With myself as well. No, im in a lovely cafe in Downtown Doylestown in pennsylvania, in bucks county, pennsylvania. I dont know if youve been to doylestown. It is beautiful. You should definitely come here. Caitriona, youre in a library or a fake library . Im in a fake library. Yeah. No, its not. I mean, full disclosure, any library you see on television these days is fake. Lets be honest. I dont think theres a librarian on the planet that would let me speak this loudly if i were in a library, but i am in the Library Corner of the bbc washington bureau, so i have nipped into the Library Corner to have this chat with you guys, because it is very busy in this bbc bureau. Weve had a lot of reinforcements come into town for the debate this week. Of course, its been another crazy busy week and a crazy busy month and a crazy busy year, but im delighted that us three are going to find the time every week to just get together and have a chat about what weve noticed from the campaigns, whats im
I would be impressed. Yeah, i would be impressed with myself as well. No, im in a lovely cafe in Downtown Doylestown in pennsylvania, in bucks county, pennsylvania. I dont know if youve been to doylestown. It is beautiful. You should definitely come here. Caitriona, youre in a library or a fake library . Im in a fake library. Yeah. No, its not. I mean, full disclosure, any library you see on television these days is fake. Lets be honest. I dont think theres a librarian on the planet that would let me speak this loudly if i were in a library, but i am in the Library Corner of the bbc washington bureau, so i have nipped into the Library Corner to have this chat with you guys, because it is very busy in this bbc bureau. Weve had a lot of reinforcements come into town for the debate this week. Of course, its been another crazy busy week and a crazy busy month and a crazy busy year, but im delighted that us three are going to find the time every week to just get together and have a chat abo
repair shop presenter, Jay Blades whos been charged with engaging in controlLing and coercive behaviour against his estranged wife. And the i newspapers lead analyses the surge in private Health Care saying record numbers of people are turning away from the national health service. Hello there. It was an unseasonably chilly start to Friday Morning with A Touch Of Frost for some, but lots of blue Sky And Sunshine throughout the day and we started to draw in that warmer feeLing air. Now that trend is just set to continue over the next few days. So warmer by day, milder by night, too. For the weekend some sunshine, but also some outbreaks of rain here and there, too. You can see all of the sunshine clearly with the lack of cloud on the SatelLite Picture here. We will see this frontjust gradually continue to push its way further eastwards through the rest of the night, bringing outbreaks of Rain Across Northern Ireland and Western Scotland. More cloud here, too, and some of The Cloud will
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with katie phang in for ari starts right now. Hi, katie. Hi, nicolle. Thank you so much. Welcome to the beat for the rest offuous. I am katie phang in for ari melber. We start with flashing Warning Signs for american democracy at a Pivotal Moment in the American Campaign season. As of tonight President Biden and former President Trump have clenched the threshold for meeting they primaries. Its the earliest matchup in nearly a quarter of a century. In 2000 al gore and george w. Bush clenched their nominations just four days earlier than joe biden and donald trump. Of course, that election ended at the United States Supreme Court. And this election starts there. Trump set to make the unprecedented argument for total president ial immunity in his coup case next month, as accountability for january 6th rioters dpriends forward. Just today a federal judge ordering that a trump
Running mate. Ill ask him this morning. Plus challenging biden, the new Special Counsel appointment fuels more criticism from republicans. If he were a republican he would have been in jail a long time ago. Biden is also facing critics from within his own party on his capacity to serve. Ill talk to democratic congressman dean philips of minnesota who is actively calling for more primary challenger to biden. And red alert. That vote in ohio is pretty sobering. Ohioet voers deliver a victory to supporters of Abortion Rights and offer another warning sign for republicans. If republicans are just focused on one issue theyll have a bit of a challenge. Support for legal action for abortion is winning inside red and blue states from kansas to kentucky to michigan. Will it be a motivating factor for voters in 2024. Joining me for insight and analysis are. Politico mriback coauthor eugene daniels. Republican strategist brandon buck. Is imoen sanderstownsend, former spokesperson for Kamala Harri