Us and brItIsh operatIons. You are watchIng bbc lets return to our top story. A senIor Un OffIcIal has told a SecurIty CouncIl MeetIng populated resIdentIal dIstrIct of dahIeh. CallIng thIs a precIsIon strIke, the target was the Veteran Hezbollah mIlItary leader IbrahIm aqIl. Israel saId he had been elImInated, along wIth about ten commanders of an elIte unIt. At the tIme of the strIke, aqIl and the commanders of the radwan forces were gathered underground under a resIdentIal buIldIng In the heart of the dahIeh In BeIrut, hIdIng among lebanese cIvIlIans, usIng them as human shIelds. They were In the mIddle of plannIng more Terror Attacks agaInst IsraelI cIvIlIans. AqIl had plenty of enemIes. The us had put a 7 MIllIon bounty on hIs head, accusIng hIm of Involvement In the kIllIng of amerIcans In BeIrut In the 1980s. SIren waIls day after day now, hezbollah Is beIng hIt and beIng weakened by warfare from a dIstance. We were repeatedly prevented from reachIng the scene by locals and the
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to mention our allies around the globe. for days and up until now, months. so the way that the president s demeanor in that report was characterized could not be more wrong on the facts. and clearly politically motivated, gratuitous. and, so, i will say that when it comes to the role and responsibility of a prosecutor in a situation like that, we should expect that there would be a higher level of integrity than what we saw. thank you. thank you for the question. vice president harris pushing back strongly against special counsel robert hur s report. more on that coming up. good day. i am chris jansing live in new york city. you just heard from vice president kamala harris, passionately defending the president. many others lashing out at the special counsel for portraying him as elderly and confused. one official arguing that could sway the entire campaign. some democrats are having flash backs to 2016, warning it is like jim comey and hillary clinton all over again. we r
former president trump asserts that there was a politicized process that resulted in his prosecution related to classified documents and other things? so for the public, if democrats and this administration say trust the department of justice, trust the institutions, but you re also arguing here gratuitous political cheap shots and false assertions. how are they to process this? i talked about this a minute ago, and i think, you know, when you have the former attorney general, when you have the former acting fbi director, when you have the former general counsel of the fbi, you know, these are experienced people at the justice department who spent decades working at the justice department and they re saying it s gratuitous, this isn t appropriate. this is inconsistent with the doj policy and practice. that s them saying it. we agree. you heard the president speak forcefully about this last night. you heard the vice president speak forcefully about this today. we agree that
president mike pence responds to the federal indictment of donald trump. i don t know why some of my competitors in the republican primary presume the president will be found guilty all we know is what the president has been accused of in the indictment. been if you were president biden would you pardon him right now think this whole matter is incredibly divisive for the country. divisive for the country. as he launches his own run for the white house, he explains how he differs from his former running mate h as he launches his own run for the white house, he explains where he differs with his former running mate in 2016 donald trump promised to govern as a conservative, but he makes no such promise today his criticism in how trump would lead on the world stage. my former running mate has seen war raging in eastern europe is signaling an ambiguous message, not even able to say he would prefer to win war in ukraine. and now he thinks he can build support fo