The United States is sending more troops to the Middle East as israel continues to pound targets across lebanon, including the capital, beirut. President biden says his team is working to de escalate the crisis, not a strategy that to this point that has been very effective. How concerned should we be of a wider, regional conflagration . Also tonight, labours plans to bolster Uk Investment we will explore whether the chancellor really can find the space for extra government spending. And Coming To America President Zelensky begins a week long tour of the states that will end with his plan to defeat russia. We will see if We Can fix the gremlins with our sound along the way. Welcome to the programme. For 11 months now, Israel And Hezbollah have been locked in an escalating War Of Attrition that many had warned could one Day Lead to all out conflict. Maybe this was the day. The israelis have been pounding targets. The idf says it has hit around 1100 hezbollah positions in Southern Lebano
breath as video of a violent beating is about to go public. the victim s family appealing for calm. sandra: we are learning more from the just released bodycam video of the attack at paul and nancy pelosi s home. another nonstop hour of news begins now. begin with the city on edge bracing for whatever reaction may come when video of a deadly police beating goes public today. hours from now, they will release the bodycam footage of 29-year-old tyre nichols, they say acts that defy humanity, steve is live in downtown memphis. steve, what are you seeing on the ground there so far today? sandra, right now a very visible police presence. we have seen police on horses in unmarked cars, marked cars as well. as far as protests or demonstrations, not a sign of anything yet. streets are quiet, life going on here as normal. as you mentioned, that tape expected to come out on the internet on the youtube channel five hours from now, the tape is expected to be one hour long, supposed t
planning an attack according to israeli sources on a target in israel. that then triggered other scrimmages in palestinian areas, also overnight we saw rockets coming from gaza going into southern israel. israeli forces also conducting some airstrikes against gaza. more scrimmages today, but it s a very tense time. there is no direct connection being made yet between this shooting at and around a synagogue in east jerusalem, but certainly the thinking is indeed possibly because of the israeli action on thursday that this occurred on friday night. but again, it s it s a very solemn time for jewish people. israelis coming out of the synagogue there, in fact, other reports the gunman going in. from what we are hearing, there