Coconspirators have just reached a Plea Deal. And american swimmer Katie Ledecky breaking her own olympic record. First tonight, former President Donald Trump, defensive and combative as he took questions at the national association of black Journalists Convention. Questioning Vice President Kamala Harriss race. Vice president harris is the first black woman and Asian American to serve as Vice President. Tonight, the reaction from the White House, and what the Harris Campaign is now saying. Rachel scott who was one of the journalists asking the questions, standing by live in chicago. Were also tracking Breaking News involving the nb9 11 accus magsermind, and two codefendants, held for years at Guantanamo Bay. More than two decades after the attack, federal prosecutors have reached a plea agreement. Mary bruce standing by on what this means. Tonight, tensions growing in the Middle East. There are new reports this evening irans supreme leader has now ordered a direct attack on israel aft
Hit on the texas coast, knocking out power to nearly 3 Million homes and businesses. Beryl slamming ashore as a category 1 storm, with 80mileperhour winds. At least four dead. Homes destroyed. Neighborhoods underwater. In houston nearly a foot of rain, flooding highways. The dramatic rescue. A man stranded on top of his truck pulled to safety. Our team in the storm zone. And the dangerous heat wave. 136 Million under alerts tonight. Also this evening, President Biden vowing im not going anywhere as calls grow for him to drop out. Mr. Biden daring dissatisfied democrats to challenge him at the convention. It comes as White House logs reveal an expert on parkinsons visited the White House eight times in eight months, including a meeting with the president s personal physician. The White House saying it Cant Confirm why he was there. The united plane losing a tire during takeoff at l. A. X. What the airline says happened. Boeing agreeing to plead guilty to a felony over two deadly 737 max
Good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. It is thursday, july 15th and we begin with the explosive revelations about how close american democracy came to the edge. Jawd jawdropping excerpts about the aftermath of the 2020 election. These are from the upcoming book i alone can fix it by two pulitzer prize winning reporters. They feared then president trump would attempt a coup after the election and planned ways to stop him from doing it. This is the first time in mod earn u. S. History where there was a potential showdown dpen between the commander in chief and his military. General mark milley and the other joint chiefs plotted mass resignations, one by one, rather than carry out orders from trump that they considered to be illegal, something of a reverse saturday night massacre. According to the book, general m milley also viewed trump as an authoritarian leader. And as for the big lie on the election, milley told his aides, quote, the gospel of
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send your questions to us by using the hashtag bbc your questions on twitter or by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. more than 8,000 allegations of sexual violence and abuse have now been made by current and former school pupils on the website everyone s invited . and, the giant ship that clogged a global trading artery is finally on its way again through the suez canal. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in what s being regarded as a pivotal moment in race relations in america, the trial of the white former police officer accused of killing a black man, george floyd has begun. derek chauvin pinned george floyd to the ground in minneapolis last year by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. his death sparked protests around the world. joining me now from minneapolis is our washington correspondent, gary 0 donoghue what have we heard so far? big crowd outside, people took their need,it big crowd outside, people took their need, it is opened and now the first wi