he ll join us with his thoughts on the arrests and the nation s growing crime crisis coming up. so you are saying the option to authorize war powers is on the table? if communist china invaded taiwan, it would certainly be on the table and something that would be discussed by congress. john: house foreign affairs committee michael mccaul making it clear the united states will uphold the pledge to protect taiwan, saying it could empower the president to use military force if the island is invaded. this is america reports and anita vogel, welcome to friday. beijing strongly opposed taiwan s president visiting the u.s. and meeting with house speaker mccarthy. john: and lawmakers will meet with tsai ing-wen in her country, a move to certainly embolden the chinese government. and how the u.s. might respond if china invades taiwan. aishah hasnie is on the ground with more on this. hello, aishah. hi there, anita and john. chairman mccaul, in order to avoid conflict b
the rains keep falling in new zealand, and rescue efforts continue. we ll get the latest from auckland. and a day of tragedy in pakistan, with dozens killed in two separate transport accidents. liable from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. we start the show in ukraine, where it s being reported that a missile hit a residential building in country s second largest city, kharkiv. that s according to local officials. this image has been filed by the reuters news agency. it s a developing story, and there s no word yet about any casualties. as and when we get more information we will bring that to you. this follows intense fighting in the key southern city of kherson, which has come underfire once again from russian troops. three people have been killed there, and six others injured in the intense shelling. the attack came from russian troops stationed on the opposite bank of the dnipro river. local officials say multiple launch rocket systems, artillery, m
looked at was have you seen kayleigh? dispatch, how can i help you? my daughter is missing. i had this sickening feeling. i m looking at a desperate man, anything can happen. i would ve never been able to tell my daughter, your monster, your bogeyman, we will pull up beside you instead of him coming to help you. come to harm you. inside the shed there was a green purse there s also a large rock saturated and dry blood. this is not a good sign at all. it is not. ever been hit in the chest with a sledgehammer, that s about what it feels like. she began coming to and trying to fight, she was trying to turn emergency lights on, grabbing the radio, anything she could do. because she knew, she knew. it was a saturday night, summer, and they were so happy at the bachelorette party as they laughed and danced and played their drinking games. outside in the dark, watchful waiting, hidden it s clever disguise, death cruised by. looking for one of them. all around,
since then i have the chemical burns and reaction rash on my face. i could smell the chemicals and like, it s obvious something is not right. before two days ago you could not stand here without getting a headache. it s travelling to inside the ground, it s a very rural area where this happened, these people have farms and livestock and it s going into the waterways. sandra: begin america reports with that train derailment up ending people s lives in a small ohio town where there are lingering safety questions at this hour. almost two weeks after the disaster. hello, welcome, i m sandra smith in new york. hi. john: happy wednesday to you, john roberts in washington. people in east palestine, ohio hoping to get some answers during a town hall meeting, after a train went off the tracks 12 days ago carrying hazardous chemicals. a toxic fire spent plumes of toxic smoke for days. sandra: some residents are worried about water and air quality. people getting sick, f
corrupt and should not be trusted. what would that look like? that level of corruption? well, imagine that the trump administration had made it mandatory for american citizens to buy my pillow. that s one of fox news s biggest advertisers. imagine the administration declared if you didn t rush out and buy at least one my pillow and then at least another booster pillow you would not be allowed to eat out. you couldn t reenter your own country. you couldn t have a paying job. my pillow they told you with a straight face was the very lynch pin of our country s public health system. now imagine as they told you that that fox, as a news organization, endorsed it, amplified the government s message. imagine if fox news attacked anyone who refused to buy my pillow as an ally of russia, as an enemy of science and then imagine if fox kept up those libelous attacks even as evidence mounted that my pillow caused heart attacks fertility problems and death. if fox news did that what would