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security forces in somalia say they re sweeping a hotel in the capital, mogadishu, for explosives after ending a 30 hour siege by islamist militants but there has no independent confirmation. al shabab militants stormed the hayat hotel on friday. our reporter, emily brown, gave me the latest on the story. we know that dozens of people were evacuated from the building, which is said to be popular with both journalists and pop as politicians. the siege lasted for 30 hours with the gunman holding hostages. we have seen some footage which we can show you an inner ear can the gunshots. this is clearly an intense battle for control and it is not known how many people died during the siege and witnesses say at least 20 and witnesses say at least 20 and one of the reported victims is the hotel owner although this has not been confirmed. earlier security official said 13 had been killed. the militant group alsa bad said some of the fighters managed to escape al shabab but a ....
now, john. all right. important update there, chad. thank you very much. a sudden departure this morning by a key figure in the january 6th investigation. tony ornato, the sis tachbt director of the secret service left the agency on monday. it comes two months after his name came up in explosive testimony by former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. she said ornato told her then president trump was furious with his security detail for refusing to take him to the capitol on january 6th. the president said something to the effect of i m the f ing president, take me up to the capitol now to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel, we re going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge toward bobby engel. when mr. ....
that. and the latest efforts in ukraine s war. trying to take back territory from russia. also, one of the biggest business fears about a potential chinese attack on taiwan is what happens to tsmc? this is the most valuable company in all of asia. it makes many of the chips in many of your high tech devices. i get a rare interview with the company s chairman and ask him about those fears. first, here s my take. is it possible that despite all the partisan noise and disbelief joe biden is actually managing to do something that he promised during his campaign? govern from the center. the evidence is piling up. if the compromise hammered out on wednesday between chuck schumer and joe manchin passes, it will be the largest investment in fighting climate change made by the federal government while also being the largest deficit reduction package in a decade. the deal comes on top of the chips and science act. that followed the first bipartisan gun control legislation p ....
tonight with this really weird moment that happened last week at a house hearing. transportation secretary pete buttigieg was testifying before a house committee and as you woulde expect, for several hou, theyfo discussed infrastructure roads, railway, electric vehicles, energy prices, all of the usual stuff until one republican congressman on the committee suddenly took the transportation hearing off the rails. and that joke was for you, transport nerd, you re welcome. have a watch. now have president biden in office for 18 months and just recentlyfi we see the mainstrea media questioning president biden s mental state and for good reason. sadly he shakes hands with ghosts and imaginary people and falls offeo bicycles and even a the white house easter celebration, easter bunny had to guide him back intonn his safe place. end of speech, where he actually states, that is, if he sta stays awake. so my question for you, is, sir, have you spoken with any other cabinet mem ....
about what happens next now that the judge has this in hand? reporter: it could be some time before we see anything here from this process, this process where the justice department is proposing redactions from this affidavit that would detail the investigation up to the point where they decided they needed to go and search and seize documents out of mar-a-lago. this filing, it did come in under seal. the judge will take a look at it. there could be days or weeks of wagt ahwaiting ahead for us. as this process goes on, the judge is sitting in for the public, the public interest, the historical interest as well. the media and others are pushing for some level of transparency here because of what we already know about this unprecedented search of mar-a-lago. at the same time the justice department we know that they are arguing for a great deal of secrecy around this investigation. it s an ongoing criminal investigation. one that they want to protect. first and foremost, ....