criminal court in downtown houston, texas where the second migrant is set to am before a judge as we learn new details about the girl s murder, criminal investigation and suspects immigration status. welcome to a now hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill hemmer is off. great to have you, bret. bret: i m bret baier in washington. the judge yesterday setting bail for one of the suspects at $10 million. the other suspect will face the same judge today. they are accused of tying up the 12-year-old girl, killing her by strangulation and tossing her body under a bridge. dana: the district attorney telling us that additional evidence could trigger the death penalty. it is clear that a sexual assault likely happened. since neither defendant has admitted that, circumstantial evidence will have to prove it. we re waiting on lab tests now to see if the capital murder charge can be upgraded to one where they are death penalty eligible. dana: matt finn is live in ar
Negotiations and look at where the new government goes from here with our Business Editor, simonjack. We usually ask you a twitter question, but today the founder of amazon has one for you what should he do with all his money . Jeff bezos has posted a request for ideas from The Public For Philanthropy Inspiration what advice would you give . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Good to have you with us on Business Live. We start in greece, which has edged back from the brink of financial collapse once again. Late on thursday after months of wrangling European Finance ministers, together with the International Monetary fund, finally agreed to give athens its latest slice of bailout money. And theres a hint it could get some relief from its crippling Debt Mountain next year. Lets show you the details. Greece will finally get this 8. 5 billion euros part of an 86 Billion Euro bailout plan agreed in 2015. It is the third it has had. It will come just in time, as greece faces 7. 3 billion euros
Out. Its like its almost forgotten, but its not. These people are still living through this and living with the aftermath. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive, and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top Story Today Police Have warned that they may never be able to identify all those who died in the fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower in west london in the early hours of wednesday morning. The Emergency Services will spend a third day searching the block for bodies. 17 people are known to have died, but dozens remain unaccounted for, including entire families. Andy moore reports. The first victim of the fire to be officially named is mohammed alhajali, a syrian refugee who came to britain for a better life. His brother was led to safety by firefighters, but, in the chaos and confusion, mohammed got left behind. I called and we said,
an interpreter for the next 10 years, but he d already invested about, like i said is, 8 or 9 years of working on the camp and being involved with us. so he essentially in his short life, 31 years when he passed, he gave us about 18 of those years in service of this country, not his. pete: wow. yeah, absolutely. jeremy, you helped him escape after the collapse of afghanistan. the taliban certainly would have wanted to hunt him. he came here for a better life. yeah. well, and matt did as well. there were a lot of people within our networks that were doing a lot of things to help nasrat. he was always helping other people as well. he didn t have a job at that point that once the taliban takes over anybody who is pro-u.s. does not have an opportunity to work anymore, and many of them were hunted like nasrat was. but he didn t have a paying job to do, but it was important to
bone-chilling cold. venezuelan luis soler says he s not accustomed to temperatures in the 20s. many staying warm in churches over christmas, connected through song but also pain. others were left outside like this little boy with just a few blankets. we ve come for a better life, he said. at this el paso convention center there s 1,000 beds inside. refuge for some but only for those migrants who have the proper paperwork. the chaos against the backdrop of an unprecedented number of undocumented immigrant crossings at the southwest border in fiscal year 2022. 2.76 million. putting a massive burden on states like texas. buses leaving there and dropping families off in freezing temperatures outside vice president kamala harris s d.c. home on christmas eve. the white house calling it a shameful stunt. a spokesperson for governor abbott countering the migrants had agreed to go. with the covid era title 42 allowing for the expulsion of many asylum seekers still in limbo, charities