The second debate in september, right here on abc. Mary bruce live at the white house tonight. Both biden and trump convinced they can outperform the other. Also tonight, the troubling images. The attempted assassination of the Prime Minister of slovakia. The leader shot multiple times at close range. He is now in what authorities are calling a lifethreatening condition. His Security Detail pushing him into the car. Here in the u. S. Tonight, another bridge accident. A massive barge hitting a bridge near galveston, texas, causing partial collapse and an oil spill in that bay. Crew members pulled from the water. The harrowing Dash Cam Video revealed in Court Showing a Semitruck Crashing on a bridge. The truck hit by another vehicle. The driver losing control. Her truck then dangling 100 feet above the ohio river. Tonight, the fighting intensifying in Northern Gaza. Israeli troops also positioned near the Southern City of rafah. Matt gutman with late reporting from israel. The war in ukr
Scooped up, the Prime Minister, hes already been hit by three, four, may be five bullets, put into a car, it whisks away as he is put into hospital, some confusion as to which hospital, some confusion as to which hospital in the end he was taken to. Initially it was reported that there were non life threatening injuries, and that has changed over the last half hour with a number of sources reporting that he is a life threatening condition, and we will have more detail on that in a moment or two, but worrying scenes in slovakia, and in the last 30 minutes, a0 minutes, we have seen european leader after european leaders talk about their shock about what has happened. Giorgia meloni, the italian Prime Minister, Ursula Von Der Leyen talking about her shock, right across the board, all of europes leaders reacting as you would expect to quite shocking news, the news of the Prime Minister being shot and wounded there during a public gathering, and you can see a number of people still Walking
Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news this is where celtic can win the Scottish Premiership title tonight. But theyve already lost twice at kilmarnock this season. Good evening. Slovakias Prime Minister, robert fico, is in a life threatening condition in hospital after being shot a number of times this afternoon. The attack happened in the central slovak town of handlova, where a Government Meeting had just been held. A man whos said to be 71 has been detained by police. The 59 year old Prime Minister has been a divisive figure a leader who is widely viewed as authoritarian and russia leaning. Jon donnison reports. Just moments after being shot, Prime Minister fico is dragged out of a flower bed and bundled into a car by his security team. Eyewitnesss Report Hearing three or four bullets being fired. A few metres away, amid the panic, police wrestle a suspect to the ground. Translation i heard three shots it was quick, one by one, like if you throw Fire Crackers on the g
President trump, when . I dont know. Norah the 45th and 46th president s to meet on the debate stage. What we are learning about why they agreed to a rematch. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. The stage is set. The dates are picked, and President Biden and donald trump are already throwing jobs aheado president ial debates that are now on the calendar. Until today, it was unclear if there would be in a general election debates, but that all changed this morning when the two men who cant agree on anything agreed in a matter of hours that they would face off on june 27th and september 10th. The first date now just 43 days away will be the earliest televised president ial debate in american history. Cbss nancy cordes starts us off tonight from the white house on how it all came together. Reporter President Biden threw down the gauntlet at 8 00 a. M. Eastern in a video posted online. Make my day, pal. Ill even do it twice. Re
Continue to bring more action live here on this programme. Welcome if you have just welcome if you havejustjoined us. Let us stay without Breaking News from slovakia. Let me take you through what has happened. An Assassination Attempt has been made on the Prime Minister of slovakia, robert fico. He has been shot and badly injured in this afternoon. These are the pictures of the immediate aftermath, with the Prime Minister being carried into the car. His official Facebook Page says he was shot several times. From a different angle, we can see a man being arrested by people who appear to be officers. We still dont know very much about the man. Its been reported hes a 71, but other than that, no real detail about that man. A government say the Prime Minister is in a life threatening condition. These are the pictures of him being rushed to a helicopter for treatment. Those of the crucial pictures in terms of the timeline and the key details of what has happened through the course of this a