He later apologised for what he called rude comments. Plenty of people saw the remarks straightaway as racist but it took an age in political terms for rishi sunak to agree. At a rally on friday night in hackney, diane abbott told the crowd to stand firm against racism. This is about the way that black women are disrespected. Decade upon decade. The conservative Cabinet Minister and transport secretary, mark harper, spoke to laura kuennsberg, on her sunday morning programme, she asked him Whether Frank Hester s comments were racist. Did you think these comments were racist . Yes, look, the Prime Minister made it very clear at Prime Ministers questions on wednesday that they were racist. It took him some time to do that. Did you think straight they were racist . You said it took an age in political terms but it didnt take long at all, the Prime Minister said it on wednesday and his spokesperson was clear the day before that they were racist comments and unacceptable. And frank hester ap
Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Were waking up to terrible news. A passenger plane crashed and theres fears it could be terrorists. There is more we dont know than we do know. Here is what we do know. This was a relatively new plane. An airbus a320 about seven or eight years old or delivered to egyptair about seven or eight years ago. Both the pilot and copilot have thousands of hours of experience. The plane disappearing about 30 minutes before it was scheduled to land in cairo. Most of the 66 people on board were egyptian, although passengers from many other countries were on the manifest. At this time we dont think there were any americans on that plane. Debris believed to be from that plane has just been found within the last hour. Weve got complete coverage. Well start with keir simmons. He is at Charles De Gaulle airport outside paris. Thats where the flight originated late last night. Good morning. Repo
Disturbing news, plane crash and fears, of course, this could be another terrorist attack. This was a relatively new plane, an airbus 320 built in 2003. The pilot and copilot had a lot of experience. Thousands of hours in the cockpit. The plane disappeared 30 minute before it was scheduled to land in cairo. Most of the 66 people on board were egyptian. Passengers from many other countries were on the manifest. No americans. Weve got this all covered this morning. Lets start with nbc keir simmons outside paris where that flight originated late last night. Keir simmons, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. French president in the past half hour, confirming that the plane crashed. Devastating news for the families of those on board, who have been waiting here at this hotel. And now the mystery over what happened to it over the mediterranean, multinational search for the plane and for answers. A plane that left the paris airport last night on a routine flight. Family members of p
Disturbing news, plane crash and fears, of course, this could be another terrorist attack. This was a relatively new plane, an airbus 320 built in 2003. The pilot and copilot had a lot of experience. Thousands of hours in the cockpit. The plane disappeared 30 minute before it was scheduled to land in cairo. Most of the 66 people on board were egyptian. Passengers from many other countries were on the manifest. No americans. Weve got this all covered this morning. Lets start with nbc keir simmons outside paris where that flight originated late last night. Keir simmons, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. French president in the past half hour, confirming that the plane crashed. Devastating news for the families of those on board, who have been waiting here at this hotel. And now the mystery over what happened to it over the mediterranean, mui answers. A plane that left the paris airport last night on a routine flight. Family members of passengers have been gathering at Charle