International now the longest transport workers strike in france for decades has now entered its 6th day it was called over planned Pension Reforms and today paris and other cities are witnessing another major mobilization supported by people of different classes and occupations in the french capital crowds gathered to call on the government withdrew its plans according to the local unions 370000 protesters descended on the capital although the interior ministry claimed was actually a fraction of that size shall have been ski reports from the center of the protests. Well weve already seen tear gas deployed on several occasions by the police as they were trying to control the crowd see paris and the crowds are huge i just want to get you to go up and get a sense of looking down this street just delivered to mission and push you much all the way down to the beach it is show. Block with people people whove come out to support this strike now in its 36 day this is the full state of nationw
Link they did and there was a lot of clarification of what they did and how they justified it. I cant go into details. It was classified but i felt better afterwards and this the whole thing is we dont want a war with iran. It was imminent that things were going to happen and it was better for america to act in President Trump did the right thing. Host is part of eminent threat can you share part of what you learn to make that case . Guest i know they have been collecting intelligence for quite a while. The better part part of the year and was getting to a point where was eminent within a month of january. Posted can you clarify further than that . Guest i do want to go any further than that, no with the things that were said. I cant go any further than that but i feel comfortable with the emphasis i was put on it from the different agencies that do come forward and the things they talked about. We knew something was getting ready to happen and it was a poor dated attack and if you fol
Foreign affairs committee, ted yoho and Gregory Meeks. Later we will hear from the director of iranian studies at Stanford University. At Stanford University. [video clip] our Great American forces are prepared for anything. Appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. Host from yesterday on u. S. Action toward iran. He discussed the killing of the iranian general and announced sanctions and vowed iran would never possess a nuclear weapon. This is the washington journal for january 9. Our first hour dedicated to your trumpts about president the administrations actions. If you support it, 2027488000 is the number to call and tell us why. If you oppose, you can do so at 2027488001. Perhaps you are not sure at this point, 2027488002 is the number to call. You can text us your thoughts at 2027488003. And you can cspanwj post on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. A 10 minute speech about yesterday from the white hou
Good evening. Thank you for joining us. We begin with breaking news. In a major escalation in tensions between the u. S. And iran, the top iranian general has been killed in an airstrike while leaving the baghdad airport. The pentagon confirmed the u. S. Military carried out the attack. Soleimani was one of the most powerful figures in the middle east. He had been the top military man in iran for more than 20 years. This attack comes after iranianbacked groups breached the u. S. Embassy two days ago. We turn to Kyra Phillips whos with President Trump in palm beach, florida. Reporter when reports broke tonight, there was one question on everyones mind. Was the United States responsible . Well, the president was cryptic. He responded with only a picture, tweeting out the image of the american flag. My white house sources were able to confirm that not only did the strike happen, but it was ordered by President Trump. The pentagon announcing that the strike did indeed kill the powerful com
Afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Could host to much of the events for today at 4. The 19 year old british woman convicted of lying about being raped birminghams Commonwealth Games. I will explain later. And darren with in cyprus is allowed to fly back to the uk after receiving a 4 month the weather. A lot of interest in suspended sentence. The foreign secretary welcomes the news. We will be following up on the the weather. A lot of interest in the weather. A lot of interest in issues in relation to the case. The weather in the uk. Not least because his so mild but it is also i spoke to the Cypriot Foreign windy in some parts of the uk. We minister about that. Will look at that later. Scores of people are killed thanks darren. In a stampede, as iranians flock also coming up. To the funeral of qasem suleimani, killed by the us. Joker leads the way in this years bafta film nominations but theres criticism of the lack a teenager admits killing of diversity with only white newlywed pc Andrew