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welcome to the programme. beforejoe biden spoke in warsaw this evening, the white house pushed back on a narrative that this was a split screen moment, pitting the american president against vladimir putin. yet the very fact the two men were giving wildly different accounts of the war, on the same day, and just hours apart, makes the comparison unavoidable. in fact, at certain points in this address, joe biden tackled head on the charges president putin had laid earlier in the day. the appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. they must be opposed. autocrats only understand one word no, no, no. cheering no, you will not take my country. no, you will not take my freedom. no, you will not take my future. here wasjoe biden returning to a familiar theme. that global confrontation between democracies and autocracy. since he first picked up that theme in the wake of january 6th, western democracies have recovered some of their swagger. that confidence, said the president, flo
disability campaigners raised concerns about the lyrics. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden says an american drone strike has killed the al-qaeda leader, ayman al zawahiri. he said the operation, which he authorised, took place in the afghan capital kabul on saturday. mr biden described ayman al zawahiri as having been deeply involved in the september the eleventh attacks as well as earlier attacks on us embassies in africa and the uss cole in the late nineties. zawahiri, who succeeded osama bin laden as al-qaeda chief, was on the fbi s most wanted terrorist list. this is what president biden announced a short time ago on saturday at my direction, the united states successfully concluded an airstrike in kabul, afghanistan, that killed the emir of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri. ayman al zawahiri was bin laden s leader, he was with him all the whole time, he was his number two man and deputy at the time of the terrorist attack on 9/11. he was deeply involved in t
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: straight to a fox weather alert, at least six people including a child are dead and dozens more hurt after two tornadoes barreled through parts of tennessee, kentucky and mississippi yesterday. oh, [bleep] oh, my god. rachel: searching through the rubble for any known survivors, nashville s mayor says the city s left completely upside e down as the area is suffering from extensive damage. pete: residents are waking up in the dark this morning as tens of thousands of people are without power, more than 40,000 without electricity in tennessee alone. let s turn now to our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: yeah, so pretty dynamic situation yesterday, we ll tell you we had forecast storms, but i think even we didn t see this coming to be this significant like what we saw yesterday. right now 23 reports of tornadoes from this storm. that ll whittle down a little bit once they get out and do some of t
countries. experts saying the risk of the recession of 2012 is all too real. nasa found a new planet, a so-called goldilocks planet. and good morning to you. this is your a.m. wake-up call for tuesday, december 6th from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. the pressure is on in the euro-zone. standard & poor s has threatened to downgrade the credit rating of 15 nations in the european union including france and germany. the agency says it will announce any rating changes as soon as possible following this week s summit. oil giant bp filed a lawsuit against hall by burton during last we re deadly reexplosion in the gulf of mexico. bp saying halliburton destroyed key evidence that pointed to problems with its cement slurry. millions of gallons of oil spilled into the gulf. this is what it looks like in new mexico this morning. yes, that is snow. a wintry storm slammed into the state yesterday. some areas could get