i understand it. in fact, trump made the republican party the party of working americans in a way that probably hasn t been true for almost 100 years. yeah, because in 100 years, there hasn t been a politician who said, i m going to make this for third graders to understand what i m talking about. talking on that level? that was newt gingrich encouraging ron desantis to get on the level of third graders. i m not joking. you know, kind of like donald trump does. wonder what he means. this is a tough hurricane. one of the wettest we ve ever seen from the standpoint of water. rarely have we had an experience like it, and it certainly is not good. oh, my god. one of the wettest we ve had. good morning. welcome to morning joe. hope you ve had a good week. it is friday. friday, may 26th. let s bring in with us the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. the host of inside with jen psaki, jen psaki. she s a former white house press
wins this year s palme d or award at the cannes festival. there s been anger today over hours of delays at airports in the uk where passport e gates were not working. the disruption, which began on friday night, had been due to an it issue. the situation has now been resolved. in a statement, the home office said that following a technical border system fault, all e gates are now operating as normal. it went on to thank travellers who were impacted and staff for their work in resolving the issue. graham satchell has been looking at the impact on passengers. gatwick airport described by one passenger today as an utterjoke. these scenes were repeated at airports across the uk. this is manchester, where again there were huge queues for passport control. and at heathrow, arriving passengers were forced to wait more than three hours. we also had one passenger that fainted. this is wayne fenton at luton airport. already been in the queue now forabout 1.5 hours, in fact nearly two
hello. british tv presenter holly willoughby has reacted to phillip schofield s admission to a relationship with a younger employee, saying she is hurt. on friday, mr schofield resigned from itv saying he had lied to cover up the relationship, which he described as unwise, but not illegal . itv has said it investigated rumours of the relationship but both repeatedly denied it. our correspondent katherine da costa has the latest on holly willoughby s reaction. she has been responding to the news that philip schofield had had a younger man on the show, this morning, in 2020. in a statement on her instagram account, holly said, it has taken time to process yesterday s news. you betterjust remind us how a big a name in tv phillip schofield is. particularly for people watching around the world who may not know him. philip schofield is a household name here in the uk. he started out as a children s tv presenter and has gone on to present a string of high profile programmes, inclu
praised the antimissile defence systems which intercepted a berridge of russian rockets over kyiv overnight. let me show you the footage from the defence systems in action. ukraine says 18 missiles were shot down, including six of the hypersonic weapons that president putin had claimed are unstoppable. ukrainian officials have declined to comment on a claim moscow that one missile got through air defences to destroy a us built the latest barrage came just hours after president zelensky wrapped up a european tour, in which he was promised billions of dollars worth of new military aid by western allies. live now to kyiv where i can speak to the ukrainian lawyer and politician, lesia vasylenko. thank you so much for being with us here once again on bbc news. give me a sense of what it was like during the night with that pharos from russia. ~ ., , ., ., russia. well, it was one of the most intense nights russia. well, it was one of the most intense nights tonight, russia. we
notes were marked without his consent. and in the skies above lincolnshire a lancaster bomber marks the 80th anniversary of the famous dambuster raids. on bbc london. the large sinkhole that s appeared in a field near amersham above a tunnel being built for the h52 high speed rail line. some campaigners want work to stop. good evening. we start tonight with the news that the manufacturers of vauxhall vehicles in the uk have urged the government to renegotiate part of the brexit trade agreement or run the risk of making the business unsustainable. stellantis, one of the world s biggest car manufacturers, whose business includes vauxhall, peugeot, citroen, and fiat, says its concerns are related to electric vehicles. stellantis says the conditions of the brexit free trade deal signed in 2020 are no longer achievable, given the surge in the cost of raw materials, and the prospect of tariffs between the uk and the eu would make exports uncompetitive. our economics editor fais