Well have the lead prosecutors in the chauvin case tomorrow night after the sentencing. It will be such a important day in the courtroom for them and everyone else. Indeed. Excellent. Welldone my friend. Thank you, rachel. Well, it really is infrastructure week. And President Joe Biden got to say the words today he has been wanting to say since inauguration day, we have a deal. And he was so excited about the deal that he did something that president s just about never do. He went out into the driveway. On the Pennsylvania Avenueside of the white house with a Bipartisan Group of senators to announce the deal they just made. We have a deal. And i think its really important weve all agreed that none of us got what we wanted, i clearly didnt get all you wanted. They gave more than i think maybe they were inclined to give in the first place. But this remind mez of the days we used to get an awful lot done in the United States congress. They did not and i understand their position republica
elections. the latest fox news poll indicate around three quarters of those surveyed rate economic conditions negatively and say they are going to get worse. the president counters that the economy is, quote: strong as hell. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off lye tonight from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: officials used to refer to inflation as transitory. but it hasn t gone away. now, democratic hopes in the midterms could be in jeopardy. who is going to benefit the most? working people, middle class. peter: as the president tries to forgive student loans amid lawsuits. litigation is underway and i don t think our legal judgment is that it won t but they are trying to stop it. the bigger concern on 89% of those surveyed in a fox news poll is inflation. people are tired of being broke. white house officials are hoping to reshape the race by talking most about the voters voters are sixth most concerned about abortion policy. the a
the longest distance ever travelled for a north korean test flight. the missile went far enough that it would have reached the us island of guam with a different trajectory. and so there was a swift response. the united states and south korea conducted a precision aerial bombing exercise to demonstrate seoul and washington s will to respond sternly to the threat from pyongyang. and tokyo was also incensed. translation: north korea s launch of a ballistic missile is a reckless act that absolutely cannot be allowed. japan will be on the highest alert and respond quickly. speaking to the bbc, the us counsellor of the department of state derek shalet said it will take a complete international effort to achieve denuclearisation on the korean peninsula. well we are going to continue to press forward with sanctions against north korea and enforcing those already on the books pursuing new ones perhaps, but also importantly working with our allies and partners and also other members
at the age of 93. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. taiwan has scrambled fighter planes after chinese military aircraft entered its air defence zone. beijing is protesting against the visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi, who vowed her country would never abandon the island. china has also begun manoeuvres around taiwan that are affecting air and shipping links. taiwan is self governing, and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its own. from taiwan, here s rupert wingfield hayes. despite what china has been saying, today s meeting between nancy pelosi and taiwan president ing wen didn t look terribly sinister. president tsai began by presenting ms pelosi with taiwan s highest civilian honour. she in turn praised taiwan s democracy and promised america would stand by the island. our solidarity with you is more important than ever, as you defend taiwan and your freedom. we are