an artificial intelligence tool has developed a mind of its own. a group of us senators from both the republican and democratic parties have reached agreement on a series of gun control measures. the developments come after the tragic mass shootings in texas and new york. the measures include tougher background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21 and moves to prevent people buying such arms for others who are restricted from purchasing them. our north america correspondent david willis reports. this is a significant move and assuming these proposals pass into law, they would represent the first gun control measures this country has seen in decades. the proposals themselves are fairly modest, they include tighter background checks for gun sales involving customers under the age of 21, and the introduction or expansion of so called red flag laws which would potentially lead to the confiscation of weapons in the hands of people deemed a risk to themselves or others, and gr
trump had pulled the u.s. out of, so biden how do the opposite, seems childish. it seemed weird because there are not many international bodies more discredited than the world health organization, particularly after covid. it is a laughingstock. if there s one thing is not good at it is public health. since the very first cases of coronavirus in wuhan, the w.h.o. slavishly ran for the chinese government. first the w.h.o. claimed there was no evidence of human to human transmission of the virus. remember this? they cited chinese officials who were obviously lying and we are no they were lying. when it became clear it up virus probably came out of a chinese government lab, w.h.o. sabotaged the investigation into the origin of the virus by appointing a gain-of-function researcher to lead the team. shocking. wh has not acknowledged it did any of that, though it obviously dead. they have continued to praise china s response to covid as transparent, which is the one thing it is n
house vote which formalizes the biden impeachment probe. it s not the top story in the country because we begin with breaking news. a major development today. a federal judge has formally ordered a pause in the donald trump criminal coup case led by jack smith. this is a big deal. we ll walk through what s happening. the judge has effectively and legally paused the proceedings in her own courtroom until a key claim that trump s lawyers want adjudicated, their argument that he s immune to this whole case, this is paused until the supreme court answers requests to deal with it. it s a procedural rule. i can tell you this is a big deal, probably the largest procedural win for trump s lawyers in this case and by the same token it s a rare setback for special counsel jack smith who has been on a winning streak on many issues. i remind you of some of them. they won on the gag order and the evidence. they have previous criminal questions that went to the supreme court decided fo
attacks represent a direct threat to international commerce and freedom of navigation. houthis are pulling the trigger, iran is providing the guns. john: that was nsc communications coordinator john kirby moments ago saying it is iran who was arming the houthi rebels, the same houthi rebels shooting drones towards navy ships. sandra: just yesterday, forced to shoot down another houthi drone in the red sea. united states has yet to take real direct retaliatory military action toward the houthis. awaiting a briefing from the pentagon and bring you the latest as we get it. john: john roberts in washington. sandra: sandra smith in new york. this is america reports . today marks two months now of war between israel and hamas. israel battling militants in some of the biggest cities along the gaza strip. u.s. confirming it has resumed intelligence flights, and despite all the devastation, israel is showing now their resiliency through testing, through the major tests that
hostages are expected to be released in exchange for a four day temporary ceasefire and the release of 150 palestinian women and teenagers from israeli presence. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports and there are distressing images from the start. a reminder of how all this began on october 7th, hamas gunmen storming across the borderfrom gaza, hunting israelis to kill or capture. around 240 were taken hostage. among them, shiri bibas, trying to shield her two little boys from the horror all around them. ten month old kfir had just started crawling. ariel, who s four, loves climbing and batman. now they and their mother are expected home in the coming days, along with dozens of other women and children. they don t know yet that hamas killed their grandparents. shiri s cousin, yifat, is caught between hope and torment. i don t know what kind of children will come back to us. the trauma, what they saw. and until i see them in my own eyes, i don t believe a