Clear of uruguay at the top of the table. Argentinas victory over chile takes them up to third, with colombia up to fourth, which is the last of The Automatic qualifying places. Ecuador are now fifth, which is the play off position, while chile, the reigning South American champions, drop out of the qualifying places completely after that defeat in argentina. Lets move to asian world cup qualifying where iran have edged closer to a place at next years finals in russia. They beat qatar 1 0 in doha, where mehdi taremi beat the off side trap to score the only goal of the game early in the second half. The result take iran four points clear at the top of group a. A giant step forward but now we still need to be focused on these four games that remain. Because as everything is showing, the results, everything is showing, the results, everything is showing, the results, everything is very tight and it is not over. We need to be fully concentrated to collect the points that we need to qualify
Shortly in london. A man has been arrested over the death of an ex Royal Navy Officer who was hit as his car was stolen from outside his home in manchester. This couldve happened to absolutely anybody. You hear a noise downstairs, you go to see what it is. Its incredibly tragic. Any bit of information, we really need to hear it. Four tram drivers admit to falling asleep on a line in croydon, where seven people died after derailment last year. And the cities vying to take over from hull as uks next city of culture. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Karin Giannone Live In Paris where the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and the far right National Front Leader Marine Le Pen have made it through to the second round of the french president ial election. Macron who has never held Political Office told his supporters they had changed the face of French Politics, and it was his job to reconcile the country. Marine le pen described her victory as historic and said a vote for her was ke
Say that you are the best msnbc host ever created by god. God created you, chris, to be here. Thank you, michael. Ec baldwin should be looking over his shoulder. No way. I was not lying, actually. That was me being nice. That is all in for this evening. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, rachel. I dont take it personal at all. It was an impression. It was the voice of a certain hyperbolic character. I dont mind, doesnt bother me at all, which im sure you can tell. Thanks, my friend. Thanks, michael. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Heres the story. In march of this past year there was an explosion in pasadena, texas. Pasadena, texas, is about 11 miles outside of houston. There was a big explosion followed by a fire. Smoke and flames could be seen for miles around. Look at that. The whole neighborhood around this fire and explosion had to
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Virginia tech. Authorities said he had an Assault Rifle and was trying to get thousands of rounds of ammunition. What else he was looking for. The drowning danger. Tonight, americans on vacation, Nine Drownings in less than two weeks in the same area. And the deadly crash. The former nba player and a former American Idol contestant who did not survive. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. And we begin with that deadly train collision. Onboard, more than 100 republican members of congress. That amtrak train was taking those lawmakers to a retreat, colliding with a Garbage Truck in virginia. It happened this morning, not long after the State Of The Union last night. The driver of the truck was killed. Several lawmakers jumping in to help many of the injured on the scene. And several people tonight, including congressman jason lewis, were taken to the hospital. House Speaker Paul Ryan among those onboard. And abcs linzie janis leads us off f
The president right when he says witch hunt . Yeah, sure. You cant explain this any other way. A gog. Its a word you dont see in newspapers often, in fact, i dont think ive seen it before. It was in their report today of how people in the white house reacted toll Rudy Giulianis performance. Quote, the White House Council had no idea, neither did the white house Chief Of Staff nor the White House Press secretary nor the new white house lawyer, they watched agog as he freestyled on Live Television wednesday night about the president s legal troubles and unveiled an explosive new fact that trump reimbursed his long time personal Attorney Michael Cohen for the 130,000 paid to Stormy Daniels. Rudy giuliani went on fox friends to try to smooth over the mountain of lies and inconsistent statements now that have been told by donald trump and Michael Cohen about the Stormy Daniels payment. Michael cohens first statement about the Stormy Daniels payment was on February 13th which he said he was