news. let s go straight to paris and you can tell that potentially we have tear been fired and potential disturbances at those protests. we were in paris in the past hour or so and scenes were pretty peaceful. there had been a huge downpour of rain and perhaps that was behind it. although we are now seeing these pretty dramatic pictures but of course there will be other areas of the protests which are much calmer. but as you can see this is paris and these are live pictures coming in now. and you can see some clashes with police. the reason behind this, in essence it is about emmanuel macron and his pension reforms, increasing the age at which you can claim from 60 to up to 64 but as ever with protest on the scale it is about much more than that. it i
let s turn to ireland now where us presidentjoe biden has already had a busy day and where in the next hour he s expected to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament. in the past hour we ve seen him arrive at farmleigh house in dublin for a meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. . , relationship between the us and ireland. ., , , relationship between the us and ireland. . , , ., ireland. there really is an opportunity ireland. there really is an opportunity to ireland. there really is an opportunity to make - ireland. there really is an i opportunity to make serious progress, notjust because of the accords that we signed 25 years ago, but just accords that we signed 25 years ago, butjust in terms of the way ireland is moving, and the way that it is taking its place in the world, and i just think that it feels so good to be able to have this emerging
really demonstrates that we have to calm things down. we have to decide that we are going to be more respectful as an american society, that it s okay to disagree. san francisco s district attorney makes a plea for decency in the national discourse following the politically motivated attack on nancy pelosi s husband and now we re learning more about what the suspect had planned for the speaker of the house. meanwhile, that disturbing attack is becoming a punch line for more and more republicans. the latest coming from the far right nominee for governor of arizona. and also ahead, affirmative action goes before the supreme court with justices hearing arguments in two cases tied to college admissions. good morning, and welcome to way too early, tuesday, november 1st. we are exactly one week from election day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. the man accused of breaking into nancy pelosi s home and brutally attacking her husband has been set wit
tomorrow. we are one week away from the midterms. president joe biden heads back on the campaign trail this afternoon in a last-minute attempt to win over voters. we ll get live reports from two key battleground states, pennsylvania and georgia, in just a moment. ambassador ahead, a key government witness in the seditious conspiracy trial of the founder of the oath keepers testified he believed the january 6th attack on the capitol could start a new american revolution. we ll have these details for you straight ahead. and we ll be joined by a member of the january 6th select committee congressman adam kinzinger. willie? let s begin with new details on the assault on house speaker nancy pelosi s 82-year-old husband at the couple s san francisco home. the suspect scheduled to be appearing in court later today. david depape is being charged with a number of felonies including attempted murder as well as federal crimes that include the attempted kidnapping of a federal offici
welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden touting a significant win for his agenda, coming as the country struggles with inflation and he faces low approval ratings. let s get straight to the white house, our chief correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us. if this bill passes as it s expected to, it will be a much needed win for this president. yeah, wolf. and one that was kind of a surprise to a lot of democrats and even some white house aides whenever it was announced that senator manchin and senator schumer did have this deal. of course, that culminated yesterday when the snenate passd what is known as the inflation reduction act. it s a far cry from the build back better bill from a year ago, but it still does have significant proposals in it, including over $300 billion for climate change and energy reform, it also allows for the first time medicare to ne