good evening. welcome to bbc news. we are beginning this hour with the shooting in the danish capital of copenhagen. several people have been killed in the danish capital copenhagen after a shooting at a shopping centre in the city. a 22 year old man from denmark has been arrested after chaotic scenes at the fields mall in the east of the city. police say there is no indication that other gunmen were present but police cannot rule out terrorism as the motive of the incident. the chief police inspector told journalists at a news briefing just a few minutes ago that several people were killed. the motive of the gunman, described by the police as an ethnic dane, you have just heard that they cannot rule out terrorism, but they have not confirmed any motive. those are the latest lines coming from that news conference. booster emil kirchner is a freelance journalist and knows the shopping mall area well. very surprised. denmark is a very peaceful country, we are not used to these
to lower the inflation rates, the recession will there is no way out. todd: happy monday, everyone there is no way out. you are watching fox & friends first on this effort mentioned monday. i m todd piro. carley: causing panic inside the democratic party ahead of the elections. todd: in new polling shows republicans a three-point edge on congressional ballot but both sides are equally motivated to vote. alexandria hoff motivated to do this and live in washington with all the details. alexandria, happy monday. happy monday todd, carley and must contend with frustrations from the american people and own party. the effort to resurrect the build back better plan which has been knocked and once again, joe manchin said last week he would not support that. progressives are fuming. [overlapping voices] the president s agenda, people like joe joe manchin, the president s agenda. i don t know why senate majority leader chuck schumer still allows for joe manchin to be
the way here. we will be joined in a moment. john: but first, a fox news alert, a furious china and military on high alert. house speaker pelosi s trip to taiwan is now over, as the world awaits the fallout promised by the chinese government. good wednesday to you. gillian: pelosi met with taiwan s president and other senior leaders during her 20-hour stay in taipei. reaffirming the commitment to taiwan s democracy and supporting the island militarily. critics say it does more harm than good in an already unstable region. john: communist regime planning a series of live fire exercises tomorrow. ten miles off the coast of taiwan. tennessee republican senator bill haggerty has expertise as a former ambassador to japan. gillian: aishah hasnie joins us this afternoon. how is the white house responding to china s plans? hey there, good afternoon to you, gillian and john. the white house is really trying to get china to not increase tensions any more, to not escalate the
griff jenkins. jacqui: i m jacqui hinrich. they re battling brutal summer heat and steve has the latest for us, hey, steve. 104 degrees yesterday, it s supposed to be 100 all week and that hasn t slowed down the stream of mar grants crossing illegally. we ve seen small groups here in the morning and several pregnant women making that crossing. in recent days, large groups as well, sometimes 300 strong crossing the river together. many of the towns along the border region, overwhelmed by the numbers and it s been the recent policy of text s governor abbott to bus some migrants to northern cities. that s drawn the outrage of a number of mayors, including the mayor of washington d.c. and new york city. not only the federal government, but we need some of those states that have been giving people one-way tickets, we need them to understand that, this must be a partnership in this country, new york is going to do its share, but we have been overburdened shelter system now.
good day. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. the senate has taken the first step toward the most significant federal gun safety legislation in nearly three decades. voting last night to move ahead with a compromise bill by 64-34. notably with 14 republicans, including mitch mcconnell, voting to proceed. in a few minutes, i will be joined by senator and lead negotiator chris murphy to break down what s in the bill and what s not. in uvalde, texas, a shocking time line from the state s top public official that local police did make it into the robb elementary school with protective shields and rifles within minutes of the gunman arriving while children and one teacher was alive and calling for help, they waited more than an hour before border police breached the rooms. the doors apparently were not locked as previously claimed. there s compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at robb elementary was an abject failure to everything we