Hello, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt part in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, we begin with breaking news. President biden has been briefed on the raid which injured seven u. S. Troops and killed 15 members of the radical group isis. The raid happened thursday in iraq two of the seven u. S. Troops were evacuated from the area for further treatment, u. S. Central command manages operations in the middle east. They said that the operation targeted i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan further attacks from where we have cnn s chief international purity correspondent, nick paton walsh, joining us from london. Nick, what do we know about this american operation yeah, alex more details from the iraqi military he referred to the two months that was spent gathering intelligence ahead of this operation. And the four hideouts were targeted that appeared to be consumed camouflage of some description which would suggest yes a sort of camp of some desc
Head on at the fair. Iowa is an important state in the president ial election cycle. Holding the lead off president ial caucuses in jana bright Alexis Mcadams live in des moines, iowa with the latest force. John, good evening from des moines, iowa at a busy i was state fair. We had a lot of fun today but we also worked really hard and caught up with almost all of the candidates who are out here on the ground including former President Donald Trump, which we will get to in just a minute find out if hes going to show up to the fox news debate in milwaukee just days from now. We also walked around the fair with 40 Governor Ron Desantis talking to him one on one asking how it feels like he has connected with the voters here in iowa. He says hes going to go to all 99 counties. Topic to border and talked about why he things he should be the next president , listen. What you want people to know about you if they are just going to end up having to side between you two is a top Front Runners .
Good to have you with us again today. The British Government has survived its first tests in the House Of Commons winning the vote on the queens speech but compromises are everywhere. Brexit talks are ongoing, and we have word today from a former insider that the Prime Ministers red lines are making negotiations very difficult. And Northern Ireland is still waiting to return to power sharing theres been yet another extension to the deadline with those talks with the dup. Steve, how do you assess where we are this way . We have many vivid examples of this governments fragility, its unavoidable fragility. When we got the concession about people in Northern Ireland being able to now come over here, to the rest of the uk, to have abortions costing quite a lot of money, that was because otherwise the government would have been defeated. This is going to happen on a regular basis. It did when we last had in effect a Minority Government between 1974 and 79 they were defeated all the time and
Good to have you with us again today. The British Government has survived its first tests in the House Of Commons winning the vote on the queens speech but compromises are everywhere. Brexit talks are ongoing, and we have word today from a former insider that the Prime Ministers red lines are making negotiations very difficult. And Northern Ireland is still waiting to return to power sharing theres been yet another extension to the deadline with those talks with the dup. Steve, how do you assess where we are this way . We have many vivid examples of this governments fragility, its unavoidable fragility. When we got the concession about people in Northern Ireland being able to now come over here, to the rest of the uk, to have abortions costing quite a lot of money, that was because otherwise the government would have been defeated. This is going to happen on a regular basis. It did when we last had in effect a Minority Government between 1974 and 79 they were defeated all the time and
The streets where i grew up havent changed much. You cant say that for the Beating Heart of the capital. Now i know not everyone enjoys hearing a cardiff accent, like, and many people around wales view my city with suspicion. They tell me that almost daily on my radio show. And, in a way, i can see why, because, lets face it, cardiff has benefited just from being our capital city. But fair play to the place, its taken its chance, reinventing itself against all the odds. I used to come to butetown to go to the mosque. It was the docks back then derelict and depressed. Old, heavy industries were shrinking, as was cardiffs population. But then things began to change. Just look at cardiff now. This city has completely transformed itself in around 20 yea rs. The jobs are in government, theyre in media, in leisure and also in shopping. It describes itself as europes youngest capital and its got even more growing to do. My dad used to be a bus driver and finished up on this very route, taking