biggest shipping firms, maersk and hapag lloyd. later today, the un security council is expected to meet and produce a diplomatic response. the red sea accounts for 15 percent of the world s shipping and plays a crucial part in the global supply chain. uk companies have been telling the bbc that shipping delays could push up prices. let s speak now to zvi schreiber, the ceo of freightos, an online marketplace for the international shipping industry based in israel. one in five might not sound that dramatic. is it? well, yes, it s usually dramatic. to put in context, there s about 4.5 million 20 foot containers equivalent going back and forth through the suez canal, and daily this is changing. there s a couple of days of quiet, when they start getting rooted through the suez canal again, getting rooted through the suez canalagain, and getting rooted through the suez canal again, and then there s a rocket attack and ships are either being told to stop and wait till their being
all this is a democratic national committee is facing pressure to open up the primaries and hold debates and we are on top of all of it. i m sandra smith infer neil cavuto, we have fox team coverage in washington and three more republicans ready for launch. of jacqui heinrich in the white house where pressure is mounting on the president to begin debate. the field of republican candidates is growing fast today, former vice president mike pence made it official he s good to be challenging his old running mate former president trump for the revoke a nomination, he will officially unveil the campaign on wednesday he files paperwork today and will be delivering remarks in iowa, the former vp is expected to campaign heavily on his faith, his record and policies he fought for during the trump administration. i m very confident that whatever things look like right now, that republican primary voters are going to look at the field and think very deeply about who can best carry ou
face questions any moment now, we expect john kirby to join karine jean-pierre on the podium after a busy weekend on the international front. more on that in just a moment. sandra: the briefing comes amid renewed questions about president biden s age and the 2024 election. we ll see if the white house gets pressed on any of that. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into hour number two. i m john roberts in washington, off to a rolicking start this week. sandra: we will be monitoring that press briefing and will bring the news as it comes in, but first this fox news alert. john: major powers testing the united states on the world state yet again, starting with saudi arabia after the oil rich kingdom announced more cuts and threatening another summer of high gas prices. sandra: china making waves in the taiwan strait, a chinese navy ship cutting across the path of an american destroyer. john: don t forget about russia, vladimir putin leaning on the back of
starting with just weeks to go until the start of the 2024 presidential race. gop frontrunner donald trump just scored a major legal victory against special counsel jack smith in that the supreme court issued a one-sentence judgment yesterday bluntly rejecting smith s request to fast track arguments on the former president s immunity case. so what comes next? evan perez breaks it down. reporter: the u.s. supreme court rejected a request by federal prosecutors to skip the appellate court and have the high court decide whether donald trump has immunity from prosecution in the election subversion charges. the decision deals a significant blow to special counsel jack smith s effort to keep a march 4th trial date on track. that s a lot harder now that prosecutors will have to wait several weeks while the d.c. court of appeals weighs the same questions. trump argues he has immunity. he also claims because he was impeached by the house of representatives and acquitted by the senat