Assembly aS President of the united states. Itll be my last. Ive seen a remarkable sweep of history. I was first elected office of the united states of america as a u. S. Senator in 1972. Now, i know i look like im only 40. I know that. President Joe Biden Yesterday with a lighthearted start to his final United Nations address. Well bring you much more of the president s major speech to World Leaders straight ahead. Meanwhile, the former president , continues to take a much different tone on several Foreign Policy issues including Russias Invasion of ukraine. Well also play for you those comments. And well bring you the latest out of The Middle East as israel and the lebanonbased militant group, hezbollah, appear to be moving closer to an allout war. Good Morning And Welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 25th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin with president Joe Bidens speech at the United
There is a deep, bleeding hole in my heart. Alexei was not only, like, a political leader, he was also a very close friend. And, you know, in the last years when he was imprisoned, and we were exchanging emails, were often discussing, like, the future and how we will go there and here, and discuss this and that, and do this and that. And its hard for me just to get used to this new world where alexei isnt here any more, because he was a great personality who was, like, really able to fill any room where he was in. And hes very much missed. I understand the deep grief. Would it also be fair to use the word despair about your current feeling . No, thats not correct. Alexei was a very inspirational leader, and his main slogan was, like, never give up. And if there is one thing that weve learned from him in the many years that we worked together i worked together with him for 13 years was this thing, like, never give up. To be in despair would make his sacrifice in vain, would be betrayal
several of them are calling out fox news for down-playing the violence of that dark day. we ll have those comments in just a moment. plus, the latest on the kidnapping in mexico that ended with two americans dead and two others in the hospital. and also we could be closer to finding out who sabotaged a russian pipeline last year. that new reporting is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 8th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with a growing number of republican senators blasting fox news and prime time host tucker carlson for showing select footage from the january 6th insurrection on his prime time show. that footage provided by house speaker kevin mccarthy. the fox news try today portray the deadly riot as peaceful, calling the insurrectionists sight seers and that lawmakers who suggest otherwise had lied to the american public. even alleging some capitol police officer
airlines meltdown that s leaving passengers stranded in terms analysis. we re going to talk to the president of the company s pilot association about what went and what is still going wrong. meanwhile, other airlines are struggling to get back to track after a monstrous winter storm pummelled the northern part of the country leaving more than 60 people dead. we re going to take you live to western new york. and this morning, another legal roadblock for migrants seeking asylum in the u.s. after the supreme court decided that title 42 will remain in place for now. we re going to be live in el paso. and as we speak, we re closely following news that s coming out of the vatican that s saying the 95-year-old former pontiff, pope benedict, has fallen very sick. pope francis now calling for prayers for from around the world. and later this hour, fresh fallout over that congressman-elect, george santos, facing new criticism after admitting to fabricating parts of his resume a
his wife has told the bbc the economic impact of the war is tough on the allies but ukranians are counting casualties rather than pennies. donald trump has accused joe biden of being the real enemy of the state, days after the president branded him a threat to american democracy. the former us president was holding a rally in pennsylvania the first since the fbi raided his mar a lago residence, in florida. nasa has called off the planned launch of the artemis mission to the moon for the second time in a week. the lift off of the giant rocket was postponed after the discovery of a much larger fuel leak than the one that prevented the first launch. now on bbc news, borisjohnson: departing downing street. looking back at borisjohnson s time in no 10, from brexit to the coronavirus pandemic, partygate and the russian invasion of ukraine. a warning this programme contains flashing images. six weeks ago, typhoon fighter jet took off from raf base in lincolnshire. its co pilot h