starts right now. martha: thank you both very much. i m martha maccallum and this is the story. former president trump about to hold a rally in virginia, a tight race right now. he s trying to become the first republican presidential candidate to win the state in 20 years. biden won by ten points last time around. we will see what he has to say. we expect in any moment and will take you there. clearly he will reflect on last night s debate, which was very consequential in many ways, not grade ways for joe biden. we will talk about that quite a bit. the president also on the campaign trail in north carolina trying to clean up on aisle 5, and he worked hard at that this afternoon to get a bounce back from a very difficult night last night. here s some of the reaction to last night in the media, after the debate. the biggest issue he had to prove to the american people was he had the energy and stamina, and he did not do that. how long do we continue to act like we did not
and the duke of edinburgh returns home and is said to be in good spirits. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with harrowing testimony from one community in syria, one of the many shattered by the conflict, which started a decade ago this week. tens of thousands had taken to the streets, calling for change. the government tried to crush the protests and the country descended into civil war. the united nations estimates more than 250,000 people have died in syria s conflict, although the true number could be much higher. at least 6.2 million syrians have been forced from their homes. another 5.7 million have left the country, and, now, a decade on, after all the bloodshed, president bashar al assad is still in power. in aleppo in 2013, iqra school was bombed by a fighterjet. some children were killed instantly. 0thers died of their injuries in the days and weeks that followed. a bbc panorama team were filming nearby when the attack happened.
wimbledon classic. rafa nadal. welcome to outside source. the iraqi prime minister haider al abadi has declared victory over the islamic state group in iraq s second city most all. here he is speaking earlier. translation: our victory today is a victory against darkness, against brutality and against terrorism. and i declare from this place, i declare to the whole world the end, the failure and the collapse of the so called caliphate. the terrorist state of daesh which was declared here in mosul three years ago has gone. our victory today was made possible by the iraqi people who sacrificed their lives to put an end to this evil entity which will end up in the dustbin of history. mosul‘s significant not just because it s iraq s second largest city. it s also where this man, the leader of is abu bakr al baghdadi declared the group s so called caliphate three years ago. the campaign to retake mosul began in october you can see how the iraqi army gradually gained territor
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in november. this district will be fought again in november. all the money that was just spent in the special election, welcome to running again in november. now, the republicans will argue your best shot was in this lower turnout special election. but this race will stay on the map, especially given this, again, the last republican who won here it was a blowout. a democrat has not represented this district since ronald reagan was president of the united states. the fact that danny o connor is within 1,766 votes is a moral victory for the democrats. it does not get you an office in washington. you have to win the election. other democrats around t