Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Thousands of migrant children are being held in a camp in texas, which is ridden with disease, is insanitary and is lacking medical resources. An investigation by the bbc has revealed the facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso as grossly overcrowded. Children are sleeping several hundred to a tent, with shortages of clean clothes. Staff working there say that illnesses such as Covid And Flu have affected hundreds of children in recent months. Our correspondent Hilary Andersson sent this special report. Deep in the Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas is a Tented Camp Holding Thousands Of Migrant Children in conditions that are alarming. These are the camps white tents. Its set in a military base. We werent allowed near it but you can glimpse it from the road. There it is, there it is. Its just down there, behind these white buildings. These pictures are the worlds first look inside. They were taken secretly by employees who are banne
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Thousands of migrant children are being held in a camp in texas, which is ridden with disease, is insanitary and is lacking medical resources. An investigation by the bbc has revealed facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso as grossly overcrowded. Children are sleeping several hundred to a tent, with shortages of clean clothes. Staff working there say that illnesses such as Covid And Flu have affected hundreds of children in recent months. Deep in the Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas is a Tented Camp Holding Thousands Of Migrant Children in conditions that are alarming. These are the camps white tents. Its set in a military base. We werent allowed near it but you can glimpse it from the road. There it is, there it is. Its just down there, behind these white buildings. These pictures are the worlds first look inside. They were taken secretly by employees who are banned from filming or speaking about conditions. The tents are massiv
And he remains committed to supporting negotiations between the parties which many of you may be following are resuming next week and he also believes we need to focus our resources on fighting the threats we face today 20 years almost 20 years after the war began like um a house full of washington d. C. Their reaction is somewhat mixed particularly from congress there the Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell has described the decision as a grave mistake this is a sentiment shared by a ranking member of the powerful house armed Services Committee Mike Rogers who says that this could impact on the u. S. National interests and its security some democrats to have expressed reservations but generally theres been overwhelming support from that side of the house for president Bidens Decision interestingly enough when he was Vice President all those years ago Joe Biden attempted to persuade Barack Obama that there would be no military victory within afghanistan that the u. S. Presence there
Going to use all the resources in my disposal present to keep the american people safe from Gun Violence but theres much more of the congress can do to help that effort and they can do it right now. Theyve offered plenty of thoughts and prayers members of congress but they passed not a single new federal law to reduce Gun Violence. Enough prayers. Time for some action. Our white House Correspondent kimberly hellcat says biden still has a long way to go. Its going to be a challenge to work with congress given the fact that you know you need to pass this in the house of representatives thats controlled by democrats that seems likely but its the senate that is always up for question and while there is a narrow majority in the senate there are some democrats from rural states where there may be some pushback for example Joe Manchin from the state of West Virginia its known for its sort of wild rugged beauty and there are a lot of gun owners there they would be very unhappy with their democ
absolutely extraordinary. of course, he ll be best known for being married to the queen for some 73 years. as you said, the longe est servg consort in british history. once the queen on the golden anniversary said he was simply her strength and stay for all of those years. he s always been two steps behind but performed with her tens of thousands of engagements. he s been the head of over 600 charitable organizations. he has touched the lives of millions of people here in the uk and right around the commonwealth. prime minister boris johnson described him like this. like the expert carriage driver that he was, he helped to steer the royal family and the monarchy. so that it remains an institution to the balance and happiness of our national life. he described him there as a carriage driver. he was also a passionate polo player in his younger years. he had a real passion for life, i would say. he had lots of amusing comments. he once described himself as the world s greate