Good evening, welcome to bbc news. The fires which are currently ravaging the amazon rain forest in brazil are prompting the leaders of france and ireland that they wont support a major trade deal with south america unless the president of brazil does more to bring the situation under control. Campaigners have blamed Jair Bolsonaro for the spread of the fires, which are threatening a major source of the worlds oxygen. While the places which are scattered widely across the amazon, most notably in the north of brazil, are the most intense in the region for almost a decade. The issue is due to be discussed at the g7 summit this weekend in france. But bolsonaro has criticised foreign governments or interference. James robbins reports. The fires in the amazon forest continue to rage. And as more and more trees are lost, the threat to this great carbon capturing region of the world grows. Reports suggest there may be 2500 separate fires in the brazilian amazon. Farmers and loggers are being
mccallum and this is the story. president donald trump calling it a big win for democracy. the supreme court ruling he has immunity from prosecution for official acts as commander in chief but not for unofficial actions leaving it up to the lower court to decide what that means, specifically on a case-by-case basis and in this situation, in the federal election interference case. that means that the trial will very likely not happen before the november election, if it happens at all. the six conservative justices backing this ruling, the three liberals dissenting. chief justice john roberts writing this for the majority, quote, the president is not above the law but congress may not criminalize the president s conduct in carrying out the responsibilities of the executive branch under the constitution. now, justice sonia sotomayor writing, the criminal law that the must of us must abide by will not provide a backstop with fear for democracy, i dissent, she writes. one of t
She was pushed back when pressed on why this wasnt a more public process and why victims families in the caraway case were not debriefed. She said people need to be able to speak freely. The process had to be somewhat private. And this is not an investigation in the caraway case. That is going to be handled by Law Enforcement authorities. Also, a lot of focus on training in this report. The report found a lot of the focus on training is on stranger danger sex abuse, when the reality is, it is most often committed by people who know the victim. Maxwell said, you can expect that to change. Reporting live in upper marlboro, scott broom, wusa 9. Looks like theyve got a ways to go there, scott. Thank you. Arlington police are looking for a man trying to lure children into his pickup truck. Its happened four times now. So take a look at this map. This is where the man has be different intersections in the last month. Police are now asking parents and children to be on the lookout. What do we
And was approached by a guy they say was trying to rob them. The senior put up a fight. And was stabbed in the leg. He is expected to be okay. Michelle . Michelle new developments in the case of underage drinking that spilled into the front yard of a home. Montgomery county dropping more than a dozen charges against a father accused of letting teenagers drink in his home. Montgomery county reporter kevin lewis broke the story of his arrest first on 7. Now he explains why the charges are being dropped. Kevin this is the multimillion dollar bethesda mansion where police say kimiavy hosted a high school drinking party. Cops say a number of teens were boozing on the home front lawn. The youngest partygoers 15 years old. So investigators pinned 13 counts of allowing underage possession of alcohol against the owner. He faces potential of 32,000 in fines but today we learned the Montgomery County entire case against the selfdescribed entrepreneur, citing a lack of evidence. Kimiavy the state
Goldberg. Jeff, its been a long evening. What can you tell us at this hour . Jeff during a press conference tonight the Virginia State Police Announcing that nicole misen dorffs body had been found inside mittendorffs body had been found inside the vehicle. And inside the vehicle a suicide note was discovered. Investigators would not discuss any details of the know they aref the note as still gathering details. Nicole mittendorffs body was covered at 2 00 in an area of shannen dough Yeah National park, a socalled probability area. It was a mile from White Oak Canyon where her mini cooper was found and 300 yards off the trail. It was in a ver rocky deep area. Jeff the firefighter from wood bridge called in sick to work last wednesday and was then reported missing on friday after not showing up for a scheduled shift. Virginia state Police Announcing tonight that inside mittendorffs vehicle investigators discovered a suicide note. Based on the evidence that we collected the note that was