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
20,000 is expected to line the streets for that event following those remarks, the president will return to dubli t joe, it s good to see you there. set the scene for us yeah. well, i ll tell ya what, i m standing in front of what looks like mike barnicle s second home in nantucket just a wee bit larger. i m telling you , it s been such a joyful, joyful trip for joe biden and for the people of ireland. you can see that in the headlines. i know back in the states, a lot of people focusing on a few gaffes they re not focusing on that in ireland. you see here a very irish welcome for president biden. just had a joyous welcome to parliament yesterday in fact, the front page story here, it said biden s happiness and enthusiasm was so infectious because it was obviously so sincere. joe biden has had headlines like
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
agreement 25 years ago what i find different about biden s visit, it seems that, in the past, ireland has been a place that presidents have loved to go, but their first allegiance was always with great britain. you do not get that sense with joe biden. he expects britain to do everything it can do to keep this peace treaty in place and i think he s right, too i mean, this was an ingenious peace deal it was negotiated between irish and british prime ministers over successive administrations of course, by the clinton administration between the communities on the ground in northern ireland and across the border with the republic it gave people in northern ireland, whether they were catholic or protestant, the
we had a referendum in kansas on abortion, in which voters turned out in kansas to uphold aborg ri abortion rights. we don t need much more real-world data to see how this will play politically. i ll add one small, tiny caveat to what eugene was saying. i m not sure if i believe it myself, but ron desantis real, sort of claim to win this nomination against trump is not that, necessarily, he is more conservative it s that he is more electable he is more electable in a general election than joe biden. i don t know if this necessaril helps him in a primary it might potentially hurt him. you know, if you re a republican voter, even a middle of the road republican voter, you now conceivably can say, wow, ron desantis right not be as electable in a general election as i thought he was. this will tangibly hurt his