The attack in southport. You can see right now there are people youre from the local community who have been bringing flowers and laying them down. As i said, we now know three young girls aged nine, six and seven died. The nine year old died in hospital in the early hours. The six and seven year olds we already knew had died at the scene yesterday. Currently, there are still five other children in a critical condition in hospital along with two adults. Ai7 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. He is from a village about three miles from a village about three miles from here. Due to legal reasons, we are not allowed to name him because of his age. We do know that he came from the cardiff area. He has a brother and his parents were originally from rwanda. During the morning, the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, has visited the scene, she laid flowers here along with the local mp, she said it was unimaginable what had happened. It was beyond every pare
every week on energy. some companies sayjob losses could come soon. wales keep their world cup dreams alive. a scrappy win in estonia keeps their hopes of at least a play off place in their own hands. good morning. some of us were lucky enough last night to see the northern lights, more especially across northern scotland and also the northern isles. this morning where we had clear skies it would be a chilly start. today will be mostly cloudy with spots of light rain and drizzle. the best of the sunshine in the west. the details later in the programme. it s tuesday 12th october. the government s early response to coronavirus has been described as one of the uk s worst public health failures by a cross party group of mps. the study by two commons committees found that both ministers and scientists waited too long to bring in lockdowns, costing many lives. but they did praise the speed of the vaccine rollout. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed, reports. we are still living thre
florida governor ron desantis in iowa yes today, not mentioning donald trump by name, but still taking a few swipes at him. i think he was. we will show you what else he had to say about the front runner in the race for the republican nomination. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, may 31st. good to have your with us, along with joe, willie, and me. member of the new york times let s show jonathan really quick. okay, go, go. okay. we done this before. can we stop for a second? tj, i am scratching my face. you want to go to me now? and also, this historic day leave him alone. let s do jenna. hold on. cover me for a second, tj. okay. oh, we ve got jen. see, she can t even mess up! now now. good morning. okay. is my collar straight? thank you. let s actually get to work. hold on. when we do get to work, it s going to be a lot of fun, because i m going to get the yankees in a second, but these republicans will donald trump
correspondent, keir simmons, is in moscow sharing this. reporter: this is the front page of russia s government newspaper with a picture of vladimir putin and the headline, no one should have any doubts. earlier in the white house, top adviser, john kirby, weighing in on this moment in the war. we don t know what the steps are here for mr. putin, but can you see from the reaction of the ukrainian people over the course of the weekends, they are not backing down and they are not slowing down. the fog of war escalating tensions and no clear signs of an off-ramp are obviously a dangerous combination for a country with nuclear weapons. we will get insight from a member of ukraine s parliament. plus, here at home, the political drum beat to the midterms is growing louder, and herschel walker will be getting an assist from big-name republicans as a new ad takes aim at his family scandals. later with the economy a big issue for voters, the stark new warning from the head o
in ukraine, another new round of missile strikes as russian officials celebrate what they say is a new phase of the war, one that apparently focuses on killing civilians instead of soldiers. so what is this new phase? what does it mean for what s ahead? i ll ask barry mccaffrey in just a minute. and we have now learned that among the women accusing disgraced producer harvey weinstein at his trial in california is the governor s wife. we ll have the latest from the courtroom. but we start with the midterm races and growing alarm that decision makers may be letting winnable races slip away. that includes races in wisconsin, north carolina, pennsylvania, across the board, democratic candidates have spent way more on their own ads than the party ha has. while on the republican side, the bulk of the spending has come from the national party and outside groups. case in point, ohio, where jd vance has come up with just 10% of the cost of his ads compared to more than 80% for d