Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. Senior members of the Democratic Party in the United States have backed the current Vice President , Kamala Harris, to stand against Donald Trump in this novembers election, after the current president , Joe Biden, withdrew from the race. Its emerged that some of Mr Biden s closest aides were only told of his decision to step aside one minute Before he made the announcement on Social Media. There had been weeks of speculation about his health. Ms harris says she now intends to earn and win her Partys Nomination for the White House. From washington, this report from tom bateman. Us Vice President Kamala Harris is seeing a surge of support as she moves to secure the democratic president ial nomination. Despite the weeks of Mounting Pressure on him to step aside, Joe Biden had been holding firm. But he abruptly abandoned his campaign on a sunday afternoon. With reaction toJoe Biden dropping out of the race. As News Channels went into over
they threaten to take action if the military continues to kill more demonstrators. good to be with us. we have more information on the eng twin failure on the united airlines 777 jet. a passenger captured the terrifying moments in the air on saturday before the pilots made an emergency landing in denver. now boeing is recommending all 777s that use the same engine, the pratt and whitney 4000 series suspend operations. united has already announced it s removing 24 planes from service. all this as the faa says it will be stepping up its inspections. we re also seeing and hearing what it was like on the ground as debris came crashing into the neighborhoods in colorado. those startling images emerging as we are learning new details about the disaster in the sky. pete muntean has more from washington where we have our first look at what may have played a role in the flight 328. the ntsb says one of the fan bolts broke off, damaged another one and other fan blades. in fact, inv
working to get iran back to the negotiating table. will it make a difference? we ll discuss with a terrific panel. we are not looking backwards. we are looking forward together. then a texas-sized disaster as millions there lose power, heat and water. the state s energy infrastructure was left crippled by an unusual cold and ferocious winter storm. why wasn t texas ready for it? is any part of the world properly prepared for the ever more intense weather caused by climate change? i will talk to texas resident and a climate expert. finally, the government of bhutan is known more about caring more about national happiness than gdp growth. the bhutanese should be particularly happy about how their country has conquered covid. they have thus far suffered just one covid death. i ll tell you how. but first, here s my take. the central question in american politics right now, one with global implications, is whether the republican party can purge itself of its most extreme element
truck. we re also getting details of a second plane over the netherlands. two were injured by debris after an engine caught fire on a boeing 747 cargo plane. that plane went slamming into cars and houses. meanwhile, back stateside in texas, more than half of the state, more than 14 million are still without clean water after that brutal massive winter storm knocked out power and burst pipes across the state. and as the u.s. nears a devastating marker in the coronavirus battle, nearly 500,000 deaths, dr. fauci warning today americans are not out of the woods. it s something that is historic. it s nothing like we ve ever been through in the last 102 years since the 1918 influenza pandemic. it really is a terrible situation that we ve been through and that we re still going through. that s the reason why we keep insisting to continue with the public health measures, because we don t want this to get much worse than it already is. we ll get back to coronavirus. i want to be
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