with the prospect of a new trial looming, the 34th anniversary of the bombing will be commemorated quietly in lockerbie in a few days time. sara smith, bbc news, washington. we can now speak to bob and aileen monetti, who s son rick was a passenger on pan am flight 103. bob was also a long time leader of the victims of pan am flight 103, an organization helping victims families. thank you very much to both of you for making time to speak to us. of course, any development with this case has a very significant meaning to you but start by telling us your reactions to these new charges. well, sent attorney general bar announced the indictments a couple of years ago, the family members and especially my
of the bombing will be commemorated quietly in lockerbie in a few days time. sara smith, bbc news, washington. well, earlier i spoke to bob and eileen monetti, whose son rick was a passenger on pan am flight 103. i began by asking for their reaction to this latest suspect being charged. well, since attorney general barr announced the indictments a couple of years ago, the family members, and especially my daughter, kara, and otherfamily members have been lobbying the us, the attorney general, the fbi and the state department, to bring abu agila masud to the united states for trial. we had been hoping and wishing that this would happen sooner rather than later.
of the scottish legal system. with the prospect of a new trial looming, the 34th anniversary of the bombing will be commemorated quietly in lockerbie in a few days time. sara smith, bbc news, washington. well earlier i spoke to bob and eileen monetti whose son rick was a passenger on pan am flight 103. i began by asking for their reaction to this latest suspect being charged. since attorney general barr announced the indictments a couple of years ago, the family members, and especially my daughter, kara, and otherfamily members, have been lobbying the us, the attorney general, the fbi and the state department, to bring mr masud to the united states for trial.
macron today and continue to insist that any further expansion in europe by the u. s. and nato would be unacceptable. as for ukraine, it reports its president is not happy with the biden administration after the administrations emits warnings about an attack, saying that such warnings needlessly spread alarm. with that, let s bring in our lead off guests on this friday, night katie bennett, justice department reporter for the new york times, cynthia for the civil rights division of the justice department, on rick for a secretary of state of public despondency in public affairs in the obama administration. and former managing editor of time magazine. thank you for joining me this evening. katie, what more do we know about how this trump electors plan was supposed to work, and who in the former president circle might have been involved in the plan? so the committee is already covering quite a bit of information about the plan. much of it is public. it seems as though it began in novemb
blinken has done in particular, it s just a untouched with european allies. so not tried to leave too much room between the u.s. and nato. and because one of putin s goals is to bring nato apart. that is what he is trying to do. that is why he is testing article five of nato. that is why he has all these troops there. so i think that the west has to stay united. even if, you know, we are not united on every aspect of what president biden would like us to do, by the way you heard president zelensky of ukraine today say look, i do not think that it is as eminent as the americans say. i do not want to scare you cranium people, because this may not happen. in general, the administration is doing a good job keeping it all together. let s see what happens next. we will have to leave it there. katie, cynthia, rick, thank you for your time. i appreciate it. coming up, the president tries