i d be coming. it s so good to be back in ireland. forgive my poor attempt at irish. i m at home. i m at home. after my aged, as you can see how old i am, i have a little wisdom i have more experience than any president in american history. doesn t make me better or worse, but it gives me few excuses. president joe biden bringing some jokes with him during a speech yesterday to the irish parliament the president wraps up his visit to ireland today, marking 25 years since the good friday agreement, which ended decades of violence. meanwhile, at home, the fbi arrested a 21-year-old air national guardsman who is suspected of leaking national documents. we ll sort through how that young man got his hands on the documents. plus, florida governor ron desantis took a break from his nationwide book tour to sign an extreme abortion ban into law late last night. we will dig into the legislation, and how it could impact his potential presidential campaign. also ahead this mornin
you d expect blinken or biden to say. i think macron might have miscat col miscalculated on this score. you do wonder, ed, how much of this was aimed for international audiences and how much of it was aimed for domestic audiences trying to flex his muscles, show strength, like you said, channelling his inner charles de gaulle who, of course, many watching this may not remember, but, actually, france declared itself neutral during the cold war between nato and the soviet union for a point. perhaps the protests in the streets may be one reason why he was doing that ed luce, thank you so much greatly appreciate it. willie, back to you. joe, all right. 4 million people remain this morning under flood arrests in south florida after historic rain slammed the region, leaving streets and an airport underwater let s bring in meteorologist
too early to proclaim one of the world s most celebrated peace deals a success. trying to shore it up, biden is doing more than just a favor to ireland. the decision to skip the london coronation sends a message to britain, europe and beyond the uk will get no trade deal with america if it jeopardizes the peaceful border between ireland s north and south. rishi sunak, britain s prime minister, has taken that to heart in his windsor framework deal biden, unlike trump, values the eu in biden s head undoubtedly, trump s, too, brex an brexit and trump s 2016 election were closely linked events there is no harm in the u.s. president reminding people on each side of the atlantic that alternative paths are available. ed, of course, the clintons are coming here, along with tony blair, to celebrate the 25th anniversary. we re going to be speaking with them this weekend, as well just an extraordinary peace
yeah, it s been remarkable. it is something that jfk said his four days in ireland, 1963, were the four happiest days of his life because, as we got ready for this trip and were talking to the white house, they all said that the president was excited about coming and that he expected it to be his happiest time in the white house, even in politics ed, let s get to your latest piece for t piece for the financial times. it is unclear if god almighty himself, as biden would say, could persuade ulster s democratic unionist party to embrace the deal s power-sharing formula that has left northern ireland rudderless for just under a year because of intransience and the effects of brexit, it is still
ireland in 1984. i must say, obviously, just breathtaking breathtaking grounds here. also, joe biden has to love what he s received in terms of a welcome here a heartwarming welcome, the irish times calls it. a very irish welcome for president biden. the lead is, joe biden s big day out in dublin was a joy. let s bring in right now u.s. national editor of the financial times, ed luce i don t know what it is, maybe you can help me. there is something about ireland that seems to revive the spirit of every american president that comes here think of jfk s trip in 1963, which he described as the happiest four days of my life. i think it s not just that people like kennedy and biden,