thanks forjoining us on the programme. lots to get through but we start with football on a busy night of action around europe. in the premier league there s been two huge matches with implications at both ends of the table. manchester united moved back into the top four, after a 1 0 win over brentford at old trafford. marcus rashford with the goal in the first half. it s a victory that lifts united back above tottenham in the race for champions league places. i think we played very good foot tall, especially the first half, it s not easy against this very brentford good team. we took great chances, dominant, the first half especially. the second half it was better but we saw what i missed on the sunday, determined, passion and desire, and we draw it over the line. and manchester united are level on points with newcastle who stay third but improved their goal difference even further with a 5 1 demolition of west ham at the london stadium. callum wilson and joelinton
should happen now it should get dismissed. we re not going to stop on this nothing s changed. we believe he s overstepped. two top republicans in the house are promising to investigate the manhattan district attorney following the indictment of donald trump that comes as the former president is escalating his attacks on social media which now include a call to defund federal law enforcement. meanwhile mike pence will soon have to testify before a federal grand jury in one of the cases tied to trump. we ll tell you which one and why the former vice president appears finally ready to talk. plus the gop controlled statehouse in tennessee could take historic action today against three democratic lawmakers. we ll explain the controversy connected to calls for new gun legislation. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 6th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin today with the fallout from this week s historic arra
obviously, tensions are already high between the two nations over involvement in ukraine. senior correspondent mike tobin is in kyiv tonight with the latest on this. good evening, mike. good evening, bret. a brazen violation of international law. that s the way the state department describes this contact between a u.s. drone and two russian fighter jets that ended with the u.s. drone being ditched in the black sea. the pentagon says for a half hour this morning two russian su-27 fighter jets harassed a u.s. mq 9 reaper drone in international fuel space. dumped fuel on it and pass sod close struck one of the propellers dropping it down into the southwest of crimea. this is the first contact of this sort since the height of the cold war. this incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional. russian defense ministry denies that the jet impacted the u.s. drone and says the drone was headed in the direction of russia with its transpo
we ll today, ashleigh. good morning, you know, over the weekend, the government also shut down new york signature bank, so this action will apply to those customers as well. even uninsured depositors have been given the guarantee that their money will be returned in a joint statement by the treasury. federal reserve at f d. i c reads quote, depositors will have access to all of their money starting monday, march 13th no losses associated with the resolution of silicon valley bank will be worn by the taxpayer, the president said. that more will come today. president over the crisis. what s that? , access to all of their money starting monday march 13, what is that? we are expecting to hear from the president at 8:00 and all of this emergency action was a ripple effect. and also protect the payroll for companies with svp. may need recognize like fitbit , there is no consequences to their actions. treasury secretary janet yellen said a bank by little else was never on the
and it was just such an awful thing to say. she would never have said it to anybody else who was married. so why did she say that to me? just because i was unmarried. russian missiles have struck civilian buildings in central ukraine, killing at least 23 people including four year old liza dmitrieva pressure on nhs emergency services or at an all time high. and europe continues to struggle with rising temperatures hundreds evacuate from their homes in spain as wildfires spread. good morning. our top story this morning thousands of rail workers will go on strike again in the coming weeks. in addition to a day of strike action on the 27thjuly, the rmt union has announced its members will strike on thursday the 18th and saturday the 20th august in their ongoing row over pay, jobs and conditions. yesterday, the aslef union also said train drivers at eight rail companies would stage a walk out on saturday 30th july. sharon graham, the general secretary of unite union is warnin