Speak from st. Charles, louisiana. He will be talking about the american Jobs Plan, hopefully with an infrastructure plan. Mitch mcconnell said this. 100 of our focus is on stopping this new administration. What we have in the united States Senate is total unity from Susan Collins to Ted Cruz in opposition to what the new biden administration is trying to do to this country. 100 of his focus, he says, is on stopping the president s plans. Its hard to see where there is room for compromise in that. Perhaps just as important is what mcconnell was asked about when he gave those answers. 100 of our focus is on stopping this new administration. Isnt there a concern that a sizeable chunk of the republican base doesnt believe this election was real . 100 of my focus is on standing up to this administration. The questions he got was about Liz Cheney and pushing back on the lies that the election was stolen. Mcconnell did not engage in those questions. He made a choice not to take the opportuni
world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. the u.n. envoy for myanmar is calling for the security council and the international criminal court to take action against the country. on saturday, myanmar s civilian population suffered its deadliest day yet at the hands of their own military. at least 114 people reportedly killed. new video shows security forces firing weapons in a town in the far north of the country and we re hearing reports of three people killed by a military air strike on an ethnic village. we also have disturbing video of the military s indiscriminate use of lethal force. i have to warn you it is gr graphic. you see security forces there suddenly opening fire on a passing motorcycle. two people were able to run away, but a third person s condition is unknown as their body was loaded into a truck. speaking to cnn, the u.s. special rapporteur says time for talking is over.be meeting. it should be debating what s going on. action should be put before it,
near the border with afghanistan. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has the latest, from the capital, islamabad. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties, jamiat ulema e islam. hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. emraan was one of the rally s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? translation: it was all injured people around, l all dead bodies and flesh. it was like doomsday. local people tried to help. there were not enough ambulances so people were taking their own cars. he says several people around him died. he isn t sure why he survived. these pictures show some of the chaos. stretchered or carried by any hands that could offer help. the district hospital declared a health emergency and a call was put out for blood donations. as the wards filled up some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar. the death t
our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has the latest, from the capital, islamabad. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties. hundreds crowded in, covered from the afternoon sun by a marquee, waving flags and chanting. then the speaker was interrupted by the explosion. some people were stretchered out, soaked in blood. others were simply carried by any hands that could offer help. the district hospital declared a health emergency and a call was put out for blood donations. as the wards filled up, some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar. the death toll rose quickly. police have said they have struggled to identify all of the dead. among those named is a local political leader. there has been an increase in violent attacks in pakistan, particularly in kp province. police have said that they have discovered evidence suggesting that the explosion might have been a suicide bomber, but have not yet confirmed it. if this was an
of bajaur is near pakistan s border with afghanistan. it s not immediately clear what caused the explosion, though police suspect it was a suicide bomber. no organisation has admitted carrying out the attack. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has the latest, from the capital islamabad. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties. hundreds crowded in, flags, chance then the explosion. this is one of the raleigh s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? it was remember after the explosion? it was in ured remember after the explosion? it was injured peeple remember after the explosion? it was injured people around, remember after the explosion? it was injured people around, dead - remember after the explosion? it was injured people around, dead bodies. it was like doomsday, local people try to help the injured. there were not enough ambula