scare today after word that local police lost documents with sensitive security information. the trip is meant to celebrate the president s irish roots and the anniversary of historic peace agreement. the president s insistence on pushing green energy, specifically electric vehicles is causing some problems back home. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in dublin, ireland tonight 2r58ing with the president. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. never mind the cost of an electric vehicle is more than $61,000 today on average, which is more, by the way, than the average salary per year of the average american. but critics are saying this proposal has some practical limitations that could make it impossible. my name is joe biden and i m a car guy. but maybe not so much a combustion engine car guy anymore despite his love for his corvette with the e.p.a. promoting sweeps cuts two thirds of cars and trucks sold by 2032 to be electric. wrote don t have a
did. we got in there. obviously, it was coming right behind us. as we got in there. we heard a big boom. didn t hear anything else for a while, we walked out. then just came out to around ten trees. down in our yard. how frightening, at night as well, we re gonna go to priscilla thompson and silver city, mississippi with the very latest. just a few minutes ago. another story we re following at this hour. crews in pennsylvania are searching for five people after an explosion at a chocolate factory. two people when people are pulled from the rubble overnight. we re gonna live report from pennsylvania later on this hour. we go to more developing news now, the investigation into donald trump are accelerating this weekend. as he deals with several legal setbacks. it comes as new york investigators are looking into a death threat, and white powder having been sent to da alvin bragg. the substance was deemed non hazardous. the letter came hours after trump warned of potential
we have andrew weissman here. should be interesting. also late they are hour, new clues on where covid really came from and what it means for safety and geopolitics. we do the facts here with an open mind, and we ll try to bring that perspective to a very important story. even if we re talking about some aspects of safety policy, we re going to get into where this virus came from. that s later tonight. the top story now is a once in a year moment. comics raising the curtain on this cpac conference in today s real news. stays coachella were team who post on facebook in all caps. clowns periodically in ash centers. there will be a quan session sorry, q&a. qanon/q&a, you get it. this conference has become in more ways bizarre than conservative. while many political gathers have all kinds of characters i have been to conferences across the spectrum. you see all kinds of stuff. we ll show you what the proramming is and you can see for yourself. they have sessions on
thank you so much for letting us into your homes all weeklong during these extraordinary times. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber. it s friday, have you heard? i hope you have a great week, nicolle. you, too. welcome to the beat. this republican chaos is continuing on this friday night in the house, which just rejected kevin mccarthy for speaker again, the 13th time. that s two more defeats for mccarthy today. kevin mccarthy is pretty much stuck at this point. he can t even stop these votes from taking place and losing over and over again. house republicans now are on the verge of becoming a total clown show if they re not careful. what s it going to take to get over the top? we ll get it done tonight. it looks like he will lose on the 13th ballot. i have a couple members flying back. that s what it s been looking like as the weekend now looms on this friday evening on the east coast. it s clear this is one of the worst weeks for any party leade
and let s start with lucas tomlinson at the white house for us. good afternoon. the bus trips are a message to the president, democrats and even vice-president who claim the border is secure. the border is not secure and you need to help us stop this. i don t care what crying, let them cry in their beer all day long, and the people of martha vineyard s what a bunch of elitist hypocrites they are. and buses were dropping off in washington, and massachusetts avenue for the second time, and today, which happens to be constitution day, more migrants are sent as well. the white house is reeling from florida governor ron desantis sending a plane of migrants to martha s vineyard. they were misled where they were headed told they would be headed to boston, misled what they would be provided when they arrived, promised shelter, refuge, benefits and more. these are the kinds of tactics that we see from smugglers in places like mexico and guatemala. of course, you re in the ro