cause problems between the us and afghanistan, the us is under pressure after the withdrawal last summer which was so chaotic, people saying, isn t there a risk that al-qaeda and other groups will find safe haven again? well, it looks like they did find a safe haven there in terms of their leadership but it also looks as though the us was still able to strike them even from a distance without boots on the ground. we from a distance without boots on the round. ~ , ., ground. we must leave it there. but thank yom let s speak to dr afzal ashraf, international relations and security teacher at loughborough university. he also served in the raf and has written about and has written about al-qaeda s ideology. very good to have you with us. welcome to bbc news. in your view, is this the end of al-qaeda, or does it remain a dangerous threat? i think it is the end of the al-qaeda that existed during and shortly after the 9/11 era. al zawahiri is
the extremists have hijacked one political party, and that party is hijacking every part of the election system, which makes it really hard to have fair elections going forward, and it s amazing to hear people saying, biden went too far, when in fact, he didn t go far enough. he should have been talking about voter suppression earlier, more forcefully from the beginning of his presidency, so i think the georgia speech was very important, but it may have been too little, too late, and right now, what s happening is one party, the republican party, has completely radicalized against democracy while the democratic party, at least in terms of joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, are saying, we want bipartisanship. we want a return to normal when that normal doesn t exist anymore and that s why it s asymmetric warfare because republicans are going to do everything they can to make it harder to vote, to undermine democracy. if democrats don t stop them, they will be emboldened to just go further
stream 2. i m very clear on what it means to be have peace through strength and joe biden does not understand that because he s never shown strength when it comes to making decisions to protect this country. brooke: former president donald trump telling laura ingraham this never would have happened under his leadership, listen to this. people saying, why didn t this take place during our administration? it wouldn t have taken place and wouldn t have taken place rights now. it is sad for the world, for the country and very sad for a lot of people needlessly killed. carley: remains to be seen what the biden administration and congress will do to hold russia accountable, we are continuing to monitor lawmaker reaction. carley and todd. todd: thank you, bring in an
morning and they say of the 15 people who were killed by this tornado, most of them came from right here in this subdivision. that includes seven small children. the woman who lives here, la tonya webb said she was convinced she was going to die. look at what s left of her home. she was inside as the roof was being ripped away. she said she still doesn t know how she made it out alive. i watched some people die that didn t make it. and my question is why? why? i keep saying why? the aftermath, after the tornado was worse. it was so many people crying for help. and i could hear people praying. and i could hear people saying, lord, help us. and i come out without a scratch. reporter: she said she was crying tears of joy while