congress donald trump's attempted assassination was one of the agency's greatest security failures in decades. and deadly as strikes hit southern gaza as israeli prime minister travels to washington for high—level meetings. i'm sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. on monday, the democratic party will announce its presidential nominee. with the possibility of a virtual rollcall though taking place as soon as august one if the harris is the only candidate. the date comes as democrats to flee back, harris officially kicked off a presidential campaign, just a day after president biden announced he would drop it election bid endorsing his vice president to replace him on the party ticket.

it's been a busy 2a hours for the vice president, receiving the endorsement from a number of top democrats including bill and hillary clinton and former house speaker nancy pelosi. she has also shattered fundraising records, raising $81 million in the 2a hours sincejoe biden announced his exit from the race on sunday. it is the largest fundraising haul by a candidate in a 2k hour period in the 2024 campaign. on monday, they rallied stuff at the delaware campaign headquarters with a surprise call by the president who's at home recovering from covid and is expected to return to washington on tuesday. mr biden in his first public event since his announcement said harris is not going anywhere and vowed to be fully in campaigning. in the days and weeks ahead, i together with you will do everything in my power to unite our democratic party, to unite our nation and to win this election. as many of you know, before i was elected as vice president, before i was elected as united states senator, i was elected attorney general of california and before that, i was a courtroom prosecutor. in those roles, to

perpetrators of all kind. kamala harris said a donald trump when would push the country backwards. in trump when would push the country backwards.- trump when would push the country backwards. in the days and weeks _ country backwards. in the days and weeks ahead _ country backwards. in the days and weeks ahead i _ country backwards. in the days and weeks ahead i will- country backwards. in the days and weeks ahead i will do - and weeks ahead i will do everything in my power to unite our democratic party, unite our nation, and to win the election. as many of you know, before i was elected as vice president, before i was elected as united states senator, i was the elected attorney general of california before that was a courtroom prosecutor. i took on perpetrators of all kinds. applause and cheering creditors who abused women. _ applause and cheering creditors who abused women. fraudsters - who abused women. fraudsters are ripped off consumers. tutors that broke the rules for

their own game. —— predators who abused women. so trust me when i say i know donald trump's type. and in this campaign i will proudly, proudly put my record against his. ~ u, proudly put my record against his. ~ ,, ., proudly put my record against his. ,, , proudly put my record against his. we can speak to amy daisy, former ceo _ his. we can speak to amy daisy, former ceo of _ his. we can speak to amy daisy, former ceo of the _ his. we can speak to amy daisy, former ceo of the democratic i former ceo of the democratic national committee. thank you for joining national committee. thank you forjoining us. kamala harris has secured most of the delegates that she needs to win. can you give us an idea of what it looks like behind—the—scenes right now, trying to get all the delegates to close ranks behind kamala harris? it to close ranks behind kamala harris? , ~ ., harris? it is like a mini campaign- _ harris? it is like a mini campaign. you - harris? it is like a mini campaign. you have i harris? it is like a mini - campaign. you have certainly the campaign and vice president harris herself reaching out to delegates, try to gather support. you've seen a lot of the state parody chiefs sworn in, delegations talking amongst themselves and trying to coalesce support. as we move, and the dnc has made the

decision for a virtual rollcall for the convention, that is what is happening. then we are waiting to see if another candidate puts their name in. how unusual is this in such a short period of time? the lustre we _ short period of time? the lustre we saw _ short period of time? the lustre we saw those - short period of time? tue: lustre we saw those was short period of time? tte: lustre we saw those was in 1968. it is usually well known who the nominee years and then we adopt our party platform. we secure the nomination with a roll call vote. so much as changed sincejune 27 when the first presidential debate was. but there are protocols and plans in place for the event that these things happen. this is the exact process that happens of a candidate steps down before the convention. so we're moving forward with the process that needs to happen in order to get presidential nominee and also to announce a vice presidential nominee and secure them as well, before we to the general election. t secure them as well, before we to the general election.- to the general election. i want to the general election. i want to ask you _ to the general election. i want to ask you about _ to the general election. i want to ask you about the - to the general election. i want to ask you about the rollcall. to ask you about the rollcall vote. normally we see these states do the rollcall were

