Was for gold. Now its for oil. Guyana is fast becoming a petrostate, the Fastest Growing economy in the world. But new wealth has stoked old tensions. Neighbouring socialist venezuela claims a vast chunk of guyanese territory. The stakes are suddenly very high. We shall Never Surrender an inch of our territory. Heavily forested guyana has always been a carbon sink. Now, with the oil and gas flowing, some call it a carbon bomb. Fragile ecosystems are vulnerable to possible oil spills and rising sea levels. Guyana is making choices which will have global impact. Will they be wise ones . Its republic day in georgetown, guyanas capital. Party time for the countrys 800,000 people. The ministry of Natural Resources is on the road. I want to hear you make some noise. The stage is set here for transformational change, a resource driven economic boom that will spread unprecedented wealth through the generations. In past decades, guyanas dominant commodity was gold, found deep in the forested in
Hello everyone, im judge Jeanine Pirro along with it is 5 00 oclock in New York City and this is the five. President biden doing what h should have done days ago unequivocally supporting israel and forcefully condemning hamas. It is in this life and the peer at the unadulterated evil is unleashed on the world, people of israel, they had one such moment this weekend. The blood the hands of the terrorist organization hamas, rated as trophies families in their fear for hours and hours and desperately tried to keep their children quiet to avoid drawing attention. It must be crystal clear, we stand with israel. And want to make sure they help we have what it needs to take care of its citizens. To respond to this attack. President biden in the white house confirming that 14 americans have been slaughtered by hamas and 20 u. S. Citizens are missing. Biden also saying that american are being held hostage by hamas. The families of the victims are begging biden to act. They are bringing the u. S
spills and rising sea levels. guyana is making choices which will have global impact. will they be wise ones? it s republic day in georgetown, guyana s capital. party time for the country s 800,000 people. the ministry of natural resources is on the road. i want to hear you make some noise. the stage is set here for transformational change, a resource driven economic boom that will spread unprecedented wealth through the generations. in past decades, guyana s dominant commodity was gold, found deep in the forested interior. to get to the gold mines, you need to take a pretty rough and ready track. it gives you some idea how remote these mines are. i mean, the truth is that there are gold deposits all around here, but finding them is one thing. you ve then got to clear away the forest. you ve got to dig a track to make them accessible. frankly, digging for gold around here is a pretty difficult operation. the alphonso family own a dozen mining concessions. they dig for treasur
democrats are still on his side with the white house pleading for congress for $61 billion more in aid, but congressional republicans are not moved. speaker mike johnson even avoided posing for a picture with zelenskyy today. instead telling the wartime leader that the u.s. border must come first. zelenskyy is meeting with president biden right now as you saw. we should hear from both of them again at the white house in about an hour. what can they say to change the mind of republican lawmakers and if they cannot, what will happen to ukraine and how soon? first, let s find out how moscow is viewing this. joining us is keir simons from moscow and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles from capitol hill. chief, keir, excuse me. i ll just call you chief from now on. how is putin seeing this? is he watching this closely? he absolutely is. he hasn t said that himself but his spokesman, the kremlin spokesman, has been clear they are watching closely. kremlin officials w
of a hearing in d. v. that will decide whether a judge s gag order against donald trump should stand. it was a fiery morning in court torques say the least. with raised voices and hours of heated debate. that may give us some clues about their decision, one that could change trump s court cases and his campaign. plus, a second hospital now in the line of fire in gaza, even as israeli forces rescue some of the most vulnerable patients from al shifa, heavy fighting erupts at another medical facility. the israeli military is justifying its actions by claiming terrorists fired first from inside that hospital. the political gut punch from a new nbc news poll, president biden s approval rating falling to the lowest level of his presidency, his numbers crushed by democrats, especially young democrats who are at odds with his stance on the israel-hamas war. pollsters calling it a political stunner. so what can the president do about it? we begin with the hugely consequential ca