we start with the news that the australian comedian barry humphries best known for his character dame edna everage has died at the age of 89. he d been receiving treatment at a hospital in sydney following hip surgery. barry humphries was a leading figure on the british comedy scene with his many satirical characters. his family said he never lost his brilliant mind and unique wit. our arts correspondent, david silitto, looks back at his life. dame edna everage! hello, possums! dame edna always said she was born with a priceless gift. the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others. about weight, you could do with losing a little, success has gone to yourjowls, russell hardy. oh, you re being very, very cruel! for more than 50 years, she took pleasure in saying the unsayable. i ve had a little work done. have you? but not quite as much as some. laughter but the thing is, you are still recognisable. she was so familiar, it was easy to forget that behind the glasses and f
the following is a cnn special report. multiple capitol injuries. multiple capitol injuries. an assault on democracy. the capitol has been breached. an attack on the capitol, fueled by a president s lies. this election was stolen. trump wanted the crowd to turn into a mob. inspired by a delusion, an enraged mob of true believers attempting insurrection. you are a traitor. we were in a medieval battle. trump s soldiers. there is a sea of nothing but red, white, and blue. patriots of trump. trump s true believers. i feel like he was anointed by god. i don t think joe biden is the president. new exclusive interviews. the sound surrounded us but then once they started banging on the door, that s all i heard. new details. overran the capitol. i never dreamed that he would ever do anything like that. new denials. you call january 6th a peaceful protest? i do. and why it s not over. in fact, it is just getting started. tonigh
John fox news alert, Israeli Defense forces saying its Ground Operation is expanding. This as we learn that hamas apparently running operations underneath a bunker from a hospital in gaza. Sandra new information from the idf, Israeli Defense forces. Officials say this is what the massive Terror Complex under Sharifa Hospital could look like. Israeli intelligence suggesting hamas uses the medical facilities to store weapons and execute attacks putting not only israelis in danger but also risking civilians in gaza. John im john roberts in washington as we head into hour two here, hi again, sandra. Sandra a lot happening last hour and a new hour. Sandra smith in new york. This is america reports. We are also learning about a new attack on u. S. Forces in the middle east. A Defense Official saying the u. S. Shot down a drone targeting a u. S. Air base in iraq this morning. That would be the 20th attack on our u. S. Troops in just ten days. We have Fox Team Coverage now in the middle east,
some of them being eaten by the dogs. difficult details as i warned. ms al mahdi spoke to us with sounds of battle raging near her i asked if she s safe to continue speaking to us there were live rounds of gunfire that we could hear in the live pictures. i was worried for her safety, the team here in london were too. we asked her about that. i don t want you going anywhere or taking any risks for the sake of connection. if you are safer elsewhere then please move or let us know.
president pence was going the acting secretary of defense demanding his clear the capitol. a moment later, battle raging, trump finally tweets a pretaped statement. i know your pain. i know you re hurt. had an election that was stolen from us, but you have to go hom now. then, despicably, does the mo mob: you re very special tropical president donald trump asked remember to go home. he just put out a tweet, it s a minute long, he asked remember to go home to john pruitt who claims he is only in the capito for half hour. got a little too rowdy in there for me personally, so i decided to leave. he says he believes it was all set up. i think they let a bunch of people and so they could use their facial recognition and ge every trump supporter with charges that they could. that s what i think happened. now you seeing these pictures, the cavalry, if you will, has