contingencies. hello ,welcome to the programme, plenty to look forward to this evening, including joe biden s pending arrival in northern ireland. this was him departing joint base andrews earlier this afternoon. air force one expected just after nine, we will take you to live to that when it lands. elsewhere, we will discuss the latest assessment on the world economy. the imf warning today we are locked into a perilous phase of low economic growth. what does that mean for disposable income and our collective spending power? and what about those leaked us documents? the washington post reporting today that egypt, one of the united states oldest allies in the middle east, had secretly planned to supply rockets to russia. all that to come. but we start in belfast, where a huge security operation is in place tonight forjoe biden s imminent arrival. the main event, a speech tomorrow, at the new, ulster university campus. where it is understood the president will talk about the
and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. live from london, nbc news foreign correspondent meagan fitzgerald. broadcaster and author, suzanne lipscomb. also with us, associate editor of the washington post, eugene, once the london bureau chief. to put into context, the seven decades of queen elizabeth. we expect to see her twice throughout the course of the day today. though she stepped back a bit on what she d normally be doing on an occasion like this. let s go to london where meagan fitzgerald has the latest for us. set the scene on what we can expect today. reporter: willie, i can tell you that this entire city and the country is just exploding with excitement and an sis anticipation of the next four days. right now is trooping the color. this, of course, the traditional event here, celebrating her majesty the queen. as you mentioned, we would typically see her in horse-drawn carriage, but that s not expected today. of course, senior members of the royal family will be in
life, that there s a tipping point that even those who support second amendment rights have to accept that there need to be reform is that possible? it’s there need to be reform - is that ossible? , , , ,, there need to be reform - is that ossible? , ,, ,, , possible? it s possible, you ust saw the governor i possible? it s possible, you ust saw the governor of i possible? it s possible, youjust saw the governor of tennessee | possible? it s possible, you just - saw the governor of tennessee came out in favour of red flag laws today, orsomeone out in favour of red flag laws today, or someone is able to take the gun away if they think a person is a threat to themselves or others, the court will take their going away. that s been shown to make a difference in having the governor of tennessee, in favour of that is a big step. however, the big problem we have that i hope people really understand is that the supreme court decided last summer that there will be a new test on guns, on
choice are going to like the ultimate, where they come down, maybe where the people are in the middle. claire, this is something you brought up the fact that you got re-elected, because you had an opponent who had an extreme position on the idea of rape, legitimate rape is something that todd akin at the time called it. you look at this texas law. what is the slippery slope, if we go down this idea where you take enforcement and put it into the hands of the people? i mean, i ve already seen some folks on the right who don t like what texas did fear that this could turn into some that a blue state could do this on gun issues. well, let s be clear about what the republican party is right now. it s a stewing pot of grievance. and what they have done with this law by the way, they ve done it with other laws, too. republicans, not democrats. they ve done it on what is taught in school. in my state they ve done it on whether or not local law enforcement enforces federal gun laws. in
i don t think pro-life or pro-choice are going to like the ultimate, where they come down, maybe where the people are in the middle. claire, this is something you brought up, you got re-elected because you had an opponent who had an extreme position on the idea of rape. legitimate rape is something that todd akin at the time called it. you look at this texas law. what is the slippery slope, if we go down this idea where you take enforcement and put it into the hands of the people? i mean, i ve already seen some folks on the right who don t like what texas did fear that this could turn into that a blue state could do this on gun issues. well, let s be clear about what the republican party is now. it s a stewing pot of grievous. and what they have done with this law by the way, they ve done it with other laws too. republicans, not democrats. they ve done it on what is taught in school. in my state they ve done it on whether or not local law enforcement enforces federal gun laws.