ukraine a major focus. good day to you. i m peter alexander here in washington in for andrea mitchell as she travels back from london. she s en route to new york for the u.n. general assembly. nbc news heard reports a charters flight is in the air from texas and florida heading to the northeast, this as legal action is being considered against governors ron desantis and greg abbott s response to their sending migrants to areas like new york, d.c. and martha s vineyard. we are following the story for us. what do we know about the reports that there may be a plane in the air right now? good to be here with you. this plane we are following on flight aware is operated by the same airline, ultimate air, that carried 48 immigrants to martha s vineyard last week. it s moving from san antonio texas, according to flight aware, to clearwater, florida, and making its way to the northeast, including delaware and then new jersey. we cannot say for certain who is on board. as you menti
for help investigating the mysterious illness. what they are asking for in a cnn exclusive. they are democrats, republicans, business leaders and moms. the historic year for women on the ballot in 2022. hello and welcome to the lead. i m casey hunt in for jake tapper. we begin with president biden getting a firsthand look at the damage caused by hurricane ian in florida. he made it clear the federal government is committed to helping the state, which he predicts will take years to recover. earlier in his visit, he met with ron desantis who briefed him on the destruction. the two men on opposites ends of the political spectrum. biden s visit comes as the u.s. death toll from hurricane ian rises again to at least 110 people killed. search and rescue teams are working nonstop to find survivors. for first time, residents and businessowners from sanibel island are allowed to return. only to survey the damage. they can t stay. local officials warn that conditions on the islan
tonight with the context, political analyst dahlia schneidlin, and the former federal prosecutor joe moreno. hello, welcome to the programme. under the united states constitution, everyone has the right to the fifth amendment. but for many years, donald trump held a particular view of those who invoked it. so, they have five people taking the fifth amendment, like you see on the mob, right? you see mob take the fifth. if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? fifth amendment, fifth - amendment, fifth amendment. horrible. horrible! but today in new york, he refused to answer any questions under oath, pleading the fifth. the former president had been deposed in a civil case brought by new york attorney general, letitia james, who is investigating whether the trump organisation inflated then deflated the value of its prized assets, its golf courses, its skyscrapers, to deceive the lenders and the tax authorities. in a statement soon after, mrtrump said. joe,
tuesday. and borisjohnson has defended himself ahead of a no confidence vote that he called himself. five candidates will become four. europe is in the grip of wildfires. and a heat wave. they are burning in italy, france, spain, croatia and greece and also in morocco. and north africa. in france the authorities are warning of a heat apocalypse, we know many towns and cities have recorded their highest ever temperatures. 42 degrees in the city of nantes. beating the previous high set more than 70 years ago. that previous record dates back to 1949. this is the scene overnight. on the french atlantic coast. you can see the scale of the fires that are burning through some of the forest. this is drone footage from earlier. again showing us the scale of what is happening. and this is a satellite image that shows the region. you can see smoke is clearly visible from space. we know thousands of firefighters are now battling these fires and more than 14,000 hectares of forest has alr
does climate change now mean regular severe heat waves? future warming is determined by future emissions. if we stop dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere the world will stop warming. tomorrow night s leadership debate is cancelled after rishi sunak and liz truss indicate they do not want to take part following last night s encounter when the five rivals attacked each other s records and policies. ukraine s president suspends his security chief and top prosecutor over accusations that members of their departments were collaborating with russia. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uk s first ever red warning for extreme heat has come into effect, meaning there s a danger to life and the threat of major travel disruption. the red alert covers much of england, from london and the south east up to york and manchester. parts of england could be hotter than the western sahara and the caribbean. tomorrow, temperatures could exceed a0 degrees in southern england, which w