A member of his Campaign Team told local media, villavicencio was about to get into a car when a man stepped forward and shot him in the head. His death was confirmed on social media by current president guillermo lasso. Ecuador s president ial election is scheduled to take place on 20 august. Wildfires are raging across the us state of hawaii. Officials there say that at least six people have died and many are injured, with some in a critical condition. These are the scenes out in maui and the big island that locals are calling apocalyptic. Locals are calling apocalyptic. The Historic Town of lahaina was one of the hardest hit, with reports that its now mostly reduced to ash. Crews there and across the islands are engaged in search and rescue, with evacuations under way for more than 13,000 people. But as residents try to escape, some are finding that many of the major roads are blocked and too dangerous to use. Lieutenant governor sylvia luke, whos serving as acting governor, issued
Forward and shot him in the head. His death was confirmed on social media by current president guillermo lasso. Mr lasso vowed that this crime will not go unpunished. He called for an an urgent meeting of his top officials to address the killing. The countrys attorney general s office said on social media that the suspect in the attack had died from injuries sustained in a shoot out with police. Ecuador s election is scheduled to take place on august 20th. Live now to samantha schmidt, Washington Post Bogota Bureau chief. What is the latest you are learning about this attack . This is a really abrasive assassination that is stunning ecuador. It is unprecedented in this country which is a historically peaceful country that has recently begins doomed by Drug Trafficking and violence, in the aftermath of this attack two other president ial candidates said they are suspending their campaigns. In response to this, to the security threats, but also to respect this event and the president is
ukraine s president calls the move historic . tonight with the context, former senior advisor to george w bush, ron christie. and former advisor to hillary clinton, amanda renteria. the us supreme court has upheld the right of americans to carry guns in public, striking down a century old restrictions in new york that limited the ability of people to carry weapons. the legislation required residents to prove they had proper cause to have a concealed handgun. the judges ruled that it violated the constitutional right to bear arms. the governor of new york state kathy hochul described the ruling as outrageous. this decision isn tjust reckless, it s reprehensible. it s not what new yorkers want. and we should have the right of determination of what we want to do in terms of our gun laws in our state. the federal government will not have sweeping laws to protect us, then our states and our governors have a moral responsibility to do what we can, and have laws to protect our ci
You say, it may well be part of the president s legacy. That is it for Tucker Carlson tonight. I want to thank our intern, caitlin, who is going off. She was so excited to get a picture or not with me, but with sean hannity. Shawn is ready to take off, blast off into the stratosphere. Sean is that what you call it . Blasting off. We do have big Breaking News. Mark, thank you. We have incredible dress, joe digenova, the great woodmark li. We have Breaking News this hour. It is so much worse then we knew or thought. The story of corrupt doj official exforeign spies working together, literally to m becoming president , and after his election to destroy him. We have more major Breaking News surrounding bruce ohr and Christopher Steele and now Christopher Steeles boss, fusion gps founder Glenn Simpson. The hills john solomon has now uncovered additional disturbing communications and for the first time, we have them, handwrittene
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rendered inoperable. you re live with bbc news. it s been nine years since 18 year old michael brown was fatally shot by a police officer while walking down the street with a friend in ferguson, missouri. brown s death sparked weeks of protests and marked the beginnings of the black lives matter movement. his family continues to call for accountability after a grand jury. saint louis prosecutors and the usjustice department all declined to bring charges against the officer who killed brown. earlier, i spoke with justin hansford, a law professor who s representing michael brown s family and the family of rekia boyd, a 22 year old unarmed black woman who was also killed by police. hansford is trying to bring their cases before an international court of law. justin hansford, thank you so much forjoining us here on the bbc. today, as you know, is the ninth anniversary of the killing of michael brown. what are your thoughts on this day with regards