this week. brand new cnn reporting reveals donald trump wants his allies to try to drown out the damning evidence, but the top republican believes americans will tune in. we are not in a situation where former president trump has expressed any sense of remorse about what happened. we are, in fact, in a situation where he continues to use even more extreme language, frankly, than the language that caused the attack. and so people must pay attention. people must watch and must understand how easily our democratic system can unravel if we don t defend it. we begin the hour with an awful all too normal weekend in america. violence and gun deaths virtually from coast to coast. this is now routine, sadly. ten mass shootings. ten mass shootings since friday. you see them on the map here in philadelphia, multiple shooters turned south street, home to bars into a scramble for survival. three were killed. in tennessee two died and 14 wounded. in south carolina a gunman turned a gra
Im Boris Sanchez in washington, d. C. Alongside Anderson Cooper in tel aviv. We begin this afternoon with the Israeli Government confirming some of the most disturbing reports that have surfaced in the wake of the hamas terrorist attacks this weekend. The Prime Ministers Office says that babies and toddlers were found decapitated in the Small Community of kfar aza. Thats the kibbutz where Israeli Defense forces say that hamas butchered civilians, though hamas denies it attacked children. The unprecedented atrocities have put months of Bitter Division within the Israeli Government on pause. They have now formed an Emergency Unity government and war cabinet and in a few hours the u. S. Secretary of state will be in israel to meet with senior officials. Anderson . Boris, here in israel 300,000 reservists have amassed near the border with gaza, signaling a possible Ground Invasion could be imminent. Overnight the first shipment of u. S. Munitions arrived here in israel, that of course to b
It is the privilege of my life, and i look forward to dedicating my future to serving the people of scotland as i have done so for so many years, and to do that as First Minister. What are your priorities for government . My overriding priority will be to work to eradicate Child Poverty in scotland. Cameras click. The formalities over, the focus has now shifted here to bute house, the official residence of the First Minister, Wherejohn Swinney is appointing his cabinet. The big change last years snp leadership contender kate forbes is back in government as deputy First Minister is back in government. It is an enormous privilege and i look forward to supporting the First Minister as he pursues the priorities of the Scottish People eradicating poverty, ensuring Economic Growth and ultimately uniting the country behind the great opportunities of our day. It all brings back memories for this man, labours jack mcconnell, now in the house of lords. So, what advice does the third First Minist
Rainfall. But indications are that temperatures will be in the low to mid 20s for most parts of the uk. Thanks, helen. Now here, at the Tory Party Conference in manchester, the government appears to have lost control of the messaging on high speed rail to manchester. Were live from the conservative Party Conference here in manchester, where ministers keep repeating, when asked what the decision is on hs2, there are spades in the ground. Have you got any idea whats happening on hs2 . Have you got any idea whats happening on h52 . Have you got any idea whats happening on h52 . Happening on hst . Jeremy has ust discovered happening on h52 . Jeremy has ust discovered a happening on h52 . Jeremy has ust discovered a stonking i happening on h52 . Jeremy has ust discovered a stonking speech. H here for the government is treasury minister Gareth Davies. Also at conference today, the former pm liz truss, whose government this time a year ago was imploding, is urging her successor to cut the hig
Is involved in such a decision. It beggers belief, really. Good morning. Its february 24th. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by election a truly historic event. They took the seat from labour by more than two thousand votes The First Time a Governing Party has won a seat from another party in a by election for 35 years. The area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. For labour, the Shadow Chancellor John Mcconnell called the result disappointing. The party did hold on to the seat of stoke on Trent Central, in the other parliamentary by election result declared overnight. Labour finished two and a half thousand votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall. In the last hour the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by elections results. After his speech, he is taking questions now. Is defeated in copeland a disaster for the labour party . Its a disappointment. Im very sad about it. We campaign to win it back,