newsreel: these are men who are responsible - for the observance of the blockade. the black and asian soldiers who died fighting for the british empire in world war one the prime minister offers an unreserved apology for the failures to properly commemorate them. and are they sowing the seeds of change? the conservative council that labour is trying to win back after 15 years. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel leicester city take on west bromwich albion in a match that has consequences on both the top and bottom of the table. good evening. president biden has opened a major global climate summit the first in several years with a call to world leaders to step up to the challenge. joe biden pledged to cut us emissions by at least half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade, but he warned his country couldn t take action alone. he told world leaders that scientists were calling this the decisive decade for tackling climate change, and action was ne
i ve heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk. wow. major news expected today on the war in afghanistan with president biden set to announce a date to withdraw all troops and hoping to accomplish his predecessors could not. the condition is will the conditions on the ground allow him to keep the date this time? plus, another night of unrest near minneapolis after the deadly police shooting of daunte wright. the officer who pulled the trigger has since resigned and many are asking the question why hasn t she been fired? and new information on the sex trafficking investigation into congressman matt gaetz, with reporting his onetime ally has flipped and is working with prosecutors. the question is how bad is this for the florida republican? it s way too early for this! good morning! welcome to way too early, the show that had plenty of lead worthy stories this morning. i m kasie hunt on this wednesday, april 14th. we start with th
chaos erupted again last night in the minneapolis suburb of brooklyn center, protesters busted into local businesses, destroying and robbing stores and law enforcement officials set up concrete barriers around the city s police headquarters as hundreds gathered in defiance of the 7:00 p.m. curfew. police arrested some 40 people, then as progressive congresswoman rashida tlaib called for radical change, tweeting this. it wasn t an accident. policing in our country is inherently and intentionally racist. daunte wright was met with aggression and violence, i am done with those who condone government-funded murder. policing, incarceration and militarization, it can t be reformed. thank you for joining us this morning and i d like to start with you on this, what are your top line thoughts there on the situation unfolding in brooklyn center minnesota? bret: well, good afternoon. if i could just go back to the ceremony of the capitol police officer and harris, i thought you were
migrant boy in texas stopping and asking border patrol agent for help. he is one of many children found abandoned at the border every day. hello, welcome to another edition of america reports, i am john roberts in washington and hi, sandra. sandra: and sandra smith in new york my hello, john, these images of young children all by themselves. they are met by border patrol agents at the border. no matter how many new shelters are built, the biden administration, john, cannot keep up with a surge. right now, there were more than 19,000 unaccompanied migrant children in u.s. custody. john: sandra this comes as top republican request with briefing to men on the fbi terrorist watch list caught cost, crossing the border. we will speak with you and investor nikki haley about the take on the border crisis, but first let s go to alex hogan life on the border in texas, alex? house speaker kevin mccarthy says he wants a briefing of classified briefing how these two men from yemen
festival organisers call on the government for more support to ensure live events can take place this summer. hello, welcome if you havejust joined us. this is bbc news. the funeral of the record breaking charity fundraiser, captain sir tom moore, has been held in bedford. the 100 year old came to prominence after raising almost £33 million for nhs charities by walking laps of his garden during the first lockdown. he died earlier this month, days after testing positive for coronavirus. our correspondentjohn maguire has the story. they were there by his side when he made his most famous journey, today they were with him again when he made his finaljourney. soldiers from the yorkshire regiment, the modern equivalent of captain sir tom moore s wartime unit paid tribute with full military honours. on the coffin, his medals, including his knighthood, and a specially commissioned officer s sword, on one side, the regimental motto, fortune favours the brave. on the other, his mot