there are americans in sudan who want to leave but are they stuck? the lead starts right now. as the violence erupts in sudan, the u.s. and other nations evacuate their embassies, but what about other americans on the ground? ahead, i ll speak with a top house republican about the biden administration s response so far. plus, fired then hired. a kentucky sheriff s office explains why it hired the cop who killed brianna taylor. that cop s attorney is speaking out to cnn. and planes on fire, others hit by birds. what is going on with the airline industry? transportation secretary pete buttigieg is here. we have a lot of questions for him. welcome to the lead i m pamela brown in for jake taper, and we start today with our world lead. the white house says it is actively working to get americans out of sudan as a bloody conflict between two rivals turns even deadlier. they are using intelligence and surveillance tools to help national convoys of cars get to the port in sudan w
policies. bragg s investigation of alleged financial crimes. we will talk live with chairman jordan shortly on this program. first, correspondent david spunt has our top story tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, quite a rare moment to see such a public fight between a local district attorney and the chairman of the house judiciary committee. this all spilled out just hours ago in a federal lawsuit filed in the southern district of new york in federal court. now, alvin bragg, of course, the district attorney in manhattan, he made history last week by indicting the former president, donald trump, on 34 felony counts. he says republican house judiciary chairman jim jordan needs to stay in his own lane and stay out of the donald trump prosecution. bret, the lawsuit is aimed at strong former assistant district attorney mark pomerantz from complying with the house judiciary committee subpoena to spill the beans on the inner workings of the office and
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. let s just bring you an update from the us state arkansas. we have been reporting on a tornado that ripped through the state. the governor, sarah huckabee sanders, says at least two people have been killed. at least 2a others have been injured and tens of thousands have lost power. governor sanders has declared a state of emergency. arkansas is close to mississippi, which has just suffered its own tornado disaster. our reporter shelley phelps has more. oh, my god! it s coming our way, y all! ripping away building tops, uprooting trees and flipping over vehicles, the catastrophic tornado started moving through little rock on friday afternoon. this was the moment a weather presenter spotted it while live on air, giving warnings to locals. here it is and could be a strong tornado, ef2 or stronger. this is exactly what we didn t want to happen today. over reservoir road at this time. over reservoir road. we re gonna k
enjoy hearing, their whole way of life. australian authorities warn people about rising flood waters after days of rain in new south wales. and we catch up with the crowds who turned up at london s trafalgar square to celebrate the festival of lights. welcome to the programme. president vladamir putin has said there can be no doubt that saturday s explosion that damaged the only bridge to the occupied crimean peninsula was conceived and carried out by ukraine s intelligence services. he called it an act of terror. meanwhile, rescue teams in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia have been searching for survivors in the ruins of residential buildings that were destroyed by russian missile strikes overnight. paul adams reports from kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escalation looks like. a gaping hole, where once there were homes. rescue workers searching for the dead and the living. moments after the blast, in the middle of the night, stunned, furious reactions. they destro
in the mid term elections. will sign a law codifying roe in january. together, will sign a law codifying roe injanuary. together, let s remember who we are. we are the united states of america, there is nothing beyond our capacity. fears for the safety of an iranian athlete, who took part in a climbing competition, without a hijab. and, as the bbc celebrates its 100th anniversary, we look ahead at the challenges it faces. hello and welcome to the programe. in taiwan a retired military commander has told the bbc the island would be unable resist the use of force by an increasingly assertive china. it follows a warning by the us secretary of state, anthony blinken that beijing is pursuing unification on a much faster timeline than previously thought. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has been to front line taiwanese island ofjinmen, just a few kilometres off the chinese coast, to assess the growing threat. assignment is so close to china it used to blast propaganda from