he was one of david trimble is's — than 20 years.e of david trimble is's biggest _ than 20 years. he was one of david trimble is's biggest sceptics - than 20 years. he was one of david trimble is's biggest sceptics of - than 20 years. he was one of david trimble is's biggest sceptics of the | trimble is's biggest sceptics of the good friday agreement, he has been prominent ever since, moved after the 2003 election from the ulster unionists and the party that cohn negotiated the good friday agreement, to the dup after 2003. he effectively shifted the balance of power back to a much more hardline dup. ironically in recent times he has been the person who ended the boycott of the stormont elections who has accepted the recent settlement on brexit for northern ireland. he has played a much more prominent role in politics than he had done heretofore. at the moment, not quite the moment but has things are beginning to settle after that crisis, this has really brought about another crisis within the dup if not more widely within northern ir

he was initially sceptical of the good friday agreement and is disagreed with david trimble over thats and decommissioning. that's why he moved from the ulster unionist party to the dup. he is someone who believes in the necessity to have stormont up and running, that solidifies the union more than having a power vacuum there so he has been crucial to the decision in recent months by the dup to end their boycott of stormont and can step back into power—sharing. his absence will be felt by those ministers who have been working closely with them. because of that story that you allude to, his personal history, it makes these events very shocking because while in the last year or so he has been the person, and everyone has talked about him being the salesman, who got the power—sharing assembly back up and running, if you go back a quarter of a century to the good friday agreement, which helped establish power—sharing in the first instance, he had lots of questions about it then. he was opposed to it then. it has been an interesting journey for him in that perspective and it makes him a ve

we were shown pictures from a few decades ago where he was there in a news conference alongside david trimble~ ., �*, ., , document saying, that sort i think ofthat. ~ ., �*, ., , ., of that. well, that's unionism for ou, of that. well, that's unionism for you. what _ of that. well, that's unionism for you. what you — of that. well, that's unionism for you, what you doing _ of that. well, that's unionism for you, what you doing opposition, | you, what you doing opposition, years later you might do a complete u—turn. the thing about donaldson, i think this is important, it�*s to a very significant science, as it was with david trimble, this is donaldson�*s deal. it would have not got over the line without him. he fought for it, he took real control, to convince people, look, this is the only way, if we don�*t do this we won�*t get the chance again. the problem is, some people who have backed him then were beginning to ask themselves, with other reasons were heated these deal? whether other reasons why he so keen? that�*s the thing about unionism in northern ireland, particular unionism, it�*s

he was there in the ulster unionists with david trimble three decades or so ago. he left the party.terms of his objections. he then goes and joins the dup and becomes leader of that party and his politicaljourney ends with him being the person that actually gets power—sharing back up and running. it was an extraordinary journey politically. it and running. it was an extraordinary journey politically.— journey politically. it certainly is. he journey politically. it certainly is- he has _ journey politically. it certainly is. he has been _ journey politically. it certainly is. he has been a _ journey politically. it certainly is. he has been a career- journey politically. it certainly - is. he has been a career politician. his political— is. he has been a career politician. his political work goes right way back to — his political work goes right way back to innate power. obviously threw _ back to innate power. obviously threw into — back to innate power. obviously threw into the ulster unionist party and then— threw into the ulster unionist party and then the dup it now seems as in

on 26 good friday is ago today, he walked out on the good friday negotiations and argued that david trimble would decommission its weapons. he was an opponent of the good friday agreement, and eventually left the ulster unionist party to join the anti—agreement democratic union party, but he was seen as a pragmatist, and it was a surprise to many when he took the dup out of the political treatment power—sharing institutions, because he said post—brexit trading arrangements back damaged unionism. but he was fairly soon after that determine to take the dup back in, and he succeeded six weeks ago and taking the dup back into political institutions, and if opinion polls to to be believed, most union supporters supported the decision. he was by far the dup's biggest player on the westminster stage, and in that sense politically he may be a hard act to fill, but the fact that he is obliged to stand down as dup lee doesn't mean that the power—sharing institutions are in danger of collapse. power-sharing institutions are in danger of collapse.— power-sharing institutions are in danger of collapse.

