shock of to have the attempted assassination of donald trump 48 hours earlier had not worn off when the calls for national unity clashed with the finninger if-pointing over inflammatory rhetoric when we got our first glimpse of the former president of the united states, his ear bandaged where the gunman s bullet came within millimeters of taking his life. he will be the next president of the united states. ,. [cheers and applause] if. howard: it was the an electric scene at the republican convention in the milwaukee which was also excited over trump s vp pick, j.d. vance, who was battling largely negative commentary from the press. journalists constantly recycled the ohio senate s blistering criticism from 2016 when he denigrated trump, and vance hit back at the media establishment. you text that trump is a cynical a-hole like nixon who wouldn t be that bad and might even prove useful and that he s america s hitler. i bought into the media s lies and distortions. i bo
a new era in space travel. the question is, are we witnessing a new start of an era in space travel? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that some days would like to buy a one-way ticket to mars. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, september 16th. we ll start with the news. the u.s. has reached another grim milestone in its fight against coronavirus. new data shows that more than one in 500 americans has died from covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, one in 500 americans. according to an nbc news tally, there have been more than 41,689,000 cases. so far 55% are vaccinated. 63% have received one dose. the fda will meet to discuss whether booster shots will be necessary for the majority of adults who are vaccinated. nbc news correspondent miguel almaguer explained. reporter: the battle over boosters as vaccine boosters make their case ahead of friday s fda review of pfizer s booster shot for the general public.
how safe is america s critical infrastructure? the world s largest meat processing company was forced to shut down operations due to a cyber attack. and america s last great wilderness. president biden blocks drilling for oil and gas in a wildlife refuge, in alaska. this administration still has a lot to do. this administration still has a lot to do. but this administration still has a lot to do, but this is a good first many step in to do, but this is a good first many step in that to do, but this is a good first many step in that direction. hello, wherever you are in the world, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. today we begin in israel. opposition parties have reached an agreement to form a new government that would end benjamin netanyahu s 12 year tenure as prime minister. just before a midnight deadline, yair lapid, leader of the centrist yesh atid party, has told the new israeli president an eight party coalition had been formed. under a rotation arrangement, th
eight house republicans of written nancy pelosi demanding the congresswoman be removed from her committee assignments. house speaker pelosi said not so fast. congresswoman omar is a member of the caucus, nobody criticized how people will be held accountable. if we are not going to the international court of justice. that was a legitimate question that was not of concern. members became concerned when the tweet that was put out equated the united states with the taliban and. what more did the speaker have to say? house lehman brothers will be returning to washington, many will offer fresh criticism of the minnesota congresswoman. she faced a bipartisan rebuke after comments she made last week equating the us and israel to terrorist groups like hamas and the caliban. she walked those back but republicans say the congresswoman should be removed from her committee assignment. she should be fired and this is a pattern with her, not just one off, she has a pattern of anti
the final edition of hong kong s main pro democracy newspaper has hit the streets, hours after apple daily said persecution by the authorities had forced it to close. and the tech pioneer john mcafee, wanted for alleged tax evasion in the united states, has been found dead in a spanish prison. hello and welcome. russia says its patrol ships and fighterjets have fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of a british warship sailing in the black sea near crimea. the russian defence ministry said, that hms defender, had violated its territorial waters. but the uk s ministry of defence has flatly denied their claims saying the russians were carrying out exercises when they fired. the mod says the royal navy destroyer was sailing in an internationally recognised shipping lane, within the 12 mile limit of crimea s territorial waters. our defence correspondentjonathan beale is the only broadcaster onboard hms defender. he has just sent this report. hands to action sta