good afternoon. rail passengers are facing fresh disruption with the start of another wave of strikes in long running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. today it s train drivers from the aslef union, taking strike action at 15 rail companies some of which won t be running any services at all. tomorrow an aslef overtime ban could mean more disruption. then, on friday, other rail workers, from the rmt union, will go on strike. before more action by aslef drivers on saturday, affecting travel to events such as the fa cup final. our correspondent ben king reports. busy rail hubs were unusually calm as train drivers at the aslef union walked out over pay and working conditions. here at manchester piccadilly, there were no trains from avanti piccadilly, there were no trains from ava nti west piccadilly, there were no trains from avanti west coast, no east midlands. great western, south coast and cross country are also affected as well. aslef has rejected a pay rise of 4% for
extinguishing actions that need to be taken and we have not received an adequate response. we will pressure the government until we expect what we need to manage the expected influgs. ashley: doug luzader has more. doug: scrambling ahead of this thursday deadline on both sides of the border. we ve seen long lines in texas, hundreds of immigrants, that is just a fraction of the thousands that come across everyday. the administration has claimed the border is closed and secure and blaming congress. the president has taken action on this issue of the border since day one and what we re seeing from republican officials and from congress, they want to play politics and not deal with an issue that has challenged us for decades. this is nothing new and challenged us for decades and the president is doing everything in his power and he needs congress to act. doug: the white house says they have been prepared, but the situation is out of control. the chief of border patrol sha
trying to get out of the country during a tenuous 72 hour ceasefire that threatens to break. among them are british people being told to go to this air base outside the capital where they are being flown to safety in cyprus then on to the uk where we are expecting very soon the first plane to arrive. the uk says more than 300 people have been evacuated from sudan with more flights expected in the coming hours. full nearly 2000 people from other countries have taken another route out by crossing the red sea on a ship organised by saudi arabia. tens of thousands of sudanese continue to try to reach neighbouring chad, egypt and south sudan. as thousands leave, residents in khartoum tell us about their fears that the world is abandoning them as supplies of food, water and medicine are running low. officials wanted for war crimes have been released from prison although the army says they have been moved to a military hospital. our correspondent is at the airport in cyprus. this is
[inaudible]. jeanine: can you feel the excitement, america? president biden teasing that you ll know real soon about his 2024 plans even though he s completely bombing in the polls. the big guys expected to officially kick off his bid for reelection tomorrow with a low key video a announcer: ment. he apparently filmed it at his beach house after getting back from his ironland trip and biden pushes ahead, more than half the could be triple-demic is saying no thanks. whopping 70% say biden should not run again. even the media has serious doubts about joe. american people want that. do they want four more years for this president? my own sense is most people don t want to vote for an 81-year-old man for a president. the democrats are the ones i worry about and they ve got to get on it and what their message is going to be and what they re going to do to build the enthusiasm for their candidate. the president is facing head winds coming to the public perception about