When i am ingraham from washington tonight. Time for a real president. That is the focus of tonights angle. Millions of americans are suffering and more than 130 are dead in the aftermath of one of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the united states. And tragically for those affected, we never had a President Or Vice president in place and equipped to direct federal preparation nor to demand a swift response by the federal government. The victims of Hurricane Helene didnt know where to turn over the weekend. At this point, you dont see a Fema Station set up. We should have had that by now. Is that concerning . Speak up expect more and we cant get out. Laura you should expect more. Americans cant get out but Kamala Harris had no trouble getting into california and to Las Vegas to campaign over the weekend. The same with biden. He spent most of his time with rehoboth beach. Do you want to spend the weekend here in Washington Or Delaware . Come on, Will You Que . It is 90 miles from here,
17 hours. it was actually longer not that long ago. earlier today king charles and prince william took time to personally greet some of the mourners shaking hands and thanking people for waiting in line for so long to honor the queen. all this is happening as cnn learned about a major royal flub. prince harry and his wife meghan, the duchess of sussex, were invited to a reception tomorrow at buckingham palace by mistake. a royal kerfuffle. more on that in a moment. jasmine wright is live outside the white house correspondents dinner, and anna stewart is in that crowd in london. jasmine, president biden among the hundreds of world leaders that are headed to london for monday s funeral. what are we expecting to see from the first couple while in the uk? reporter: yeah, the president and the first lady leave the white house here very soon. i am not sure if you can pick it up in the mics, but on the lawn you can hear the sound of mash even one waiting to take the president a
the bbc has learned that over the last five years more than 1,600 rape and serious sexual assault cases across england and wales have collapsed after the alleged victims withdrew from providing evidence. the data was obtained exclusively by newsnight using freedom of information requests to the crown prosecution service. bbc newsnight s uk editor who s been working on the story sima kotecha joins me now. nice to see you. what does your freedom of information request show? apparently from june 2017 to june 2020 to 1612 cases had collapsed because the complainant withdrew their evidence. these cases involve someone having been charged. we have asked lots of barristers including two prominent organisations, the law society and the criminal bar association white these complainants had been dropping out and they say
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