Chuck grassley we will start with you. Itwe will have our Opening Statements. The constitution recognizes us as equal. I was going to call on you first because you are the Senior Member here today. It you have been a respected member of the house of representatives and you know miss yates. Hope you will start. John lewis thank you very much. I am delighted and pleased to be here. I am on a to be here with my friend from the georgia delegation. We are introducing the United States attorney for the district of georgia. She has been nominated to serve as Deputy Attorney general of the United States. Her dedication to Public Service is in her blood. Both her father and grandfather served in the Georgia Court of appeals. Her father was one of the great lawyers in the state of georgia and in our nation. She is principled, tough has used her commitment to justice to strength Law Enforcement and the community. She graduated from the university of georgia with honors. Her career in private prac
Education are disbursed by riot police. In sport with those fifa president ial elections less than 24 hours way we examine the credentials of the only man left in the race to stop sepp blatter claiming a fifth term. Fifa boss sepp blatter is refuse to go resign despite the deepening crisis at footballs world governing body. Hes told the opening of Fifas Congress that he cannot be held responsible for the Corruption Scandal which saw sefo visuals arrested in zurich on wednesday. The head of uefa which represents european football situations says he asked blat tore step down air. Vote on friday will now decide if blatters gets a fifth term at fifas president. A majority of uefa members are expected to back his only rival. Jordans prince hussein. But the russian president has defended blatter criticizing the u. S. For medaling in fifa affairs. Lawrence lee reports now from the headquarters of fifa, zurich. Reporter if you have been on the moon since tuesday night you would be forgiven for
Nigeria during a suicide bombing and rocket attacks. Plus. I have no concerns about that and i have especially no concerns about my person. Sepp blatter defiant as the Corruption Scandal engulfing f. I. F. A. Rumbles on. And i have all the sport, including well find out from africa why f. I. F. A. s president is so popular across the continent. Details later in the programme. Hello, there a warm welcome to this hour of news. A massive rescue operation has taken place in italy during one of the busiest periods for migrant traffic this year. More than 4,200 people have been saved in the mediterranean in just the last 24 hours. They were pulled from a number of boats from rescue teams from italy, ireland and germany, the latest development in a growing crisis. Since january, 1,800 people have died or gone missing, making the perilous journey. Reporter in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, this was a scramble to stay afloat. A desperate scene repeated many times over. A german frigate wa
Tonight another round of rain what they dont need. Its going from bad to worth, torrential rains. Devastation and a rising death toll. Now spilling over the banks. In houston, getting slammed. Jonathan martin is in the houston suburb of rosenberg. Yes, it is raining adane y again and again, this is an area under a mandatory evacuation. You can understand why. The river is well above the flood stage. This is the rain and flooding. Many of the people 75 homes here people in 75 homes have been told to get out of here. Police went door to door last night and came back as it started to rain to tell people to get out of the area. There were about 50 to 60 homes, and they were told if they can evacuate, some of them decided to leave, some decided to stay. I can tell you in the last half hour as more rain came down Law Enforcement went back to some people reminding them of the danger. We see more and more people. A lot of people seem to be taking it seriously. Not here but across the houston a
[ ] ] we begin with breaking news from the white house. Bow biden, a son of joe biden has died. He had cancer. He was 46, and served as the attorneygeneral of della mere. He was hospitalized at the walt ereed center. His full name Joseph Robert bowe biden the third. He won a bronze guard during his service. He suffered a mild stroke in 2010. And just last year he underwent surgery at a Cancer Hospital in texas. The Vice President read a statement reading our washington correspondent libby casey joining us live by phone. Reaction starting to pour in. Absolutely. This is devastating on many levels. Beau was seen as a rising star of the democratic party, and there was hope for this man of the future a young man, 46 years old, with a political heritage with his father and carving out his own past. He served as attorneygeneral and when joe biden became the Vice President many thought he would slide into the senate seat. He decided not to and stayed on as the attorneygeneral and ran for anot