the disaster was not good enough. meanwhile, the queen says it is difficult to escape a very sombre national mood. following tragedies in both london and manchester, she observed a one minute silence ahead of events to mark her official birthday. bill cosby has walked free from court, after a judge declared a mistrial in his sex assault case. and now, time for sportsday. welcome to sportsday. one week before the first test, there is a morale boosting win for the lions in new zealand. also, a stunning victory for scotland in sydney. they beat the wallabies and are up to fourth in the world. there is a dramatic end in the challenge cup, as wigan but two englishmen, paul casey and tommy fleetwood, -, z. j ”1: . and we look at one of the new sports that will feature at the tokyo olympics. good evening. rugby union has been dominating the sports news. it has been a brilliant day for the home nation sides. we will have the details in a moment of scotland s fantastic win, ireland
race on the garden state parkway in new jersey. the police were allegedly leading. up first, ready to kick the reelection campaign into high gear. the president and first lady will hold the first rallies next week. in virginia and ohio. if the president s two-day, three-state college swing this week is any indication, the administration is trying to stirrup a youth movement. it s using the federal student loanish issue to o do it. congress needs to act right now to prevent interest rates on federal student interest loans from shaking you down. i want all of you to be rich. i want all of you to be successful. dan lothian is live in washington, d.c. in 2008, he had the youth in record numbers. other than that the federal student loan program, anything else he s working on? well, what you see from the p, he s talking about what his administration has done over the last three-plus years to help young people and you hear him talk about pell grants, about streamlining the p
leon panetta has come to just that conclusion, there s a likelihood of an israeli strike. this surfaced in a column by the washington column. the news is breaking on a day that israel s defense minister warned that iran is building weapons under ground. in other words, a window of opportunity may be closing, and israeli forces could take action before it does. also today, senior israeli officials tell the new york times that the iranian guard are working on missiles that could reach the continental u.s. from iran. and also testimony that iran could answer growing pressure on it by attacks on american soil. this is playing out between u.s. war ships and gun boats in the strait of hormuz. it s also playing out on the diplomatic front with sanctions. the question, will israel give sanctions tyke to bite, and what will we do if they decide to act. there have also been a number of iranian nuclear scientists who have been assassinated in tay hahn by unknown assailants. first, the
washington column. the news is breaking on a day that israel s defense minister warned that iran is building weapons under ground. in other words, a window of opportunity may be closing, and israeli forces could take action before it does. also today, senior israeli officials tell the nooi new yor times that the iranian guard are working on missiles that could reach the continental u.s. from iran. and also testimony that iran could answer growing pressure on it by attacks on american soil. this is playing out between u.s. war ships and gun boats in the strait of hormuz. it s also playing out on the diplomatic front with sanctions. the question, will israel give sanctions tyke to bite, and what will we do if they decide to act. there have also been a number of iranian nuclear scientists who have been assassinated in tay hahn by unknown assailants. first, the latest from chris lawrence at the pentagon. what other details are your sources telling about this apparent growing lik