campaign video to position himself as a donald trump style conservative without the drama. mr desantis is widely seen as donald trump s main republican rival in the race. but the former president remains the dominant force in the republican party. now, ron desantis s announcement itself wasn t a suprise, but the way he made it was unorthodox a conversation on twitter spaces with elon musk. here s some of what he said. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. look, we know our country is going in the wrong direction. we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones. our southern border s collapsed. drugs are pouring into the country. our cities are being hollowed out by spiking crime. the federal government s making it harderfor the average family to make ends meet and to attain and maintain a middle class lifestyle. and our president, well, he lacks vigour, flounders in the face of our nation s challenges, and he takes his cues
welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the uk where the home secretary, suella braverman, is in the firing line over claims she asked civil servants about the possibility of a private speed awareness course, after she was caught driving too fast. downing street says the prime minister has had a conversation with his ethics adviser, sir laurie magnus. it s not yet clear whether an investigation will take place, but opposition parties are adamant one is needed. the home secretary was asked about the fine as she arrived at downing street in the past hour. are you going to resign, home secretary? did you break the ministerial code? earlier, she was quizzed over the matter while visiting a children s charity in london. did you ask civil servants last year to arrange a one on one driving awareness course when you were caught for awareness course when you were cau-ht for speedin- 7 awareness course when you were caught for awar
there is a scheduled press conference that is about to begin any minute now, of course we ll bring that to you. louisville police department say that the shooter is dead and that there is no longer a threat to the public. according to two senior officials, authorities are currently investigating the shooting as a workplace violence situation. joining us now is nbc s george solis, also with us is nbc s ken dilanian george, what s the very latest as you mentioned, we re waiting for that press conference where we expect the mayor, police chief, as well as governor andy brasheer to get updated information. the extent of the injuries not known at this point, sort of to recap here, we know that this happened shortly after 8:30 according to thauthorities. they heard active gunshots being fired outside or inside of that bank we ll get some clarity here shortly. we know that the shooter was dead on the scene. police at this point were not saying how that occurred officials unable to
ballroom. police are trying to find a motive. but before any of these vitims have been laid to rest there have been three more shootings he tirned himself into authorities last night. in another mass shooting still here in california, its third in three days. seven other injured at a gas station. in iowa two students died and another person was injured in a shooting in a des moines charter school that seeks to provide opportunity to disadvantaged youth. the gun violence archive points out there have been more mass shootings than days this year. 39 mass shootings. we begin with the shootings in half-moon bay, california, where seven people were killed monday. jacob ward is live. what s the latest there? reporter: the scene behind me was the first of two scenes that this gunman visited yesterday afternoon killing four people and leaving one in critical condition and driving about a mile away from here to a second site where three more people were shot to death. at this hour,
which hasn t seen this type of attack since the early stages of the war. civilians were forced to move underground of local subway stations as they await incoming strikes. kyiv s mayor says there will be emergency power outages across the city. russia s vladimir putin says this morning s barrage was direct retaliation for that attack on a critical bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. putin blaming ukraine for the aing ta. ukraine has not taken responsibility. this morning, president zelenskyy saying russia is trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth. the general assembly will begin over the illegal annexation over ukrainian territories. caliperry live in kyiv, general mcofry. cal. let me start with you. it was a very, very intense couple of hours. what s the latest on the ground there? reporter: so it was the height of rush hour. 8:15 in the morning, eight hours ago, when we heard a series of explosions. you couldn t mistake them for anything