The Republican National Convention will kick off monday from milwaukee as former President Trump will hold a rally in Battle Ground Pennsylvania later today. Meanwhile, President Biden defiant presses on with his Reelection Bid as the list grows to nearly 20 congressional democrats calling for him to bow out of the president ial race. Welcome to Fox News live. Im molly line. Hello, griff. Griff hey, molly. Great to be with you. Im griff jenkins. The president is in delaware where Hell Hold meetings with two groups today, this of he was told Point Blank to drop out by a House Democrat in one of the meetings. And Lucas Tomlinson is in delaware kicking things off. Good afternoon, thats right, President Biden will be manning the Phones Today calling two different groups of House Democrats, the Progressive Caucus and the new democrats, which as the name suggests, contains 13 House Democrats that have called on the president to step aside and not run in this race. This comes as a new Washing
Party is an understatement bidens Question And Answer session was watched by americas allies and adsaries, politicians of both parties here in the u. S. And around the globe im not hearing my European Allies say, joe, dont run what im hearing them say is youve got to win. You cant let this guy come forward, itd be a disaster. I think i said in one of his rallies recently where nato, i just learned about Nato Or Something to that effect Foreign Policy has never been his strong point, and he seems to have an affinity to people who are authoritarian. That worries europe, that worries poland, and nobody including the people of poland think that if he wins in ukraine hes going to stop ukraine so what i can say is i think im the best person to do the job. Almost as important as the content of the president s Remarks Tonight is the president s energy, enthusiasm, his command of details the fact is that the consideration is that i think im the most t qualified Persono Run for president. I beat
Lies or misspeaks or gets it wrong or fudges because he was just trying to win the fight. It doesnt matter because im worse. It doesnt matter because hes their guy. It doesnt matter because hes still in right because hes being victimized. Look, representative maloney didnt like when i said this tonight, all due respect to her and the Oversight Committee putting out the emails about what trump is trying is huge. I say i think they are better than you at this. If they had been the the aggrieved on January 6th in a position the democrats are in, you and i would have never been able to move on from it. I probably would have been in washington, d. C. For three weeks covering it because its all the republicans would have been doing and saying we must put down the civil war. Its all they would do. Biden wouldnt be able to be nowhere else. You get no argument from me on that. Imagine as we have said and many have said before if the tables had been turned on January 6th. Imagine if it was peopl
Minister orders his officials to hold checks on goods coming to Northern Ireland from the rest of the uk. Russian troops on Ukraines Border now the United States is sending 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe to protect nato allies if war erupts. And the new patron of rugby union and rugby league the Duchess Of Cambridge takes over from prince harry. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel the womens team split from raith rovers and protest at the signing of david goodwillie. The former Scotland Striker was found by a civil court to have raped a woman. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The government has set out how it intends to fulfil its flagship manifesto promise of closing the gap between richer and poorer areas in the uk over the next eight years. The wide ranging plans laid out by the levelling up secretary, michael gove, include improving education and skills with a particular Focus On Raising Standards in 55 areas across england. A promise by 2030 to narrow the gap on
Approaches, the duchess of cambridge starts her new role as the patron of englands Rugby Football Union and league. Coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, celtic and rangers go head to head in the Old Firm Derby at celtic park. Can the home side sealed the win to take them top . Good evening. Ofgem, the energy regulator, is set to announce the biggest ever rise in energy bills, with ministers understood to be preparing measures to ease the pressure on households. The announcement is due tomorrow. Every six months, ofgem reviews the maximum price that suppliers in england, wales and scotland can charge customers on a standard tariff. Around 15 million households saw their bills go up by 12 when the last update happened in october. The new cap takes effect in april and Industry Predictions suggest gas prices could rise by as much as 50 , taking the average annual bill to roughly £2,000. There is a separate Energy Market in Northern Ireland, where prices have also risen sharply.