Diplomatic ties with down under going south. British government publishes its plans for leaving the European Union one day after getting the green light from parliament. Good to have you with us tonight. Germanys chancellor has been in turkey on a mission to improve frayed relations with turkish president erdogan. At a joint News Conference it did not look as if the leaders made much progress in terms of defrosting relations. In the runup to the trip to turkey critics were wondering why she was going there right now. Could it be interpreted as an endorsement . At their meeting merkel didnt shy away from addressing controversial issues. We saw in the context of the attempted coup help the turkish people stood up for democracy and for the role that democracy and turkey. It is important at this time that freedom of speech be respected. Erdogan defended his plan saying it would not destroy the separation of powers as the opposition argues. There is no truth to that. We have a legislative a
The top of europes agenda. Europe and Union Leaders meeting in malta have agreed on a plan to reduce the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from libya. The eu will support libyas coast guard and step up efforts to disrupt the people smuggling rats. United we stand. That is the slogan the Eu Council President promoted ahead of the summit. Regarding the migrant crisis e. U. Leaders showed unity bypassing a 10point program to stem the flow of refugees to europe. Well train, quip, and support the libyan coast guard to stop people smugglers and increase searchandrescue operations. We will deliver economic assistance to local communities in libya to improve the situation. The deathly route across the Central Mediterranean is now the main gateway to europe with some 180,000 refugees arriving last year. Eu sources say another 350,000 are still waiting in libya for Better Weather conditions. Apart from the ongoing refugee crisis and brexit after the early departure of british Pri
The victim calls police and says the man that assaulted, raped and tried to rob me is here in this store. The dna was sent to the lab for testing a year before the results came back. I dont know why it would take so long. Its a shame they cant rush them through sooner. Investigators took a swab of the suspects dna in february last year when they picked him up on an illegal gun charge. The results from the state police lab didnt come back until january this year. During that time, prosecutors say lee attacked five of his victims. U reached out to Pennsylvania State police to find out why the wait and whats being done to improve it. Im still waiting to hear become from them. Reporting from inside the studio, rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. Right now at 6 00, pounding rain is about to slam our reg n region. Heavy downpours are headed our way that could create a mess tr your commute tomorrow. We have issued a first alert for tomorrow as the radar shows the system with heavy rain coming stra
Surprised theyve taken control of your senate. Jeff im not surprised they im surprised at the margin, they are to be commended. They ran a good campaign. They have a supermajority which weve been in that position, myself, ive been tied, majority, supermajorities and now in the minority, the dynamics are different but the issues are the same. Iowa usually has approach how to solve them. Ron this election cycle was the most bizarre, you ran a positive commercial, not going after your opponent at all, like we saw in some local races. Why did you take that approach rather than following the consultant model which is attack ad, attack ad. Jeff i believe in a positive vision and thats the first statement of we have to do Better Running our campaigns and communicating with our voters. This consultantdriven campaign framework, i dont think is positive in the long run. Ron were you shocked and i guess a lot of people were shocked at the defeat of a gentleman who many people thought kind of ran
Being shot down, riding on the ground before blowing himself up. Andattack was coordinated bloody, three separate locations hit by three suicide bombers who apparently arrived by taxi. It is the latest in the deadly bombings in turkey. Of atlanta,r georgia was waiting for a connecting flight. It really woke me up from my net nap. And then gunfire and then people started running. And we just ran this way. Connecticutrd of said that he and his wife spent three hours trapped in the airport. There was no place to go, nowhere to hide. And hearing gunfire and not being of a get out, it is a frightening feeling good feeling. There is an extra layer of security at the airport before you get into the building, but it did not stop to the attackers from getting in the terminal and blowing themselves up. One of them just over there. It was in the arrivals area, another in the entrance nearby and a third went upstairs into departures. These images showed one of the attacker inside the airport and q