This week, the secretary of defense rescinded the plea deal that would have spared the nine over 11 plotters the death penalty. President biden asked him to do that. This was a decision made by the secretary of defense. It was an independent decision by him, certainly within his authorities, as in the chain of command at the defense department. Well, the administration had a hard time defending it this week. I want to play for you some sound here. We re going to talk to one of the families of the victims coming up here in 30 minutes. As as you can best assume. Yeah they are not happy. No, of course not. And i certainly we, you know, we recognize and understand the concerns that they ve expressed. Our hearts go out to the families who love, who lost a loved one. We are determined to make sure that they get justice. These families get justice. So is the president willing to let these terrorists escape the harshest penalty in this system of justice, and let that be part of his legacy? aga
New twist is kamala harris prepares to announce her running mate and donald trump was on the attack. Harris is a most ultra leftwing agenda of any presidential candidate ever in history. You have noticed donald trump is soon resorting to some wild lies about my record. And some of what he in his running mate are saying is just plain weird precode trump campaign to work to the break of the media and fundraising blitz over harris and who she may pick for vp ahead of next week s a battleground to work. Then president biden takes a victory lap over at landmark prisoner swap with russia. Cocook seven how does it feel to finally be home? [laughter] middle east tensions had a breaking point we will discuss white house national security communications advisor john kirby what the president s a lame duck status means for america s role in the world. Get reaction from senator lindsey graham democrat chris murphy a member of senate foreign. Plus shannon sits down exclusively with justice neil nl g
On the floor at manchester airport. The region s police force has confirmed the suspension of one officer and that it s referred itself to the independent police watchdog. In the past hour, the lawyer for the two rochdale men involved, who re brothers, has said the condition of the injured man has worsened. In a moment, we ll get the very latest from judith moritz who is outside rochdale police station for us, and we ll also get all the political reaction from nick eardley, who s at westminster. But first, this report from lauren moss, a warning it contains images that are distressing. Shouting. Truly shocking. The assessment of greater manchester police itself after this footage emerged of what happened during an arrest at manchester airport. An officer with a taser stands above a man lying on the floor. He kicks and stamps on his head. Footage shows another person been peppe footage shows another person been pepper sprayed. Greater manchester police say, before this filming started
Hello and welcome. Passengers who arre fully vaccinated against covid 19 will be able to fly into the us from anywhere in the world from november, bringing an end the series of travel bans first imposed by donald trump 18 months ago. The white house said today travelers will have to show proof of having been fully vaccinated and will need to take a test three days prior to travel. They will also have to wear a mask for the journey and share details for contact tracing, but will not need to quarantine. It is good news for families, great news for business, an absolute boon for the ariline industry the transatlantic routes are some of the most lucrative. In recent months, passengers number were 85% down on where they were pre pandemic. I m joined now by gary o donoghue in washingotn. Iam very i am very much looking forward to my invite. I am i am very much looking forward to my invite. Iam not i am very much looking forward to my invite. I am not the only one, because i have a statemen
Mark milley saying today that getting americans out is the singular focus of the biden administration. The situation is still very dangerous, very dynamic and fluid and we can be proud of those executing this mission. They re currently in harm s way. That needs to be our focus. There will be plenty of time to do aars but right now our mission is to secure that air field, defend that air field and evacuate those faithful to us. There will be many postmortems on this topic but right now is not that time. There s troops at risk and we the united states military and fully intend to successfully evacuate all american citizens who want to get out of afghanistan, all american citizens who want to get out of afghanistan. They are our priority number one. In addition we intend to evacuate those supporting us for years and won t leave them behind. Milley s comments hours after scenes of chaos unfolded on wednesday outside of what is the only way out of afghanistan. The airport in kabul. The tali