SAndra a Big Show indeed, And thats where we begin at this hour. John wolf did not refer current Governor Cuomo for criminal prosecution but could charges still be on the table . Hello, everyone. And welcome, im SAndra Smith in New York. John im john roberts. The District Attorney in albany launching a criminal investigation into the Governors Action And now it moves to the Justice Department And whether the President Bidens doj will launch a federal civil Rights Probe into Governor Cuomo. He has said he will support a prosecution if allegations are proven to be confirmed. SAndra Governor Cuomo has come out And defiance of all of it, refusing to resign, but at least one of his accusers are calling for action. We have a report, we have the facts. The governor broke federal And State Law when he sexually harassed me And current And former staffers And if hes not willing to step down then we have a responsibility to act. John Fox Team Coverage to kick us off this wednesday, Ari Fleischer
In the 400 metre hurdles. Hello and welcome to the programme. Thousands of people in lebanon have attended a Memorial Service in the ruins of the Port Of Beirut to mark the first anniversary of a huge explosion that devastated much of city. The blast was one of the biggest non nuclear explosions in history. It killed more than 200 people. Outside the lebanese parliament, the Security Forces fired Tear Gas at stone throwing protesters. Along with the grief, theres real anger that a year on nobody has been held to account for the explosion. Rights campaigners allege that the most senior officials in lebanon were aware of the danger posed by the huge quantity of Ammonium Nitrate Fertiliser stored in the port that caused the explosion. The blast plunged lebanon into a deeper crisis, but the country had already been facing serious problems for years due to the dire economy and political instability. Carine torbey reports. One year after the explosion, all the debris is swept to a corner and
Hello and welcome. First afghanistan, now iraq. In the past few Hours President Joe Biden has announced that the uss Armed Forces will leave iraq by The End of the year. The move was announced during a meeting with iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi at the White House. He has been urging President Biden to withdraw troops who have been a presence in the region since 2003. Roughly 2,500 us troops remain in the region but their presence has been harder to justify since the killing of qassim suleimani, irans top Security And Intelligence commander, by american Drone Strike in 2020. After the strike Iraqs Parliament demanded the government expel us forces, a powerful message for the countrys Prime Minister, whos been in power for just two years. But many of the us troops still in iraq, wont actually be leaving. Theyll be reclassified as advisers, a non combat role. White House Press Secretary Jenn Psaki explained how the us saw their new role in iraq. The real Announcement Today or re
remarkable scene tonight in the tennessee house of representatives were waiting for a vote. i should say actually vote has just taken place on whether to expel the last of the three democratic legislators. ah we re still waiting on the results of that vote for a gun violence protests that they held the last week on the floor of the house in the wake of the mass shooting the covenant school just a few miles away. representative justin pearson of memphis, who has just been speaking he now his fate hangs in the balance will be up to report to republicans who control the two thirds majority needed to expel him to decide his fate expelled earlier today, representative justin jones of nashville will talk with him in just a moment a measure to expel representative gloria johnson, knoxville failed by a single vote. to the nation. keep watching. we re losing our democracy. we need to make sure that we stomp out this march to fascism. absolute power corrupts. absolutely and we cannot f
vote for a gun violence protests that they held the last week on the floor of the house in the wake of the mass shooting the covenant school just a few miles away. representative justin pearson of memphis, who has just been speaking he now his fate hangs in the balance will be up to report to republicans who control the two thirds majority needed to expel him to decide his fate expelled earlier today , representative justin jones of nashville will talk with him in just a moment a measure to expel representative gloria johnson, knoxville failed by a single vote. to the nation. keep watching. we re losing our democracy. we need to make sure that we stomp out this march to fascism. absolute power corrupts. absolutely and we cannot forget that. as on everything, folks. there was a difference in the alexander. you want. i will answer your question i might have to do with the color of our skin. we should point out that justin pearson. now it s the voters just taking place has been