because he was that person who opposed the good friday agreement, but at the time 26 years ago when david trimbleifficult path to support the good friday agreement, jeffrey donaldson walked out of negotiations, so in many ways, he still was a hardline unionist in lots of ways, but he was a tough negotiator who did command some political respect. you a tough negotiator who did command some political respect.— some political respect. you alluded to the fact, — some political respect. you alluded to the fact, john, _ some political respect. you alluded to the fact, john, and _ some political respect. you alluded to the fact, john, and just - some political respect. you alluded to the fact, john, and just a - to the fact, john, and just a reminder to our viewers who are joining us, this is professorjohn tom, professor of politics at liverpool university i'm talking to just now, you reminded us that the dup party was divided overjeffrey donaldson�*s plan and support for the party going back into power—sharing in the northern ireland assembly, with him stepping down as leader, is there any implication

but sir jeffrey started his, his political rise as opposed back in the early 90s under david trimbleonist party. he opposed the good friday agreement in 1998 and then near—enough to the day , left near—enough to the day, left that party and came in to the democratic unionist party. it's a very conservative party and it is the largest unionist party in northern ireland. so it holds quite a lot of power here. and the power sharing executive is only back into place just over a month and a half ago. and there is now looking at how friction will happen in amongst the party, because who is going to replace someone of that, political knowledge and wisdom while he is suspended from the party? he has he has been stepped down from the political leadership . gavin robinson has leadership. gavin robinson has taken that in, he is the mp taken that in, over he is the mp for this area. and you've got to remember as well that the dup is the fifth largest party in westminster, so holds quite a lot of sway. and indeed that was brought the forefront with brought to the forefront with theresa may's coal

david: now turning to the biden white house green energy push, the energy department unveiling final rules today that significantly soften a proposal to slash electric vehicle mileage ratings. grady trim seatbelt live from the whitous -- trimble -- david, sorry. this department of energy rule changes the fuel standards or fuel efficiency standards for electric vehicles and it's really seen as a win for the auto makers, and that's because it's less strict than the original proposal that the department of energy released about a year ago. the auto makers and the uaw lobbied hard against that original version saying it would cost them billions of dollars in fines because they just couldn't meet the standards. this new rule is complicated, but essentially what it does is it allows the automakers to make more gas-powered vehicles for a longer period of time. but environmental groups are also claiming victory today. the sierra club and natural resources defense council say this: this important update from the department of energy will curtail automakers use of phantom credits they keep using to sell gas guzzlers and need to hit the accelerator on more fuel efficient vehicles and saving consumers money at the pump. the bottom line i

trimble, thank you very much, indeed. it's tuesday morning, i see some green. not that much. dow up 30, nasdaq up 50. davidholas with me this morning. david, truth social starts trading on the nasdaq today. will people buy the stock because they want to support trump, or is it because it's a good investment? which is it? >> you know, that's an interesting distinction, stuart. i think the runup to the election is going to provide a lot of hype for truth social. but what i think you said is key because what you have really is i think we could see profitability for truth social if donald trump wins the election. but if you remember the whole meme frenzy, what you had -- and this is very similar -- was individuals and shareholders were buying these stocks not because they wanted to make a profit, but because they wanted to send a message. so i think in the short term you'll see people buying truth social or djt because they want to send a message to washington that they support president trump x they want to send a message that they're sick and tired of what some of these big tech companies are doing to silenc

david calhoun, out. chairman of the board out. head of the commercial plane division out. all of this with a series of major securities, safety problems. our own grady trimbleing by with more. grady, what you got? >> reporter: well, larry it was a crisis that led boeing ceo dave calhoun to his position. it is a crisis seeing him out. he will step down at the end of the year and as you noted it is just not calhoun who is out, but also the head of the company's commercial planes division, stan diehl, long time board member and current chair, larry kellner. it is safety concerns and production issues that have plagued the company for the past several years are leading to this shakeup. it all started when the door plug flew off of a plane in january of this year. since then boeing has been under the microscope facing increaseed scrutiny from the feds and general public. he will have to do a a lot to wn back public trust. to that end in a letter to employees calhoun says we'll remain squarely focused on completing the work we have done together to return our company to stability after the extraordinary challenges of the past five years with safety and quality at