Advancing their efforts and military cooperation. Coming up, the warning details about what kind of weaponry and intelligence theyre talking about and what it could mean for the rest of the world. But we start in washington, d. C. , where as we speak, two of Donald Trumps allies in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election are facing justice. Not just on the same day, but in the very same courthouse. In just one hour, Enrique Tarrio will be sentenced, the former proud boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy. Prosecutors want the judge to give him 33 years behind bars, which would be the longest sentence yet for anyone linked to january 6th. At the same time, Jury Selection is under way in the trial of former trump adviser peter nava navarro, charged with refusing a congressional subpoena from the January 6th Committee. But speaking outside the federal courthouse a few hours ago, navarro insists there is an overriding question that still needs to be answered. I believe and as ive
Interviews and reaction. Sir keir starmer is promising to set up a new Border Security command to crack down on people smugglers if his party wins power. Lets have a look at what the labour party is doing to do. Sir keir starmer is promising to set up a new Border Security command to crack down on people smugglers if his party wins power. He is also pledging to hire hundreds more Specialist Investigators and cross border police. Meanwhile, Counter Terror powers would be extended to cover organised immigration crime, including the power to search people suspected of being involved in people smuggling, close bank accounts, restrict their travel and trace their movements before an offence has taken place. And he says £75 million of the money allocated for the first year of the Rwanda Scheme would fund its plans. We will set up a new command with new powers, resources and a new way of doing things. Border security command. This is about leveraging the power and potential of dynamic govern
Greenlighting an investigation into biden without any evidence of wrongdoing. And in moments, ill speak with the throne and mccarthys side, that is republican Congressman Matt Gaetz who is threatening to oust the speaker, in part over this issue. But first, some context. Republicans want to know if President Biden benefited from his sons business dealings. And that is a legitimate question. But the doj did spend here is investigating hunter biden, and so far there has been no evidence that his father did benefit. Meantime, House Republicans and their investigations have presented zero direct evidence to contradict that. Also, mccarthy is to invest now unilaterally without even a vote, even though Kevin Mccarthy himself from 11 days ago disagreed with that method. Quote, if we move forward with an Impeachment Inquiry, it would occur for a vote on the floor of the peoples, house not for a declaration by one person. And just four years ago, mccarthy attacked democrats for doing the same.
come to the u.s. amid the growing crisis of children at the border. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, we have reports this morning from seoul, the pentagon, capitol hill and rome. this is early start, i m christine romans. and i m laura jarrett. it s wednesday, march 17th, it s 5:00 a.m. in new york and we start this morning with the big breaking news. a suspect is in custody after eight people were killed in shootings at three massage parlours in the atlanta area. now, authorities have not offered a motive yet, but at least six of the victims were asian in about the span of an hour eight people were killed at those three atlanta area spas spread across three miles. the attacks took place in quick secession, the fbi is assisting authorities in atlanta and cherokee county. here is a spokesperson for the chairy county s office. it s pretty unusual. as i mentioned earlier, in 2020 we had one homicide in cherokee county, we have had at leas
full force, and masks are hard to spolt. americans are tired of more than a year of restrictions. the tsa reports that friday is the busiest travel day since the pandemic started. and the embattled governor of new york losing more support as he struggles to stay in office. even new york s two senators, both democrats, calling for andrew cuomo to resign. another come has come forward with accusations of sexual harassment. cuomo is quickly running out of support among all the series allegations. hi, he did, and you mngsed the two big names in new york politics. major leader chuck schumer and gillibrand adding their names to the list of the politics calling for the governor to resign. the latest coming from a reporter named jessica bakeman. she had been a new york capital beat worker, and covering the beat here, and he wrote a piece where she describes it was like covering cuomo, and she writes, andrew cuomo s hands had been on my body, my arms, shoulders, the small of my back