President biden has called to advanceit advance it swiftly so you can head to his desk in the oval office so he can sign off on it. The pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. Potentially even days as opposed to weeks. That doesnt rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that Congress Woman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. We know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. They had wanted tied to strict immigration laws, Stricter Border security with a us mexico border. In that particular vote failed. They needed to two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. Instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it. And actually voted in favour. We know that republican Congress Woman Marjorie Greene has
Hes a great student and very proud of the fact he did so well and was looking forward to for years to have graduation with his mother and father there. And i cant go to my sons graduation, that i cant can go to the United States Supreme Court that im not in georgia or florida or North Carolina compaining like i should be. Thats donald trump falsely claiming that the judge in the Hush Money Trial wont let him go to his youngest sons graduation. Those comments came after a long day in court from the former president. Well have the full recap for you straight ahead. Well also bring you the latest from The Middle East where israel is weighing its option for a retaliatory strike against iran as the countrys allies are urging restraint. And meanwhile on capitol hill it appears that Speaker Mike Johnson is going gamble on foreign aid spending by bringing four separate package tuesday the house floor. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, april 16th. Im jonathan lemire. T
face-to-face finally. the presidents of two su superpowers play nice after a year of no talk. that s tonight on news talk . good evening. i m abby phillip in new york. tonight, what president biden calls important progress between the united states and china. the specifics may seem small, but the american president calls the areas of agreement important on fentanyl, on keeping the phones open between militaries and on artificial intelligence. today we watched carefully orchestrated diplomatic theater between these two superpowers a handshake, a walk outside, a hollywood mansion in woodside california, but the stakes are far more consequential than fiction. to take a tumult uous year and basically put it to the side. that you and i understand each other clearly leader to leader with no misconceptions or miscommunication. we have to ensure that competition does not veer into confl confliction. a short while ago at a rare press conference, the president called it his
after the vote the us ambassador to the un called on both hamas and israel to implement the plan without delay or any conditions. our north america correspondent maddock tawfik is monitoring events for us and sent this update. events for us and sent this u date. ,, ., , update. the united states, because no update. the united states, because no surprise - update. the united states, because no surprise that i update. the united states, i because no surprise that this resolution coincided with antony blinken set trip to the region. what we heard from the united states was that this was the best possible way to secure a durable end to the war. saying that it really is a deal that was israel s initiative, it outlined three phases that they said would eventually lead to the complete withdrawal of israeli forces. the release of all hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners. major reconstruction of gaza eventually. but i think from different members and different positions, w
we begin in france today, where a third national lockdown looms large, but the french government is insisting it s doing everything possible to avert more restrictions that could be devastating for the economy. a year ago to the day, president macron appeared on television confirming the closure of schools and the stay at home order that led to the country s first lockdown. officials say the paris region may be forced to lock down soon, as patients with new covid 19 variants fill up hospitals intensive care wards, with special medical planes taking patients from the paris area to less saturated regions over the weekend. france currently has a 6pm nationwide curfew in place with weekend lockdowns in two regions, but it is still seeing a rise in case numbers. joining me now is tomasz michalski, economics professor, hec paris. good to see you again. first, do you think a third nationwide lockdown is inevitable as macro unfortunately, the lockdown of some sorts might appear at t