with what the united states has given him. we re starting to see all sorts of countries in the united states and europe increasing the ferociousness of the weapons. it s a very uncomfortable position for a lot of western continues to be in to be giving weapons to a government that is then going to be deploying them against the russian military. that means u.s. weapons are going to be killing russians. it s really close to being in the war itself and it has been a very dicey game diplomatically and it looks as though zelenskyy has finally said he s satisfied with the amount of weaponry he s receiving. just today we just something something like a blitzkrieg all across ukraine, bombings especially targeting railway facilities and tactical targets that could be significant when it comes to arming the ukrainian government or getting weapons from one side of the country to another. that is one of the really big bottlenecks here. it s one thing to offer the
ferociousness of the ukrainian resistance. the complete alliance and something they ve done great work in terms of helping rally our european allies. i know you mentioned comments about what s going on with the convoy. i think the ukrainians were able to take out some of the initial vehicles and in a rural road, where you ve now got mud round it, and some of this may be repositioning, and some may be chaotic lack of russian leadership on the ground and figuring out a way to get around what is a small road with mud on the fields and vehicles in the front of that convoy to take them out. and a bridge taken out by the ukrainians as well. you know the area well, you ve been there and from the armed services perspective, does the ukrainian army i know it s a contested airspace but did the russians take up so much of the air control that they can t go
the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has given his reaction to the news. heartbreaking. two children, and they are children, have lost their lives prematurely because of knife crime. it s not a consolation to their families and friends, the fact we have made good progress in relation to youth violence going down, knife crime involving young people going down, knife crime going down over the last four years, because what we are seeing, although there are fewer people being stabbed, there are fewer young people going to hospitals, the consequences are far more serious. what we are seeing when i speak to those who work in trauma centres, those who work in a&es, is evidence of increased ferocity of the stabbings, the ferociousness is what is leading to teenage homicides going up. we are going to continue work incredibly hard to support young people, to support communities by investing in these communities, at the same time as investing in our police, to suppress violence at its source.
fool you. it is still slamming louisiana right now. there s still a lot more to learn about how it is impacting the people there. the damage it s caused. now we are learning that there is at least one death caused by a downed tree. the slow movement is increasing the risk of major flooding. new orleans is under a flash flood emergency and completely out of power. the jefferson parish president told me this evening they are getting calls from people trapped in their homes with water up to their chests. every road in the parish is now impassable and the sheriff says two of the parish s three hospitals have been damaged. i want to bring in a spokesman for the american red cross. thanks for joining us. looking at the power and just the ferociousness of ida what do you see as the biggest need right now? good evening, pam. at this point we don t know the full extent of the damage potentially until tomorrow morning. what we do know is that the
that are trying to use the chaos and anarchy and mayhem to get into the united states, the balance of trying to bring in our allies and friends safely all while providing security to americans, this is so dangerous over time and that has to be handled with care and it is not the children of these people doing all of the dangerous work like always, it is the backbone of america doing the heavy lifting is. brian: our president did have a deceased son who served, he talks about the troops often, at this moment when those americans need our government and our ferociousness, he s unwilling, relying on the taliban who we know wants nothing but us out so they can ruthlessly utilize the vacuum to their own benefit to include potentially hostages. if tim kennedy was in charge, what would happen to get our people home.