, . . a candidates age and camp competency are always fair game in politics. even biden conceded earlier this month that he took a hard look at his age as he contemplated whether to seek reelection. one of the things people are going to find out, they re going to see a race and going to judge whether or not i have it or don t have it. i expect them to take a hard look at it, i take a hard look at it as well. i took a hard look at it before i started to run. i feel good, i feel excited about the prospects. but there are other truths that must be considered. as i wrote in the times, headlines and polls don t just measure and reflect public sentiments. they also influenced public sentiment. the persistence of a theme elevates and validates that theme. it s true that if he is reelected biden would be the oldest president we ve ever had. but he is already the oldest president we ve already had the first time he was elected. so what has changed? i would argue that the biggest
expel george santos from congress. republicans cheat to a room of accountability. and three democratic state attorneys general from colorado, california, and michigan join me to discuss reproductive rights, gun reform and combatting hate crimes. i m charles blow infirmity has some. let s get started. as we start the second hour, we want to flip the script on how president biden s reelection campaign is perceived. the common within much of the news media says that biden is struggling in parts of the electorate in 2024 because of how voters view his age. in a recent piece of the new york times, i argue that there is a chicken and egg expect to this coverage. let me say up front, candidates age and competency are always fair game in politics. even biden conceded earlier this month that he took a hard look at his age as he contemplated whether to seek reelection. one of the things people are going to find out, they re going to see a race and going to judge whether or not i ha
thanks forjoining us. it s been an eventful weekend at the g7 summit injapan. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky returns home after securing a pledge of unwavering support , as well as more military equipment from his allies. at the summit, dominated by talks of russia s invasion, us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets like the f 16, which zelensky had long asked for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armored vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve as he thought he could two years ago, almost three years ago. we are going to continue to provide economic and humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs to. meanwhile, president zelensky thanked world leaders for their enduring support at the end of the summit and said that russia s defeat would result
falling to civil servants, and elected officials to decide how northern ireland can balance his books and in a recent budget published by the government in london, there are cuts on the table. so it s really down to senior officials in the light of the packed department of health and the department of health and the department for education who are going to have to decide exactly where cuts are made. officials think that on the whole, northern ireland is going to have to find savings of about £800 million over the next financial year. so what they head of the northern ireland civil service is going to want to talk to politicians about is to get their take on this and if there is going to be a restoration of the devolved government, she would also want to know where politicians were planning on taking policies for the departments that are facing these financial pressures and many pundits and commentators certainly think that after the elections for the local councils which we
thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, made a dramatic appearance in japan where he s holding crucial meetings with world leaders at the g7 summit. zelenskyy is pleading his case for continued support in the war with russia. ukraine depends heavily on support and weapons from the g7 leaders who released a statement saying this we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. president biden is expected to have a face-to-face with zelenskyy tomorrow, and in a significant win for ukraine, the u.s. has signaled it will now allow allies to send f-16 fighter jets to ukraine and support training its pilots. that s a major about-face for the biden administration. russia and ukraine are not the only thing on the agenda at the summit. western leaders are tackling ways to confront china s increasing military power and how to approach the growing impact of artificial intelligence. mark stewart is in hiroshima