To help priced out renters find somewhere to live . In sport, theres no stopping liverpool as they hit five in europe against Sparta Prague including a stunner from in form darwin nunez. Including a stunner good morning. A good deal of dry weather on the cards today, some will say sunshine but they will be a cold easterly wind blowing. I will have all the details for today and for the weekend throughout the programme. Its friday the 8th of march. President joe biden has used his state of the Union Address to criticise donald trump his likely opponent in the election and to claim that freedom and democracy are under assault around the world. President biden also announced that the us military will construct a port in gaza to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the territory. Tonight, im directing the us military to lead an Emergency Mission to establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean on the coast of gaza that can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine a
We will have a special programme in 30 minutes. Hello, im nicky schiller. We start in the United States where President Biden has delivered his last state of the Union Address before the president ial election in november. In a fiery speech he warned that the us is facing a greater threat to its freedom and democracy than at any time since the presidency of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s. He repeatedly took swipes at donald trump, using the term, My Predecessor 13 times. He described mr trumps recent remarks about nato as unacceptable. Mr biden said he had inherited an economy on the brink after the turmoil of covid pandemic, but it was now the envy of the world. But it was his repeated attacks on mr trump which drew the biggest cheers on capitol hill. Nomia iqbal has the story from washington. Cheering. This was President Biden s make or break moment to show americans why he should be re elected. No pressure. Good evening. If i were smart, id go home now. Laughter. It was a more fiery s