president biden. we are expecting him to speak very shortly on this. he just come back from his trip around asia. my back from his trip around asia. my from our studio in singapore. this is a bbc news. it s newsday. let s start with some breaking news for you. i gunman has shot dead at least 1a students and a teacher at a primary school in the us state of texas. the students were in second, third and fourth grades, meaning they were between the ages of 7 10. the governor of the state, greg abbott, said the suspected attacker was 18 year old salvador ramos, who is believed to be killed by law enforcement officers. the shooting was in the city of uvalde, around 135 km west of san antonio at the robb elementary school. the assailant is thought to have had a handgun and possibly a rifle, and the white house as president biden will continue to be briefed resident regularly as expected. we ve just seen him arrive at that airbase off his trip from asia, and that a state that s
A summit of record breaking temperatures. The north korea may be planning to provide weapons to rush out. According to us officials, media reports a north korean leader, kim jong. Could travel divided all stock on the Russian Pacific coast and meet president Vladimir Putin. But the meetings not being confirmed by either moscow option young washington says is worried about growing military ties between the 2 allies. On monday rushes defense minister said moscow has been discussing joint military. Joe was with north korea. Hydro castro is good more from washington dc. To the meeting between kim john and Vladimir Putin may occurred this month with the north korean later traveling by arm or train it to the russian coastal city of flattery, of a stalk and potentially from there onto moscow. The white house said last week that high level talks between russia and north korea werent actively advancing with tune and hen exchanging letters about a possible arm, sealed us as that last year. North
welcome back to the weekend. editorial boards in two battleground states are weighing in on the future of the 2024 race. the atlanta journal- constitution argues, it is time for biden to pass the torch. but the philadelphia inquirer said that it is donald trump who should quit. quote the sooner trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be. and president biden said he will stay. nbc news has learned he is expected to discuss his campaign s future with family members at camp david today. the trip was planned before the debate and sources tell nbc news, and it is ■çnot a formal discussion. house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, it is a great pleasure to welcome you. thank you for being here. thank you for getting up with us. leader jeffries, i want to start by asking you about this headline in the new republic that reads that hakeem jeffries opened the door to replacing biden. that you did not answer directly when asked whether president biden was the d
Then we will come back and compare those answers to a macro economist who happens to be here answering questions. Larry, i will start with the subject that should be near and dear to your heart. , you in one way shape or form had to do with why the United States ended up in nafta, the create u. S. Trade agreements, and the partnership. We now have a president at the administration who believes all those things were mistakes in the u. S. Has been a loser as a result of free trade. Why are they wrong . What are the risks of them behaving like this . They are wrong because each of those were good deals. They were good deals in the following sense. If you look at how much trade barriers in the u. S. Were reduced, and you look at how much trade barriers in the other countries were reduced, in every case they were reduced two or three or four times as much in the other countries as they were reduced in the United States. The reality is, rightly or wrongly, by the mid 1980s, the United States
Bay area to pay tribute. This is a live look at a bart train in san leandro. An announcement of the mayors death was also made on the trains. Flags are at half staff across the city of San Francisco to remember the mayor for the next 30 days. Just a short time ago the mayors body was transferred from the zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital to the medical Examiners Office where his cause of death will be officially determined. Reporter yes. People have been leaving flowers and candles on the steps of city hall. Many staffers here with tears in their eyes. Overall whether or not you believed in his politics, the mayor was well loved and fought for what he believed in. Like me, ed grew up in Public Housing and grew up with a profound sense of community. Reporter he was from the dawn of his career, an advocate for the powerless, a voice for the overlooked, someone that fought for those in need before himself. Reporter that was pre testimony mayor london breed. The mayor and i had a c