this hour, mike johnson about to take the floor to slam the senate s bipartisan border compromise in his first speech after a 15-hour meeting of republicans ending in a vote to push forward and try to impeach homeland security secretary mayorkas. nato s secretary-general on the urgent need for the u.s. to support ukraine. the cia director warns cutting off aid would be a mistake of historic proportions. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the ceos of the most widely used social media platforms are on capitol hill today. they are being criticized for not doing enough to protect children online from both sexual and other harmful content, including pro-hamas content on tiktok. executives from tiktok, meta, x, snapchat and discord are defending some of the steps they have taken, telling thediciary committed to keeping kids safe. the technology is growing faster than congress has been able to react. right now, the platforms are left to police themselves and
walked out in protest over arrangements was created to trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. it s not clear what exactly is in the deal but it won t reverse the basic settlement between the uk and the eu. let s go straight to stormont and our island correspondencejohn campbell. we were listening a few moments ago tojeffrey donaldson, is it becoming clear how soon power sharing could be up and running? power-sharing could be up and runnina ? , . ., . , power-sharing could be up and runninu? ,~ ., . , running? every chance it will be by the end of this running? every chance it will be by the end of this week. running? every chance it will be by the end of this week. jeffrey - the end of this week. jeffrey donaldson was in fighting form, outselling this deal, saying it s going to deliver more than some of his critics had suggested. at the moment we only have what he is telling us and his spin on this deal, he says there is going to be new legislat
in washington last hour, crucial developers in northern ireland tonight. the leader of the dup, jeffrey donaldson, has been meeting with executive members of his party to discuss a possible deal to restore power sharing at stormont next week. the dup collapsed the executive nearly two years ago in protest at the post brexit trading arrangements. the party has been in talks with the uk government this past year seeking changes to the so called windsor framework. and it would seem there has been enough progress to put something to the wider party. there are around 130 members of the executive. the party officers are not present at this meeting tonight, and only they would have the power to sign off on any prospective deal. let s speak to our ireland correspondent, chris page. just talk to me about that bit. this is the wider group of the executive, chris, but i guess if they go in behind jeffrey donaldson, he is in business? , , ., behind jeffrey donaldson, he is in business? ,
without crashing the economy. the gdp figures have been seized upon by president biden, who is battling for re election. he s been suffering poor approval ratings for his handling of the economy, as american households feel the impact of higher prices on their finances. from new york, here s michelle fleury. foran for an economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year the kit american economy grew faster than predicted, expanding at an annual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. goes for the entire you re also exhilarated, even as the federal reserve was involved in the highest rates hike in recent years. the economic rates hike in recent years. the economic growth rates hike in recent years. the economic growth is rates hike in recent years. iie: economic growth is stronger rates hike in recent years. iig; economic growth is stronger than we had during the trump administration. thanks to the amer