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[ applause ] [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, please receive this benediction. gracious and everlasting god, as we depart, inspired by the -- >> a powerful and long overdue honor at the white house at this hour. good day. im peter alexander in for my friend andrea mitchell. we have been watching president biden awarding the medal of honor to paris davis for gallantry during the vietnam war. he was one of the first black officers to lead a special forces team in combat. dragged his...

today king charles iii will travel to london with his wife camilla, now queen consort. the king will hold an audience with the prime minister, liz truss. parliament will gather at noon for mps to pay their respects to the queen. also, at midday, bells will tell in tribute to the queen at westminster abbey, and windsor castle among other places across the nation. at 1pm, gun salutes will be fired in hyde park, edinburgh castle and elsewhere. there will be 96 rounds fired, one for each y...

call or go online today. ♪ ♪ tonight on the "reidout." >> when true democracy goes away, people get hurt. it has real life consequences. its not some abstract political science question. we are all affected. and we take this for granted and we cant. >> and hes not kidding around. after 240 years after peacefully transferring power, every presidency since george washington ended his term after the second one, were reminded our democracy really is a fragile construct. and taking a ...

this before they head to the august recess on friday. im john roberts in washington. this is "america reports," a slimmed down version of build back better estimated, listen to this, to raise taxes on millions of americans across every income bracket, including, yes, those making under $400,000 a year. this despite president biden repeatedly claiming that it would do no such thing. >> one thing we are trying to get done in congress, pass legislation that wont raise taxes a single penny...

warning signs are flashing again and strong poll numbers may be a mir rage equating them to 2020 polling mixes that overstated support for joe biden. meanwhile, the biden administration is continuing their attacks on extremist republicans. >> democrats, the stakes are so high. as the president, our president made clear in philadelphia last week, the threats we face as a nation are great. threats to our freedom, threats to our very democracy. we need to seek truth about that. so today b...

this about the massive tranche of classified documents that were in trumps possession and have been ever since he left office in january 2021. they write this, quote, the extent to which such a large number of hailey sensitive documents remained at mar-a-lago for months, even as the department sought the return of all material that should have been left in government custody when trump left office suggested to officials that the former president or his aides have been cavalier in handl...

since russia invaded the country has reached turkish waters. its hoped that resuming grain exports from ukraine will help ease a global food crisis, now on bbc news, fleeing afghanistan: free to be me. ive concluded that its time to end americas longest war. its time for american troops to come home. as us, uk and nato forces leave afghanistan, the taliban tightens its grip and a humanitarian crisis unfolds. everybody was desperately trying to find anyway to get out of afghanistan beca...

there are calls for the government to do more to help families with the cost of living. well have the latest. i mean, itsjust frightening really. becuase its such a huge amount of money, and you cant get round it. theres things that you cant change. also this lunchtime. the leader of al qaeda, ayman al—zawahiri, is killed by an us drone strike in afghanistan. 12—year—old archie battersbee. the supreme court has received an appeal to postpone the withdrawal of his treatment, which...

Minister, for the new package in military aid you recently announced, and it is for ukraine. Look, australia and the United States also share in may view the commitment to uphold International Rules of the road. Including freedom of navigation. Just this past week, prc vessels acted dangerously and unlawfully as our philippine friends conducted a routine supply mission within their own Economic Zone in the South China Sea. I want to be clear, i want to be very clear. The United States defense co...

Commitment to upholding International Rules of the road, including freedom of navigation. Just this past week, the prc vessels acted as dangerously and unlawfully as our philippine friends conduct a routine mission in their own exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea. I want to be clear, i want to be very clear. The United States defense commitment to the philippines is ironclad. The United States Defense Agreement with the philippines is ironclad. Any attack on the filipino aircraft vess...