i mean, we are, this is an opportunity. this is so important. you ve just mentioned eritrean forces and you re suggesting that if eritrean forces stay on your territory, then you may not you may not actually hand over your weapons, you may not demobilise your forces. and we know from tigrayan tv reporting and also from some officials in your own tplf organisation, they are saying just within the last few days that eritrean forces are continuing to operate on your territory, continuing, to quote one of your officials, to commit crimes, including killing, kidnapping and shelling around two areas in tigray. so if that s still happening, if the eritrean soldiers are still there fighting your forces, are you telling me this whole deal is off? i m not saying the whole deal is off. the whole deal will be off if the federal government started its part of the promise, its part of the responsibility, to not only convince the eritreans to withdraw,
on your territory, then you may not actually hand over your weapons, you may not demobilise your forces. and we know from tigrayan tv reporting and also from some officials in your own tplf organisation, they are saying just within the last few days that eritrean forces are continuing to operate on your territory, continuing, to quote one of your officials, to commit crimes, including killing, kidnapping and shelling around two areas in tigray. so if that s still happening, if the eritrean soldiers are still there fighting your forces, are you telling me this whole deal is off? i m not saying the whole deal is off. the whole deal will be off if the federal government started its part of the promise, its part of the responsibility, to not only convince the eritreans to withdraw, but also other forces which are not part of the endf, that s part of our deal. what we are saying is we are ready to lay down our arms as long as it is, because we know that peace is in the best
into account the forces arrayed against us, the eritrean forces, otherforces which are not part of the endf. and of course there are a number of issues that need to be addressed, that need to be addressed. we re not saying we are going to lay our arms down simply because there is an agreement. what we are saying is, we will lay our arms down as long as those issues are resolved and we expect them to be resolved and soon. i mean, we are, this is an opportunity. this is so important. you ve just mentioned eritrean forces and you re suggesting that if eritrean forces stay on your territory, then you may not you may not actually hand over your weapons, you may not demobilise your forces. and we know from tigrayan tv reporting and also from some officials in your own tplf organisation, they are saying just within the last few days that eritrean forces are continuing to operate on your territory, continuing, to quote one of your officials, to commit crimes, including killing, kidnapping and
and we know from tigrayan tv reporting and also from some officials in your own tplf organisation, they are saying just within the last few days that eritrean forces are continuing to operate on your territory, continuing, to quote one of your officials, to commit crimes, including killing, kidnapping and shelling around two areas in tigray. so if that s still happening, if the eritrean soldiers are still there fighting your forces, are you telling me this whole deal is off? i m not saying the whole deal is off. the whole deal will be off if the federal government started its part of the promise, its part of the responsibility, to not only convince the eritreans to withdraw, but also other forces which are not part of the endf, that s part of our deal. what we are saying is we are ready to lay down our arms as long as it is, because we know that peace is in the best interest of our people. we have more idps today than we had a year ago.
from getting sprayed by snowplows to that whacky or drunk person in the background, there are, i could tell you, countless challenges to live tv reporting in the field. but this one may be a first. a reporter in chile was telling the audience about rising crime rates when a parrot perched on his shoulder and plucked an air pod right out of his ear and flew off. we have no idea whether the correspondent ever got back his stolen property. he continued with one on his ear. hopefully for him that parrot hates his play list and brings it back. he looks pretty distraught there, doesn t he. all right. well this hour of cnn newsroom starts now. we are three days away from election day. pittsburgh, i am here to ask you to vote! it is no coincidence that we have three presidents in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. this tuesday you must vote