hello. we start in sudan where a ceasefire is just about holding. hundreds of foreign nationals are being evacuated. the ministry of defence in london released these images from a royal air force air base in cyprus of british soldiers preparing to fly to khartoum. these picture from khartoum, we are getting reports of gun fire being heard. but the sudanese army said it would respect the ceasefire. thousands have already left the country on flights and on boats or by road. the un said it is bracing up by road. the un said it is bracing up for 270,000 people to flee to neighbouring chad to the west and south sudan. at least five aid workers have been killed since the fighting broke out. here is our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. these are the first images of the evacuation beginning, british forces gathering in cyprus, ready to fly out to sudan. planes that will luck may return full of british nationals who have been trapped by the fighting for days. this was khartoum
we ll analyze his budget and then we ll get to work on our budget. but unfortunately with the president being so far delayed, delays others in the process. speaker kevin mccarthy doesn t have a budget proposal ready, and according to him it s president biden s fault. this comes as the president is breaking with tradition and hitting the road to unveil his spending plan. also ahead, the ceo of norfolk southern will be on capitol hill today to testify before a senate panel. we ll have a preview of that hearing. plus we re going to get a live update from ukraine following a string of deadly missile strikes overnight. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 9th. thanks for starting your day with us. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has been hospitalized after falling at a washington, d.c. hotel last night. according fooa spokesperson mcconnell who is 81 years old tripped during a private dinner. he was admitted to the hospital where he s
and south american nationals trying to reach the united states. dozens of people were also injured in the incident. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. on the face of it, russia s war on ukraine has galvanised a strong and united european response sanctions on moscow, weapons supplies to kyiv and a readiness to host millions of ukrainians fleeing the war. but scratch the surface and there are significant variations. romania is notably reticent about the scale of its aid to ukraine. why? my guest is romania s foreign minister, bogdan aurescu. is his country ambivalent about confronting russia? foreign minister bogdan aurescu, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. how destabilising has russia s war on ukraine been to your country, romania 7 as you know, romania is the nato and eu member state with the longest border with ukraine, and we have been, since the very day one of the war of aggression of russia aga
as the continuity candidate, but, in the end, onlyjust beat his nearest rival kate forbes by four percentage points. now on bbc news it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. on the face of it, russia s war on ukraine has galvanised a strong and united european response sanctions on moscow, weapons supplies to kyiv and a readiness to host millions of ukrainians fleeing the war. but scratch the surface and there are significant variations. romania is notably reticent about the scale of its aid to ukraine. why? my guest is romania s foreign minister, bogdan aurescu. is his country ambivalent about confronting russia? foreign minister bogdan aurescu, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. how destabilising has russia s war on ukraine been to your country, romania 7 as you know, romania is the nato and eu member state with the longest border with ukraine, and we have been, since the very day one of the war of
i ll speak to kentucky governor. welcome to the viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with exclusive new reporting. multiple sources are telling cnn the top watchdog over department of homeland security learned about missing u.s. secret service text messages months earlier than previously known. let s get to ryan nobles. what are you learning about the missing texts? reporter: the timeline outlined by the inspector general of the department of homeland security just doesn t match up with exactly how it played out. that according to reporting. according to the reporters learned is that he was notified as early as may of 2021, a couple months after the text mebsz ands were deleted and did not inform members of the january 6 select committee and the other oversight committees. this raises serious questions about the timeline of events and when he took action to try to retrieve the messages.