Nationalgi anthem. All of you who are able to, please rise. [inaudible] [inaudible] present arms. Oh, say, can you see, by the dawns early light what so proudly we haild at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watchd, were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [applause] [applause] please join me in thanking the air force tc honor guard for that very special presentation in tribute to our nation. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, i am the events director for the Richard Nixon foundation and its a pleasure to have you all here tonight. Thursday of last week marked the 75th anniversary of operation overlord, the largest sea, land invasion in history and the turning point of world war ii. A day remembered as dday. At
Streets of haiti, civilian scramble for food, and most of those games. Typing the grant from the capital. The senegalese deposition leader austins uncle has been released from jail supposed to been gathering that song, cause how signed and other parts of the capital cost to celebrate his release. A president ial candidate backs by the opposition is also being freed. That release comes just ahead of the president ial election, which is scheduled for march 24th and it goes how it costs more from the car getting bigger people the delay the election orders. 2 victory sunk, who presents for the entire nation . Look what is happening around the you the, the one change. We want some clean power in prison. He was arrested for charges and is arrest motivated to eliminate him from the president ial election. And so heres liberation is seen as the moment legally, many people here the 1st time voters and that see in the office as a leader. But its also a real break from president s marketing. So a
and good evening to you and welcome to ayman tonight. we are following two major breaking news stories. the u.s. military has shot down that suspected chinese five a loon. and at a democratic national committee has voted to officially shake up the presidential primary calendar. then, trump legal trouble. one former associate might be flipping on his old boss. and making history. three black state attorneys general will join me to discuss their historic elections. police reform, and finding republican policies. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. let s kick off this hour with some breaking news. as we mentioned, the u.s. military has shut down that suspected chinese surveillance balloon off the carolina coast on orders from president biden. at about 2:40 pm eastern and f 22 fighter jet fired a missile at that balloon, puncturing it, while it was about six nautical miles off the coast near myrtle beach, south carolina. president biden said this right after the balloon was
underway to gather debris of the balloon. and that debris is estimated to roughly the size of two school buses. here s what president biden told reporters about the operation last hour. on wednesday, when i was briefed on the balloon, i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down. on wednesday, as soon as possible. they decided it might do damage on the ground. they decided that the best time was when it was over water. so that has been our limit. they successfully took it down. and i want to compliment our aviators who did it. and we will have more to report on this a little later. thank you. what is your message to china? i told him to shoot it down. on wednesday. yes, they said to me, let s wait for it to be now beijing is claiming that it is a weather research balloon. that we have seen floating over the united states. and beijing expressed regret that it accidentally drifted into u.s. airspace. but the pentagon and the secretary of state anthony blinken say that
Here on bbc news, the travel show looks back at its best stories from around the globe in 2017. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. More than 70 firefighters have been tackling a blaze this morning at london zoo. The fire reportedly broke out in a cafe and shop near to the petting area. These are the pictures as we received them from a viewer first thing this morning, at about 6am when it is dark. Quite a significant fire, at least at that part of the zoo. Fire, at least at that part of the zoo. Fire engines are attending the blaze. 70 firefighters. There are no reports of any injuries and the fire is now under control. Bad news, though, im afraid for those hoping to go to the zoo, it will be closed today. At least until further notice. This is what london zoo had to save themselves we will hopefully talk to Jane Frances Kelly outside london zoo at the moment. She is monitoring the fire and following developments. We will catch up with her later. The good news is, london fire brigade