and teachers unions today to avoid wednesday s planned strike in england and wales. and images captured by drone cameras to help monitor deer populations in england. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the former british prime minster, borisjohnson, has revealed to the bbc that he felt personally threatened by vladimir putin in the run up to the invasion of ukraine last year. mrjohnson said that during a telephone conversation and after a visit to kyiv the russian president said it would only take a minute to hurt him with a missile. the claim comes in a new bbc documentary about mr putin s leadership. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. kyiv, last february a city on the brink of war. borisjohnson arrives in a show of support for a president, who is yet to replace his suit and tie with army fatigues. alongside other countries, we are also preparing a package of sanctions and other measures. the prime minister publicly urg
ice, wind chill alerts. plus, the january 6th committee just released the final report recommending donald trump be barred from ever holding office again. and for the first time in public, vladimir putin says what the world has known all along, he s wagging war on ukraine. it is friday. welcome to our viewers in the you states and around the world. i m christine romans. let s begin with this. a christmas gut punch from mother nature as a once in a generation storm blasts across the country with the worst yet to come. more than half the u.s. population is under some kind of weather alert. from florida west to washington state. more than 200 million people are under wind chill alerts. more than 80 million under winter weather alerts. more than 40 million other bracing for high winds. needles to say it is a mess for holiday travelers. thousands of flights were canceled thursday. nearly 2700 flights already canceled today with hundreds more delayed. and look at power outage
for the victims of the deadly mass shooting at robb elementary school. they also met with families as well as community and faith leaders. in the meantime the u.s. justice department announces it will conduct an independent review of the law enforcement response to the shooting. the d.o.j. says that review comes at the request of you alls mayor. jeff has the latest there. in this community, there very much in the beginning stages of grieving. they have come to terms with the unthinkable loss, that is a big reason why president joe biden first lady jill biden are here to comfort the city that just lost 19 kids into teachers. the president make his first stop at robb elementary school, that is the scene of the mass shooting, they were joined by a bipartisan group of politicians. that included texas governor greg abbott and uvalde s mayor. some protesters shouted at greg abbott to do something with legislation that might prevent a tragedy from occurring again. the motorcade ma
neverending tide of gun violence. the annual convention of the nra kicked off today in houston. the keynote speaker is the arguably the most president voice of the republican party, the twice-impeached ex-president. greg abbot pulled out of an in-person appearance to return to uvalde. he ll be holding a press conference there in a few minutes, but back at the nra stage there will also be a speech from senator ted cruz who recently stormed off when he was asked by a reporter why mass shootings only seemed to happen in this country. cruz s decision to appear at the nra convention just days after 19 of his youngest constituents and two other teachers were murdered, chose how the hard line stance on guns has become so deeply embedded in the gop. even as the nra is weaker than ever consumed by scandals and lawsuits. as the washington post quotes, nearly a decade ago the massacre of 20 children and six adults through the politics of gun violence into a state of suspension for a f
Today. Secretary of state Antony Blinken meeting with the chinese counterpart and then chinas Foreign Minister has a sitdown with President Biden. Were monitoring that today. First, however, want to get to this now. The center of israel and its commercial capital under attack again. A rocket fired out of gaza slamming into an Apartment Building in tel aviv. Thats where we start. Good morning, everybody. Its friday. Youve almost made it, america. Im bill hemmer. Welcome back, aishah in washington. Aishah im in for dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Lets get right to it. The u. S. Retaliating carrying out air strikes against iranianlinked sites in syria after drone and Rocket Attacks against America Forces there and iraq. Israeli tanks and troops briefly enter gaza in a second raid ahead of a larger ground invasion. Now time could be of the essence. I think it needs to be immediate. They need to understand what is going on in israel is going on in israel. You wont attack our u. S