scare today after word that local police lost documents with sensitive security information. the trip is meant to celebrate the president s irish roots and the anniversary of historic peace agreement. the president s insistence on pushing green energy, specifically electric vehicles is causing some problems back home. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in dublin, ireland tonight 2r58ing with the president. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. never mind the cost of an electric vehicle is more than $61,000 today on average, which is more, by the way, than the average salary per year of the average american. but critics are saying this proposal has some practical limitations that could make it impossible. my name is joe biden and i m a car guy. but maybe not so much a combustion engine car guy anymore despite his love for his corvette with the e.p.a. promoting sweeps cuts two thirds of cars and trucks sold by 2032 to be electric. wrote don t have a
mountainous areas that rescue crews are struggling to get to. we re told multiple buildings have collapsed and several historic landmarks are damaged . they include rubbishes historic walls, they date back to the early 12th century, locals are being urged to remain calm and exercise caution do the risk of aftershocks. united nations says it is standing by to help and ready for the moroccan government if need be, and according to the u. s geological survey, this is the strongest earthquake to strike the north african country in more than 120 years again. if you re just now joining us, the death toll continues to rise in morocco that follows a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake. it struck overnight just south of marrakech, and more than 630. people are now confirmed dead. nearly 350 of other people are hurt. those numbers have more than doubled since the earthquake first hit and they could rise even higher. we will, of course, continue to follow the latest on this breaking news
to be a winning formula once again for all democrats and for president biden and vice president harris. laura: a winning formula? is that what he said? we will see. i have this crazy idea that americans don t want to go into debt to buy stuff like gas, groceries, or make car payments. in newsweek, writer lee habib noted that the combination of run away costs and high interest rates has been catastrophic for ordinary americans as the average car payment surged to nearly $730 a month with the length of those loans extended to a record setting 68 months. as for gasoline, well, biden s insane squeeze on pipelines and exploration is killing the family budget. in july 2020, gas was a mere 2.27 a gallon. in july of 2023 the average was 3.71. a whopping 63% increase and even gone up since then. so, all americans feel the pain of biden s radical green agenda because everything that travels by car, by plane, or truck is now more expensive. and it s all on the democrats. the economy
concerned, we strongly believe that nuclear plants are a key solution for 00 next century. and if you want to reduce your co-2 emissions you have to rely on the nuclear plants. that s the choice that s been made by president macron and we strongly support the idea of building new nuclear plants. six new nuclear plants will be built until 2055 in france. bret: leave you as this the u.s.-france relation as strong as ever. stronger i would say, stronger than ever. bret: mr. minister, thank you for your time. thank you so much. bret: up next, the federal investigation into a northern virginia school district over how it handled a pair of high profile sexual assault cases and the growing concern over the nationwide crime crisis and police staffing shortage. we have to have safety and we have to deal with the homelessness issue. and the fentanyl on the street