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Let me bring you some breaking news on the nhs. The average Response Time in february for ambulances in england dealing with the most urgent incidents, defined as calls from people with life threatening illnesses or injuries, was eight minutes and 25 seconds, nhs figures show. This is down very slightly from eight minutes and 26 Seconds Injanuary, but is above the target standard Response Time of seven minutes. Ambulances took an average of 36 minutes and 20 seconds last month to respond to emer...

Oh, my god oh my god. Jesse the Hawaiian Island of maui has burned beyond recognition, devastating wildfires roaring across the islands and residents are comparing it to the apocalypse. The death toll is expected to increase. Significantly. Dozens more are missing as the island resembles a war zone. Oh, my gosh, look at the harbor. Oh, my gosh this looks like baghdad or something. Jesse the historic vacation town is almost unrecognizable. Thousands evacuated behind charcoaled cars and homes. Joe...

A record high. Its risen to just under 21 Degrees Celsius, or nearly 70 fahrenheit, in august. Thats far above the average for this time of year, and researchers say it could have serious consequences for the global environment. Our Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt reports. Theyve been taking measurements of Ocean Temperatures here in plymouth for more than a century and for the last 50 or so years, theyve showed a slow but steady increase up about a third of a degree a decade. Have we got a readin...

the fbi has had only eight senate confirmed directors. those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director, christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. and you would not get that impression, given the way the director wrays fellow republicans attacked him and his agency during a...

>> that does it for us, the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins, starts now. >> tonight, straight from the source, we have exclusive new information on the january 6th investigation, special counsel jack smith has another key witness. and she is about to join us live. plus, the fbi director coming face to face with some of his harshest critics during what turned out to be a tense hearing on capitol hill, blasting republican claims of bias against conservatives has, quote,...

politicsnation. ten nights lead, the showdowns to come. culture or politics have consumed the republican party as we approach an election year. threatening the legislative agenda in congress in the house speaker kevin mccarthys concessions to the hard right flank of his caucus have led to the passage of a military spending bill. bogged down with amendments targeting diversity programs and lgbtq protections. in the meantime, alabama senator tommy tuberville is holding up dozens of milit...

to speak to the manager. the liberal governor earning the nickname of california karen after snitching on a target employee. newsom was recalling a time when he personally witnessed a brazen theft in a store and overheard an employee blaming him for it. >> the woman says, oh, he is just walking out, he didnt pay for that. i said, why are you stopping them? she goes, oh, the governor. swear to god, true story appeared on my moms grave. the governor lowered the threshold. there is no acc...

loud and dangerous but must be handled with care like when the leader of the free world gets confused by the biggest story of the year. >> reporter: to what extent has vladimir putin been weakened by recent events? >> its hard to tell, but hes clearl-y losing the war in iraq. tom: sorry, mr. president, theer war isry in ukraine.t some stories are like cherry womans -- bombs, if youre not paying attention, they can snear up on you like this fisherman and this gator. [background sounds]>...

loud, and dangerous, but must be handled with care. like when the leader of the free world gets confused by the biggest story of the year. vladimir putin -- >> sorry mr. president, the war is in ukraine. some stories are like cherry bombs. theyre not as dangerous but if youre not paying attention they can sneak up on you like this fisherman and this gator. [inaudible conversations] oh -- >> and some are roman candles they fizzle out like this rhode island democrat who keyed a guys car ...

loud, and dangerous, but must be handled with care. like when the leader of the free world gets confused by the biggest story of the year. vladimir putin -- >> sorry mr. president, the war is in ukraine. some stories are like cherry bombs. theyre not as dangerous but if youre not paying attention they can sneak up on you like this fisherman and this gator. [inaudible conversations] oh -- >> and some are roman candles they fizzle out like this rhode island democrat who keyed a guys car ...