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Correspondent, pete williams. so, pete, i cant help the system pinged. that is a little bit of a different story about what we knew about tamerlan tsarnaevs travels or not. was he on a watch list? wasnt he not? by her saying that, shes implying he was on a watch list. >> so, it would appear. i think its fair to say that the, we dont know the answer to that because were getting different answers from the intelligence community about whether he was ever put on a watch list. i guess theres two ways...

Security committee. lets listen to him. >> when i was briefed by the fbi, they told me they had no knowledge of his overseas trip to the chechen region. when, in fact, the secretary then testifies and says that they got pinged, that there was a flag that went up that did indicate that he was traveling to russia and to the chechen region. you know, we talked a lot about connecting the dots and stove pipes after 9/11. and here we are 12 years later, and the fact remains that its still not -- its n...

>> we dont know the answer to that question, but that is the question because when i was briefed by the fbi, they told me they had no knowledge of his overseas trip to the chechen region and when the secretary then testifies and said they got pinged. that there was a flag that went up that did indicate he was traveling to russia and to the region. thats very important because this russian intelligence communique warns about this individual travels outside of the united states to join extremists ...

Agencies and continuing a brief with department of homeland security, so i think the exact details of this, you know, i would wait to hear that. we dont know exactly who is telling who what in the hallway on the hill. i would like to hear the results, of course, going to be a closed briefing, but i think jim acosta will hear afterward a little more detail of what the information was based on. so youre right, they have to -- they have to look at what information occurred, or was received in 2011,...

The car transaction, they had some phone numbers but they didnt know the name. they ran it through the system. it was that cbp report that pinged. that im told is how they got his name. >> lets go back to this point. i remember your first statement. it is your position, despite what the obama administration would call a success, i know they caught him at the last minute, they had the survei surveillance hitch, but they did catch him, they say he has been talking, and they say hes giving them val...

On the bbc news channel: adil rashid picked up four wickets, but did england beat pakistan to wrap up the t20 series? good evening. downing street has been trying to clear up the confusion about the use of the nhs covid app in england. one minister suggested earlier today that individuals and employers could choose to ignore the instructions to self—isolate by making an "informed decision". but downing street stepped in with a different message, urging people to isolate if they were pinged. th...

In a further interview on the bbc, mr scully added this. the legal position has not changed, you have to isolate if you are contacted by the nhs test and trace or if you are collecting isolation payments. not everyone has the app for example and so it is not mandated. but look at the national health service website and that distinction isnt there. it says should "self—isolate immediately" if youre contacted by either "nhs track and trace or by the nhs covid—19 app". reading that, you could b...

Theo leggett, has this report. empty supermarket shelves. pictures like these revive memories of panic buying and shortages seen at the start of the pandemic and prompted the government to take action. the food industry, like other parts of the economy, has been suffering from a lack of staff because too many workers are isolating at home. heres the problem. if you are contacted by test and trace or pinged by the app, youre meant to self—isolate for ten days. but as infection rates rise, too m...

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Are being "pinged" by the track and trace app, which tells you if youve been in contact with someone whos tested positive. latest figures show that more than 500,000 people in england and wales were "pinged" by the app in the week to sevenjuly, up 46% on the previous week. if you are "pinged", youre advised — but not legally obliged — to self—isolate for ten days. injanuary, england was in another lockdown. this time, the government has instead been trialling a pilot scheme, in which daily...