but as the ukraine war drags on, western countries, especially the us, are starting to think that it might be better to lessen their dependence on china as well, which has made everything for us, from beach balls to nuclear power stations. almost unnoticed by the outside world, president biden has been pushing ahead with wide ranging plans to replace chinese goods with american made ones. the bbc s economics editor, faisal islam, has been investigating the extent of this new america first policy. i was astounded by the scale and the speed of the transformation in terms of the deployment of public, government, taxpayer subsidy into strategic industries, particularly green industries. there s so much money going in that it s transforming the economic fabric of a whole belt of america. we used to talk about the rust belt. they are now talking about a battery belt. it sounds rather sort of roosevelt years, doesn t it? yes, and there s some conscious echoes of that. indeed, where
and drill, drill, drill. that s not retribution. i am going to be he says, you are not going to be a dictator, are you? i said, no, no, no, other than day one. donald trump telling the world he plans to be a, quote, dictator on day one of his presidency. defenders at the former president at this missed that comment as a joke, a one-off quid that was never meant to be taken literally. trump himself had continued to promote the idea that he will be a vengeful dictator in a second trump presidency. over the holiday weekend, he shared this image of a word cloud put together by the daily mail. the image was based on a survey of what voters sent about trump s ambitions for a second term. and you can see that the most popular responses, the biggest ones represented in the middle r, power, revenge and dictatorship. revenge being the most devoted. that is the image that trump himself wants to cultivate ahead of the 2024 presidential election, an image she wants to promote, eve
trump were seen at the department of justice. also, the mysterious sonic boom heard around washington, what we know about the investigation into the scrambling of f-16 fighter jets after a private plane was flying off course and into protected air space above the capitol. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to start in washington with the latest on that plane crash and nbc s tom costello. tom, what s happening right now? reporter: investigators are now on the scene. ntsb investigators are on the scene of this remote plane crash in virginia. in a very thick, wooded forest. there is nothing left of this private plane, a citation cessna that went down midday yesterday. you can see the charred remains. investigators say it literally is decimated there on the ground. it s so remote it takes hours to hike in. this will not be a quick or a fast or an easy investigation. this all started, of course, with a flight that seemed to be really
that the united states won t veto. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, has the latest. still very much under. in the works. it s come down from cessation to suspension to now creating the conditions. i don t think there s any shortage of diplomacy. what we re in shortage of really is the agreement on a humanitarian truce, pause, ceasefire that will allow aid to come in in a sustained, consistent way. and not only that, but distribution has also been a key hindrance here. this. the relentless bombardment, the continued fighting has. has meant that even the little aid that comes in and we ve understood from the united nations, for example, that the aid that comes in is about 10% of the general need of the population in gaza, that hasn t been distributed and hasn t gone to the people who need it the most. we ve heard warnings from the world food program, for example, that gaza is now, you know, on the fringe of a real threat of famine. a who team has gone to the north of gaza to
the president speaking tonight. rifles admit ing admitting is what does the agreement mean for americans who receive food assistance for veterans, taxpayers? your questions answered tonight the rush to get home after a relatively successful start to the holiday weekend at airports and on the roads friday, now millions are packing up for the long trip home from the beach and beyond what you need to know before you head out. shootout at a memorial day motorcycle rally a fight between rival motorcycle gangs, leaving at least three dead and more injured. in ukraine, the heaviest night of drone attacks yesterday. grand theft auto in one major city. a car is stolen every 48 minutes now cancer researchers, yes, cancer researchers are using their expertise in mining data to help police recover stolen cars all aboard after americans abandoned ships during the covid era, millions are returning to cruises now some luxury lines are running above 100% capacity again plus, paying