live from london, this is bbc news. israel launches airstrikes on gaza and lebanon, calling it retaliation for several dozen hamas rockets fired at israel. northern ireland on high alert police warn republicans could provoke violence as the country marks 25 years of the good friday agreement. as emmanuel macron and ursula von der leyen wrap up their trip to china, have they got what they wanted from xi jinping? hello and welcome. let s get more on passengers travelling through dover being warned they ll face delays, as millions of travellers are expected to make the crossing between france and the uk this weekend. contingency plans have been put in place to avoid a repeat of last week, which saw drivers waiting more than 1a hours. earlier i spoke to our correspondent simonjones, who started by telling us how things are looking in dover. it s already very busy this morning at the port of dover. we re told traffic turning up at the moment will face a wait of around 90 minutes
thank you. thank you. that s all in for tonight. alex wagner is next. with ali velshi. high drama playing out right now. questions that he wasn t able to answer when he was running for president back then. some of the things that starbucks have done to people who have indicated they want to be unionized. that s a right we believe people should have the right to have. it s 2023. why can t i put a tip on my credit card because workers at the store decided to be unionized. the photo of the line getting into this hearing, an enormous line. highly consequential. thank you for joining us tonight. this is ukrainian city of bakhmut. prior to russia s invasion last year, bakhmut was a small city of about 75,000. now it s one of the most important cities in the war, for seven straight months ukrainian forces have held bakhmut by being attacked by russian forces. this is the longest continual battle of the war so far. thought to be europe s deadliest land battle since world
be in control of their reproductive rights? yes, i do. governor, you have my vote. thank you. bring it home, everybody. it s a vote for new york. let me say i was a huge fan of alfred hitchcock and i found the lighting that was a little horror-esque. i m sorry. we were on the stage. look at this. i know. it s terrible lighting. i know. it s bad. that s what you re getting out of this video? isn t that a lesson? do you know where i get it from? where? i heard viewers going, oh, my gosh. great artist skill. stole that from you. please don t turn it around. that makes me sad. anyway, so talk about why this race is so close. new york state. you tell me, joe. you re the expert. am i? am i theers pert? you re the expert on this. he s talking a lot about crime and that s so help me out here. yes. she was on stephanie ruhle s show the other night and she said that there s not a crime problem. steph said yeah, there is a crime problem. r
talk. why this uvalde teacher now says he s angry at law enforcement who he heard in the hallway while 11 of his students were being killed. and office ultimatums. return to the office or lose urjob. the tough decision more workers are now facing. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead today. president biden now getting involved as a key democratic senator says negotiations with republicans on gun reform have reached a, quote, critical stage. that democrat, chris murphy of connecticut, visited the white house today to give president biden a rundown of where bipartisan negotiations stand. before murphy headed back to the hill for yet another meeting with his fellow lawmakers. they have expressed growing optimism a deal for a narrow targeted bill could potentially be reached as soon as the end of this week. so what remains on the table? well, incentivized states to pass red flag laws. potential waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds buying
called 911. jason carroll now reports top police officials say it was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. i was misled. i am livid about what happened. texas governor greg abbott aiming his ire at law enforcement. my expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. reporter: after new damming n new admissions the incident commander making the decision not to immediately enter the classroom the gunman was in. a decision was made that this was a barricaded subject situation, there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and the breach the door. take on the subject at that point. reporter: explained how the shooter got into the school. shooter entered, ramos, was propped up by a teacher. the three initial police officers that arrived went directly to the door and to