they all announce a number of delegates that the candidate has one. that is what we saw at the republican national convention last week. the democrats are going to hold a virtual rollcall, and that will cement the candidate before the convention. are you concerned about some of the criticism that this would lead to kamala harris being ushered in without any real contest? t harris being ushered in without any real contest?— any real contest? i think you have seen — any real contest? i think you have seen in _ any real contest? i think you have seen in the _ any real contest? i think you have seen in the first - any real contest? i think you have seen in the first 24 - any real contest? i think you l have seen in the first 24 hours have seen in the first 2a hours that the vice president has guarded support and really seen progress in some of those areas that anytime you are considering getting into a race a candidate looks at what their opponents are doing. but if there is a candidate interested in placing the name of the nomination they have that opportunity. this still allows them to do that. there are criteria that they have to meet, the same criteria you have to meet if they put their name in and we looked at a contested convention in person. the process is the same. it is a little earlier than the

convention, but it affords an opportunity for any individual who is looking to seek the nomination to put their name on. acting deputy else is seeking the nomination right now. you advised leading candidates in the past like john kerry and barack obama. we have seen axios that president biden hesitated to resume his campaign because seniors and advisers were worried that vice president kamala harris wasn't up president kamala harris wasn't up to taking a donald trump, according to three aids tojoe biden. reporting in axios. what biden. reporting in axios. what do ou biden. reporting in axios. what do you think _ biden. reporting in axios. what do you think the _ biden. reporting in axios. what do you think the chances - biden. reporting in axios. “wast do you think the chances are? there will be speculation and people weighing in on what is happening. the bottom line is that on sunday the president of the united states decided not to place his name in for, you know, the candidacy for presidency in 202a. he immediately put his, you know, faith, and his trust and endorsed his vice presidential,

you know, vice president kamala harris. this is something that he is obviously confident about. she has been taking nothing for granted, reaching out to delegates and donors. you saw unprecedented fundraising in herfirst day. this is somebody who is not unfamiliar with presidential campaigns. she raised $40 million the first time she ran in 2020. she appeared on the debate stayed with several people in a primary debate. this is somebody who is campaign —— who has campaigned vigorously with president biden before. she is out there not taking anything for granted. but you see her securing the party elites and most of the party elites and most of the party leaders along with her. someone can still throw their name on, but it does seem to be moving in the direction that she will be the nominee and selector vice presidential candidate.— selector vice presidential candidate. ., , ., candidate. one more question. what are the — candidate. one more question. what are the specific _ what are the specific challenges use evil kamala harris in winning in swing states which are obviously going to be critical in this election? t going to be critical in this election?— going to be critical in this election? ~ ,., ., election? i think the bottom line is it is _ election? i think the bottom line is it is time _ election? i think the bottom

line is it is time right - election? i think the bottom line is it is time right now i line is it is time right now and it is getting the message out and being able to set up a travel schedule, being able to get out and talk to voters. but i think a the fact that she can speak to the accomplishments of the budget administration, the fact that she, you know, biden rarely won the presidential race in 2020 with blood support from women in the african—american community, these are places that she will be certainly campaigning in, certainly that she can speak to shared interests. and will have the garden make the case, certainly, but you also saw the vice president go out early in september last year to talk to young voters. she did a college campus tour. these are things she has been doing. her campaign doesn't start the day she gets the nomination, she has been actively campaigning and talking to the voters since president biden decided to run for re—election. president biden decided to run for re-election._ president biden decided to run for re-election. amy, thank you for re-election. amy, thank you forjoining _ for re-election. amy, thank you forjoining us— for re-election. amy, thank you forjoining us on _ for re-election. amy, thank you forjoining us on bbc— for re-election. amy, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. - forjoining us on bbc news. thank you. lts forjoining us on bbc news. thank you-— forjoining us on bbc news. thank you. us secret service director kimberly _

thank you. us secret service director kimberly cheadle . director kimberly cheadle testified before an oversight committee. she answered questions about her team security failures that allow the government's open fire on former president trump at a rally in pennsylvania about a week ago. the gunmen killed one person and injured three others including mrtrump, the 20—year—old was shot dead by agents, faces calls to resign by republican and democratic lawmakers in the days following the assassination attempt but she says that she will stay in her role. onjuly 13, we on july 13, we failed. onjuly 13, we failed. as director of the united states secret service, i take responsibility for any security lapse of our agency. we are fully cooperating with ongoing investigations. we must learn what happened and i will move heaven and earth to ensure that an incident likejuly 13 does not happen again. earlier i spoke to charles moreno, a former secret service

