Seriously tonight. A short time ago, the u. S. Central command, the coalition, announced it is opening a formal assessment into whether on march 17th, in west mosul, it may have dropped bombs that killed a significant large number, perhaps, perhaps hundreds of civilians. So issue right now, nobody knows exactly what happened. All of this began to emerge over the last couple of days as Social Media Activists in the area began to report large numbers of Civilian Casualties due to bombings in west mosul where there is very tough fighting against isis. The picture has been pretty murky because theres so many conflicting reports, and the u. S. Doesnt have anybody on the ground there that can put eyeballs on the situation and really verify it. But the pentagon, the coalition today, a short time ago, said that theyve been able to
determine that, yes, they did conduct the air strikes in one of these areas where the allegations have emerged from on march 17th. Iraqi officials on the ground are
athe athena, we can expect to hear more from the former president as we get closer and closer to the midterms, right? hi, wolf, that s right. today s event is one of several planned for the next couple of months. an aide told me the president worked on the speech up until the last minute. he was making edits on the flight here. and after months of staying out of politics, he seemed eager to reingauge in a pivotal moment in american democracy. he eulogized senator mccain last weekend, but went much further today, touching on a number of recent headlines and mentioning president trump by name in a political speech for the first time since leaving office. . the politics of division and resentment and paranoia has unfortunately found a home in the republican party. making his first foray into the midterm season, delivering a blistering rebuke of his successor s political tactics an calling him out by name. it did not start with donald
this fund and they are going to be part of the people who decide how the grant is awarded and how the young entrepreneurs are selected. now separately they also reached an agreement with starbucks. we know there will be a financial settlement of some sort, but the statement put out by starbucks says there s going to be continued listening and dialogue between the parties and that starbucks will continue to take actions that stem from this incident to repair and reaffirm our values and vision for the kind of company we want to be. they re going to be releasing a joint statement talking about upcoming plans. we know one of the steps starbucks will take, closing their stores on april 29th to give racial bias training to 175,000 employees. i love giving money to young entrepreneurs in the city of philadelphia is awesome. athe athe athena, thank you for the
from florida s capital. athe athena, there are a lot of deep divisions over guns in the florida legislature. what more are they considering and are they finding common ground? hi, ana. well, that s the big question. what can they agree on? there was a lot of disagreement in that rare saturday session you mentioned. lawmakers spent some eight hours debating this school safety bill. the measure would raise the age to purchase a firearm to 21 years old from 18. it would require a three-day waiting period to buy a gun with some exceptions. it would ban the sale or possession of bump fire stocks, those accessories that can make a semiautomatic weapon fire like an automatic weapon. the bill would also give law enforcement more power to seize weapons and ammunition from people deemed mentally unfit or otherwise a threat. and it would provide additional funding for armed school resource officers and for mental health services in school districts across the state. and as is often the case and