our north america correspondent nomia iqbal who was outside the hospital where salman rushdie is being treated in erie, pennyslvania spoke to us earlier. we are still waiting to get an update. we are expecting to hear from the hospital at some point today, certainly over the weekend. the last we heard was that the statement given by sir salman rushdie�*s agent in which he quotes it is not good news. he said mr rushdie is likely to lose an eye. the nerves in one arm have been severed. he is currently on a ventilator and cannot speak. this hospital here, obviously neighbouring new york state where mr rushdie was airlifted, has some of the most advanced facilities when it comes to treating people with trauma. he underwent surgery, we know he is on a ventilator. any update we will bring to you.
exchange in the presidential suv including testimony we will disclose today from two witnesses who confirmed that a confrontation occurred. the first witness is a former white house employee with national security responsibilities and after seeing the initial violence at the capitol on tv the individual went to see tony renato, the deputy teeth of staff in his office. he was there with bobby ingle, the present�*s lead secret service agent. this employee told us that mr renato said the president was, quote, i rate when he was refused to be driven to the capitol. mr ingle did not refute the statement. second witness retired sergeant mark robinson of the dc police department was assigned to the presidents motorcade that day. he sat in the lead vehicle with the secret service agent responsible for the motorcade, also called�*s agent. here is how sergeant robinson remembered the exchange. mas