In case of an emergency. On sunday, Suella Braverman called for a review into armed policing. Her intervention was welcomed by the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley. In an open letter, he called for an urgent reset, writing that improvements to the met police were being undermined by a system not set up to help officers succeed, identifying Police Pursuits and the use of force as areas of the most glaring unfairness. He said officers need sufficient Legal Protection to do theirjob and keep the public safe, because theyre now more afraid of years of uncertainty for them and theirfamilies in the legal system than they are of confronting dangerous or armed criminals and terrorists. It all comes after a met Police Officer was charged on thursday with the murder of Unarmed Chris Kaba Last year. The 24 year old was fatally shot in a borrowed car in south london, a car the police say was linked to an incident involving a gun. The met police are keen to stress that Military Per
And the Union Representing writers have reached a tentative deal. Writers have been on strike since early may. The 15,000 plus members will still have to vote to ratify the deal. In a statement, the Writers Guild of america said we can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership. Actors are Still Holding industrial action, though. They have been on strike sincejuly. Both strikes have hit the Entertainment Industry hard. Jeanie wolf is an Entertainment Reporter in the us she gave us her reaction to the deal. This is the most positive news weve heard out of any meeting in all these months. What the writers are asking for reflects the changes in the entertainment business. For instance, residuals, replay of programmes and programmes that are successful, especially in streaming, which is where the Television Industry is aiming. And the streaming services dont like to report these statistics of thei
It comes as reports in the American Media suggest that the United States is planning to give ukraine advanced long range missiles to help with its ongoing counteroffensive against russia. They quote us officials familiar with the issue as saying ukraine will get some missiles similar to the ones were seeing here with a range of up to 190 miles. That would allow kyiv to hit russian targets deep behind the front line. Neither the us nor ukraine have officially confirmed the media reports. With more on this im joined from the newsroom by Europe Regional Editor for the bbc world service, danny aeberhard. Hello. Think you forjoining us. We have heard a lot about the significance of the specific type of weapons. Can you tell us a bit about them . ~ ,. , weapons. Can you tell us a bit about them . , them . Well, this is our basically wea ons them . Well, this is our basically weapons that them . Well, this is our basically weapons that go them . Well, this is our basically weapons that go wit
Us. Heres what were watching. Thousands of homes are without power as Tropical Storm ophelia lashes the coast with strong winds and heavy rain. We have a look at the cities in the path and the impact well see throughout the day. Its quickly hurdling toward a shutdown as talks have broken down over a deal to fund the government. How federal agencies are preparing and the talks happening today to try to keep a shutdown happening. Hollywood writers and executives will meet again today to try to work out a deal to end the Writers Strike that has paralyzed the industry for months. What will it take to get production up and running again, even after a deal is made. Plus cnn taking you inside the new High Speed Rail Service connects parts of florida. Why some say it could usher in a new era of rail travel in the u. S. Lets start with Tropical Storm ophelia. It has now made landfall in North Carolina. This pretty strong Tropical Storm washed ashore about two hours ago with winds around 70 Mile
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world quarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with some breaking news. a dramatic turn in a texas abortion case. the state supreme court now stepping into pause a lower court ruling effectively preventing kate cox from having an abortion. her baby is unlikely to survive the pregnancy. i m gonna be talking to a legal expert in just minutes about what this all means. also this hour, president biden is on the west coast. he and the first lady will be in california for fundraising events tonight. before that he stopped in las vegas to highlight a major infrastructure success. we are building the first high speed rail project in our nation s history. part of a 2.8 billion dollar investment. ten major rail projects across america. reaching tens of millions of people. also new today, outgoing congressman kevin mccarthy is now endorsing donald trump for president, saying he is open to serving in trump s c