welcome to the programme. iraq s president has said an early election could resolve the political unrest gripping the country. to those who have taken their eye off iraq, the violence that broke out in baghdad yesterday, might have looked like a sudden eruption of rage. in fact, the sectarian anger has been simmering for years. the country is riddled with corruption, it has not had a functioning government since the october elections and the spiralling cost of living is pushing iraq towards an existential crisis. the spark that ignited these protests yesterday was the sudden announcement by the shia cleric, muqtadr al sadr, that he was withdrawing from political life. sadr has been a major player in iraq since 2003, when his supporters known then as the mehdi army, began attacks on coalition troops. in october, the sadrists won the most seats in parliament but refused to form a coalition with the mostly shi ite iran backed parties. injune, sadr asked all of his mps to resign
blown recession is near you. we might find out as early as thursday. but we re going to show you more importantly how the white house is trying to play game of smoke and mirrors and they want to change the very definition of the word recession, sort of like the new recession. inflation is transitory ly anyway. also tonight, take a look at your screen. this is pretty unbelievable right? a bishop robbed at gunpoint right there at the pulpit in the middle of a church service. we have the entire video coming up first tonight, we begin in the washington swamp. joe biden continues to recover from covid-19. thankfully, we don t want anybody sick on this program. we wish him well. so far , his schedule is pretty much remained kind of normal for him, which is to say he does little to nothing. no president in modern american history has worked less than your president, joe . he rarely appears in public. he almost never conducts sit down interviews or press conferences frequently the da