let s start with big news here in the uk. scotland s longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. she s been the leader of the scottish national party which wants independence from britain for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was twenty nine years old. herfirst big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. am firmly of the you there is no majority suppor
when he got there, he was disgusted to see that a checkpoint, the army was seizing the eight that he had brought from damascus and were taking it and then diverting it and i have since seen videos of some of this aid apparently being sold in markets in aleppo and it is very clear that the aid is not getting to the people who need it and once again, we are seeing diversion from the syrian regime. the syrian regime. have the community the syrian regime. have the community failed the syrian regime. have the community failed because l the syrian regime. have the i community failed because they the syrian regime. have the - community failed because they could have perhaps done more to open the crossings from turkey and initially tried to rescue those trapped under the rubble? , , ~ the rubble? definitely. ithink it is strikin: the rubble? definitely. ithink it is striking that the rubble? definitely. ithink it is striking that the the rubble? definitely. ithink it is striking that
perspective, of the civilized community around the world that this moves this forward in trying to halt that nuclear proliferation. reporter: tomorrow morning first thing vice president joe biden will be here on capitol hill trying to sell the deal to house democrats. shep? thank you. the iran deal may be the best of some difficult options according to nick byrnes. he knows what he s talking about, too. he was the chief u.n. negotiator on iran s nuclear program and today he testified before the congress. this was a real world negotiation where we received some benefit the freezing of their program for ten years, but that program is not being entirely dismantled and we have to understand that. nicholas burns will join us for a look at the compromises that washington had to make and what he says about the odds of iran cheating on this deal, plus, what every member of congress has to look at, the one thing before making the decision next on a historic day from the fox news deck. i
president barack obama would sign a bill that gives congress a say in this deal. democrats and republicans raised objections to the agreement yet finalized. we are just learning that israel is pleased congress will get to ream vul any agreement. that report from reuters. chief u.n. security specialist reports. after months of fighting to keep i ran out of the nuclear negotiations today congress forcing its way in. more fully than ever, kong russ shoukong congress should play a role ensuring details are there. reporter: republicans, and democrats united behind a compromise bill giving lawmakers oversight of any agreement. i think it is congressional prerogative. we were the ones who imposed the sanctions. and under a compromise struck between, republican chairman,
his birthday is a holiday in north korea. known as the day of the sun. since his death occasion has been marked. military displays. exhibition and sports. kim il sung ruled from 1948 to his death the current leader, kim junk un visit itted the mausoleum. but his embalmed remains lie. and cnn s paula hancocks is closely following this event. she joins us with details. it is important day in north korea. with saying lots of heavy snaps from kim junk un and first lady. worth pointing out. the first lady seen in public this year. what are we to make of senate. well you know interesting, no other country on earth where the journalists would focus quite so carefully on exactly when a first lady was seen or when ape