brazil s new president lula da silva prepares to meet his counterpart xijinping as he continues his trip in china. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers around the world. the fbi says it s arrested a suspect alleged to be linked to the leak of hundreds of highly classified us intelligence documents. jack teixeira, who s 21, is an air national guardsman, and was arrested outside his home in massachusetts. the us attorney general, merrick garland, said he was taken into custody without incident, and he d be appearing in federal court. the contents of the leaked documents, spread widely online, have been highly embarrassing for the american authorities. they lay bare security secrets, including ukrainian troop deployments against russian forces, and the extent of american spying on it s own allies. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams has more. a week after the leaks first appeared, and arrest on the suburban streets of massachusetts. with the media already naming the
press secretary did about just why this this 21 year old air national guardsman was allowed, apparently to have access to such classified material and what pentagon press secretary writer told reporters that essentially the military and trust highly classified information to people of all ages, including very young service members, essentially depends on what your job is and what you need to do that job. he gave the example of course of very young service members at leading people into combat. he said that basically it doesn t matter what your age is. it is just the job that you need to do. and so the pentagon did say, however, that they are taking steps to mitigate any potential leaks like this in the future. they are limiting the amount of information, for example, that they are disseminating widely across the u. s government. we have been told that people who were receiving these kinds of highly classified documents over the last several months have simply stopped receivin
but his administration is pushing forward with a plan that would punish home buyers who have good credit scores. sandra: force those with good credit scores to pay more for their mortgages in order to subsidize high risk borrowers. former president obama s top housing adviser that he brought on board during the financial crisis, david stevens, he is calling the move unprecedented and says the industry is in shock. he s here for an exclusive interview to explain why, and larry kudlow how it could depress the housing market even further. whistleblower allegations a game changer. you know, this is somebody in the irs at a high level who apparently is willing to come forward to tell congress during the investigation of hunter biden there was obstruction. it s another example the irs is a mess. the whistleblower ought to be heard. obstruction of justice and certainly will be pursued in congress. john: begin with the white house set to take questions as an irs special age
placed on a terrorist watch list. all of this after his family became increasingly concerned about his desire to travel to afghanistan and join the taliban. what this could all mean, particularly as he awaits charges. we re also learning more about the man arrested in connection with the brutal stabbing deaths of four idaho college students. his family underscoring his presumption of innocence in their first statement. he s set to make his first court appearance tomorrow. just ahead, we ll take a closer look at what the seals criminal complaint could tell us. let s begin with the latest in the investigation into the new year s eve machete attack here in nypd on three officers. gloria pass partlmeano joining live. and what more do we know? reporter: that is right, erica. we re learning more about trevor bicford, the 19-year-old man from maine who law enforcement tells us is believed to be behind this attack on three police officers on new year s eve as you mentioned. rig
masters of the rock era, dies suddenly at the age of 78. little relief from the rain in california as the chaos caused by deadly downpours becomes clear, there s warnings of worse weather to come. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. an investigation into the failure of the safety messaging system which led to all departing flights in the united states being grounded early on wednesday was caused by a damaged file in a database and not by a cyber attack. that s according to an investigation by the federal aviation authority. flights have been getting back to normal, but the us transport secretary said the faa must find out why backup systems did not prevent the failure. our north america correspondent, gary o donahew reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7:00am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the