from california to florida, many states hitting triple digits. phoenix now reaching ten consecutive days of 110-degree temperatures. also developing as we come on the air tonight, the images coming in now, the massive landslide destroying at least nine homes and counting in los angeles county. the ground shifting 20 feet overnight, sending homes into a ravine. matt gutman on the scene for us. president biden on the world stage tonight. he has just arrived in lithuania for the high stakes nato summit. and already, major news tonight. sweden to join nato, and president biden is asked, should ukraine be allowed to join, too? elizabeth schulze traveling with the president. the news from the kremlin tonight. moscow now claiming that just five days after that attempted revolt, vladimir putin claims he held a three-hour meeting with yevgeny prigozhin, who led that failed attempt to march on moscow. james longman late reporting from inside ukraine tonight. here in the u.s., t
is to close blast furnaces in port talbot with 3,000 jobs to go. the union plan to savejobs has failed. so what does it say more generally about the green transition? also in the programme. a walk out in northern ireland. no government, no funding, no pay rises. is the standoff over stormont now a constiutional crisis. a constiutional crisis? and is it the demand for cocaine europe that has turned ecuador into a war zone with the drug cartels? is there a future for steel making in the uk? and if there is then what sort of sector does it become. that very issue has been under discussion today between unions representing the steel workers of south wales and the bosses of the tata steel making company. no official word of what has been agreed but we understand tata steel is to close both blast furnaces at its port talbot works with the loss of up to 3,000 jobs. instead of blast furnaces, tata have a plan backed by the british government to invest in a new, greener, electric ar
judge blocks the fda approval of a key abortion medication. how the biden administration is planning to respond and china simulating strikes against taiwan after the nation s president visited the us we re live in beijing as tensions escalate. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this is early start this morning. justice department officials are racing to find out how top secret u. s military documents were leaked online. the information is intended only for those with the highest levels of us security clearance documents cover a wide range of topics from assessments of ukraine s military strength and casualty figures to intelligence on american allies like israel and south korea. the documents will reportedly first posted on obscure internet gaming sites. but have now turned up on twitter and youtube in recent weeks, democratic congressman ruben gallego, raising concerns that this leak could jeopardize sources and
a new study laying out the real danger to your health when you do not get enough. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. president biden is taking more steps to try to lower gas prices today, and it s no coincidence he s making these moves with the midterm elections less than three weeks away. this afternoon the president is expected to announce he s authorizing the release of another 15 million barrels of oil from the nation s emergency stockpile. gas prices have dropped significantly from the peak this summer, but they are still higher than this time a year ago, and they know it and are taking note. let s start at the white house. jeremy diamond is there. what are you learning that the president is going to say today? reporter: well, kate, president biden is expect to announce 15 million barrels of oil to be released from the u.s. strategic reserve. that would round out the 180 million barrels of oil the president had pledged to release last s
are elected. even though polls show much less interest by the public now across the board. white house correspondent peter doocy has details tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. things are changing here at the biden white house. the president once told us that inflation was his top domestic priority. now we are told inflation is his top economic priority as he decides to stake his side s midterm chances on abortion access. as they say in one of the times are good they ain t seen nothing yet. pete: a promise from the president protect abortion access with a new law as long as democrats pick up a few seats this november. the first bill that i will send to the congress will be to codify roe v. wade. pete: abortion trails the economy and inflation as voters most important issue in the new york times siena poll. abortion still is a top issue but voters are making their decision in november three weeks from today about econ