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the health secretary jeremy hunt has indicated that a key nhs performance target could be scrapped. he told mps that the guarantee that all hospital a&e patients be seen within four hours might only apply in future to those in need of urgent care and not to those with minor problems. mr hunt said there needed to be an honest discussion with the public about the purpose of a&e departments. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. whatever the intense pressure on the nhs there s a commitment for hospitals to assess or treat almost all patients within four hours of arriving at a&e. but at a time when the service in england is creaking under the strain that s been thrown into doubt. secretary jeremy hunt. the health secretaryjeremy hunt surprised mps by claiming that people going to a&e without good reason were undermining the target. it is clear we need to have an honest discussion with the public about the purpose above stomach with the public about the purpose of a&e d ....
the high-rise apartment building up in flames. the death toll rising tonight. the mother who dropped her baby nearly ten stories to safety. announcer: this is a special edition of world news tonight with david muir, reporting tonight from washington. and good evening on this wednesday night. we re back at the capitol in washington tonight, because of that awful scene that played out this morning. as lawmakers were practicing for an annual tradition, the congressional baseball game, when a gunman opened fire. it was not long before the gunman allegedly asked, are they democrats or republicans? he was told they were republicans. five people were hit, including congressman steve scalise, a member of the house leadership. tonight, he s in critical condition. after trying to crawl across the field to safety. authorities now say james hodgkinson was the attacker, the husband and home inspector from illinois. who had strong political views. tonight, that gunman is now dead, tak ....
Updates of the day s news. directly intersects with the news of the day about there being potentially a second premeeting for the russia trump tower meeting. rick gates is one of the names that rudy guilliani slipped and revealed in the series of interviews yesterday. what is the significance of paul manafort dropping his case against robert mueller. he was trying to have this case dismissed in court, saying that robert mueller s jurisdiction did not extend to what he is actually charging paul manafort with? as i understand, he dropped those charges yesterday. it just seems he is increasingly finding himself to be more cornered and he doesn t have a lot of options to fight back at this point, and this is all getting back to that original goal of trying to squeeze manafort and get as. information as possible out of him as they move closer hopefully to doing an interview of the president himself. that is still very much on the table. also, heidi, why is it that paul manafo ....
weather, to understand fuels better. so there are things that can be done at the federal level. but you know what, when you look at what happened at redding, when you look at what happened at santa rosa, when you look at what happened in ventura, where fires have gone from the wild land/urban interface right into the suburbs, right into towns, that s at the state level. we have to look at our zoning. we have to look at our construction materials. we basically have to look at where we have people on the land and how we protect them. right now we just have to thank those 14,000 firefighters that are on the ground. incredible. glen, thank you. thank you for watching this hour of velshi & ruhle. i ll see you tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. i turn you over to andrea mitchell for andrea mitchell reports. former paul manafort deputy rick gates back on the witness stand. reporter: they re going to say he s damaged goods, he comes to court as a convicted felon. he was convicted o ....
i m phil mattingly. in for dave briggs. it is thursday, august 9th. congratulations, you are on the back half of the week. representative chris collins refusing to step down after indictment on insider trading charges. federal prosecutors in manhattan accused the new york congress member, his son and another man of securities and wire fraud. charged with exploiting secret drug trial information from the australian pharmaceutical company. collins vowed last night he will continue his run for re-election in november. the charges that have been levied against me are meritless. i will mount a vigorous defense in court to clear my name. i look forward to being fully vindicated and exonerated ending any and all questions relating to my affiliation with innate. the company where collins was on the board of directors. he was the first sitting congress member to endorse donald trump for the white house. collins indictment turns another safe republican seat into a battleground. ....