agent and security expert. what you think of the testimony we heard from the secret service director? when it was going to be a tough day for the agency, because as a director said, they got to take the head on this. they are in the overall operational security plan and by the pennsylvania and that plan failed significantly. look, the secret service responsible for not only creating that plan but also making sure that it's effectively implemented. and that includes working with state and local law enforcement and making sure that they are being put to use to help the secret service mitigate threats — like that building that was 150 yards away, with a direct line of sight to the former president, where the shooter perched themselves on the roof and fired those shots. that killed one and injured three, including the former president. so this is serious business. and i think today we saw how serious congress — both democrats and republicans —

are taking this issue, the director of the secret service took a lot of hits today, wasn't as transparent as she probably should have been, and that is led to calls for her to resign. so charles, can ijump in and ask, it was notable there were so many questions she appeared unable to answer. so can i ask what would be the normal number of agents and the perimeter needed to protect former and current presidents? that was a question that you couldn't answer. —— she couldn't. i won't go into details regarding those agents that are assigned to protect and what does numbers look like although they vary, the question she was being asked was regarding the overall security plan and the resources that were requested — you heard a lot of questions about resources being denied previously that have been requested by the former president's detail and denied, ultimately, by secret service leadership.

while that is not been confirmed, it seems to have been the case. and each of these venues is unique in terms of the manpower request that are made to support the security of each of these sites. based on the site that we saw in pennsylvania — outdoors, spread out, multiple threats like elevated areas — the manpower request is going to be quite significant, including special operations teams like the counter snipers and the counter assault teams, which we both saw in action that day. so there is no standard answer, perse so there is no standard answer, per se — these requests vary and have to be reviewed at each level. charles, how much do you think this has shaken trust, fundamentally, in the secret service? well, ithink, unfortunately, because of some missteps by the agency, not being out there right away to talk about this and reassure the american people

that the former president another protectees under the services preview were going to be safe and at the agency was going to do everything in their power to make sure that that stayed the case. this i think there was a pr fail on the part of the agency, and when you don't show up to speak about this, two things are going to happen — other people are going to speak for you, not with the knowledge that you possess, and you're going to end up with some of these conspiracy theories that we're hearing running wild right now. so two things need to happen — the secret service needs to be more transparent with the american people, and these investigations for the now need to be finished up and finished up quickly. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. two??? around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.— uk, this is bbc news. now do some other — uk, this is bbc news. now do some other stories _ uk, this is bbc news. now do some other stories making i some other stories making headlines. —— now to some stories

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the gaza health ministry says that at least 70 palestinians have been killed by israeli shelling and airstrikes in eastern khan younis on monday. thousands of palestinians have once again fled looking for somewhere to take refuge. a spokesman said residents said the region had become dangerous with hamas militants and the israeli militant would actually act forcefully. the spokesman advised residents were evacuated to unitarian zone in al—mawasi but it's a little over a week since they experience multiple israeli airstrikes are killed at least 90 displaced people who are sheltering intense. israeli officials say to many hostages taken to gaza by hamas during the attack on the seventh of october have died. the idf says the bodies of these two are still being held by hamas. paul adams said this from jerusalem. paul adams said this from jerusalem-— paul adams said this from jerusalem. , , ., jerusalem. this is the fourth time benjamin _ jerusalem. this is the fourth time benjamin netanyahu i jerusalem. this is the fourth time benjamin netanyahu is| jerusalem. this is the fourth - time benjamin netanyahu is has gone to washington to address

congress. some of the previous visits have been controversial. i think this will be the most controversial yet. first of all, the world is seeing fresh scenes of palestinians fleeing and onslaught, that will bring new misery to the city of khan younis, devastated last year, but also is likely to cause panic and destruction in the neighbouring humanitarian zone, israel's self—declared humanitarian zone of alma yc, where hundreds of palestinians are sheltering. israel says it has to go back because hamas is operating inside the zone. ——al mawasi. the palestinian death toll is fast approaching 40,000. mr netanyahu, as he was getting ready to go to washington, a reminder of the israeli price being paid for the poor, with two is really

