also this lunchtime: president biden accuses donald trump and his supporters of threatening us democracy and the american way of life. the assassination attempt that failed a would be killer points a loaded gun at the head of argentina s vice president, but the weapon jams. and the animals moved out two by two after 186 years, bristol zoo is closing. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: england have named their squad for the t20 world cup. butjason roy has paid the price for a poor summer with the bat he won t be going to australia. good afternoon. it is very nearly over voting in the conservative party leadership contest ends this afternoon. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with e
mississippi are told to close their mouths and they have a shower after floods contaminate the water supply. coming up later in the hour, they start in the forgiven, find out what mark thinks of that and the rest of the week s big releases in the film review at 545. hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, the conservative party leadership contest has come to an end. on monday, the country will know who will takeover as prime minister rishi sunak or liz truss. it s been an often bitter contest, lasting almost two months. whoever wins, faces an agenda that includes a cost of living crisis and soaring energy bills. our political correspondent helen catt reports. good evening, thank you. it s fantastic to be here. for weeks, liz truss and rishi sunak have toured the country. good evening, it s fantastic to be here. here in darlington. it s fantastic to be here. here, in eastbourne. gosh, it s fantastic to be here. in birmingham. racking up miles, and, they hope, v
maybe they can gather what made him leave. was he out of ammunition and was there some other factor at play. in some of these situations, sometimes the weapon jams. we don t know what his knowledge is of this weapon. we ve heard where the shooter s weapon jams and that could have happened here. these numbers that the sheriff gave, 12 people in the building were shot, 2 outside, 1 on the street and 2 in the hospital. it s going to be interesting to find out was this contained to one area or did he go around the school firing weapons. it would seem by these numbers that it s probably contained to one area. this number keeps growing. we have no indication that eait going to stay at 17. yowe ll learn details as the come out but something you said earlier about the idea of the fire alarm.
between the white house, and the local cops, we re in a dangerous situation today. hmm. thanks for your insight. steve, evy, michael, good to see you all. now, there s some headlines. a tulane university medical student is shot when he tries to save a woman under attack in new orleans. this surveillance video shows peter gold being shot in the stomach after he approached the crook on the street. the gunman tries to shoot a second time but his weapon jams. the suspect got away with the woman s purse. she s okay. gold is in the hospital but he s expected to be okay. five people, meanwhile, including a police officer when a skyscraper burst into flames. you can see the 50th floor of the famed john hancock center. officials say the blaze started in the bedroom of a residential unit. one officer suffered smoke inhalation. four others hospitaled. cause under investigation. three teens waking up behind bars after gunfire sent people into a panic outside a high school football game i
hurt on the raid on osama bin laden s compound. what s going on? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com as they should be, republicans are ecstatic over their victory in wisconsin where republican governor scott walker empress ofly survived a recall vote. democrats are on the defensive and president obama is taking heat for not going wisconsin to help his fellow democrats. what does all of this mean for november? let s go live to dana bash. she s in milwaukee right now and working on the fallout. dana, there s a lot of fallout. reporter: there sure is. the democratic chairwoman, debbie wasserman schultz told our candy crowley that it would be, quote, a dry run for democrats in november. if that s the case, the president is in trouble in wisconsin and the re-election prospects could be in jeopardy. the results here are far from clear cut when it comes to the presidential race. the energy in scott walker s victory hall was pa