military promotions by senator tuberville. what does this say about u.s. military readiness? would you talk with tuberville to work out a solution? i would be willing to talk to him if i thought there was any chance of him changing this ridiculous position. i expect the republican party to stand up and do something about it. it s within their power to do that. the idea that we don t have a chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the idea that we have all these promotions and we don t know what s going to happen, the idea that we re injecting into fundamental foreign policy decisions what, in fact, is a domestic social debate is bizarre. i don t ever recall that happening, ever. it s totally irresponsible in my view. i just think that i mean, i m confident that the mainstream of the republican party no longer does not support what he s doing, but they got to stand up and be counted. that s how it ends. reporter: you ve been working on fortifying the fence along the bord
between president biden and governors to discuss plans to protect access to abortion. this morning the trial of wnba star brittney griner began in moscow. we ll bring you the very latest. we start this friday morning with the holiday rush. if you hit the road or the skies this weekend you will not be alone. far from it. according to aaa nearly 48 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more. that s almost at 2019 pre-pandemic levels. if you thought high gas prices would slow down traffic think again. ron allen is talking to drivers in new jersey. good morning. 42 million drivers exec expected to hit the road this weekend. that s a lot of problems potentially. reporter: there they are right over there. a bunch of problems starting over there. new jersey turnpike heading south to philadelphia and beyond. yes. the traffic is already piling up. it is only what? 10:00 in the morning. the worst time is afternoon and gets worse as the day wears on. this is the first su
and all of this is against the back drop of our response to nato s to russia s aggression and to help ukraine defend itself. united states is rallying the world to stand with ukraine. allies and partners around the globe are making significant contributions. sect austin just brought together more than 50 countries, more than 50 countries pledging new commitments and this is a global effort to support ukraine. nearly 140,000 anti-tank systems, more than 600 tanks, nearly 500 artillery systems, more than 600,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, as well as advanced multiple launch rocket systems and air defense smexs. and again the united states is leading the way. we provided ukraine are nearly $7 billion in security assistance since i took office. the next few days we intend to announce more than $800 million more including new advanced western air defense systems to ukraine, more artillery and ammunition, counter battery radar and the launch system we ve given ukraine and mo
hello and welcome to the programme that brings together the foreign journalists who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. it s been a convention busting week, this one a queen s speech delivered for the first time in 70 years by a royal other than the queen. two countries strictly neutral for 80 years, preparing to take sides. in northern ireland, a party in favour of reuniting the island of ireland topped the poll for the first time in the centuries since ireland was partitioned. to discuss all that and more, in the studio are brian o connell, former bureau chief in london for the irish broadcaster rte, eunice goes, portuguesejournalist and university lecturer and newly created british citizen, and jeffrey kofman, who s been both a war correspondent and news anchor in canada and the united states. good to have you back with us. jeffrey, let s start with nato expansion. sweden and finland, finland s president, sauli niinisto, said on f
That term came up in the news conference, finland-ization. that was a country that remained neutral, but was so intimidated by russia. putin has not only lost the countries he formerly occupied, but he lost the countries that remained neutral. so i think these european powers, nato staying together, the eu staying together, turning russia into a pariah is the kind of thing that will change history as the president said, and i think that s happening. i thank you all so much for being with us this morning. we re following breaking news. the secret service releases the results of its investigation into the bag of cocaine that was found inside the white house. we re back in 60 seconds.