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last tuesday. another difficult weekend for air travel and airlines canceled or delayed thousands of flights. transportation secretary pete buttigieg is pushing airlines to make sure they can operate their plan summer schedules and since his department could take action against airlines that failed to meet consumer protection standards. wall street journal global economics contributor is standing by with his reaction we have fox team coverage tonight jonathan serrie with airline delays and cancellations, first to lucas tomlinson live at the white house right now. president biden says a recession is not inevitable. the top economic advisor disagrees and calls us federal gas tax gimmick. i think the likelihood is that in order to do what s necessary to stop inflation, the fed is going to raise interest rates enough that the economy will slip into recession. we call the grave warning before passing a 1.9 trigon dollar covid stimulus bill saying it would cause skyrocketing in
A meeting of the Un Security Council has again highlighted sharp differences between members over recent Anti Government protests in iran. It was called by the Us Ambassador nikki haley after a week in which the Trump Administration expressed strong support for the protesters. The meeting went ahead despite objections from russia and some other Council Members. Our state Department Correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. Nikki haley warned iran that the world was watching its response the Anti Government protests. She used the platform of the un to amplify the message of president trump, who has been tweeting support for the iranian demonstrators. The United States stands unapologetically with those in iran uranium people will determine their own destiny and let there be no doubt whatsoever the United States stands unapologetically with those in iran who seek freedom for themselves, prosperity for their families, and dignity for their nation. We will not be quiet. Noticed honest att
The Un Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on the deadly protests in iran. It was called by the Us Ambassador nikki haley after a week in which the Trump Administration expressed strong support for the protesters. The meeting went ahead despite objections from russia and some other Council Members. Our state Department Correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. Nikki haley warned around the world was watching its response the Anti Government protest. Iran. She used the un platform to apple by the message of resident trump and treating support of the demonstrators. The United States stands unapologetically with those in iran who seek freedom to themselves, prosperity for their families, and dignity for their nation. We will not be quiet. This unusually robust stance on human rights to the Trump Administration coincides with a policy to curb what it sees as ones aligned influence in the middle east. Iranians ambassador called the meeting a fast and repeated charges that the
Has again highlighted sharp differences between members over recent Anti Government protests in iran. It was called by the Us Ambassador nikki haley after a week in which the Trump Administration expressed strong support for the protesters. The meeting went ahead despite objections from russia and some other Council Members. Barbara plett usher reports. Nikki haley warned iran that the world was watching its response to the Anti Government protests. She used the platform of the un to amplify the message of president trump, who has been tweeting support for the iranian demonstrators. The iranian people will determine their own destiny. And let there be no doubt whatsoever the United States stands unapologetically with those in iran who seek freedom for themselves, prosperity for their families, and dignity for their nation. We will not be quiet. No dishonest attempt to call the protesters puppets of foreign powers will change that. The iranian people know the truth, and we know the trut