fredricka whitfield. we ve got a lot to get to, including as the political season ramps up, the biden white house is continuing with focus on the president s opponents on the crisis at the southern border. former president donald trump s harsh rhetoric and the new contentious law and migrant arrests have reignited the interest of immigrants in the potential election, and elevating the fight over immigration policy to new heights. and now house speaker mike johnson is calling for biden to take executive action to secure the border. so joining me to discuss is kevin liptak at the white house. thanks for being back with us. what is the administration doing to help the situation at the southern border? reporter: they are urgently looking for solutions here. and the phrase that you hear from officials is breaking point, as they re describing what s happening on the southern border, and the numbers really do reflect that. in recent days more than 10,000 migrants unlawfully crosse
washington with more. good morning. alexandria: good morning, the financials are different and desantis campaign is hoping record-breaking influx of cash they received will signal growing strength to voters on the campaign trail. in the 24 hours following his announcement, ron desantis raised 8.2 million. this historic fundraising shows grassroots republicans are reuniting behind governor desantis comeback. he sets off to key primary states to kickoff this campaign in des moines, iowa, on the 30th and president trump will arrive in des moines the following day and desantis will travel to new hampshire and south carolina. desantis has work to do. former president trump holds 3-1 advantage with 62% of americans signalling they would pick the former president as their nominee. similar margin, different implication on the other side. latest cnn poll shows 20% of primary voters opted for robert f. kennedy over biden. here is kennedy. we are living at a time when americans feel
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is in northern ireland, trying to win support for his new deal on post brexit trading arrangements. rishi sunak says he s confident that the windsor framework, as the new agreement is called, addresses the concerns of the democratic unionist party. and that it removes any sense of a border down the irish sea, which the dup objects to. he said his deal was not about one political party but about what s best for people and communities. the leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the deal represented progress, but he thought there were still issues with it. the brexitjourney has lasted for seven years. borders have moved to the centre, dominating politics here. does everyone hear that? it s about people. but the prime minister thinks he s finally found a solution. at a factory in county antrim, he told people the devolved governments would have a unique economic advantage, with local businesses having full access t
at least nine palestinians are killed in an israeli raid in the west bank. the us secretary of state is to visit israel and the west bank next week. and injust over an hour s time, an asteroid the size of a bus is passing the earth on one of the closest approaches on record. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in the united states in the last hour, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with murder of tyre nichols, a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this year. the officers in memphis, tennessee who are all black were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras that video will be released within the next 2a hours. here s what the memphis police chief and the district attorney had to say. this is notjust a professional failing, this is a failing of basic humanity towards another individual
boeing denies concealing information about flight control systems on its 737 max aircraft following two deadly crashes. and close encounters the asteroid the size of a bus has passed the earth. we look at what this means. voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with murder of tyre nichols, a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee who are all black were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. here s what the memphis police chief and the district attorney had to say. this is notjust a professional failing, this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. i expe