Minutes a particularly cowardly act of terror eight dead in new york after a pickup truck plows into pedestrians and cyclists in Lower Manhattan. Cattle earliest opposed president says that hes staying in brussels for safety of spain starts processing rebellion charges against him. Lawyers for Facebook Twitter and google go before congress to explain how russia allegedly used them to influence the u. S. Election plus. They are not going to get safety thats why im saying here a last minute lawsuit challenges the closure of a stray and run prison camp in Papua New Guinea refugees theyre refusing to leave. U. S. President donald trump is vowing to step up socalled extreme vetting of foreigners after a truck was driven into cyclists and pedestrians in. New york eight people were killed several others were injured in the incident which the police are treating as a terrorist attack the twenty nine year old suspect was shot at the scene in Lower Manhattan and taken to hospital the governments
Ask you to check that the various mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as we prepare to begin. For everyone inhouse there will be a slight shift in the program agenda. Our keynote will now follow our first panel, but it will also occur before the break that is scheduled before the second panel. So, opening our discussion today will be dr. Lee edwards, distinguished fellow and conservative thought here at the Heritage Foundation. Please join me in welcoming dr. Edwards. [applause] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to the Heritage Foundation. We thank you so much for coming out today. August is something of a slow month in washington, dc, and were so pleased that we could attract some of this Towns Limited attention to the matter of u. S. Taiwan relations. And i extend a warm welcome to our speakers, panelists, and of course, to you, members of the audience. Particularly want to offer my appreciation to the Taiwan Benevolent Association of america, and the inst
Thanks Stefania Newschannel three will be following this breaking news all for all the new information and an updated time line of events stay with us right here and on wtkr dotcom Booker T Washington high school was placed on a partial lockdown this morning Norfolk Police say a student at the school overheard other students talking about a bomb and told the School Resource officer. Police and fire crews responded but found nothing and started clearing the building. The lockdown has since been lifted. Switching gears to weather now meteorologist Dominic Brown is in the live viper forecast temps. Have your rain gear handy. Scattered showers are in your forecast today, courtesy of an area of low pressure that carolina coast. A few rain showers are possible in the morning, and with cold air in place, a couple of snowflakes could mix in with the rain, but we re not expecting a big event. By afternoon, scattered rain will be around. Cloudy skies and high tonight, the rain will push out late
With a medical teams care to battle the affects of covid19. Despite the seriousness of his condition, he took a brief drive in a motorcade waving and cheering at waving at cheering supporters outside the hospital. He wore a mask and the secret Service Agents were in the vehicle, and several are calling it totally unnecessary and irresponsible. The president s medical team up beat and optimistic about the patients condition right now. But they reveal something today they previously had not. That the president did receive oxygen to help him breathe. He did have a high fever at one point and he is taking a steroid drug prescribed to people with the most severe cases of covid19. My guests, including can doctors and Public Health experts will join me here in the situation room to discuss the president s prognosis. Before the photo op, a motorcade driver released a video on his twitter account, praising Walter Reed Hospital and the past few days have been to him, an important education. Its
Former president george w. Bush, the twoterm republican who did not support President Trump in 2016 and who did not publicly endorse trump or biden, for that matter, this year. These words from former president pubush today. The American People can have confidence that this election was fundamentally fair. Its integrity will be upheld and its outcome is clear. Bush went on to say that in facing the challenges ahead, we must come together for the sake of our families and neighbors and our nation and its future. And he concluded, we urge all americans to join us in wishing our next president and Vice President well, as they prepare to take up their important duties. Lets get right to cnn who joins us from the biden headquarters in wilmington. How important is it that former president bush release this Statement Today . Well, ana, its very significant that the former president george w. Bush, a republican, spoke with president elect joe biden and offered this call of unity at a time when