i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. for the second time in less than a week, u.s. fighter jets have shot down an object in u.s. airspace. on friday president biden gave the order to shoot down a, quote, high altitude object hovering ten miles off the coast of alaska. of course, last saturday fighter jets shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon in the atlantic ocean after flying across the entire country. joining me to discuss the retired air force lieutenant general, the air force s first chief of intelligence, surveillance and reconnoissance. he s a fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours. he was the principal attack planner for the operation desert storm air campaign, commander of no fly operations over iraq and served on two congressional commissions focused on america s future defense strategy. these days he s the dean of aerospace studies. so what is norad s responsibility and what s the framework through which it determines a course of action? well, mich
fellows, i need 11,000 votes, give me a break. so look, all i want to do is this, i just want to find 11,780 votes. which is one more than we have. because we won the state. there s nothing wrong with saying that, you know, that you ve recalculated. no, i mean, nothing wrong with it if you want to commit a federal crime and state crime. yeah, totally fine. donald trump made that phone call just over two years ago, and he could soon face criminal charges because of it. a special grand jury in georgia sent its final report on the former president s efforts to overturn the 2020 election to a judge in fulton county. we ll take you through what is next in that probe. also ahead, the department of justice is reviewing classified documents found at a personal office for president joe biden. this discovery appears to be very different from what happened at mar-a-lago. we ll explain. plus, after hundreds i m going to ask jonathan lemire, actually. we re going to go down this
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we start this hour with breaking news teachers in england and wales will go on strike in national disputes over pay. the national education union says the ballots meet the legal thresholds for both turnout and a vote in favour of strikes. seven strike days are being announced between february 1st and 16th march. for more on this, i m joined by our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. what more do we know about this teacher strike which is going to start very soon? the teacher strike which is going to start very soon? teacher strike which is going to start very soon? the paint teachers have had, 5% start very soon? the paint teachers have had. 5% pay start very soon? the paint teachers have had, 5% pay increase - start very soon? the paint teachers l have had, 5% pay increase in england and separately in wales this year, the union says that falls far below inflation in the cost of living and everyone is seeing that. and the result
cast your ballots tomorrow. we got an inside look at the key races in the midterms. our sit down with tonight show host and author jimmy fallon. we discussed his new bilingual children s book and introduce you to its star. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the subpoena standoff. former president trump versus the january six committee. the committee s final hearing before the midterms put trump on the spot. nine members voted to demand his testimony. the next step, getting trump to actually take the stand. committee member adam kinzinger today warning that a contempt referral is not out of the question. as we are wrapping up the investigation, we are pursuing new leads and facts. we want to speak to the president. look, he s made it clear he has nothing to hide, what he says. he should come in on the day we ask him to come into. if he pushes off beyond that, we will figure out what to do next. the clock is ticking. the january six committee has just over t
we extend sincere condolences to all the victims who have been affected. ashley: ezekiel kelly was supposed to be in bars at the time of the attacks, a judge sentences him for aggravated assault in 2021. todd: he was released after 11 months and the charge was downgraded from attempted murder. brooke singman has the latest. brooke: police confirm the suspect who was at large for almost 24 hours has been caught, here is what we know so far. 19-year-old ezekiel kelly is in custody for the serial shootings, victims include 24-year-old man killed around 1 a.m., another gunned down at 4:35 p.m. at bp gas station and a woman shot one minute later on a nearby road. he documented the murders in video on facebook. kelly was arrested after wrecking the stolen getaway car at 9:28 p.m. this image captures his big smile in the cop car minutes after his arrest. we are learning more, court records show he was charged with first degree attempted murder in 2020, employment of a firearm