female president. the frontrunner, claudia sheinbaum, and her main rival, xochitl galvez, are well ahead of the only male candidate in opinion polls. ms sheinbaum, who is a former mayor of mexico city, has the backing of the outgoing president, lopez obrador. it s been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. over 20 local candidates have been killed across the country during the campaign, and two people were killed in separate attacks at voting centres in the central state of puebla. our correspondent in mexico city, will grant, before we get into the candidates, tell us what it s been like covering this campaign, considering how violent it has been. if campaign, considering how violent it has been.- violent it has been. it has been very violent it has been. it has been very violent. - violent it has been. it has been very violent. i - violent it has been. it has been very violent. i made violent it has been. it has l been very violent. i made it out t
To defend her fathers record on womens rights. Not everyone in the audience was convinced. Im katty kay In Washington. Christian fraser is in london. A Us Nuclear Submarine pulled into a south korean port today. A us Aircraft Carrier arrives there soon. And tomorrow, all 100 us senators have been invited to the white house for a really unusual secure briefing on the crisis. Is the north korea situation at a tipping point, or is this political theatre from the white house . Earlier today, pyongyang carried out a major live fire Military Exercise to mark the 85th Anniversary of the founding of its armed forces. It is thought to be planning a sixth nuclear test mr trump says it is time to take off the blindfolds and solve the problem. According to the New York Times today, heres what the Trump Administration may be looking at. For more, i spoke to former Us Ambassador to the un just a short time ago. Governor richardson, how urgent do you think the north korean situation is at the moment
Investigate this and oh, my god how could President Obama have done this to President Trump, and they were quiet, with the ni microphones except f microphones except for john mccain and lindsey graham. The question is why would the president Want Congress to spend money investigating a question to which he has the answer by virtue of his tweet . And can make that public any old time he wants. Lets talk turkey here. This is a president on a twitter storm clearly angry about the way that his staff had handled things, deciding to take things into his own hands and try to change the subject, who knows, probably divert attention from russia, all of the above. And sean spicer was asked and
this because he hasnt shown any evidence. Imagine if he had evidence of this action by the former president it would be the biggest political story in 50 years or so and he would want to put it out there and we will wait to see what he does. I think they are hoping this does become like Groundhog Day and e
If the administration was standing by that tweet which sean spicer said the president is, then why could congress then need to investigate if this information already exists . The Press Secretary talked a little bit about the issu i have to listen to the vshage again, the transcript, but he talked about credibility and the idea there is a separation of powers as well. We also talked a little bit about the idea that hey we are in tax season, tax day is just over month away. Will the president release his returns from this most recent year . The president secretary said he would got back to us. And then is the president still under audit for past returns . The Press Secretary confirming he indeed is. A separation of powers, and they dont want to be perceived as directing congress to investigate in a certain way. Harold ford is this going to dog them much longer . It will. The question by halle and the other young lady spelled i out. I think the health care the governors will be the ar ab