thunderstorms expected at edgbaston. talking thunderstorms, some of you had a talking thunderstorms, some of you had a pretty disturbing night last night, had a pretty disturbing night last night, lightning and thunder across parts night, lightning and thunder across parts of night, lightning and thunder across parts of the uk and more severe storms parts of the uk and more severe storms to parts of the uk and more severe storms to come today. i will have your storms to come today. i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s sunday the 18th ofjune. our main story: a video has emerged showing some conservative party workers drinking and dancing at a christmas party during covid lockdown. the footage, published by the sunday mirror, was taken at the conservatives headquarters in westminster in december 2020, when london was in tier 2 restrictions. our political correspondent iain watson has more. some conservatives will not want to look in the mirror toda
41 year career in the air force and in the National Intelligence and National Security area and talk to us about his book, playing to the edge american intelligence in the age of terror. The title playing to the edge is kind of a Sports Metaphor i think. Its like pushing the envelope or playing right to the edge of the field with truck in your cleats and its appropriate that general hayden would use Sports Metaphors. He practically was born in the shadow of the Pittsburgh Steelers stadium. They tore down my home to build three rivers stadium. All right. And we didnt mind because it was the steelers. Modestly dangerous comment. He was born in pittsburgh, of Irish Catholic family and the son of a welder. In Junior High School he was quarterback of his Football Team and coach of the Football Team then was the son of the founder of the steelers, the connection with his team who goes way back and theres actually a road now along the side of the stadium called Michael Hayden road and he was
Engine 31 arrives at 8 47 39. Truck 12 at 8 48 34. Medic 31 at 8 48 50. Engine 20 was never dispatched. In december a new gpsbased system went online. Firefighters carry tablets like this which are solely dependent on wifi. Theres concern it may have played a role in the confusion. Its disheartening to me that we took something that was pretty reliable and managed to screw it up. Reporter the boys father answered the door at their northwest washington home, but he was understandably too distraught to go on camera. Live in northwest washington, andrea mccarren, wusa9. Thank you. This latest incident involving a medical emergency will be among the mounting challenges facing d. C. s new fire chief. Gregory dean is set to start the job may 1st. Let the melting begin. Chief meteorologist topper shutt is tracking some temps to take care of that blanket of snow we got a bit earlier today, top. No worries. I got an email from someone in frederick should i shovel and i said no, just let it melt
For cartoon creations. So now two people have been killed, 50 wounded during violence on the streets of bangkok today. Security forces and antigovernment protesters began fighting when officers tried to clear out demonstrators campsite near the government buildings in the thai capital. Our correspondent was pretty much in the thick of it all as it happened, veronica, tell us about it. Reporter well, it was pretty frightening, actually. There was gunfire that just range out sporadically for about an hour, it was initiated by a big explosion which it was later found to be an m79 grenade. When it went off, police started shooting in to the crowds of protesters. What we understand now is that the casualty toll has mounted to 58 people injured. Two people have died, one protesters and one policeman. 12 of those injured are policemen. So this was really a pretty bloody incidents. We saw the police after the initial gunfire retreat back down the road at this historic intersection, this is a s
The lives of fellow soldiers in eastern afghanistan. He said bullets ricocheted all around him while he treated his injured teammates. He came up with a plan to use nylon webbing to lower the Wounded Soldiers down a cliff, shielding them with his own body. They all survived. Shurer has now retired from the military but he still serves our country as a secret Service Agent and lives in virginia with his wife and two children kevin corke is live on the north lawn, kevin . Trace, always good to be with you. People may be asking why did ron shurer decide o. Decide to serve his country. For love of country. Thats as simple as it gets. This is a young man who was inspired by what happened after 9 11. He said, listen, i had to do something on behalf of my fellow americans and serve, he certainly has done with distinction. As you pointed out an absolute hero he was born in alaska december 7th, 1978 ironically the anniversary of the attack on pearl harr lore. He grew up the son of an airmen liv