Thank you so much for letting us into your homes. The beat starts right now. Welcome to the beat. Theres a lot of news around the world and in america. Our top story tonight is another shooting in america and any moment, were expecting a live update from the officials in that deadly shooting in maine. The high stakes man hunt is ongoing and underway. We can tell you more about that. Were going to listen in right now to a Press Conference that just began on the shooting. Lets listen in. And be safe. The city of lewiston is grateful for the support and outpouring from state authorities, the community, and of course, our elected officials. Speaking tonight will be u. S. Senator Susan Collins, u. S. Representative jared golden, and steve littleson, president and ceo of Central Maine Medical Center. And now, Senator Collins. Thank you, mayor. Today is a dark day for the state of maine. As the mayor said, our hearts are heavy with grief. This heinous attack which has robbed the lives of at l
On the foreign intelligence act or fisa. The Senate Judiciary committee is and just a clarification senator ranks member is diane fi finestien. This should start in just a moment. Todays public hearing will be followed bay classified briefing tomorrow afternoon. This Committee Last held an oversight hearing on section 702 in may of 2016. Since then the drum beat of terror attacks against the United States and other countries particularly our allies has continued. A month after our hearing a terrorist attacked an orlando nightclub killing 50 and wounding 53. That same month a terrorist detonated pipe bombs in new jersey and new york injuring about 30. Last month Great Britain suffered its worst terror attack in over a decaddecade. It is at a concert in manchester. Many of the dead and wounded, as you know, were children and very young people. These attacks underscore that the first responsibility of government is to ensure that those who protect us every day have the tool to keep us saf
Them out completely. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is Bbc World News its newsday. Good morning. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington were President Trump has made a Surprise Announcement that he is banning transgender people from serving in the us military in any capacity. He tweeted their risk burdening the military with large medical bills and disruption. Campaigners have called his decision shocking and ignorant. The fate of current transgender military ignorant. The fate of current tra nsgender Military Personnel ignorant. The fate of current transgender Military Personnel has not been made clear. There are thought to be thousands of members of the us military who identify as transgender. Many have spent time in iraq or afghanistan. Today they woke up to a shock from the very president they serve. After consultation with my generals and military experts, he tweeted, please be advised that the United States government will not accept
Them out completely. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is Bbc World News its newsday. Good morning. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington were President Trump has made a Surprise Announcement that he is banning transgender people from serving in the us military in any capacity. He tweeted their risk burdening the military with large medical bills and disruption. Campaigners have called his decision shocking and ignorant. The fate of current transgender military ignorant. The fate of current tra nsgender Military Personnel ignorant. The fate of current transgender Military Personnel has not been made clear. There are thought to be thousands of members of the us military who identify as transgender. Many have spent time in iraq or afghanistan. Today they woke up to a shock from the very president they serve. After consultation with my generals and military experts, he tweeted, please be advised that the United States government will not accept
Shakespeares death. At noon today booktv is live from the Folger Shakespeare library in washington d. C. That all begins at noon, and its followed with your opportunity to talk with shakespeare scholar ellen mckay and Folger Library director michael witmore. Also this weekend, sue klebold discusses her son, dylan, the columbine shooter. She traces her journey to understand the junction between violence and mental illness. Some of the other books were featuring this weekend on weeking tv booktv, why the rust belt is the next hot spot for global innovation. Theres two new biographies which examine the lives of John Quincy Adams and louisa adams. Plus, youll hear about the life of missionary john birch, the namesake of the john birch society. For a complete its schedule television schedule, go to booktv. Org. Booktv on cspan2, its 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] good evening. Thanks for coming. Im with the local Amnesty I