Who shot dead 58 concert goers on sunday, and injured nearly 500, spent decades acquiring weapons and ammunition and living a secret life. At least 100 investigators are now combing through Stephen Paddocks life. They hope his girlfriend, just returned from the philippines, will shed some light. She was met by the fbi as she landed in los angeles. President trump has been in las vegas to meet victims. 0ur north america editorjon sopel has the story of the day. Its just after 10pm and the first shots have been fired. Police body cam images capture the panic that is starting to spread in the concert ground. Police are trying to identify the source of the firing. And to shepherd people to safety. Today the president and first lady arrived in las vegas to meet some of the survivors and first responders. At police headquarters, he was briefed on the investigation and then spoke to the people of las vegas and america. We cannot be defined by the evil that threatens us or the violence that in
Wages fell. Were opening up our phone lines to get your sense of the u. S. Economy. Call us and let us know what is happening in your job and with your paycheck. Is your income rising . Is it falling, staying flat in this economy . We split our phone lines up recently this morning. If you are in the eastern or central time zones 202748800. In mounted pacific, in mountain or pacific its 202 7488001. Good saturday morning to you. A few headlines on the monthly jobs report that came out yesterday morning. Here is Bloomberg Business payrolls in the u. S. Surge while wages drop in mixed jobs report. This is the Financial Times headline. Data highlights the dilemma for the fed at the next meeting over any further Interest Rates rising. A headline from the wall street journal. Job gains ease recession worry. Nnonfarm payrolls rose by 252,000. And the prior two months were revised up by 35,000 jobs. The on a plummet rate held steady at 4. 9 as more americans jump into the job market the Unempl
Hero live on the bbc. Hello and welcome. More than 338,000 people around the world have been infected with coronavirus in the past day. That is a record according to the world health organization. The worst figures in europe are from the Czech Republic. It is a small country but it now has the highest infection rate in the eu, at 327 cases per 100,000 people. Then consider the uk, which saw a Record Number of infections on thursday. The Prime Minister says that means the country is heading into a danger zone. And in germany, Officials Say they are concerned after the countrys cases rose by almost a third in one day. Four major cities in france are also going onto maximum alert, with bars and cafes closing. Andy moore reports. For pubs like this one in manchester, there might bejust a few days of trading left. They face the prospect of having to shut down as the government tries to finalise the details of new restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus in hotspots in the north and th
He says, with russian prostitutes or girls of low social responsibility, as he put it, even though he added to some amusement in the crowd, they are clearly the best in the world. It was quite a frank and quite astonishing series of remarks by Vladimir Putin, the russian president. Putin saying he doesnt know trump. Hes never met him. Hes got no reason to attack him or to defend him. But he chose this moment obviously just a few days before the inauguration of donald trump to speak out in this way. I just want to go back to, you used the word astonishing. As youre listening to Vladimir Putin saying these things, youve covered russia for a long time, whats going through your mind, matthew . Its just a really unprecedented situation. Weve got very used to the idea of an american president and a russian president at loggerheads over a whole range of issues in the modern context about nato expansion, the conflict in syria, the situation in ukraine. Were on the cusp of what could be a Pivot
I think the president called them new steps and we will be seeing them very rapidly. Well, we have many differentw options in moving forward. As you know, eric, yesterdays decision did not effect the merits at all. Were very confident, fully confident we will prevail on the merits. There is nothing that the ninth circuit did yesterday that calls in to question the president s ability under the statute and under his Constitutional Authority to keep the homeland safe, which is precisely his point. So there are a number of different steps. We can obviously go back to the district court. Some people said they can get all the way to thehe Supreme Court. He certainly always has the opportunity to put out new executive orders. But the president will make that decision in due course. I just want to make clear that the branches are equal under our constitution. D and in this case, the court seemed to supplant the president s judgment about National Security with its own. Thats not an appropriat