indication yet that investigators remain skeptical that trump has been fully cooperative in their efforts to recover documents the former president was supposed to have turned over to the national archives at the end of his term. here s how team trump responded to brat according to the new york times reporting. the outreach from the department prompted a rift among trump s lawyers about how to respond, one camp counseling a cooperative approach that would include bringing in an outside firm to conduct a further search for documents. and another camp advising trump to maintain a more combative posture. the more combative camp, the people briefed on the matter said, won out. to put all this in perspective. after months of pleading by the national archives, a subpoena from the department of justice back in may, a court-approved search of president trump s private golf club and residents which yielded 11,000 government documents, all in all, a process that has now gone on for m
wall street journal editorial page talking about how even by donald trump standards this was dangerous, violent rhetoric. we ll have the latest on that in light of everything that s going on. cpac tweets out russian propaganda, and then backtracks claiming the post was not authorized. we ll tell you what the conservative group is saying now and a lot of news in the sports world but we re going to begin this morning in florida where historic rescue and relief efforts are underway, five days after hurricane ian battered the state and left massive devastation in its wake. the u.s. death toll is now at 87 people according to an nbc news tally. first responders are searching the hardest hit areas for survivors. florida governor ron desantis says more than 1,000 rescues have been made across the state since the storm hit. fema officials say this is the largest search and rescue effort they have ever launched in florida and that u.s. federal response is likely to be unprecedente
an amber weather warning. drivers at eight rail companies have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, but scotrail drivers accept an improved pay offer of 5%. the president of sri lanka says he will resign after thousands of demonstrators stormed his official residence in protest at the state of the economy. and still to come, we ll be looking at england and northern ireland s chances ahead of both their euro fixtures tonight. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson says in his final few weeks as prime minister, he s determined to deliver what he promised when elected in 2019. in his first public appearance since resigning as conservative leader, he also said he wouldn t want to damage any of his colleagues s chances of getting his job by offering them his support. colleagues chances of getting his job by offering them his support. conservative mps will meet later to draw up the timetable and rules to replace him as the next party leader and prime minister. ro
Its tuesday, october the 24th. Our main story. Two israeli women, who were taken from their homes more than two weeks ago, have been released from captivity. Yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were among more than 200 people abducted by hamas fighters in the attacks of october 7th, and brought to gaza. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. The women, whose husbands are still being held, were handed over at the rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt at around 10 oclock local time last night. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the details. Freed after more than two weeks in captivity. In a video released by hamas, nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz were handed over to representatives of the International Committee of the red cross. Not before 85 year old Yocheved Lifshitz turns to a masked hamas gunman, shakes his hand and says, shalom, hebrew for peace. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Group by many weste
Of a global pandemic. Carrico and wiseman were both professors at the university of pennsylvania. Executive Vice President of U Penn School of medicine said it has charned the world and indeed it has. Thanks for being with us. Id love to. The lead with jake tapper starts right now. Today donald trump called the judge overseeing his fraud case a trump hater. Im not sure that was a smart move. The lead starts rielg now. With millions of dollars on the line, and his future businesses in new york at stake, donald trump shows up for day one of His Civil Fraud Trial Blasting not only prosecutors, but insulting the very judge who will decide how much trump must pay in a case where hes already been found liable for fraud. And as trump pleads his case, here comes some shocking comments and a new warning from one of his former longest serving white house officials. This official going on the record setting the record straight only on the lead. Exclusively confirming a number of very damning deta