what s he blaming the criticism on? racism. it s kind of like the fani willis defense. curtis sliwa on the ground in new york will join us in a few minutes. also, what are the cocaine hippos in columbia and why are they causing chaos? we will have the latest on that story. it was another bizarre blunder for your cognitively struggling president who needed help from a reporter today. it was pretty bad. take a look. there is some movement, and i don t want to choose my words. there is some movement. there has been a response there has been a response from the opposition. yes, i m sorry. from hamas. that s your president. this is far from joe pa see only blunder this week. speaking at a campaign event in vegas on sunday night he seemed to be a little confused and dazed once again. take a look. right after i was elected i went to a g-7 meeting with all the nato leaders. it was in south england. i sat down and said america is back. a man from germany, i mean france, looked
of solidarity for hamas. as a result, some of the world s biggest shipping firms have suspended services through the world s most important route for oil and fuel shipments. with more context, here s our business reporter david waddell. let s have a look at the geography of the situation. right here is the bab al mandab strait. it s right next to yemen, from where those houthi attacks originated. it s at the southern end of the red sea. at the northern end is the suez canal. now, ships cannot pass through the suez canal from the south without first passing through this choke point. a couple of days ago, the maersk shipping container company and hapag lloyd both announced they wouldn t be making that transit. they ve since been joined by other shipping companies. now, if you re a ship master trying to get your vessel from the indian ocean to the atlantic ocean and you cannot or will not traverse through suez, you need to pass by the cape of good hope. that adds an extra 3,000
business reporter david waddell. let s have a look at the geography of the situation. right here is the bab al mandab strait. it s right next to yemen, from where those houthi attacks originated. it s at the southern end of the red sea. at the northern end is the suez canal. now, ships cannot pass through the suez canal from the south without first passing through this choke point. a couple of days ago, the maersk shipping container company and hapag lloyd both announced they wouldn t be making that transit. they ve since been joined by other shipping companies. now, if you re a ship master trying to get your vessel from the indian ocean to the atlantic ocean and you cannot or will not traverse through suez, you need to pass by the cape of good hope. that adds an extra 3,000 nautical miles to thejourney. and there are other issues for ships trying to traverse from the atlantic to the pacific ocean through here. the panama canal is accepting many fewer ships right now because
this is bbc news. the headlines: israeli air strikes pound the south and north of gaza. us defence secretary lloyd austin says the us has spoken to israel about making the war in gaza are more surgical. so we will continue to stand up for israel s right to defend itself and we will also continue to urge for the protection of civilians during the conflict, and to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. en verify, we look at how the war is impacting en verify, we look at how the war is impacting this trade route for oil in the impacting this trade route for oil in the red impacting this trade route for oil in the red sea. and the bbc understands the democratic unionist party has ruled out any deal to restore power sharing in northern ireland before christmas. time for a look at the business news now with tadhg. we are also talking about the potential looming crisis in world oil shipping. the oil giant bp has supended all shipments of oil through the red sea afte
i m neil cavuto. glad to have you. i want to thank sandra smith and charles payne filling in. i m happy to be back. let s go to ashley webster on the timing of this announcement and how it is going to be released to the public. ashley? yeah, interesting developments. good afternoon to you, neil. fox news confirming that ron desantis will declare for president tomorrow evening. guess what? he s going to do it on twitter. listen to elon musk saying it. yes, i will be interviewing ron desantis. he has quite an announcement to make. and will be the first time something like this is happening on social media with real time questions and answers, not scripted. yeah, just a little different. the event, by the way, scheduled to take place at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. he s expected to file all the necessary paperwork with the federal election commission as well as that will officially kickoff the desantis campaign for president. musk has said in the past that he likes the governor