on the national security council. andrew, security council. thanks forjoining us. i m andrew, thanks forjoining us. i m intrigued as to what you think the position is regarding the west, because we have a fairly bold approach coming from the us and the uk and clearly a far more, perhaps you d say, measured, but more of a dialogue approach coming from the key players within the eu, the french and the germans. inaudible. well, i m sorry, andrew, will call you to a halt there, we re not hearing you. call you to a halt there, we re not hearing you. i m so sorry. that s fine. not hearing you. i m so sorry. that s fine. we not hearing you. i m so sorry. that s fine. we have - not hearing you. i m so sorry. that s fine. we have you - not hearing you. i m so sorry. | that s fine. we have you now. so same question. i that s fine. we have you now. so same question. that s fine. we have you now. so same question. i was going to say i m so same question. i was going to say i m not so sam
this is where george linnane s life changed in an instant 0gof nynnon ddu, britain s deepest cave system, somewhere he d been dozens of times before. but last year, deep underground, the rock beneath him crumbled and he fell into the darkness. the first thing i knew about it was this instantaneous feeling of legs whirling around in midair and arms grabbing for something. 0ne second i was caving. the next minute the world went mad. it all went black, and two minutes later, i woke up in a very different state to when i d started. george broke his leg, jaw and several ribs. he was bleeding heavily. as a friend went for help, he wrestled with the pain. did you think that you might not survive? honestly, yes, at times. it was kind of dark times initially, i guess, until the help started arriving. what followed was britain s longest ever cave rescue. in all, 300 volunteers
being perceived outside the uk? joining me from washington is daniel lippman, white house and washington reporter for politico. daniel, good to see you. this is the sort of crisis that keeps on giving from our perspective. another party, another event, another party. has it hit home in the us? i think a lot of americans who pay attention to british news, i think they are plugged into this. they are kind of gobbling up this. they are kind of gobbling up the news. but for the average american, they face inflation worries, supply chain shortages, covid surges and they haven t probably listened in on this and read about it as much as people who love britain and are paying attention to what boris johnson and are paying attention to what borisjohnson is up to, and so they have more immediate concerns about their own lives, and are less concerned about the domestic politics of a