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i d be coming. it s so good to be back in ireland. forgive my poor attempt at irish. i m at home. i m at home. after my aged, as you can see how old i am, i have a little wisdom i have more experience than any president in american history. doesn t make me better or worse, but it gives me few excuses. president joe biden bringing some jokes with him during a speech yesterday to the irish parliament the president wraps up his visit to ireland today, marking 25 years since the good friday agreement, which ended decades of violence. meanwhile, at home, the fbi arrested a 21-year-old air national guardsman who is suspected of leaking national documents. we ll sort through how that young man got his hands on the documents. plus, florida governor ron desantis took a break from his nationwide book tour to sign an extreme abortion ban into law late last night. we will dig into the legislation, and how it could impact his potential presidential campaign. also ahead this ....
You d expect blinken or biden to say. i think macron might have miscat col miscalculated on this score. you do wonder, ed, how much of this was aimed for international audiences and how much of it was aimed for domestic audiences trying to flex his muscles, show strength, like you said, channelling his inner charles de gaulle who, of course, many watching this may not remember, but, actually, france declared itself neutral during the cold war between nato and the soviet union for a point. perhaps the protests in the streets may be one reason why he was doing that ed luce, thank you so much greatly appreciate it. willie, back to you. joe, all right. 4 million people remain this morning under flood arrests in south florida after historic rain slammed the region, leaving streets and an airport underwater let s bring in meteorologist ....
Say, given how much aid the united states is sending to ukraine. in which france very much has a dog in the fight also, given the degree to which china is backing russia. maybe not directly with arms supplies, but with diplomatic support. macr macron, as a lot of french presidents do, is wanting to create an independent foreign policy, and he wants to speech for europe but the response from other european leaders was really to pour cold water on what he said. not just the baltics, not just the ones close to russia that you d expect, but the german foreign minister, for example, who is in china right now, on a trip to china. she said very much the opposite, that the future of taiwan is something europe is very interested in. she said the kind of things ....
ed, we had some interesting comments coming out of china, out of beijing, when macron went there. some critical comments, actually, about the united states and behind the scenes mainly talking about how france and the rest of europe should work harder to build bridges with china there certainly was the undercurrent that they should do that without the prodding, without the assistance of the united states. talk about macron s meeting with china and the growing trends there. yeah, so macron went to beijing, met with xi jinping, and then on the way back, he gave an interview, sayingi ing essentially, we ve got no dog in the taiwan fight we don t want to be a vessel of the united states, which is a fairly extraordinary thing to ....
The eu wouldn t impose additional service tax. a very unusual tax on revenue. it is retroactive in the eu is uncomfortable with it but france is plowing ahead which is why our trade representative is taking action. a great report on it, and outrageous tax, good luck with that. heather: angela merkel said macr macron s remark was dumb. respond to what the president said about that yesterday, but france needs nato more than the united states. france does. this is the heart of europe but france spent 40 years out of nato. they love to set their own course. the president is right. nato has to focus on threats from russia and china. this is no time to be ....