Is only the second oval address of his presidency. Positioning america as a bulwark against the door forces that are amassing across the globe from ukraine to gaza. Hamas and putin represent different threats, but they share this and comment. They want to annihilate a neighboring democracy. Completely annihilated. American democracy is what hope the world together. American airlines are what keep us safe. American values are what make us a part of what other nations want to work with. We put all that at risk people away from ukraine. We turn our backs on israel. Its just not worth it. But this message comes as the world is essentially holding its collective breath, waiting for what comes next in the middle east. Do you see all of the little talks and this Satellite Images . Those are hundreds of tanks and Armored Vehicles that israel has deployed ahead of a potential Ground Invasion. That massive Military Buildup is sitting, is waiting just about four miles north of that main entry poi
That is all in on this thursday night. Alex wagner tonight begins right now. Thats a hurricane of news. My goodness, well have all of it coming up in the next half hour. Thank tuesday you at home for joining me this hour. President biden just gave what is only the second oval address of his presidency positioning america as a bulwark against the dark forces that are amassing across the globe from ukraine to gaza. Hamas and putin represent different threats, but they share this in common. They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy, completely annihilate it. American leadership is what hold the world together. American alliances are what keeps us, america safe. American values are what makes us a partner other nations wanted to work with. Put all of that at risk if we walk away from ukraine, we turn our backs on israel. Its just not worth it. Bidens message comes as the world is essentially holding its collective Breath Waiting for what comes next in the middle east.
American airlines are what keep us safe. American values are what make us a part of what other nations want to work with. We put all that at risk people away from ukraine. We turn our backs on israel. Its just not worth it. But this message comes as the world is essentially holding its collective breath, waiting for what comes next in the middle east. Do you see all of the little talks and this Satellite Images . Those are hundreds of tanks and Armored Vehicles thatisrael has deployed ahead of a potential Ground Invasion. That massive Military Buildup is sitting, is waiting just about four miles north of that main entry point in kansas northern border. The Erez Crossing. The Israeli Military has been putting out videos like this one for days now, videos showing their tanks and troops training and preparing your council northam border. Today, israels Defense Minister traveled in person to tell israeli troops near the border to get organized and to be ready. Whoever sees gaza from afar n
of fact checkers busy here at bbc verify. let s start with a claim that s dominated the debate this week. angela rayner and the labour party, keir starmer confirmed this earlier this week, they are going to put up your taxes by £2,000. no we won t. that s a lie. by £2,000 per working household. penny, your government have raised taxes. crosstalk. we have, and we hated putting the taxes up. we ve looked at this a lot in the last few days and the figure is misleading because the £2,000 is over four years and the figures the conservatives have used to calculate it are dubious. both the conservatives and labour are promising not to increase income tax, national insurance or vat during the next parliament. obviously there s a lot of politics in this too, but when it comes to the facts, that s where we re at. there was also a big claim that cuts are coming when it comes to public spending, whoever gets the keys to number ten. there s £18 billion of cuts coming down the line agr
Also coming up, most of the historic world war ii aircraft making up the battle of Britain Memorial flight have been grounded. One display has already been cancelled. And production was halted on the 6th of march Mission Impossible film, because its star tom cruise broke his ankle while performing a stunt while filming in london. This is bbc news and these are the top good morning. Its thursday 17th august. Im rebecca jones. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Thousands of teenagers across england, wales and Northern Ireland have received their a level results this morning. In england, the results marked a major reform to the exams introduced by the government, including a move away from coursework and modular exams in 13 subjects and a decision to separate as levels to form stand alone qualifications. There was a fall of 0. 2 in the overall pass rate which was down to 97. 9 . But there was an increase in the number of students awarded the top grades with 26. 3 of entries receiving either an