hamas and widening violence in the region. also back home, as senate border talks approach the finish line, house republicans unveil articles of impeachment against president biden s homeland security secretary. hello. thank you for joining us. i m ryan nobles in washington in for andrea mitchell but she ll be joining us shortly with an interview with the qatari prime minister and foreign minister, but first, ths. service members have been killed and nearly three dozen others injured in a drone attack in jordan. u.s. central command says the attack happened at a remote base on the border with syria and iraq called tower 22. the white house is blaming an iran-backed militia with president biden vowing the u.s. will respond. these are the first american service member fatalities from hostile fire since the war broke out between israel and hamas on october 7th. courtney joins me now. so, have you, you actually have been to this base. what else can you tell us about the attac
Having been in control, they find that they have lost control and have unleashed forces out of their control, like macbeth, kingly and people like that. So when ted heath did it in 197a, people like that. So when ted heath did it in 1974, when he had quite a big majority, the election went wholly against what everyone assumed would happen, and the same in terms of the campaign has happened now. I am not saying the result will be the same, when ted heath lost, but all the assumptions that your panel had four weeks ago have been turned on their head, and that is fascinating, and there are deep currents that explain why. Maria eagle have written that this is the strangest election you have followed, british election. Yes, for some of the same reasons that steve is talking about, a few weeks ago everyone was saying corbyn was hopeless, of course theresa may will win a landslide, and we have seen the polls narrowing dramatically. Just watching the Television Debates and the way the two lead
dragged on forfar too long. they re even considering the dramatic step of drawing up a new law which would allow them to ignore parts of the brexit treaty that boris johnson signed. that could come as soon as next week, and could lead to a trade war. many fear this is sowing the seeds for a wider confrontation with the eu that could affect businesses across the uk. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. roger pollen is head of the federation of small businesses in northern ireland, he joins us from county down in northern ireland. even the us president is involved said to be preparing to appoint a special envoy to protect the good friday agreement. do your members believe a re negotiation is possible or likely at this stage? it is interesting that you mention the good friday
the eu to take the time to consider our approach and our suggestions and come back with a considered view . the european commission vice president marcos sefcovitch said we will continue to engage with the uk, also on the suggestions made today . but made clear we will not agree to a renegotiation of the protocol and this was the view from the republic of ireland remember they re still part of the eu. it s an attempt by the british government to absolutely short their responsibilities and try and reopen a treaty that has been agreed. it s extremely frustrating. the contents, the proposals are absolutely ludicrous. mehreen khan it the eu correspondent for the financial times in brussels. i think the one that did surprise courts and i think the one that did surprise courts and brussels i think the one that did surprise courts and brussels was - i think the one that did surprise courts and brussels was this . courts and brussels was this demanded that the european court of justic
our age yes it s collateral damage and the other cause in collateral damage too and they were very quick today to claim this attack because we have moved if we look at doha into a very decisive face there looks like things are being wrecked up in doha in fact the u.s. chief negotiator has already left it s just technicalities left so you know it s like small teams discussed in tiny bit of detail and from what we hear is the next step will be a meeting in berlin scheduled for friday so us and that will come to the german capital and then things might move on to austria when what we would see there is really really crucial that might mean a more meaningful start of you know intra negotiations meeting also government representatives and but something on a bit about if this is sort of pre-negotiation this is just the taliban of the united states the afghan government has had no part in these negotiations or we had 8 rounds of negotiations between the u.s.