Aircraft per hour in and out of h kaya, it could look like 5,000 passengers departing per day, but we are mindful that a number of factors influence this effort. The most stunning image going viral. More than 600 afghans squeezing into a c17 transport plane, and they are the lucky ones. You have likely seen the image of afghan families in a cargo plane. This speaks to the humanity of our troops in this mission. The Skill And Professionalism of our u. S. Military. The president sending a clear message monday that while acknowledging surprise at the speed of the taliban takeover, he has no apologies, no regrets for the decision to withdraw. I am now the fourth american president to preside over war in afghanistan, two democrats and two republicans. I will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth president. I am president of the united states of america, and the buck stops with me. The main concern is the taliban. The group promising today not to attack foreign embassies while trying to
After a father of four was stabbed to death having spent the day celebrating his two year old twin daughters birthday, the stark reality of drinking during the pandemic more people died from alcohol in england and wales last year than in any of the previous twenty years. Unseasonal weather as people go to the polls in england, scotland and wales the biggest test of Voter Opinion since the last general election. And we meet the former Royal Marine Commando who lost both legs in afghanistan in training for a charity swim across Plymouth Sound good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. French fishermen who staged a protest off the coast ofjersey about post brexit Fishing Rights have now sailed away from the area and back to port. Two Royal Navy Ships are still on patrol after escalating tensions in the last few days. The french claim their rights to fish off the island are being unfairly restricted by a new system of licences. Leaders in jersey say theyve held positive talks with the protes
Crisis. Correspondent bryan llenas has the latest tonight from new york. Good evening. Good evening, a day after call they believed by democrats and republicans, today new York Governor Andrew Cuomo double down and vowed to fight back against his critics. And going to take on those actors. Today a defiant Governor Cuomo blamed lawmakers for spreading this miss information. I was not aggressive enough in locking down the false today. We were busy, trying to make lives, i will not make the mistake again. This is the normal political garbage. And it hurt them. Thats what i feel badly about. Undermining his claims of a partisan witch hunt, today new York Democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez called for a full investigation into Governor Cuomo quote thousands of vulnerable nursing home residents lost the dear max their lives. This is republican u. S. Senators are demanding the Senate Judiciary committee open investigation to begin public hearings warning President Bidens Attorney
But in addition to him being a good friend, hes an even better citizen, so thats why i asked phil to serve as americas ambassador to germany because i knew he would do a great job representing america and what we stand for the best of our values, and hed do that with one of our most important allies. So when he came back, i thought he was going to be tired. I thought he was going to go, you know, back to doing what he had been doing, but then he calls me up and says im going to run for governor. We were having dinner, i think, at the white house when you brought that up. I said, okay, lets go. So i supported him when he ran for governor four years ago because i knew he would make the people of new jersey proud. And thats exactly what hes done. As governor hes worked to build a stronger and a fairer economy, an economy that works for every new jersey family, not just the wealthy, not just the well connected. He raised the minimum wage. He signed legislation requiring equal pay for equal
to put alec baldwin and a very unwelcome spotlight. the october 2021 death of cinematographer halyna hutchins, who is tragically hit by a live round of ammunition fired from a prop gun held by baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the movie rust well, they were opening statements today marking the start of the trial of hannah gutierrez reed, who served as the film s armorer. now she has pleaded not guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, and also to tampering with evidence. hutchins death prompting questions as to how live ammunition could have possibly ended up on the movie set? five live round and one spent live round were actually found by investigators according to the probable cause statement. now, if she is convicted of these crimes, she faces up to 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine for each of the counts baldwin is also in a san trial on a involuntary manslaughter trial and charge in connection with the killing. now he has also pleaded not guilty and i