a man has been arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. and cameron norrie, the last brit standing at wimbledon, is trying to reach his first ever semifinal, battling belgian david goffin. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the cabinet office minister, michael ellis, has confirmed that borisjohnson was aware of a complaint about alleged inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher before appointing him deputy chief whip, but had forgotten he was told about it. lord mcdonald, the former top civil servant in the foreign office, said downing street had not told the truth when it said the prime minister was not aware of any formal complaints. labour s deputy leader,
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obtained legally, according to the mayor of highland. whether it s buffalo, new york, uvalde, texas, whether it s highland park, illinois, this is unbelievable to me that this is an acceptable part of who we are as a nation. in philadelphia last night, more americans running for their lives during another shooting at a skrul 4th celebration. a concert near the city s iconic art museum. two police officers were injured and another mayor then speaking out about gun violence in center city. we re the most armed country in world history, and we are one of the least safest. until americans decide that they want to give up the guns and give up the opportunity to get guns, we re going to have this problem. joining me now from highland park, illinois, shaquille brewster and with me nbc s ken dilanian. shaq, what s the latest as we are awaiting this press conference, which is expected in about 10 or 15 minutes? reporter: that s right, andrea. it will begin any minute now. th
And author of soul of america and from vanderbilt university, jon meacham is here. Hes an nbc and msnbc contributor. All along with willie and me and joe is back on monday. Were going to begin this monday with another unfortunate milestone as the u. S. Overtakes china as the country with the most number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The u. S. Has more than 85,000 cases with more than 17,000 reported in the last 24 hours. As the country sets records for new cases just about every day. President trump continues his push for guidelines on selfdistancing to be relaxed. The administration is planning to identify certain counties by risk level, high, medium or low. Hoping that some parts of the country can get back to work sooner than others. Meanwhile, members of the house are racing back to washington right now to vote on that massive economic rescue package today. Leaders had hoped to pass it by voice vote but feared at least one member Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey would dem
We feel the pane today but we go forward towing and we go forward stronger than ever. Were not going to let them win and if we change our lives, we contort ourselves to them then they win and we lose. The goto terror tacking the weve seen in london, berlin, barcelona and nice has now come to new york city. Eight people dead, 11 injured, after people said a man drove a truck along a bike path leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. Police say he then jumped out of the vehicle and in the shadow of the World Trade Center he screamed allah akbar. This video then shows the suspect running through traffic with something in his hand. Police say he was armed with a pellet gun and paintball gun. He was eventually approached by the officer and shot in the stomach. You see a photo of the suspect being detained. Good morning, its wednesday, november 1st. Willie geist is on scene in Lower Manhattan. On set we have msnpc contributor mike barnical, former special agent clint watts, Washington Bur