to ukraine. france, germany, iceland, italy, to ukraine. france, germany, iceland, italy, latvia, - to ukraine. france, germany,| iceland, italy, latvia, lithuania luxembourg, the netherlands, norway, poland, and the united kingdom, they have all stepped up to leave the capability coalition and to commit resources and personnel to this critical task stepped up to lead. this is a testimony to the resolve and unity at ramstein today and we stand by ukraine because it is the right thing to do. and because america cares when freedom is at risk. but we also stand by ukraine because it is crucial to our own security and the us would face grave new perils in a world where aggression and autocracy are on the march and where tyrants are emboldened and where dictators think they can wipe out democracy off the map. so when we invest in the security of ukraine, we invest in our own security. and we strengthen this shared vision of an open world of rules and rights and responsibiliti
at a funeral directors in hull that is at the centre of a major police investigation. the national crime agency has been called in to assist. detectives have received more than 1,500 calls in the past week from people who have used legacy independent funeral directors and are now worried about what happened to their relatives bodies. danny savage has heard from some of them. this is rita shaw. she died last october after a short illness. her husband has her ashes at home. i don t know if i ve got rita s ashes at all. it could be anybody s, i think. but like so many people in the hull area who used legacy funeral directors, he s now wondering if they really are her ashes. you get over the initial part of rita passing away, it s hard, but it s on top of it, if they aren t rita s ashes, it s like torture for the rest of your life, i would have thought. police have taken 35 bodies from this funeral home in hull. they now say they have contacted the families of those people. but
we are seeing a wide array of very dangerous threats that emanate from the border. sandra: the warning from the fbi director christopher wray as you look live at the southern border. just as president biden departs for battleground wisconsin. john: polls showing biden and trump are running neck and neck in wisconsin and one of the top issues, the border crisis. 43% of wisconsin voters say it is extremely important to them. sandra: and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york on this wednesday afternoon. glad you are here. john: john roberts in washington. good to be with you for this middle of the week wednesday as opposed to wednesdays that fall on other parts of the week. this is america reports . national border patrol council president brandon judd is blasting the biden administration for not getting a handle on the crisis, new details about the terror threat coming from the southern border. chris wray knew this was happening six months into the admini
american people deserve to hear from the leaders of the intelligence community. director haines, continue the second category is a set of more intense in unpredictable transnational challenges, such as climate change, corruption, or codex trafficking held security, terrorism, and cybercrimes cyber crime that often interact with traditional state-based political, economic, and security challenges. and the third category is regional and localized conflicts that have far-reaching and at times cascading implications not only for neighboring countries, but also for the world and all three challenges are affected affected by trends in new and emerging technologies, environmental changes, and economic strain that are stoking instability and making it that much more challenging for us to forecast developments and their implications. these dynamics are putting unprecedented burdens on the institutions and the relationships that the united states relies on to manage such challenges.