does join us. amtrak workers are not involved, but many of the amtrak rails are owned by those freight railroad companies. this news was just announced moments ago in a statement. amtrak said started thursday it would cancel all long distance trains. as you mentioned, that is to avoid possible passenger disruptions while en route. obviously both sides are still negotiating and trying to reach an agreement before friday. it s not only the amtrak lines that will be impacted. for example, here in chicago already at least nine of the 11 metro lines have been suspended due to this possible strike. one travel expert who we heard from says this will be more if that strike happens than a travel nightmare. listen in. it s really going to bottle up the freight system. we have supply chain problems already. the ports are clogged. you throw in a rail strike and tens of thousands of containers can t get to where they want to go. that affects stores in our everyday lives. if this hap
armor and what zelenskyy did another reason ukrainian moral seems to remain high. russian president vladimir putin is usually hundreds of miles away in moscow when he gives out medals. this past startling week, a tale of two nations and enthusiasm for the fight. moscow s manpower crisis so acute, this video is apparently from a russian prison allegedly showing the man called putin chef. afghan personally recruiting convicts for the front line. he tells prisoners that war is hard, if they get taken prisoner, take drugs or have sex with foreign men or women in the fight. an undesirable message to an undesirable crowd. russia increasingly less looking like a nation united in what it won t even call a war yet. even putin turning, here again undermining the kremlin that brutally put him in power. if you ask me, i would enact martial law and exhaust all possibilities to end the conflict with these demons. unlike a volunteer for russia, he said writing later quote we are at war with
welcome to the programme. the sri lankan president gotabaya rajapaksa has formally resigned after days of huge anti government protests. mr rajapaksa sent his resignation letter from singapore, where he fled to on wednesday as protestors took over government buildings. demonstrators are celebrating on the streets of colombo, defying a curfew in place. the governor of sri lanka s central bank says the country now needs a stable government as soon as possible if it s to stand any chance of tackling its economic crisis. we begin our coverage tonight with this report from rajini vaidyanathan in colombo. under curfew. streets once packed with protesters, now patrolled by the military. outside the prime minister pots soldiers back on guard, authorised to use force to maintain order. a day ago, it was different. security forces were overrun by protesters, who stormed the gates and entered. one of a number of government buildings taken over by the masses. the streets outside the pres
detail. it will be an important document that the u.s. and israeli government will co-sponsor obviously and it will underscore the u.s. commitment. by the way we re showing our viewers of president biden meeting with yair lapid. this is an interim prime minister. there is a new israeli parliamentary election now scheduled for november 1. and that will be very, very significant. in addition to meeting with prime minister lapid, he will be meeting with the israeli president herzog and also the former prime minister benjamin netanyahu. so he has a very busy schedule. and as you know, the president will have a joint news conference which will have live coverage of here in jerusalem with yair lapid, there will be questions from israeli and american journalists at the news conference. we ll see what they have to say. but clearly there is a lot of issues on the agenda right now. and they will go into substantive detail in the course of their statements. there certainly is a lot on
workings tomorrow and the role that it played in the effort toover turn the election. just to give a historical precedence to this group and how they have kind of radicalized. i was the propagandist for the oath keepers. committee members believe they can connect the dots between donald trump s inner circle and the oath keepers. the justice department detailing new evidence of militia trainings, of explosives and also a death list ahead of the insurrection, which highlights the threat and extensive planning by these groups as they prepared to bring violence to the nation s capitol. and an abrupt about face steve bannon suddenly saying he is willing to testify before the january 6th committee. this after the former president sent a letter waiving executive privilege. the committee and many legal experts believe no privilege existed in this case anyway, and considering the timing bannon is set to face trial on criminal contempt charges after denying the congressional subp