Welcome to bbc News Broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. We start in the us where four people have been killed and nine others injured in a shooting at a school in georgia, 50 Miles North east of atlanta. Police have named a M Year old Colt Gray as being the suspect of killing two of his fellow students, and two teachers, at apalachee high school. One eyewitness who lives across from the school described what he saw. Crazy, like it, it looked like. I didnt really pay attention at first, i was like those sound like they were at school, and i look over and the alarm started going off. The School Alarms and people were going out around the school. Like, they were doing like the drill, the fire drill stuff. I knew something was seriously wrong then. You dont hear about that happening. You hear about it happening all around the world, but it shows that it can happen anywhere, you know . The local sheriff, jud smith, spoke at a News Conference earlier about how the inciden
Leader Chuck Schumer asked Mitch Mcconnell for there to be additional witnesses called in a senate trial. John bolton, mick mulvaney. Mitch mcconnell has just responded and said that is not going to happen. Democrats not going to like that response. Meanwhile, we are also getting new words from nancy pelosi about who will lead the prosecution process from the house of representatives in the senate trial. Once the houseboats to impeach president trump, there will be a handful of impeachment officials from the house who will make their case in the senate. That willlosi said not come until the next day or so. All indications are pointing toward House Committee chairman adam schiff and House Committee tworman jerry nadler, familiar faces with this process. Kevin thanks so much to kevin cirilli. Now we turn to edward evans in london. We heard Prime Minister johnson once a brexit no matter what year. Edward so much so he has changed the law so that the transition period of that will apply af
Later, David Mcintosh joins us to discuss his organizations strategy for campaign 2020. Trump during the impeachment inquiry. Host what was last year an anonymous New York Times oped by a purported white house senior staffer is now a fullfledged book just published, the author citing further concern, alarm, and consternation about President Trumps term in office saying he deserves to be fired. We start with excerpts from the Washington Post article and what they are publishing today. Democrats, use 2027488000. Epublicans, it is 2027488001 and independents, 2027488002. You can send us a text, make sure you put your name and where you are texting from. That is 2027488003. On twitter, we are cspanwj. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. The article in the Washington Post, washingtonpost. Com where you can read it for yourself. The headline book by anonymous, describes trump as cruel, inapt, and a danger to the nation. Trump Administration Officials masseered resigning en last year, but rejec
Director of the Mexico Institute at the wilson center, here with us to talk about the u. S. Efforts, the mexican efforts to fight the drug cartels and this is also a followup to the horrible attack earlier this week in mexico of u. S. Citizens, members of the latterday saints sect that lives there. What does this is just about the cartels in that area of mexico . Guest good morning. In addition to recognizing the recognizee have to that this is a story that has repeated time and time again, week after week in mexico. Very few of the stories receive this kind of coverage, but there are communities across the country that face this kind of threat, this kind of violence from drug cartels. That particular part of mexico, in chihuahua, son othera, between the border of the two states, its clear the organized crime groups have the upper hand of the local authorities and the federal government has not been able to deploy sufficient force to dissuade them from engaging in this kind of action.
Saying the move doesnt mean the u. S. Is backing away from its commitment to finding a political solution to decades of war a negotiated political settlement among afghans is the best path to achieving this outcome. Until there is accomplished we will continue to pursue an aggressive military campaign against the taliban and terrorist groups that continue to conduct violence against the people of afghanistan also in kabul on monday to meet afghan leaders a u. S. Congressional delegation led by House Speaker nancy pelosi reducing the number of foreign troops in afghanistan was the focal point of the recent talks between the u. S. And the taliban but those talks failed after President Trump playing the taliban for a surge in violence. And there has been an increase in attacks in recent months mainly from the town of on and are still linked groups adding more pressure on local Security Forces afghans are also waiting to find out who. One last months general election the results have been