Beau is feeling a little selfconscious, for those who know him. He said, dad, this memorial day, a day honor those who have give their last measure for their families, a day, dad, you and i should be at the bridge and grabbing all the gold star
mothers and telling them how much we appreciate all theyve done. Hey, tommy, i didnt see you sitting there. I apologize. And he would say, dad, not me. Not me today. I whispered back as i was leaving that hes right. Its memorial day, but everything here and everyone knows about beau, was he devoted his whole life to his family and other people. Vice President Biden remembering his son, the late beau biden. Biden marked memorial day in new castle, delaware where the National Guard headquarters there were named in honor of his son beau who died of brain cancer one year to the date of yesterdays ceremony. Beau biden enlisted in the
National Guard in 2003, and deployed to iraq five years later. He earned the legion of merited bronze star and later s
This is bbc news. The headlines. Prime minister borisjohnson says its an important first step, as iran admits shooting down the ukranian passenger plane killing all 176 people on board. They say they mistook it for a cruise missile. In ukraine, questions over why the plane was allowed to take off from tehran, anger over irans initial denials. The iran representative instructed our crew in clear words to take off and the crew followed the orders. In the current climate it would be stupid to try to hide something. Back to business in stormont. The Northern Ireland assembly has resumed for the First Time Since the collapse of power sharing
three years ago. Keir starmer the shadow brexit secretary officially launches his bid to become the next leader of the labour party. And coming up, the worlds biggest tech conference in las vegas. A bike that glides on water is among the latest advancements, in our tech show click thats at 3. 30. Borisjohnson has said that irans admission that it shot d
Lawmakers, both republicans and democrats. The agenda and you the American People chief White House Correspondent john roberts on the north one of the white house what we can expect to hear tonight. The president about to give what he hopes will be 4 more state of the union to come as he seeks reelection. The overarching theme is return to american greatness. The president said he rejected the downsizing of americas destiny. The president will go over the record of his administration. Myriad trade deals and the china and japan and south korea. 3. 5 million more working age people have joined the work sforce. 12,000 new american factors. The United States is the number one producer of oil and gas in the world. New tonight will be some new measures on education, the president willom say, on the screen he the next step forward is making sure every Young American gets great education and to achieve the american dream. No parent should be forced to send their child to a failing american sch
This is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. If you get positive covid, you aint leaving you need to book a covid test before you leave or they wont let you leave. Lorry drivers are told they can travel again, if they test negative for coronavirus thats after france lifted a ban imposed over covid fears. But this morning, tempers flare as drivers, many of whom spent a third night in their vehicles, clash with police in dover. More parts of england could be moved up to the toughest level of coronavirus restrictions tier 4 possibly as early as boxing day. We want to hear your thoughts on the latest lockdown plans and the possibility of more restrictions. Do you support them . What effect will they have on you . Do get in touch with me on twitter annita mcveigh
and use bbcyourquestions, and ill try to read out some of your comments. President trump refuses to sign a 900 billion Coronavirus Relief package agreed by the us congress, describing it as a disg
Great question that no one here has an answer to. As you said, there are going to be the first wave of results from last nights Iowa Caucuses released around 5 00 eastern time here today, 4 00 here in iowa. Were told its going to be a majority, but is that 50 plus 1 or 75 , we simply dont know. We also dont know exactly where theyre coming from. You can probably assume theyre coming from more urban areas or areas in central iowa or closer here because they physically in many cases are driving out to get some of the paper documents here. Its not going to necessarily give us the whole picture. And the question here is when the actual results are going to come, like when the outcome is going to be actually determined or projected. Well have to see what the results are this afternoon. There is no question this has done undue damage certainly to the Iowa Caucuses, but also potentially to the winner or winners of the iowa caucus. At this point the democrats had hoped to be focusing on the pr