Responding that trump is quote, thirsty for attention. And the agonizing choice to leave your home state to terminate a wanted pregnancy. A mother put in that position because of texas so this Abortion Laws will be in the first ladys box at the state of the Union Tonight, but first, kate cox is my guest here this hour. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and Inside Politics first every moment matters, every word, every step, every pause, every reaction for an 81 yearold president who wants four more years in the oval office. It all matters big time. And Joe Biden May never have had a moment like this before and may not again in the next several months, at least. Tonights State Of The Union is likely the largest audience the president will have between now and the voter. When the voters go to the polls in november, Cnns Kevin Liptak is covering all of the preparations from the white house whats kevin . I want to start with some new reporting on a very thorny Foreign Policy issue.
minister about what is happening with the hostage negotiation and the gaza war as well as the latest attacks by iran-backed proxy groups. but, first, the world is awaiting president biden s response to the death of three american soldiers from a drone attack in jordan, blamed on iran proxy terrorists. the president says he has made a decision but is not saying what that is. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin starts us off tonight live from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. it s unclear if the iranian proxy group had knowledge an american drone was returning to the base at the same time it chose to attack or if it was coincidence. officials still don t know if the drone was launched from iraq or syria. president biden says he has made his decision on how to respond. i don t think we could be any more clear that we have called on the iranian proxy groups to stop their attacks. they have not. and so we will respond in a time and ma
decision. just a few days ago cbs news ran a pole asking americans about this very issue. 70% responded that colleges should not be allowed to use race in college admissions. a new york times poll recently found 60% of democrats also oppose race as a factor in admissions. americans across the country have rejected affirmative action at the ballot box too, even in blue state california. in the 2020 election democratic leaders in the state put affirmative action on the ballot. the pro- affirmative action activist, the governor, u.s. senators and the golden state warriors pushed voters to support the initiative. they out bid opponents of affirmative action by 19-1. in the end, nearly 60% of californians voted to kill affirmative action. it didn t work. no matter how hard the democratic party tries, no matter how much money they spend, the american people have rejected the view that we should be judged on our skin color. so if anyone is trying to hold on to the past like the demo
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has suspended strike action planned from tomorrow, after the train operating companies promised to table a pay offer. the union has said it will now enter into a period of negotiations with network rail and the operators, meaning the walkouts planned for tomorrow, and november 7th and 9th are off. let s get more on this from our transport correspondent katy austin. i think that this was unexpected. yes, this is a significant moment, i think. this is the first time in a quite long running dispute that the rmt have called off, or suspended plant strike action for the purpose of facilitating more talks. now the rmt says eight has now had a commitment from the train companies, there will be an offer made because there will be an offer made because there has not been an offer made so far. they also say that network rail has now committed to talks without conditions attached. speaking to people in the rail industry, they say the
To swing last autumns election. But today, Donald Trumps son, donald junior, was forced to release a string of emails suggesting he knowingly met last summer with russian officials who promised to dish dirt on Hillary Clinton. Today, democratic senator tim kaine mrs clintons running mate said, in terms of whats being investigated, this is moving into perjury, false statements and even potentially treason. A former watergate prosecutor described the emails as a smoking cannon. The president , meanwhile, defended his son as a high quality person committed to transparency. They only actually met last week but the exact relationship between President Trump and his russian counterpart is a constant theme among critics. There were plenty of allegations but not much fact. Now, details of a meeting between Meeting Willett were members of the Trump Campaign and a russian lawyer have changed that. The picture is rapidly evolving, the president s son having to shift his position over the last thr