the verge of another revolution in iran? the images of mostly young people rising up against the regime have captivated all of us. i will talk to an iranian writer who explains what the protestors want. and at a time when economies are struggling around the globe and russia is already getting a billion dollars every few days in oil and gas revenues, why did opec slash production? everything has a price. energy security has a price. we will explain. but first, here s my take. one of the few issues on which there is a consensus in washington these days is that american policy toward china was built on an intellectual tariff. liberals and conservatives both believe that beijing s embrace of free markets and integration with the global market would fundamentally change china. but they didn t, so the consensus goes, we should recognize this was a naive belief in the power of markets and trade. in fact, viewing china on the eve of the 20th party congress, i m struck by how
i m not the governor who attacked walt disney world because they expressed their point of view. i m not the governor who attacked the cruise industry because they wanted to make sure they weren t sick before they got on the boat. you re the most ant-business governor i have seen. a baseball team for send ago tweet saying that they were sorry that children were gunned down in uvalde, suddenly the governor of florida decided to actually penalize a baseball team for expressing sympathy with the parents of dead children. culture wars were a major topic in last night s debate between the two candidates for governor of florida. we re going to have more from that show down this morning, including the big question ron desantis would not answer. plus, the latest from eastern europe as there are growing fears that vladimir putin is planning a new type of attack as a justification for escalating the war with ukraine. also ahead, adidas finally appears to be taking action on its
send the nation into a fall, which raises prices for everyone if we do not cut social security and medicare. i ain t going to do it. there you go. thanks, bud. thanks, joe biden. thanks, biden. he did it again. thanks, biden. desantis doesn t have a lot of control. you can say thanks, biden. ron desantis airport is really bad, but miami airport? come on. that s part of the joke. this shows mika s humor. she knows that desantis it s not his airport. miami-dade. yeah. south florida, miami-dade. but it s not-not but that s the joke. you blame the hurricanes and iran, thanks, biden. the level of stupidity reaching new highs. incredible. president biden, that was him right there, speaking with staffers at the democratic national committee headquarters in d.c. yesterday with the message that republicans would,. thanks, desantis. if they take over congress in the upcoming midterms. you blame somebody for something that they have nothing to do wit
will open skies stay open under president trump? us airline bosses take their grievances to the white house today. top of the list, their fast growing rivals from the gulf. plus hail to the tweeter in chief. could the president s love of twitter stop the rot for the struggling social network? welcome to world business report. some of you are going, what is he doing, it isn t even friday? i will tell you what, give me a minute and i will give you a snapshot of the world of business and money. we start in washington, where the bosses of america s top airlines and airports are due to meet president trump in the next few hours. there are some major issues on the table that could affect the global aviation industry. as we know from his inauguration speech, mr trump said he would follow two simple rules. buy american and hire american . that could mean a major boost for boeing. if he leans on us airlines to buy from them. but it s not as simple as that. european rival airbus als
of sunshine there have been, and more. someone has been taking all these measurements here every day for over 200 years. it s my responsibility now, i m the one doing it now, i have been doing it for 18 years. these are just as accurate as digital thermometers and there is no significant difference in them, really. so the old way is as good as the new way, really, you know. an automatic weather station will provide more data, more often, and ensure the record goes on if someone can t be found to follow in shane s footsteps. and what a record it is. with those first readings still stored at the observatory. well, you ve got some history there, haven t you, michael? i certainly have, yes. these are the first readings of weather here at armagh observatory. this is the first sheet of measurements, it goes back, let s see, 27th of december 179a. and it s very simple measurements, just three things. it s the inside temperature, the outside temperature, and the barometer. this is th