hostages both taken on october seven, now known to be dead. their bodies are being held by hamas. some reports suggest that at least one of them was probably killed by israeli gunfire. and scores of other hostages remain in captivity inside the gaza strip. mrs netanyahu on previous visits has from time to time being treated as somewhat of a hero. this will be difficult. protests will follow him wherever he goes. the war in gaza have strained relationships with joe gaza have strained relationships withjoe biden to absolute breaking point. mr netanyahu is probably more popular with republicans and democrats when it comes to congress, but when it comes to donald trump, another man who benjamin netanyahu hopes to meet while he is in washington, well, he is no longer thought to be much of a fan, either. mr netanyahu has now arrived in

washington. he is said to meet president biden and vice president biden and vice president harris and address both chamber of commerce. mr netanyahu added that israel would be the strongest ally of the united states in the middle east, regardless of who was elected president in november. no deal, no travel, says the sign. there was a steady drumbeat of protest before the israeli prime ministerflew to washington. he has no reason to be in washington, dc. talking politics when he should be at home solving our problems. we have a lot of problems — first and foremost, the hostages need to be brought back to their homes. benjamin netanyahu is

under a lot of pressure. many israelis blame him for policy failures that allowed the attacks and many are angry that he hasn't taken responsibility. there are problems too with israel's most important relationship. president biden declared unwavering support for israel after hamas' brutal attack. but he has grown alarmed at the cost of benjamin netanyahu's drive for total victory. the desolation of gaza has triggered a domestic backlash against mr biden. the scale of destruction, the mounting deaths of palestinian civilians. here, people fleeing the latest israeli military operation in the city of khan younis. 70 were killed, said the hamas—run health ministry. the prime minister insists that this is working, despite the ceasefire talks. just before visiting the us, he visited troops in gaza. translation: the military l pressure they exert here right

on hamas' throat helps us uphold ourjust demand and advance a hostage exchange deal. mr netanyahu's political opponents say it was a mistake for congress to give them a platform. the man does not represent israel. he lost the trust of israelis, and it kind of sends a wrong signals to israelis — probably the wrong signal to netanyahu and himself, wendy noted —— when the american congress invites him to appear as if he were saving us. no matter how strained relations, the us remains centre stage in israel. mr prime minister, remind those members of congress what israel has been through. the members of congress what israel has been through.— has been through. the former us ambassador _ has been through. the former us ambassador addressing _ has been through. the former us ambassador addressing a - has been through. the former us ambassador addressing a rally i ambassador addressing a rally for the hostages, with a message for mr netanyahu.

i hope that the prime minister understands the opinions of many members of congress and he addresses those in his speech including what is doing on humanitarian issues, what is doing to make sure this articulate despite in my speech, it's not with the palestinian people, it's with hamas. the political turbulence in washington creates uncertainty, but not about this — israel needs america and america and many others need a ceasefire. ahead of neta nyahu's ahead of netanyahu's visit, the committee to protect journalists, along with other human rights and press freedom organisations, are calling for president biden to press mr netanyahu on journalists killed in gaza and restrictions on media entering the territory. the group's letter to the white house and

commissioner lives because of the us to quote ensure that israel seizes the killing ofjournalists, allows immediate and independent media access to the occupied gaza strip and takes urgent steps to enable the press to report freely, the cpj says 100 journalists and media workers have been killed in gaza since the conflict began and that unprecedented number ofjournalist have been arrested often without charge. i'd like to start with a question. 108journalists i'd like to start with a question. 108 journalists and media workers killed. how many of these journalists and media workers have been killed? have they been caught in the line of fire? has they been caught in the line of fire? �* , , ., they been caught in the line of fire? a ~' ., they been caught in the line of fire? a ~ ., ., ., ., fire? as you know, all of gaza is under siege _ fire? as you know, all of gaza is under siege and _ fire? as you know, all of gaza is under siege and so - fire? as you know, all of gaza is under siege and so it i fire? as you know, all of gaza is under siege and so it is i is under siege and so it is certainly a dangerous place generally but the intensity and swiftness of the killing mirrors the seeds of the population is under. journalists are civilians and they must be protected and allowed to work and what we are seeing is as the press corps is

