I thought wed be in paris by now. Paris can wait. Paris can wait, rated pg. Now playing at a theater near you. And now, bbc world news. Laura this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am a laura trevelyan. Republicans on a roll after winning a special election in georgia. President trump talks about a clean sweep, but can it jump start his agenda . There has been a major shakeup the saudi royal household. Who is the kingdoms brandnew next in line to the throne . And nearly a century after its debut, a ballet on immigration policy is getting new meaning for both of the audience and cast. Laura welcome to our viewers on Public Television and around the globe. White house staff are highfiving and democrats are down in the dumps following the in georgia and the South Carolina special elections. Georgias house race was the most expensive in u. S. History but the democrats could not emerge victorious despite trumps low approval rating. Nick bryant reports from georgia. Nic
I stand before you extraordinarily humbled and honored that the high responsibility that you and the people across the six district had given to me to represent you and the United States house of representatives. Maria President Trumps response to that therese this morning. Its a race against time. Heavy rain and flooding across georgia. Dozens of people rescued after the water rose to chest high levels. A shakeup in saudi arabia to report. 791st in line for the throne. What this means for the future. U. S. Airlines are nowhere near the top of the list for the fall is coming this morning. Amazon tried before you buy a Pizza Company rolling in a new workgroup service. Weve got the details from pram wardrobe. Checking markets this morning. Features indicate a lower opening. Nasdaq down 20. That is a third of a percent. In europe, indices look like this. Similar tone on the downside. Dax and germany done two thirds of 1 . Asia overnight mixed performances. China was up half a percent. Sha
It says all 37 are construction workers. Theyre accused of visabusing tr visiting passes and working without proper papers. Tuesday pyongyang banned malaysians from entering the country. Malaysia responded in kind. Theyve also booted out each others diplomatic representatives. However, malaysias Prime Minister says he has no plan to sever diplomatic ties with north korea. He says a communication channel is necessary to determine what the north is demanding. We are of very few countries who have been very fair to north korea, really quite friendly to them. So we didnt pick a quarrel with north korea. It was never our intention. Kim jongnam was attacked at Kuala Lumpur International airport last month and died. Malaysia is demanding pyongyang hand over four north korean suspects. It also wants to question three north korean nationals, including an Embassy Staff member. Pyongyang hasnt been cooperative, calling the investigation unfair. A man claiming to be kims son has spoken out online
Informs and inspires. Sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. Barbara hope zuckerberg. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening. Thanks for joining us. Syrian government warplanes today resumed bombing the same town hit by a chemical weapons attack earlier this week. That attack was in violation of International Law and prompted an american missile strike in retaliation. At least 87 people have died since syrian president bashar assad unleashed chemical bombs on civilians in the rebelheld town of Khan Sheikhoun in the countrys northern idlib province. Todays Government Air strikes with conventional bombs killed at least two
Nfl star Aaron Hernandez ended his life, Prison Guards discovering the 27yearold just after 3 00 this morning. Hernandez using a bed sheet he attached to a window to hang himself blocking the cell door by jamming it with several items. His death coming just days after he was found not guilty for the 2012 murder of two men. Hernandez wipe ago way tears as the jury read the verdict mouthing i love you to his fiance. The two men were gunned down after one of them accidentally spilled a drink on them in a boston nightclub and hernandez serving a life sentence without the possible of parole for the shooting of his friend odin lloyd, a former player that was dating his sister. And winning the 2009 nation championship with florida and went on to play with the new England Patriots from 2010 to 2012. But was cut from the team in 2013 following his arrest in the lloyd murder. Patriots coach was asked about him the other day. Tragedy. His answer in one single word. Prison officials did not find a