maybe you want to keep those seat belts fastened. the lead starts right now. major questions raised today about your safety in the air as senators grill the faa why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. plus, nikki haley officially kicks off her 2024 campaign, bringing a pledge to bring in a new generation of leadership. but how long can she maintain this delicate dance, throwing subtle shade at trump while not alienating his supporters? and hayashi, you know, that first flying object shot down, the one that was deemed a chinese spy balloon. u.s. intel says maybe it wasn t supposed to be over the continental u.s. after all. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the airport chaos taking over capitol hill after the series of near collisions and the nationwide ground stop that led to thousands of delayed and canceled flights. the acting head of the federal aviation administration
and collin beatty is to step down as the snp s treasurer after an investigation into the party s finances. hello, welcome to bbc news. some breaking news from the us in the past hour two teenage boys have been charged with four counts of murder after a deadly shooting at a birthday party in dadeville, alabama on saturday. this was the aftermath. we know that over 30 people were wounded some critically, after shots were fired at the mahogany masterpiece dance studio. this shooting takes the us to a grim milestone of more than 160 mass shootings in which four or more people are shot so far this year. let s hear from sergeantjeremy burkett with the alabama law enforcement agency, speaking a short time ago. on tuesday, 18 april at approximately 8pm, alabama law enforcement agencies, the state bureau of investigation officially arrested and charged tyreke mccullough, 17 of tuskegee, and travis mccullough, 16, also of tuskegee, with four counts of reckless murder each tha
welcome to bbc news, i m yelled we start in sudan where paramilitary fighters battling with the sudanese army say they ve agreed a new 24 hour ceasefire. it was due to come into effect an hour ago, at 1800 local time. a similar agreement on tuesday failed to take effect. meanwhile, 15 embassies in khartoum waiting to evacuate hundreds of foreign nationals have issued a joint statement. they called on both sides to cease fire and observe international obligations to protect civilians, diplomats, and humanitarian workers. 270 people have been confirmed dead. let me show you pictures from earlier today. explosion you could hear an explosion there that was near khartoum airport and, as you can see, plumes of smoke drifting across the sky as the conflict there rages on. the latest fighting is because of a power struggle between these two men general abdel fattah al burhan, president of sudan s military government on the left, and his deputy, mohamed hamdan dagalo, who leads
in washington, and we begin today with another deadly mass shooting this one at a bank in louisville, kentucky. police say four people are now dead and eight wounded. they say the shooter is also dead. and in a video recorded near the bank, you can hear the shots being fired as police begin arriving on the scene. the gunman began firing just as the bank was getting ready to open, and police say they believe he was a former employee. two officers were wounded in the exchange of gunfire, and one of them remains in critical condition. right now , a witness says that he spoke to an employee who was sheltering inside of the bank. she s at the bank at this building. their protocol is to get into the vault. me and her have had that conversation several times. hit the panic button. go to the vault. don t fight. don t do anything. lock yourself up hard and let it go. kentucky s governor, andy bashir arrived at the scene this morning, and he revealed that two of the people that were ki
which we ll zoom in on in just a moment. but i want to focus on this. we are learning over and over again this election cycle that nominating strong candidates does matter if a political party wants to quwin an election, it matters a lot. but the rules may have changed. with voters willing perhaps to tolerate things that they just wouldn t put up with in the past. herschel walker is about to test this hypothesis. he is locked in a tight race in georgia against democratic incumbent rafael warnock. walker has openly backed a national ban on abortions with no exceptions, that s rape, incest, the life of the mother, no exceptions, and he has campaigned on an anti-abortion platform. and now he is denying allegations that he paid for a woman he dated to have an abortion more than a decade ago. the claim was reported by the daily beast. we should underscore cnn has not independently verified the allegations. the daily beast report claims that walker paid a woman to terminate a p