let s turn to ireland where us presidentjoe biden has been meeting with leading politicians and is now on his way to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament it s been an extremely busy day for the president. he set off to parliament from farmleigh house in dublin after meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. while in the grounds of farmleigh, he watched a gaelic sport demonstration by local children. inside, the taoiseach praised american leadership since the russian invasion of ukraine last year. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. there really is an opportunity to make serious progress. notjust because of the accords we have signed, 25 years ago, but in terms of the way you lead ireland and ireland is moving in a way that is taking its place in the world and i think it feels so good to be able to have this merging and stronger relation between the united states and ireland. this mornin
my team was telling me i was like rihanna is floating above the field like 100 feet. that to me is cool. yeah. scary. speaking of flying objects. she looked great, though. all right, guys, we know you have a busy show ahead of you so we will let you take it from here. enjoy your day. have a good day, guys. very good morning to you this monday, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. so this morning president biden is facing pressure to respond after the u.s. military shot down three unidentified airborne objects in just three days. right now st officials are working to recover the remnants of those objects. so far no indication as to whether they have any connection to china s suspected surveillance balloon. a lot of open questions. while the pentagon says there was no military threat but security officials across north america are on alert. this morning the biden administration is firing back after china is now accusing the u.s. of illegally flying high-altitu
can biden do anything to unlock the current political crisis? wouldn t that be amazing? laughter tonight, a change of tone as president biden crosses the border into the republic of ireland in search of his irish roots. the other top stories tonight. prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month but meghan, won t be leaving california. billionaire twitter owner elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff and summed up an eventful six months as boss. well, it s not been boring! it s been quite a roller coaster. there s the shooting chance, it s in! and the european champions, real madrid, beat a ten man chelsea in their quarterfinal first leg match. and coming up in sport, the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening from stormont, on the day that president biden has been in northern ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of
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