and the hard yards that we need to undertake to get this right. hello and welcome to the programme. we will be live in ireland tonight, asjoe biden makes the journey south to his ancestral home. we will be finding what came of his brief visit to belfast today, and what unionists made of the speech he delivered. we ll bring you more of that extraordinary conversation between the bbc s james clayton and elon musk. plenty to disect in that, including musk s confession he only went through with a takeover at twitter, because the judge would have forced him to do it anyway. and who controls the distribution of the abortion pill in america? the us government is in court this next hour, to appeal a decision in texas to suspend the licence. we will get reaction. lets start first with president biden and the speech he gave today marking the 25th anniversary of the good and friday agreement. a speech in which the us president held out the promise of huge us investment if and when stabl
least 19 people are now dead in mississippi. officials report at least 13 deaths in hard hit sharkey county where homes and businesses were flattened and trees and power lines were knocked down. three others were killed in humphreys county, and at least two people are in critical condition there, and we ve just learned that three more people were killed in carroll county search and rescue teams and first responders are on the scene in the hard hit areas north of jackson. we spoke with the resident from the town of rolling four who was on the phone with her grandmother when the tornado went through. listen to this. there s power lines all over the road. there s trees all over the road that there s brick buildings that are that are just laying out in the street. um actually. two houses down from my grandmother s house. everything is just a debris field that the houses are are just destroyed. alright let s get the latest now from cnn meteorologist karen mcginnis. karen, unfortun
of trump s role in the january 6th insurrection. and a new flood emergency in california threatens millions of skorm battered residents as the east coast braces for a powerful storm packing heavy rain, strong winds and possible blizzard conditions. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, the biden administration is scrambling to respond to two of the biggest bank failures in history creating new peril for the economy and president and a lot of americans are worried right now. here s cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly. the bottom line is this, americans can rest assured that our banks system is safe. reporter: president biden seeking to reassure a nation on edge. reporter: we put in place tough requirements on banks like silicon valley bank and signature bank. reporter: he also placed blame on his predecessor for contributing to this moment. unfortunately, the last
happening now, the key ukrainian city of bakhmut amid fears it could all at any time. alex murdaugh is sentenced to life in prison after jurors quickly convicted him of murdering his wife and son and the judge calling him a monster. desantis trump split is on display. this as cnn uncovered comments by a new appointee of governor desantis with an animati-gay conspiracy room. alex marquardt is near the front lines in ukraine. alex, bakhmut is significant. reporter: russian forces are trying to encircle ukrainian forces but holding out. this is a very tough fight for the ukrainians that got tougher with a ukrainian bridge on the main supply route that ukraine uses to get to the front line. essentially the only paved road ukraine can use to back up the forces. we were on that road yesterday. we showed it to our viewers here on this program. we saw all kinds of military vehicles going to and from that front line so now, if ukraine wants to supply its forces, if i wants to
eye on america pressured parents, the key voting block, fed up with inflation and education. cbs s caitlin huey-burns talks to moms and in pennsylvania. reporter: what is the most important issue as you are casting your ballot? o donnell: state or emergency parts of florida now under a hurricane watch where the storm could hit. and the largest lottery prize ever how much money could you take home if you win the powerball? this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on the eve of a big night in this country, election day. tonight, it s the final chance for democrats and republicans to deliver their closing arguments. hundreds of candidates are making one last push to get out the vote ahead of election day, with control of the senate and the house on the ballot, both parties are pulling out all the stops with president joe biden, former presidents barack obama and