Get all 50 democratic senators on board. The remember, one of the reasons at least this bill has been problematic is that not all democrats are on board. Senator Joe Manchin say notable holdout, opposes certain portions of the bill but supports a lot thats in there, including making Election Day a federal holiday, 15 days of early voting, automatic Voter Registration and we believe that democrats are close to Coming Up with a version that can get all 50 of their members on board. Of course, hallie, as you know, getting 50 democrats on board is not enough. They need to get 60 to clear the filibuster and that is where the Big Question comes in. Senator manchin has said he is speaking to republicans trying to get them on board, and the only one republican senator who expressed any interest in doing something major is lisa murkowski, the senator from alaska who supports the John Lewis Voting rights act, a separate bill that requires states with a history of racial discrimination to get per
after the pilot reported possible mechanical issue with the boeing jet. and dallas-fort worth international landing safely but todd: fox news alert, latest on boeing, last week a flight the company under intense pressure finding itself in the middle of a criminal probe. so much going on with boeing, more coming up later this hour. carley: president biden heading to michigan today, his first visit since the democratic primary. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning, friday eve, i m carley shimkus. todd: one day away. i m todd piro. this trip as new fox polling shows president trump topping president biden in several key battleground states. lucas tomlinson with the latest. good morning. lucas: good early morning. michigan is a state president biden won by less than three points in 2020 and donald trump narrowly won in 2016. critical. biden was in wisconsin yesterday. president biden: it is all in your hands and folks like you across the co
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in cyprus, where a spanish charity ship carrying vital supplies is preparing to set sail for gaza, along a new maritime aid corridor. it s been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. but, without a working port, it s not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin somerville is in the port city of larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. it s a drop in the ocean of gaza s need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. the spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. it has a long journey ahead of it. the barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. this has taken months in planning. the cargo was loaded all weekend. the final security clearances from israel came th
so much to shape the world of today? sathnam sanghera, welcome to hardtalk. it s nice to be back. it s great to have you back, and you are back with a new book, which i have here empireworld. it s your take on just how massive the impact of the british empire was and still is on the world. you certainly don t undersell your idea, it s subtitled how british imperialism has shaped the globe. i really do believe that. i think the british empire explains so much about people s daily lives around the world, tea drinking in india, in britain, patterns of tax avoidance, even the bbc world service used to be known as the bbc empire service. it explains so much about our daily news. you vejust come back from guyana there s a border dispute there that goes back to empire, israel palestine, a dispute that has its roots in empire, but also, there s a gap between the way in which britain sees itself and the world sees britain through the prism of this history, and i think we need to r
watched our country take a great beating over the last three years full. nobody thought a thing like this would be possible, we would not have russia attacking ukraine, we would not have israel being attacked, we had no inflation, inflation is destroying the middle class, it is destroying everything. president biden also addressed the super tuesday results. in a statement, he said: super tuesday is also a crucial moment for former governor nikki haley s campaign which is hoping to slow down mr trump s momentum as the republican frontrunner. tuesday s contest is the us presidential primary s largest prize with more than one third of the total delegates available expected to be awarded for both republicans and democrats. there has not been a call for the republican race in vermont. our reporter helena humphrey has been going over all the super tuesday results at the touchscreen. we are looking at 90% of pre sinks counted right now what we can see as we have some 50% or nikki h