one lucky ticket holder in illinois wins almost $1.3 billion on the mega millions jackpot. and, england stand on the brink of women s football history, as they take on germany in the european championship final at wembley. hello and welcome to bbc news. the us state of kentucky has been hit by its worst floods for decades, killing at least 25 people. hundreds of homes and businesses have been flooded, in the east of the state, president biden declared it a major disaster. the record flooding wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in america, and the governor has warned it could take weeks to find the victims. our north america correspondent, peter bowes reports. flowing water, powerful enough to sweep away entire homes. torrential rain has wreaked havoc. some areas received more than 20 cm in a 24 hour period. swollen streams and mudslides have torn through several communities with devastating results. everything s gone. like, everything is gone. my whol
Day 14 of a criminal trial gets underway with Stormy Daniels back on the stand for day two. Were waiting to see if the former president speaks on as wide range of issues he could be looking to comment on. Well be in contact when it happens including this issue, which is significant today. You have an ultimatum for israel. President biden threatening to withhold weapons from our closest mideast ally. The backlash has been swift. Throughout his entire political career joe biden has a huge supporter of israel. Maybe not so now. Im bill hemmer. Good morning everybody. Thursday, a special day i would say. Dana good morning, im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Of course, the president held that news until after he gave his holocaust speak earlier in the week. Dana the terrorists are in rafah. The president paused a shipment of bombs and learning the white house tried to hide that decision from the public. Bill the u. S. Backing israel through thick and thin right now super thin for
Courtroom right now. We do anticipate at some point Michael Cohen will take the stand. We say that each day because we dont have the witness list but we know he is a prime one for them and it could be any moment. Or another day. A former Trump Organization executive is on stand at this moment. And we will bring you all the details as they unfold during our coverage on The Faulkner Focus all hour long. Keep a close watch on that box on your right because it has some realtime notes and things that are coming out of the courtroom for our journalists and producers. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in The Faulkner Focus. Breaking right now, Columbia University has capitulated to the mob. Theyve caved. Can you imagine paying 588,000 for four years for your kid to go to school there for four years and they cancel commencement . We still dont know what they are doing with the end of the year school tests, the finals. It is still a mystery, all of it. But today those kids will not have a Graduati
Thank you for being with us. Can i get you to comment on that story that was on the front of the times today . Is not really true, £7,900 a day for a consultant to cover Strike Activity . Is that really true . I dont know if thats true but whats more important is that our doctors feel the need to strike. They dont feel the need to strike. They dont feel they can get what they need. I think there is systematic need for change in the nhs. Change in the nhs. Weve got a government change in the nhs. Weve got a government at change in the nhs. Weve got a government at the change in the nhs. Weve got a government at the moment change in the nhs. Weve got a i government at the moment saying we need to be prudent with the pennies. And thats why they are cutting parts of the hst project. On the other hand, theyve not sat down to find a way through this for 100 days and other causes £1 billion. Its difficult to square that argument when you look at the numbers, isnt it . I when you look at the
Late news, fox news At Night Breaking tonight at Columbia University where hundreds of antisemitic protesters gathered for a fifth consecutive night jewish students who attended the Ivy League School have repeatedly said they fear for their safety and now they have been told by the university and a school rabbi to go home. Back to this in moments. The anti israel pro hamas protests are now blowing him from coasttocoast here in the west students at berkeley now establishing a Quote Free Palestine Camp in central california, protesters have taken over to University Buildings clashing with police and forcing administrators to close campus through wednesday. Students for more than two dozen high schools and colleges in Washington State also held a pro palestinian walkout. Meantime in the midwest at Northwestern University and investigation now underway about our campus protests that targeted Jewish Community centres at the University Of Michigans pro palestinian liberated zone we are told