song all day. we begin in egypt where officials insist traffic is flowing normally through the suez canal despite recent attacks further south in the red sea. iranian backed rebels in yemen have repeatedly targeted commercial vessels, leading some of the world s biggest shipping firms to suspend routes in the area. with more context, here s our business reporter david waddell. let us have a look at the situation. there are where the attacks occurred. at the northern end is the suez canal. you can t make your way unless you first pass this checkpoint. two companies. maersk, the container company and hapag lloyd another big shipping container company have both announced that they would not be making that passage. you have to pass the cape of good hope in south africa. that adds nearly 11,000 nautical miles to thejourney. adds nearly 11,000 nautical miles to the journey. there is another separate issue for the ships trying to traverse through the atlantic ocean and the pacific o
it s that time of year when yearbooks come out and everyone gets to pour over pictures of their classmates and quietly judge their haircuts and senior quotes. you get to look back and remember when certain classmates seem so nbt and others seem so awkward and look what has happened since. mullets are back in style. who could have known? well, there was a unique sort of class photo taken in washington this week. it was for a very small group of people the men and women who have been speaker of the house. that is speaker kevin mccarthy posing with almost all of his living predecessors. there is newt gingrich, of course, who was speaker of the house from 1995 to 1999. there s nancy pelosi who was speaker 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to this year. there is john boehner speaker 20 # 1 to 2515. and then there s kevin mccarthy the current speaker of the house. if you re wondering about the years 19991 and 2007 that is when dennis has rt is speaker of house. and he s very much al
while answering questions about the negotiations. we ll have those comments for you in just a moment. and they come as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. we ll recap yesterday s events and preview what s ahead including a new round of sanctions for russia aimed at closing loopholes that moscow has been using to security previous attempts to hold it accountable for the invasion of ukraine. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning on capitol hill where it appears that at least some progress is being made on the debt ceiling. house speaker kevin mccarthy shifted to optimism yesterday on the negotiations saying a deal could now be made in time in order to avoid a default. i just believe where we were a week ago and where we are today is a much better place because we have the right people in the room discussing it in a very profes
do not puff out your chest and say we re going to make norfolk southern pay, we get that, help us now. ashley: alexandria hoff has more, good morning. alexandria: there is no plan for the president to visit east palestine. the trip to virginia, glenn youngkin says it is time for leaders to lead and his state does not need the appearance. joe biden has been to ukraine and now virginia, he has yet to go to ohio. go where people have health concerns driving them to worry about not just the day-to-day impact of this horrific train issue c, but the long-term impact with cancer threats, etcetera. alexandria: latest poll shows 33% of voters approve of president biden s handling of the derailment. the impact is still being felt. hazardous chemicals were released and one man told a strange, heartbreaking story. he says since the explosion, his voice sounds like he inhaled helium. there is no one in town to run toxicology to find out which they are, my voice sounds like mickey
brian: everybody has had orange juice already. now we are at the villages, here you go buddy. thank you very much. that s right. i was hoping for a cash tip. thank you very much. it is the marine corp. i will wear that browardly. who is ready? it is 8:00! ainsley and brian, i have id s everybody and they are over 18. every hour is happy hour here. ladies, here you go. everybody hold up your beers. by the way, i know you are counting calories, this is ultra. how about a salute to ainsley and brian, who are live in new york. cheers everybody! [ cheers and applause ] this is definitely very interesting. no kidding down here at the villages, yesterday at this time. brand new cook book out no. 1 cook book in the world we are going to do what we did last time that is in about 10 minutes, i am going to hop in one of the famous village s golf carts and going to their house and make them a couple of recipes out of their cook books, how many people saw that last time? [applaus