0n the democratic side, is tim walz, kamala harris s running mate. He s the governor of minnesota. Before that, he spent 12 years as a congressman. Before entering politics, he was a high school teacher for 16 years, serving as an assistant coach on his school s football team. He spent 2a years in the army reserves, reaching the highest non commissioned rank, command sergeant major. He s 60 years old, just six months older than his running mate, kamala harris. Joining me now form the spin room floor is our correspondent john sudworth. The clock is ticking. What is going on with tim walz. Joining me now is jaime harrison, chair of the democratic party. How is governor tim walz? he s a good place but i want to say my heart goes out to all the folks in south carolina, georgia, tennessee impacted by the i live in south carolina and in these times of trouble we have to rally together as one country to support our brothers and sisters who are experiencing so much pain right now. ,, , ~ , n
But i obviously grew up watching him pursue a passion. My sister did a lot of gymnastics, a bit of dancing, and as a seven year old, i asked my father if i could have a go. I wanted to go to a dance lesson, and my mother and father didn t even question any of it bearing in mind we didn t go to the theatre, we didn t go to galleries, or. . . I was not exposed to the arts. But they found a local school around the corner, and we now can fully appreciate that little local school had some of the best teachers you could ever come across. And you had this very rapid rise through your teens. You performed at the opening ceremony of the sydney olympics, and then you started to win international ballet competitions. The first teachers i had unleashed this tiger within me. So, then it was when i was about 13 or 14, which again shows you just how incredible my first teachers were, that they felt they d taken me so far, and it was time to hand me on they introduced me to my teacher in sydney, h
Parts of the southeastern United States in shambles, lifethreatening conditions continuing across multiple states in the u. S. As at least 25 people have been reported dead, including a fouryearold girl killed in a Car Wreck and claremont, North Carolina. Right now, Hundreds Of Miles. Hundreds of miles north of where Helene Made Landfall as a category four hurricane in florida are Emergency Situations are still unfolding more than 50 people are stranded on the roof of a hospital in irwin, tennessee right now, that complex surrounded by many feet of water nearby in the western mountainous region of North Carolina helene is Compounding A Rainstorm from wednesday together more than 30 inches if rain fell in 48 hours were learning that a Dam Failure in Lake Lore is quote, imminent. The States Transportation Department says all roads in western North Carolina aryna should be considered closed on to georgia, where more than 11 people have been killed and multiple people are still trapped ins
It is their direct participation and this of course significantly changes the very essence of the conflict. This will mean that nato countries, the united states, european countries, are fighting with russia. Meanwhile, moscow s defence ministry says its forces have recaptured 10 settlements over the past two days and that ukraine s military has suffered heavy casualties. But president zelensky says kyiv anticipated russia s counteroffensive and knows how to respond. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has been following russia s defence strategy from moscow. A music video from the russian military. Allegedly showing it targeting ukrainian troops across the board of the it s presented like a blockbuster. In reality, this is a huge problem for russia. The governor of the kursk bridge and put it in vigors. He told vladimir putin that ukrainian soldiers had seized 28 settlements in his region. The kremlin leader cut him off or stop leave the numbers to the military, he said. Translation
Well come. We start in poltava, ukraine. Where russia has carried out one of the deadliest strikes in months. Ukraine s defence ministry says at least 51 people have been killed, with 219 injured. The attack occurred at a military communications institute, in the central eastern part of the country. These images verified by the bbc show the aftermath of that attack. The country s defence ministry says people were hit as they headed to bomb shelters. Emergency workers are trying to rescue survivors from the rubble. President zelensky vowed to hold those responsible to account for the attack. Nick beake is at the scene, and has just sent us this report, which contains some distressing images. The missiles tore through the ukrainian military academy at 9 o clock this morning, just as lessons were starting, levelling huge parts of the complex and killing dozens instantly. Army medics battle to save the injured. Hold on, he shouts, you re a good lad. Tonight we arrived in a stunned city. Th