The president has to make that pitch at a time this americans after 16 years might say, getting long in the tooth. The president needs to remind everyone, why were in afghanistan in the first place. It is easy to forget, after 16 years, we went because we were attacked and al qaeda had a safe place in afghanistan to plan and promote those attacks. Why have we stayed there 16 years . Because you dont win these sorts of wars overnight. Neil he has to make that point. Yes. He does, one thing we never really heard from a president , is why does this matter. I do think that you know we keep saying that weve been here for 16 years. Something key weve been in a one year war 16 times. Neil all right, that tune familiar, hail to the chief. President of United States making this pitch to you know, fort meyer audience in arlington, virginia. He has pivoted as they say, he would not be first president to do, that donald trump. Thank you very much. Thank you. Please be seated. Vice president pence,
The president has to make that pitch at a time this americans after 16 years might say, getting long in the tooth. The president needs to remind everyone, why were in afghanistan in the first place. It is easy to forget, after 16 years, we went because we were attacked and al qaeda had a safe place in afghanistan to plan and promote those attacks. Why have we stayed there 16 years . Because you dont win these sorts of wars overnight. Neil he has to make that point. Yes. He does, one thing we never really heard from a president , is why does this matter. I do think that you know we keep saying that weve been here for 16 years. Something key weve been in a one year war 16 times. Neil all right, that tune familiar, hail to the chief. President of United States making this pitch to you know, fort meyer audience in arlington, virginia. He has pivoted as they say, he would not be first president to do, that donald trump. Thank you very much. Thank you. Please be seated. Vice president pence,
10pm, but now, news watch. Hello, welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. On this weeks programme whats the bbcs Economics Editor Doing Standing in the street trying to catch numbers . And do we need to know that this distinguished Human Rights Lawyer is married to a Hollywood Film Star . Its an annual challenge for bbc news how to make the complex economics of the budget accessible, without dumbing down. It was only to be expected that there were plenty of numbers around this week. But what surprised many viewers was that in a Preview Piece on monday, some of those numbers seemed to be flying right into the hands of the bbcs Economics Editor, kamal ahmed. Inflation could fit 2. 8 by the end of the year. That could mean a squeeze on living standards. The price of fuel has already hit an 18 month high. It now costs £9 and more to fill up the average family car thanit to fill up the average family car than it did a year ago. And what about the all importa nt than it did a year ago. A
With his poll numbers plummeting and his party facing a potential gop sweep in the midterms, whatever the president says tomorrow night at this time could have a serious impact on our nations security and on our Political Landscape for years to come. Chief White House Correspondent ed henry is live in washington tonight. Ed . Reporter good evening, new details on why the president flipped from originally wanting to have an afternoon speech tomorrow to the bright lights and the bigger pressure of a primetime address to the nation. Im told there are two reasons. Officials say that over the weekend they had better than expected reaction to that meet the press interview, the idea that the president had finally formulated a strategy and could articulate it. That obviously the flip side is he had not been able to do that until sunday. Secondly, im told, the white house was deeply surprised that the Iraqi Government actually was able to form. They didnt think that was going to happen. And the
With his poll numbers plummeting and his party facing a potential gop sweep in the midterms, whatever the president says tomorrow night at this time could have a serious impact on our nations security and on our Political Landscape for years to come. Chief White House Correspondent ed henry is live in washington tonight. Ed . Reporter good evening, new details on why the president flipped from originally wanting to have an afternoon speech tomorrow to the bright lights and the bigger pressure of a primetime address to the nation. Im told there are two reasons. Officials say that over the weekend they had better than expected reaction to that meet the press interview, the idea that the president had finally formulated a strategy and could articulate it. That obviously the flip side is he had not been able to do that until sunday. Secondly, im told, the white house was deeply surprised that the Iraqi Government actually was able to form. They didnt think that was going to happen. And the