Im Peter Alexander here in for Andrea Mitchell. We are following that Breaking News from georgia where we are monitoring an incident. Its 40 miles outside of atlanta. As you just heard, the Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is directing all available resources to that Schools Campus right now. You can see the pictures we are getting. The Chopper View from above. A lot of Police Presence and other Emergency Vehicles on scene right now. We want to get to nbc News Correspondent Anne Thompson joining us alongside Jim Kavanaugh and former Fbi Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi right now. Anne, acknowledging we are learning little bits of information, trying to get a better understanding, whats the best information you have been able to gather at this point . Reporter right now, we know that the High School has about 1,900 students. They are from grades 9 through 12. We have seen many of them come out of that building, the building is said to be on a hard lockdown. The governor put out this statem
Believes that when it comes to raising kids, the schools are better than the parents. Ashley strohmier is live in the New York City news room with some very strong reaction on this. Good evening. Reporter in a blistering statement Virginia Governors Office charged a Northern Virginia School System perpetuating a foles notion, for a child. This is because Fairfax County schools say they will define a new State Guidelines that require students to participate in activities consistent with their gender at birth. That means School Officials will also not follow guidelines that require official to inform parents if their child asks to change the name, or their gender identification. They will also allow students to play on sports teams in new facilities they believe best match with their socalled gender expression. School districts have a legal obligation to provide a Safe Learning environment that is inclusive of all students. And the 2023 model policies are fundamentally in tension with th
So, this is radio drama studio. Hello, im john wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, a radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures about the influences and inspirations that have fired their artistic imagination. My guest in this episode is sir kenneth branagh. A huge talent, a star of stage and screen for more than four decades now. Hes an actor, director, writer and film maker whose credits range from hamlet to tenet, from henry v to thor. We spoke in the very atmospheric radio drama studio of bbc broadcasting house. Ken, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. A show about cultural inspiration, cultural influences. What is your earliest cultural memory, do you think . Something that had a big impact . I think, early doors, i can remember Winston Churchills funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. The World Cup Final of 1966, where the nation stopped, and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtat
Near the border with afghanistan. Our pakistan correspondent, Caroline Davies has the latest, from the capital, islamabad. A Sunday Afternoon Political Rally by one of pakistans biggest religious parties, Jamiat Ulema E Islam. Hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. Emraan was one of the rally s organisers on stage at the time it happened. His ears are still ringing from the blast. What do you remember after the explosion . Translation it was all injured people around, l all dead bodies and flesh. It was like doomsday. Local people tried to help. There were not enough ambulances so people were taking their own cars. He says several people around him died. He isnt sure why he survived. These pictures show some of the chaos. Stretchered or carried by any hands that could offer help. The District Hospital declared a Health Emergency and a call was put out for blood donations. As the wards filled up some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar. The Death Toll Rose qui
Jamiat ulema e islam. Hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. Emraan was one of the rally s organisers on stage at the time it happened. His ears are still ringing from the blast. What do you remember after the explosion . Translation it was all inured people around, all dead h bodies and flesh. It was like doomsday. Local people tried to help. There were not enough ambulances so people were taking their own cars. He says several people around him died. He isnt sure why he survived. These pictures show some of the chaos. Stretchered or carried by any hands that could offer help. The District Hospital declared a Health Emergency and a call was put out for blood donations. As the wards filled up, some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar. The Death Toll Rose quickly. Police have said that they have struggled to identify all of the dead. Among those named is a local political leader. Pakistans Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack. There has been an i