a tragedy waiting to happen. jon donnison, bbc news. our correspondent simonjones is in dover. good morning. it has been a very harrowing 2a hours. we know the politicians are talking, tell us a little bit more about what we know about what is happening on the ground. it about what is happening on the round. ., about what is happening on the i round. ”i ,., ., , about what is happening on the iround. ”i ,., ., , , about what is happening on the round. ., , , ., , ground. it may potentially be a bit wind for ground. it may potentially be a bit windy for crossings ground. it may potentially be a bit windy for crossings today, - ground. it may potentially be a bit windy for crossings today, but - ground. it may potentially be a bit| windy for crossings today, but over the past few weeks, it s thought up to ten people have lost their lives out there in the channel before yesterday plasma tragedy. that did not stop hundreds of people attempting the crossing yesterday. we know that man
be fairly assessed. in calais last night, people demanding refugees be better treated held a vigil for those who died. after a year of record numbers crossing the channel, people on all sides of the argument have warned this was a tragedy waiting to happen. jon donnison, bbc news. reset mac many questions remain urgently prevent the content of life and to deter people from making those
security consultant. he said this was tragedy waiting to happen. i m afraid that this was something that was going to occur if we could not fix this problem of cross channel migrants. it is something that has been escalating for some time now, and these waters come in particularly if the year draws on, are increasingly dangerous. these vessels are not seaworthy. they are being run by the human smugglers. they are overloaded, and they do not carry life saving equipment. i m afraid this was a tragedy waiting to happen. we must find a way of stopping these boats or i m afraid more will drown. we need to do is work with the french government collaboratively on a joint mission to save lives. now that is what we are both obliged to do under the un convention of the law of the sea. we are obliged to say people who are in peril on international waters.
reckless, especially if you re using a firearm that is capable of taking live ammunition, in this case it seems like it was an old cowboy style gun to kind of relate to something familiar to people. so it was an old style revolver that would fit in the period that this movie was supposed to be covering. but a lot of times the firearms have special reducers in the barrel or they can t actually accept live ammunition. they can only accept blanks, for instance. that apparently was not the case with this particular firearm, which means that trying to mix live ammunition with the blank ammunition that would otherwise go if the gun is just really a tragedy waiting to happen. eric: it is such a tragedy, so unnecessary, so you avoidable if it would seem professional restraints and guidelines were followed here. another point, remember brandon lee was tragically killed by a .44 slug back in 1993.
cross the bridge every day. this is a tragedy waiting to happen. dan lives nearby, and says the state has been promising to repair it for two years. not so much this bridge, it s what it represents across the state. we don t invest in infrastructure. people here know about it, they re angry about it. reporter: neighboring pennsylvania increased taxes and fees which helped cut the number of structurally deficient bridges in half. there s some deterioration here. it s still a constant fight to keep bridges in shape. if we don t have any additional revenues, the be at to stay ahead of the curve, so to speak, we re going to lose that in a few years. reporter: a rough road ahead, one that will cost billions to fix. there has been bipartisan support for infrastructure, you also have the president who says he wants to make a deal, and that he d be good at making an infrastructure deal.