3 civilians dead in eastern ukraine. A City Center Apartment building as among the targets in hoc shift as brush and shelling, shakes the region. But you praying claims progress in its counter offensive in the south from him. His up the door on today we are receiving a final warning. Chile words from the view at about water and Food Shortages in somalia, where drought and conflict have combined to leave half the population facing extreme hunger. Ah. Hello, i am Claire Richardson, a very warm welcome to the show. Was truss has taken office as the u. K. A new Prime Minister as follows, the resignation of her predecessor, Boris Johnson. A trust has met with the queen who formally invited her to form a government. The new Prime Minister is immediately faced with the pressing task of strengthening the economy. As the u. K. Vases, a cost of living prices, labor unrest, and soaring Energy Prices. Earlier we spoke to our correspondent barbara vessel in london, and we asked her why the transfer
Billion each with their respective parties by election day. More recent numbers show romney outraising the president in early october. If the Washington Post endorsed president obama today even with their eyes open to the disappointment of his time in office, it says. A clear Politics Survey shows mitt romney with a 0. 9 edge. A new Associated Press poll shows at the same time mitt romney has erased president obamas support among women, the president has eliminated romneys support among men. Our first 45 minutes this morning takes a look at gender issues when it comes to voting, specifically whether your gender affects the way you vote. If you want to tell us why, you can do so on one of three lines this morning, all starting with the 202 area code that. Code. If you want to reach out to us on social media, you can send us a tweet or send us an email. Or contact us on facebook. Heres the Associated Press poll. This is from out of washington. It says joining us to talk about the details
202 5853880. Later, we will hear from republicans. President obama took his push for action in syria overseas yesterday on a threeday trip in and the Financial Times has the headline. Obama says the world has to act over syria. The g20 is on the president s agenda. That is where tension remains between him and the leader of russia. She then accused the president ofng on it evidence lying on evidence in syria. He said his credibility is not on the line. Guardian,the leaders trade threats before the summit. Tweeted a picture of the president touching down in that city ahead of the g20 meeting. There it is. The president is going to be meeting with the other g20 leaders later today. Joining us on the phone is david jackson, the White House Reporter with usa today. A series of g 20 things is on the agenda. There will be an arrival ceremony. A workinghere will be dinner. In between all of that, he will have a oneonone meeting with the japanese Prime Minister. Earlier this week, president ob
And erroll burnett. Coming in this hour. Tough new sanctions against russia. A choice that russia and president putin in particular has made. Why some now believe that russia hasnt been more isolated since the end of the cold war. Also ahead. Well the area around here seems to be completely abandoned. Right now amid all the destruction there doesnt seem knob any signs of life. A rare look inside gaza, a city devastated by weeks of the israeli air strikes. You heard a brief clip. U. S. President barak obama says its not a new cold war but a effort to make russia realize that ukraine has the right to determine its own future. And they have announced the toughest sanctions yet on russia, punishment for its support of rebel forces in Eastern Ukraine. White house correspondent reports. Reporter the u. S. With europe ratchets up the pressure on russia. The United States is imposing new sanctions in key sectors of the russian economy, energy arms and finance. Were blocking the exports of the
Protest a new york grand jurys failure to indict a Police Officer in the choke hold death of eric garner. First, we begin this hour with news that broke overnight that an american held hostage by al qaeda was killed in a failed rescue attempt in yemen. The sister of photo journalist luke somers confirmed to an nbc news partner that fbi agents have informed her of her brothers death. A top security official says the failed attempt came after al qaeda promised to present luke somers today. He was abducted 15 months ago in yemens capital city and this week the pentagon revealed it had tried to rescue him last month. Chuck hagel who was in kabul this morning says that somers and another hostage were murdered by the terrorists during the mission. He did not identify the second hostage. The group since identified that hostage as South African peer corky. It is his highest responsibility to do everything he can to protect american citizens and bring them home safely. For now were joined by ms