In north korea, the regime confirming for the first time it has custody of an american soldier who bolted into its territory last month. What the north is claiming he said. And back at home, Soccer Superstar lionel messi propels his miami team to new heights. We begin this morning with a Wildfire Devastation in hawaii. This morning, the white house announced President Biden and the first lady will travel to maui on monday to meet with First Responders and survivors. And as the death toll climbs to 106, were starting to learn the identities of some of the victims. They include 74yearold robert vickman, 79yearold buddy jantoc, franklin teros, who was trying to save a friends dog, Carol Hartley who lived on lahaina for 36 years and a family of four that was trying to escape. And as news crews with Cadaver Dogs Scour the area, a growing number of families are facing a grim reality, one man spoke with our affiliate khnl outside a morgue, saying he was waiting to identify his stepfathers rem
Welcome to the beat weekend. Let us get right into the headlines. I noticed some of you strongly vote against. They are cheering on that money but if any do not want that money in your district, let me know. The Border Patrol unit has endorsed the spell. The federal Chamber Of Commerce you are saying, no. Look at the facts. I know you know how to read. No, you do not want another 2 trillion tax cut . I kind of thought that was your plan was. That is good to hear. Now, my predecessor, a former republican president tells putin , quote, do what ever you want. It is outrageous. It is dangerous and it is unacceptable. That was the tone we heard from the president last night. I will walk through exactly why this matter so much. This was more than just a good speech, according to many. That would be todays current standards. It was obviously a strong speech by Biden Standards because he is a person who, lets remember, is a respectful traditional aspirate that is part of his thing and that has
i m going to attempt, and i probably regret this, i m going to attempt to make sense of the current debt ceiling situation. instead of having someone come on who doesn t know what s going on, i thought i don t know what s going on, i can just guess and so, we re gonna do a little bit of that. and i will advance a theory that joe biden is doing everything right. there is a theory that i landed on it today that joe biden is doing everything right. i reserve the right to take my mind tomorrow. [laughter] listen, lawrence, i will put my money on you being able to not only explain this but make sense of it, and have a plausible theory for all of it so i m eager to see what you have to say this evening. it s one of the things that i know will sound good while i m saying it. i don t want anyone to think about much after i say it. okay? [laughter] [laughter] let s see what the news is tomorrow. you ve got to get the 10:59. right, yeah! it is given some until 10:59, and
thank you alex! have a great show. thank you. well this is the breaking news that i m holding in my hands. this is a letter from donald trump s attorneys to attorney general merrick garland. the letter to the attorney general says, we represent donald j trump, 45th president of the united states in the investigation currently being conducted by the special counsel s office. they go on to propaganda rise about hunter biden which acquires makes no sense. and then they say what the letter is about in the final sentence of there s a very short letter. we request a meeting at your earliest convenience to discuss the ongoing injustice that is being perpetrated by your special counsel and his prosecutors. thank you for your attention to this matter. so there it is tonight, the trump lawyers asking merrick garland, attorney general of the united states for a meeting about special counsel jack smith s criminal investigations of donald trump which of course includes the documents
Which is marking 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland. But Prime Minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the Power Sharing government that was central to the deal. It collapsed in the fallout from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. Rishi sunak willjoin the us president , joe biden, on a visit to Northern Ireland on tuesday to commemorate the Good Friday Agreement. A few minutes ago, the Us National Security council spokesperson, john kirby, told the White House Press corps how much this trip means to President Biden. President biden will head to Ulster University to deliver remarks marking the tremendous progress since the signing of the belfast Good Friday Agreement 25 years ago. And hell underscore the readiness of the United States to preserve those gains and support Northern Irela