Get down, get down, get down. The advance was an absolute disaster. Could not have been worse. Rookie mistakes made. It happened so quick. Three shots. There were 20 Secret Service agents running around like chickens with their head cut off. Direct line of sight like that to the former President Should not occur. We will h have a fullscale Committee Hearing that will hopefully deliver some answers that every american has about what went wrong. We been working on the Rnc Security Plan for over a year and having in constant conversation with our partners. We have covered Clancy And Air and its important to reassure the public that we take this very seriously. Watch as this area but the entire city. Sandra like a fire hose, the news is coming out fast. A busy afternoon and now we are awaiting key live events. First up and expected Vp Announcement from former President Donald Trump. We are told to expect that this hour. The first briefing from the White House since the attempted assassinat
Reporter what do you do if you are stuck in afghanistan . Dont go to the airport according to the us government, word of a possible imminent attack is out there especially after the latest intelligence from the uk after the us embassy put out the statement, threat of cyber Couple Airport, us citizens should avoid traveling to the airport, those at east Gate Or Northgate should leave immediately. The evacuations of continued but we hear different figures from the administration how many americans are stranded in afghanistan. State department says the number is around 1500 or so and may include a group of families from california. Anthony blinken says americans were repeatedly warned. March of this year we sent 19 messages to americans enrolled with the embassy in kabul encouraging and urging them to leave the country. There could be other Americans In Afghanistan Who never enrolled with the embassy with Evacuation Services notices and never identified themselves to us. Reporter blinken
also in the programme. the former president donald trump will meet conservatives at their annual conference in florida this weekend, to declare he is still the presumptive nominee for 202a. but not everyone is on board. you are going to play the high school fight song and this is a high school fight song and this is a high school band. take it away! and, we ll talk to the band who ve come up with an ingenious way of keeping the music playing, during a pandemic. hello. i m laura trevelyan in new york city, christian fraser is in london. there are mass vaccination sites opening across new york, and on this day 39 of the biden administration the president s already halfway towards his target of 100 million shots in 100 days. it s a very different picture in europe. so far, just 5% of eu citizens have received a jab, compared to 27% in the uk. there are wide disparities within the eu. but, while 50 million doses had been delivered to the member nations, not even half have yet
agenda. despite optimism among the top advisors, the social spending bill faces a tougher to the finish line, republicans and some moderate democrats expressing concerns over its enormous price tag. we began with lucas tomlinson live in delaware where the president is spending the weekend. good evening, the infrastructure bill has passed through the senate and the house of representatives the socials the deed is passing through either. they say the social spending bill true price tag that the $4 trillion and the president disputes that number. the bill that the republicans continue to describe his continuous misinformation. our bill cost 1.75, 1.9 as amended and what we raised in terms of revenue is somewhere around 2.1 trillion but the real thing were paying for every penny in this bill. democrats had hoped to pass to satisfy the progressive immoderate wings of the party but the house divorced the two bills friday night when the infrastructure bill passed moderates are
will not. [ applause ] but ukraine ukraine can stop putin. ukraine can stop putin if we stand with ukraine and provide the weapons it needs to defend itself. my predecessor and some of you here seek to pery the truth about january 6th. i will not do that. this is a moment to speak the truth than bury the lies. it s a simple choice. we can fight about fixing the border or we can fix it. i m ready to fix it. send me the border bill now. here in the chamber tonight are families whose loved ones are still being held by hamas. i pledge to all the families i will not rest until we bring every one of your loved ones home. that s just a small sample of president joe biden s wide ranging and at times down right fiery state of the union address. we re going to have complete coverage of his speech and the reaction straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 8th. it s friday. it s been a long week. we re so glad you spent it with us. i m jona