hello and welcome to bbc news. a national day of mourning is taking place in israel after friday s deadly crush at a jewish pilgrimage. 45 men and boys died after being trapped in a narrow walkway during the festival at mount meron, attended by up to 100,000 mostly ultra orthodox jewish people. mark lobel reports. mourning a tragedy one that s shone an uncomfortable light on israeli society amid the search for how one of israel s worst peacetime disasters unfolded. for now, grief overtakes the demand for answers. the dead includes a rabbi, foreign nationals reportedly from america, canada, and the uk, and at least 12 children and teenagers. during the stampede, many young lives were suddenly at risk. we received several dozen injured people, among them we had two children who died, and we had another three or four children who were severely injured. the crash happened late at night in a passageway in a men s section during a religious festival attended by ultraorthodox jews
well, i mean, look, there s example after example that comes every single night if you look at what s happening with the supreme court, what s happening with affirmative action, what s happening with a woman s right to choose. what s happening with election laws around the country. that is a direct, right, example of elections have consequences. absolutely. there s an election coming up in 2022. but you look at what s happened since the last election. look at the big lie. look at the people who are lying about the new video that i m going to talk about in a second of what happened at the capitol. still denying it, still saying it s nothing. wanting to move past it. and you cannot move past that without acknowledging and having at least some consequence or consequences for the party, for the republican party now and the former president of the united states. someone has to answer for what happened on january 6th. a direct assault on our democracy. no question, don. the
youngkin beat terry mcauliffe despite democrats recent gains in that state. already the finger pointing, theorizing and forewarning is well underway within the party. president biden addressed democratic setbacks last night. he didn t exactly own them, but he says the time for action is now. what i do know is i do know that people want us to get things done. they want us to get things done. people are upset and uncertain about a lot of things, from covid to school to jobs to a whole range of things. what happened was i think we have to just produce results for them to change their standard of living and give them a little more breathing room. congressional democrats are searching for answers, searching for that breathing room. and taking some tactics along the way. house speaker nancy pelosi is pushing for a vote on the build back better plan and the hard infrastructure bill. about $3 trillion in total. and she wants it as soon as today, although that is considered unl
i m ben brown and this week we pay tribute to one of the world s most remarkable women, her majesty queen elizabeth has been on the british throne for a record 70 years this weekend. also we will be looking at the diplomatic offensive to persuade president putin not to invade ukraine. joining me in the studio to discuss that, thomas gil tucker, a veteran correspondent in london, and virtually, we have also the sunday times royal editor and the american journalist from bloomberg news stephanie becker. welcome to you all. thank you for being with us. kick us off by talking about 70 years this weekend since a 25 year old princess elizabeth, on safari with her husband, learned that her father, george vi, had died and suddenly she had lost a father and become queen. in the decades since, she has come to embody the british monarchy and, indeed, modern british history. a living link to churchill and the desperate days of the second world war and also link to the whims of change, as
united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, donald trump vows to appeal his verdict after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming author, e. jean carroll. criminal charges filed against embattled congressman, george santos, sources say that he s expected to appear in a federal court as soon as wednesday. that s today. and pakistan s former prime minister, imran khan is expected at a special court hearing soon, just one day after his dramatic arrest sparked nationwide protests. good to have you with us. well the former u.s. president donald, trump is vowing to appeal the verdict from a federal jury that found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. economists, e. jean carroll had accused him of raping her, inside a department store dressing room in the 1990s. the jury did not find that carole proved he raped, or but awarded her $5 million in damages for battery and defamation. in a video, posted on the social m