at the world darts championship has won again tonight. and stay with the serum bbc news, for considering coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and the world. a student has carried out a mass shooting at the university where he was studying in prague, killing 14 people and wounding 25 others, ten of them seriously. police were already looking for him after his father was found dead this morning in a nearby village. the student, thought to be in his early 20s, began his shooting spree this afternoon, apparently picking off people at random. he was later found dead. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in prague. well, this mass shooting took place just across the bridge from where i am tonight in the building that s lit up at the end, that s charles university, the arts faculty, and that s where the gunman shot so many people, wounding and killing many. there is deep shock of course tonight here in prague and across the czech republic, and there is als
good evening. at least 15 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a university in the heart of prague. police say the gunman was a student there himself. he opened fire this afternoon, injuring dozens of others. before police say he was eliminated himself. the gunman s father had been found dead at his home earlier in the day. gun crime is relatively rare in the czech republic. tonight, the country s president said he was shocked by the mass shooting. helena wilkinson has the latest. panic and confusion in the streets of central prague this afternoon. dozens fleeing after a gunman opened fire just days before christmas, in one of the most popular cities in europe. eyewitnesses filmed this dramatic video showing people jumping out of the university window to safety. four british tourists described the moment they first heard the gunshots. i described the moment they first heard the gunshots. i remember the first one, i heard the gunshots. i remember the first one. i sort
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these people are working, farm workers are working from sunrise to sunset, by the time they get home and ask for transportation and pay to go and find they find nothing. it s so terrible. this has been a big, big issue. i thank you for being with us. thank you for doing what you do on a daily basis. it s been great to have you here with us this morning. that wraps up the hour for me. see you tomorrow night on nbc news saturday. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. good day, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. president biden is trying to show he is taking action in response to the supreme court s abortion decision. it s not clear what he can do without congress. just back from nato, the president will meet with nine democratic governors virtually to talk about steps they can take to protect abortion access. the white house is trying to increase the availability of abortion pills as recent cou
as a huge surprise given the well-established history inside trump world of pressuring potential witnesses in key investigations. washington post lays it out like this, quote. evidence across multiple state, federal and congressional investigations points to a similar pattern. trump and his close allies privately shower potential witnesses with flattery and attention extending vague assurances that staying loyal to trump would be better than crossing him. meanwhile, trump publicly blasts those who offer testimony against him in bluntly personal terms offering a clear example to others of the consequences of stepping out of line. the new york times offers another view of this type of carrot and stick witness pressure campaign reporting this, quote, former president trump s political organization and his allies have paid for or promised to finance the legal fees of more than a dozen witnesses called in the congressional investigation into the january 6th attack, raising legal