which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fallout from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. rishi sunak willjoin the us president, joe biden, on a visit to northern ireland on tuesday to commemorate the good friday agreement. a few minutes ago, the us national security council spokesperson, john kirby, told the white house press corps how much this trip means to president biden. president biden will head to ulster university to deliver remarks marking the tremendous progress since the signing of the belfast good friday agreement 25 years ago. and he ll underscore the readiness of the united states to preserve those gains and support no
the gavel, the house taking a break until 8:00 p.m. after kevin mccarthy lost his six the vote for speaker, republicans backing him saying enough with the nonsense, it is time to move forward so they can go after joe biden. they have gotten together and decided that they can only blackmail the republican conference in effect they are blackmailing the american people. it s because of their headlines about the chaos, this and that, yesterday our colleagues on the other side of the guy over tweeting their bags of popcorn that they had out, they love it. i plead with all, all of my republican colleagues, let cooler more rational heads prevail. i ve had a number of conversations with kevin, and basically said that this needs to break loose. he needs to make a deal, or he needs to step aside and give somebody else a chance to do that. judge jeanine: but the 20 plus republicans who oppose aren t giving up. i think the path is very difficult right now for kevin, at the core
instead continues to beg middle eastern countries like saudi arabia and kuwait to keep the taps flowing. carley: oil producers here at home panic the anger the warning banding or illuminating the export of refined products would likely decrease inventory levels, reduce defining capacity, put upward pressure on consumer fuel prices, and alienate u.s. allies during a time of war. todd: kevin live in washington with more. good morning, todd and carley for potential cut by opec that obviously lead to major headaches. not just for the white house but for american consumers as well. they of course are already sitting down next saddled with significantly higher prices compared to when former president trump left office. the average price for a gallon of gas topping $3.80 a gallon right now according to aaa. $3.80 a week ago, $3.86, continues to get worse when we look back. those producers will meet today to announce a plan to cut oil production which could cause another skyro
justine greening and former us government advisor hagar chemali who now hosts the political satire series oh my world. across england, scotland and wales the biggest rail strikes in 30 years will go ahead this week after last ditch talks failed. services will run on a severely reduced timetable from this evening ahead of the national strike tomorrow. the three day walkout on tuesday, thursday and saturday will cause disruption for the whole week. the rmt union says some 50,000 railway workers are striking over pay, jobs and conditions. the secretary general of the rmt, mick lynch, warned there could be a series of strikes over the next few months. faced with such an aggressive agenda of cuts to jobs, conditions, pay and pensions, the rmt has no choice but to defend our members industrially. my message, mr speaker, to the workforce is straightforward, your union bosses have got you striking under false pretenses. both sides are miles apart on pay discussions with the union
Figure was that one of them dies every four days on average, so for them getting conver5ation every four days on average, so for them getting conversation is of course an important matter. I think the government will come under pressure to be precise about a timeframe. Rishi sunak wa5 pressure to be precise about a timeframe. Rishi sunak was asked yesterday by diana johnson, labour mp yesterday by diana john5on, labour mp whos been campaigning on it was a boy year5, mp whos been campaigning on it was a boy years, she asked the Prime Minister whether he can guarantee the victims would get compensation by the end of the year. He didnt do that but i guess google find out if it is because he cant guarantee it will happen or simply because the government want to leave all questions of timeframe for this statement from john glenn today. Reminders what happened yesterday with the releasing of this report into a seven year inquiry and the Prime Minister calling it a day of shame acro55 Prime M