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let s get down to business, and we begin with the intense diplomacy over the crisis at the ukraine russian border. as you ve been hearing, borisjohnson is due to hold talks with the russian president before visiting eastern europe this week. foreign secretary liz truss said on sunday she would set out legislation that would give moscow notice of a severe economic cost for any incursion into ukraine, by strengthening britain s ability to target russian assets in the uk. she will outline the details to the house of commons later today. this comes as energy prices soar on concerns russia could restrict supplies of gas to europe it supplies around 40% of the eu s energy needs. chris weafer is business and investment strategist at macro advisory. good morning. so there is a lot happening this week and all the time these concerns over what russia might do next and the gas price is going up and up. yes because the focus has been on the worst case sanctions and this is bein ....
neil: all right, well, this is it, the south carolina primary is on, and the voters are out. you are looking live at three of the more beautiful palmetto state locales in surfside, greenville and columbia where folks are casting their ballots. 50 delegates at stake here, and the winner takes them all. nikki haley expected to vote about an hour from now, and she s promising to stay in the race no matter what happens in her home state, yep, even if she loses big to donald trump. always fair, always balanced, we ll hear from voters for both candidates. but first, we ve got fox team coverage on the campaign trail with alexandria hoff tracking the former president in the state and mark meredith with the former governor of the state. we begin alexandria in columbia. alec. reporter: hi, good morning, neil. former president trump has spent very little time or money here in south carolina. the expectation the is that he hasn t really needed to with such strong the polling numb ....
with president biden at the white house on thursday. it promises cooperation on advanced tech, clean energy and critical minerals. but it falls far short of the comprehensive free trade agreement with the us that the british government has been hoping for and had promised as a benefit of leaving the european union. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has hopes of a full free trade deal were dashed sometime ago because it was clear that biden had been interested in that. there were noises for some time that we might get something more about an alliance against external threats to economic security and furthering ambitions on net zero. while this might seem like a pick and mix trade alliance, little bits here when it comes to talking about protecting supply chains, a little bit about making it easier to swap data between us and american firms and a little bit here about green energy and nuclear, it is very much tied together in looking at what of th ....
for a new age a kind that has never been agreed before that s how uk prime minister rishi sunak is billing the atlantic declaration he signed with president biden at the white house on thursday. it promises cooperation on advanced tech, clean energy and critical minerals. but it falls far short of the comprehensive free trade agreement with the us that the british government has been hoping for, and had promised as a benefit of leaving the european union. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has been looking at the details. gone was the mention of an all encompassing trade deal promised in the wake of brexit. in its place, a commitment to co operate on defence, trade, a deal on data protection and ways to regulate new ai deal on data protection and ways to regulate new al to ology. the uk prime minister failed this approach is a better response to the challenges the two countries face. . ., ., . challenges the two countries face. ., . ., ., , , ....
gaza but acknowledge some collateral. and plus vladimir putin s parade celebrating victory day moments ago in moscow as his troops struggle to defeat ukraine. and just hours from now in washington, joe biden and kevin mccarthy face-to-face, can they strike a debt limit deal before america defaults. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with fears of dangerous escalation in the middle east. israel says that the operation was aimed at eliminating kingpin terrorists. three islamic jihad commanders were killed, palestinian medical official said at least 13 died in those strikes including four women and four children. hadas gold is live in front of an iron dome battery in southern israel. what are the two sides saying about the airstrikes? reporter: yeah, i m in front of these iron dome batteries and all expectations that these types of batteries which are all around southern israel will be used in the coming h ....