In locket 8:00 in los angeles and this is america s late news, fox news @ night. Breaking tonight, builders on oval office speech that tell americans why he dropped out of the race and yet failed to tell americans why he dropped out of the race. President biden addressing the nation but not offering an explanation. And israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu delivering a joint address to congress but noticeably absent, dozens of congressional democrats and even the vice president herself. Meantime antiisrael protests exploding outside the capital, demonstrators burning american flags outside union station and replacing them with palestinian flags. And breaking right now, speaker johnson and republicans taking it upon themselves tonight to reinstall the american flags themselves. But a different form of demonstration brewing inside the capital today as michigan democrat was holding this sign. And kamala harris third official day on the campaign trail as her progressive agenda becomes
Lived through january 6th and will be on duty again this weekend, an undercurrent of fear remains. Quote, am i scared? absolutely, an officer told the post. This saturday rally forces a traumatized police force to once again protect the capitol from protesters who openly sympathize with the people who attacked them the first time. Take a listen to what the officers told the january 6 select committee back in july. On january 6th for the first time i was more afraid to work at the capitol in my entire deployment to iraq. I witnessed the rioters using all kinds of weapons against officers including flagpoles, metal bike racks that they had torn apart, and various kind of projectiles. Officers were being bloodied in the fighting. Many were screaming and many were blinded and coughing from chemical irritants being sprayed in their faces. As my physical injuries gradually subsided and the adrenaline that had stayed with me for weeks waned, i ve been left with the psychological trauma and th
By the man she called dad . As new rules on covid tracing alerts come in, giving some key workers in england the option of daily testing instead of self isolating, ministers meet to discuss how it s going. And coming up could canterbury cathedral be home to some of the oldest stained glass in the world? new research suggests it dates back nearly 900 years. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. There s been a gold rush for team gb at the olympics in tokyo. Adam peaty won the men s 100 metres breaststroke, becoming the first british swimmer ever to retain an olympic title. Tom daley and matty lee were victorious in the men s synchronised ten metre diving, and tom pidcock won britain s third gold in the men s cross country mountain biking. There were silver medals too for alex yees in the men s triathlon, and lauren williams in taekwondo. For a full round up of the action at the olympics today, let s cross to gavin ramjaun at the bbc sports centre. As you say, what a day to celebra
Look at that, look at the way. Where are the scores? just! yes, es! and jubilation for diver tom daley with his new partner matty lee four olympic games and he s finally won gold. All day today, it s like everything is falling into place. We found that sense of flow. We didn t really say anything to each other. We just knew what we had to do to get the job done. And more british success a gold for tom pidcock in the men s mountain bike cross country and silver for alex yee in the men s triathlon a bit bizarre, really. That it s me that s doing this. I m just a normal guy from south east london. So it s just crazy. Dreams really do come true. We ll bring you all the latest from tokyo as team gb shoots up to fourth place in the medals table. Also on the programme. Will more key workers in england be given the right to test daily for covid instead of self isolating? ministers are meeting to decide. Flash floods and wildfires in a year of extreme weather globally, scientists meet to
Too early for us. And former aid to the george w. Bush white house, elise jordan and also katty kay on the way this morning. In the united states covid cases are on the rise again driven up in increases in places with low vaccination rates. And now the former surgeon general is suggesting the cdc should once again ask everyone to mask up indoors. Nbc news correspondent kathy park explains. Reporter: no signs of covid backing down. In los angeles county a 700% increase in positive cases in just the last month as masks go back on while indoors. I think better safe than sorry for sure. Reporter: former surgeon general on mask weighing, the premature guidance was wrong. The cdc should be advising to vax it and mask it. The current surgeon general defended the cdc s decision on masks for the fully vaccinated. They gave communities and individuals a flexibility to make decisions about what to do with masks. Reporter: across america, cases rising in all 50 states some hit harder than others.