pm in history. with one of our closest allies facing a new level of political chaos on top of the worst economic disaster in a generation, what s at stake for a new prime minister? and what about britain s impact on the global economy or its support for ukraine? we ll go live to london and check on reaction here in just a minute. plus a federal judge reveals donald trump may have provided a paper trail leading to crimes of obstruction and conspiracy. coming up, the lies trump swore were true, even when his attorney, john eastman, told him that wasn t the case. and whether that could prove once and for all that the big lie was a crime. and finally, if you stopped worrying about covid, this winter could come as a rude awakening. we ll tell you about the new variants out there and whether so-called covid immunity can stop them. but we start overseas, where liz truss came into office just 44 days ago, promising to help turn the british economy around and provide relief for
Repeated thousands of times. I cant describe it, when you see peoples death. Maybe when you see one or two, it is. You can control yourself but when you see, maybe its 500 people in one street, there is a woman, a child, old people. This grainy Security Camera footage is from the moment when the floods hit and derna was changed forever. Two dams, meant to protect the city, were broken apart by the force of the water. The deluge carried everything away with it. This wave of death and destruction sealed the fate of thousands. And glimpses of the horror are still emerging. Here in derna, people began to pray for gods mercy. When the torrent passed, some were able to escape. As the rain continued to fall, they headed to the rooftops, with few understanding the scale of the unfolding catastrophe. Down below, the force of the water swept away everything in its wake. Those who could sought safety on higher ground. It is things like this that really show you the explosive power of the water th
Kirsty s back on monday. Till then, have a great weekend. Breaking news from Around The World 24 Breaking News from Around The World 2a hours a day. This is bbc news. This grainy Security Camera footage is from the moment when the floods hit and derna was changed forever. Two dams, meant to protect the city, were broken apart by the force of the water. The deluge carried everything away with it. This wave of death and destruction sealed the fate of thousands. And glimpses of the horror are still emerging. Here in derna, people began to pray for gods mercy. When the torrent passed, some were able to escape. As the rain continued to fall, they headed to the rooftops, with few understanding the scale of the unfolding catastrophe. Down below, the force of the water swept away everything in its wake. Those who could sought safety on higher ground. It is things like this that really show you the explosive power of the water that cascaded through this city. Things like cars that have been pic
World. They explode the new york time times, are seemingly racist tweets inexcusable as it claims. Are they claiming the hoax, the lawyer says this is Freedom Of Speech is that going to work. Plus the boston globe uncovers a tsa program call quiet skies that been spying on thousands of ordinary americans. Is that good post9 11 police work neighborhood, several primaries not yet old enough to vote for themself, ill ask when navigating controversial issues in our political process. First, are tweets making fun of white the people necessarily racist . And are attacks on police to be taken at face value . Those questions arose this week regarding the New York Times new hire sarah john a 30yearold technology writer
hired for their prestigious Editorial Board. Typically for a conversation like this id go to the times, today there was nothing in the Print Version for hatred of white the people, police, et cetera, et set ramp thats something i noted on twitter, which prompted somebody else to
Michael Smerconish tackles the American political and news stories of the week, offering only one kind of talking points his own. The times, by the way, standing by her hire saying they understood her twitter past and understand it for what it was. We had candid conversations with sarah as part of the thorough vetting process which included a review of her social media history. She understands this rhetoric is not acceptable at the times and we are confident she will be an important voice for the Editorial Board moving forward. Interestingly, the fact that the times already knew about her tweets is significant due to another hire in february, quinn norton. When some of miss nortons old tweets surfaced which included racial slurs and an Internet Troll which works for a neonazi website she ended stepping down that same day. In that case, it had not been aware of her tweets before it hired her. We reached out to miss jeong, but we were told she was unavailable. Go to smerconish. Com and a