and the hard yards that we need to undertake to get this right. hello and welcome to the programme. we will be live in ireland tonight, asjoe biden makes the journey south to his ancestral home. we will be finding what came of his brief visit to belfast today, and what unionists made of the speech he delivered. we ll bring you more of that extraordinary conversation between the bbc s james clayton and elon musk. plenty to disect in that, including musk s confession he only went through with a takeover at twitter, because the judge would have forced him to do it anyway. and who controls the distribution of the abortion pill in america? the us government is in court this next hour, to appeal a decision in texas to suspend the licence. we will get reaction. lets start first with president biden and the speech he gave today marking the 25th anniversary of the good and friday agreement. a speech in which the us president held out the promise of huge us investment if and when stabl
peace, the united states remains essential and fundamental partner. it is a privilege to welcome you here, mr president, to celebrate all that has been achieved and to look forward together to the shining possibilities of our future. welcome home, mr president. the possibilities of our future. welcome home, mr president. home, mr president. the foreign minister of home, mr president. the foreign minister of ireland home, mr president. the foreign minister of ireland greeting - minister of ireland greeting president biden in introducing him to the clientele in this pub in dundalk. let s have a quick listen to the president. i dundalk. let s have a quick listen to the president. dundalk. let s have a quick listen to the president. i said last time i was here. to the president. i said last time i was here. in to the president. i said last time i was here. in a to the president. i said last time i was here, in a sense, to the president. i said last time i was here, in a sense,
recognising that strong connections between the united kingdom, including northern ireland, and the united states of america. we can speak to ben lowry editor, news letter a unionst leaning paper. let me show you some pictures we are getting enough dundalk where the president surely expected to appear at a pub. there have been some customers patiently waiting for them. you can see the irish and american flags there, a bannerjust to the back they are saying welcome home joe to the back they are saying welcome homejoe biden because he s been paying a visit to some of his ancestral home. today he s been touring stjohn s castle down there, and of course, tomorrow we expect them to make a speech to the parliament in dublin as well. may dipping to a bit of dundalk when the president appears. let s speak first to ben lowry editor, news letter
not on his way with them but he is not on his way to the pub you are looking at in dundalk in how to live. we will live you with these images and christian will be giving you more updates. hello i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. in times when things seem fragile or easily broken, that is when hope and hard work are needed the most. that s why we must make our theme repair. i know he shares my ambition to see the institutions here back up and running. that s what people and businesses in northern ireland deserve. this is a time for us all to be together, to be working together and to be focused on the next 25 years. so, for me, the message is lauded clear of hope, opportunity, practically, investments, we can actually improve people s lives. the solution won t be found made in speeches made in stormont. it will be found in the hard graft
catholic migration from the mid 18005 where they are more likely to consider themselves irish americans. i think there is a realism about the fact that that is a strong identity and that s part of biden s mixed heritage, part of which as i said was british, the irishman really plays up. some people will be sarri about that, most people will probably be realistic about it. thank you very much indeed for those comments. let s dip into this at the pub in dundalk. we call it into this at the pub in dundalk. - call it coming from court and packs a punch as we found out recently. account terry that is rich in history, a county of legends and a county, of course, of your