British ships in one of the busiest oil shipping lanes in the world have been put on the highest state of alert. It comes as a Royal Navy Warship had to warn off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a british tanker in the strait of hormuz. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the tanker owned by bp and the iranian vessels and issued several radio warnings before the iranian boats turned away. Iran has denied that any confrontation took place. But it had already threatened to retaliate after British Royal marines seized an iranian tanker last week on suspicion of breaking eu sanctions. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. The warship hms montrose was on patrol when the british tanker was approached by three armed iranian fast boats. Montrose was reported to have quickly arrived at the scene, training her guns on the iranians who turned away after several warnings were issued over the radio. The tanker, british heritage, was about to trans
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Morning. Embedded downpours within the steady rainfall and we could see an additional half inch to two inches of rain. That could create localized flooding. Coming back well talk about a better half of that forecast into the upcoming weekend. This reminder get the latest forecast including detailed updates and stormtracker 6 live double scan radar any time on your phone or tablet. The 6 abc app say Free Download for your decrease. Philadelphia police have charged a man after a baby was found with a needle in her leg in manayunk. Investigator says she overdosed on drugs and had to be revived with narcan, and john rawlins joins us live with reaction from neighbors there. Reporter charges with aggravated assault and the endangering the welfare of a child is 35yearold steven welsh he lives in the house behind me here on the 200 block of green lane. Gosh. A neighbors initial reaction a 9monthold inside of this house was found unresponsive last night in bed a syringe needle stuck in her leg
I am a revolutionary, nonviolent socialist. I am a sensationalist. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york city. Im chris hayes. Voting is already underway, the first real snapshot in two key states, theres some good news for democrats. In isle way, a statistical dead heat and Democratic Senatorial Campaign said today that more than 21,000 iowans have already voted. Of those, 53 are registered as democrats and just 19 are republicans and 28 are afill rated. Over 44,000 people have requested ballots as of yesterday and over 18,000 of those people didnt vote in 2010. Of those voters, nearly 29 are democrats. All of this is important because democrats are increasingly banking on holding on to the senate by using the turnout machine theyve now spent six years building during the obama era. In the end, all that matters is whos going to turn out. And, right now, the polling using if existing likely voting models have republicans with a pretty strong lead. Polls show Republican Se
I am a revolutionary, nonviolent socialist. I am a sensationalist. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york city. Im chris hayes. Voting is already under way, the first real snapshot in two key states, theres some good news for democrats. In isle way, a statistical dead heat and Democratic Senatorial Campaign said today that more than 21,000 iowans have already voted. Of those, 53 are registered as democrats and just 19 are unafilated. Over 44,000 people have requested ballots as of yesterday and over 18,000 of those people didnt vote in 2010. Of those voters, nearly 29 are democrats. All of this is important because democrats are increasingly banking on holding on to the senate by using the turnout machine theyve now spent six years building during the obama era. In the end, all that matters is whos going to turn out. And, right now, the polling using existing likely voting models have republicans with a pretty strong lead. Polls show Republican Senate candidates leading ar