welcome to bbc news. we start with president biden who s just arrived in the irish capital dublin. earlier he made an impassioned defence of the good friday agreement in belfast 25 years after it was signed. he was greeted on the tarmac at dublin airport by the irish taoieseach leo varadkar. the pair then left in a motorcade, heading for co louth after the bad weather halted plans for the president to travel by helicopter. it s been a busy, busy day for the us president. it started with a meeting with rishi sunak both expressing their hope that power sharing can be restored. joe biden also met the leaders of the five main parties off camera he said he was in listening mode. the president will not be visiting stormont is currently not functioning since the democratic unit is party withdrew support in post brexit trading arrangements. the president acknowledged differences but said he hoped to power sharing would resume. i differences but said he hoped to power-sharing would re
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other hurricane, it is calm before the storm, but this is when people are being told to evacuate in ten counties. and preparations are under way as idalia, who started out as a tropical storm and is now a hurricane, it is expected to grow and grow and grow to a major hurricane, a category 3 hurricane. right now listen to what people are doing as they try to get out of the way of a high storm surge and high winds. a lot of anxieties, yeah. we re concerned. there s been plenty of times when i ve overprepared and griped about it afterward because all the work i did i had to undo. but it s better than the alternative of not being prepared if it does turn this way and things go sideways. reporter: so you heard the anxiety is high there.
visit was a tremendous moment, the opportunity should be griped with both hands. that from a michelle o neill a little earlier. let s go back to pictures from county louth because just a little bit of the security and a lot of umbrellas because the president, just the beginnings of the strip, love the politics tomorrow will stop but as we were talking earlier to our guests in dublin, so many lovely stories around his relatives, his extended family links to ireland. that will be very much a part of these three days in ireland. he has two sets of families, one from county louth giving to them in later that week and the finnegan s queue will be speaking to as well. he has spoken many times about those various families and he was talking about his faith and fortitude of his
not want clerks who reflexively agree with him. judge kavanaugh surrounded himself with a diverse group of law clerks, diverse idealogically or race or diverse background. there was no hidden agenda or axe to griped. judge kavanaugh joins the court, it will be the most presidential powers friendly court in the modern era. judge kavanaugh has a very broad view of presidential powers. for example, he would have the congress immunize sitting presidents from both civil and criminal liability. arthel: greg is here, a former chief nominations counsel to the senate judiciary committee. so, greg, let s start with an overall assessment. how do you think the week went for judge kavanaugh? in what ways was he strong and clear and did he ever appear to be less yo know, forge coming or get tripped up in any way? it was a remarkable week. i ve been involved with dozens