decimated, what it means is it creates a void of information that allows for mis and disinformation, the spreading of propaganda, for unverified things to get out there and to take hold before anyone is able to independently verify. what is really crucial, here, is that international media is reallyjournalists, palestinian journalists outside of gaza are all band of entering gaza to report the news. and this is really unprecedented. that is a key thing that we think can change tomorrow.- key thing that we think can change tomorrow. {etc if change tomorrow. ok. if president _ change tomorrow. ok. if president biden - change tomorrow. ok. if president biden presses for it. if he presses forward. israel says it isn't deliberately targeting journalists, that it is weighing its campaign against hamas in gaza. and that

journalists have unfortunately been killed. —— waging its campaign. what is your response?— response? israel has a long-standing - response? israel has a long-standing pattern| response? israel has a l long-standing pattern of long—standing pattern of journalists killed without any accountability. and that predates this war. we actually published a report after the killing of the very well—known journalist during a berkeley, where we showed that 20 journalists had been killed in 20 years without any accountabilities, at the hands of the idea. so this predates this war. second of all, there are two journalists that israel itself has stated that the idf targeted them. and claimed that they were terrorists. an a third journalist killed in southern lebanon was with a group ofjournalists that came underfire, the others group ofjournalists that came

under fire, the others were killed, he worked for afp, and that was under is really fire, although they were wearing press insignia. most journalists killed were wearing press insignia.— press insignia. before we go, the countdown _ press insignia. before we go, the countdown to _ press insignia. before we go, the countdown to the - press insignia. before we go, the countdown to the paris i the countdown to the paris olympics continued as the torch made its way around an area south of paris on saturday. the olympic games will have multiple firsts, with the opening ceremony not taking place in a stadium but on the seine. games will also have gender parity, with the number of male and female competitors competing. the games will begin on friday. thank you for watching. hello. for those who saw not a huge amount of sunshine on monday, there's certainly a greater chance over the next couple of days. tuesday and wednesday, looking sunnier by and large, a lot of dry weather around, a few isolated showers. some of the dampest conditions will actually be around

first thing on tuesday. through the night, into tuesday morning, this is the weather system which will be bringing outbreaks of rain or drizzle across england and wales. it does mean a lot of cloud. it also means a very warm and humid start to the day. temperatures at around 14 to 17 degrees for some across the south, but it's here where the cloud will be its thickest, some rain or drizzle, bit like we saw on monday. the odd heavy burst, south midlands, south—east, but it's clearing away a good deal quicker than on monday, and sunshine further north and west will develop a bit more widely as we go through the day. a few isolated showers possible, a bit of a breeze down the eastern coasts, but it's around some of the coastal seas, some of the sunniest conditions during the afternoon, especially to the north and the west. and temperatures of 19 to 24 degrees are bang—on average for this stage in the year. now, as we go into tuesday evening and overnight, we start with some clear skies. varying amounts of cloud, though, or pushing in from the west, stopping it from getting too chilly, but overall, a fresher night to take us into wednesday compared with what we see into tuesday morning. now, wednesday, there will be a bit more cloud around. that cloud will thin and break. there will be some sunny spells for many, the cloud tending to be thickest towards the west,

especially as we go through the day. some showery bursts of rain, a little bit of drizzle in places, too, isolated light showers further east. many, though, again, a dry day on wednesday and starting to feel a bit more humid once more. and that humidity will last into wednesday night, but by thursday, weather systems starting to push their way in off the atlantic will bring a lot more cloud generally speaking, so it's almost as if we're back to monday. lots of cloud to begin with. there will be outbreaks of rain around. some of the heaviest could be across southern counties through the day, spreading their way eastwards. some of the brightest conditions, probably across the north—east of scotland and then later into the west of ireland. temperatures down on what we've seen through recent days. thursday night and into friday, though, that rain gradually clears, lingering longest towards the south—east and the channel islands. could be there first thing friday morning. it will shift out of the way. good, long, sunny spells for many on friday, a scattering of showers. showers most likely, though, across the north and the west of the country. and temperatures very pleasant in the sunshine too. we'll see one or two showers around on saturday,

but overall through the weekend, it's turning drier and warmerfor most.

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