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are many more who think he should who have not gone public yet. ♪ >> as the nato alliance meets in washington, d.c., ukraine and defense spending are high on the agenda. should the summits host president biden run in november? celebrities and political colleagues have joined the growing calls for him to step aside in the election. fresh from winning his, u.k. prime minister keir starmer holds his first bilateral with joe biden shortly and england take on the netherlands in the euro semifinals. so is it really coming home? first off, we come on air with some breaking news here in the u.k. police in hartford or sa they found a man ended in connection wanted in connection

with a triple murder after a massive manhunt. three women were found dead at their home in bushey, on tuesday night, not far from london. police say they believe the attack was targeted and that a crossbow was used, possibly with other weapons. the identities of the people killed have been confirmed. they were 61-year-old carol hunt - seen here with her husband, the bbc racing radio commentator john hunt - and two of their daughters - louise hunt, who was 25, and hannah hunt, who was aged 28. let's speak to our correspondent nicky schiller, who's in bushey. this brings us up-to-date on

the very latest. there was a massive manhunt throughout the course of the day. let me take you through these series of events that happened here. it was around this time last night that police were called to the area with reports of hearing scrming. they entered a house as you can see behind me and in there they found three women, who at that time was siously injured. paramedics were called, air ambulances came to the scene, but sadly they were unable to save these three women. during the day, we have learned the identities of those three women, they are the wife of the bbc racing commentator john hunt, carol hunt who is 61 and two of their daughters. as soon as that incident happened, police began their investigation and during the day they appealed for the public's help to try and track

down the suspect. 26-year-old kyle clifton. they were telling the public not to approach and because he had a crossbow. they think the crossbow was used in the attack and they were concerned he may also have other weapons. during the course of the day we saw a huge operation here in hertfordshire looking for him, but also about 20 miles away in north london in an area called enfield, the reason for that is that the suspect lives in enfield. during the day we saw armed officers, they went into a property that was linked to the suspect a few hours ago there was a big police operation around a cemetery in the enfield area. a lot of police activity. about 90 minutes ago, the police confirmed that they had found the suspect in enfield. they say that he is receiving medical treatment having been found with injuries. the police went on to

say no shots were fired. they say that at this stage, they believe that the suspect was known tohe victims. the police who are in charge of this operation save that of course it is a very difficult time for the family of the three victims and they are appealing for privacy. they say their investigation is moving at what they call" pace" although full identification of the victims is yet to take place. in the last hour so we have seen a private ambulance go in and out of the cul-de-sac behind me. also, this area is very quiet, one of the local councillors said to me that the biggest thing that happened here was a bit of fly-tipping. so the community here are really shocked and throughout the afternoon we have seen people coming and laying flowers by the side. one of the young women who brought a

bouquet of flowers was in tears as she walked away. another four came together, they were holding hands and putting flowers downhere. i think it is going to take a long time for the community here to come to terms with what has happened. meanwhile, the police investigation is continuing as you would expect in these situations. the forensic teams are here, the tents are up and detectives have been knocking on doors, asking members of the public if they saw anything last night. the overwhelming feeling here is of the shock and indeed condolences to john hunt, the husband of carroll and the two daughters who were killed. so many people are sending their condolences because being a bbc radio commentator, he was known in the sporting world. both the bbc and sky have been sending condolences. the police say that their investigation is

continuing but we do know that the 26 round suspect is having a medical attention for injuries but no shots were fired. that is a correspondent at the scene there in bushey in hertfordshire with the latest on the story there. thank you very much. we do have a live page of the bbc news website which has continuing updates on that story. the nato summit comes together with questions of the ukraine war and spending. there are questions over its own existence to and what will happen if donald trump wins the presidency. president biden is hosting this summit and while he has being hosting his political counterparts across

the globe, all of his political allies at home are starting to question whether he is fit to run in november because 's election. speaking of elections, so keir starmer who's labour party won here in the uk less than a week ago, was holed his first bilateral meeting with president biden very soon. we will take you through all of those developments. letsoin our correspondent who is at the summit. landing on the world stage. sir keir starmer arrived here in washington, the campaign trail behind him, accompanied by his wife, victoria, a motorcade to join. ukraine on his mind, sleep to grab, people to meet. first up, the german chancellor, olaf scholz. grip and grin, this a few days to build personal relationships with the uk's closest allies. next stop the senate to meet

senior us politicians, both democrat and republican. how might this town look next year after the us presidential election? prime minister, good morning. here is the man seeking reassurance. ukraine's president zelensky. how are you? nato wants its members to spend 2% of national income on defence. most, but not all manage it. the uk exceeds it. the new government is promising tboost defence spending to 2.5%, but not putting a time frame on it. prime minister, is president zelensky reassured that he's getting the help that he needs? i've just had a very good meeting with president zelensky, where i made it absolutely clear that as far as the uk is concerned, the change of government makes no difference to the support that we will provide, and to use our opportunity here with our allies to make sure that that

support is agreed. and to reinforce, in a sense as a message to putin, the resolve of nato - bigger now than it's ever been, more united than it's ever been, and absolutely clear-eyed about the threat of russian aggression. the uk will begin what's called a strategic defence review next week to work out what is needed for our security, and part of that will be about the money required too. but the review will take time. so what, weeks or months? no defence review, when it's grappling with such problems, can be done in weeks, but it will be done properly, it will be done at pace, and it'll give us the foundations as a new government to lead britain into the future. they call this the family photo, and a first one f a new prime minister. those rosettes and election campaign speeches seem rather a while ago now. keir starmer heads to the white house next. in his speech at the summit,

us president joe biden praised nations as they committed to spend more on defence and strengthen military capabilities. mr biden said nato was capable of defending every inch of its territory. let's go straight to my colleague helena humphry, who's at that summit in the us capital. bring us up to date on what's been happening. today was the first big day all the business, some high-level meetings with world leaders, nato partner countries as well all coming together. significant announcement from us secretary of state saying those f-16 fighter jets will be provided by nato, something ukraine has been calling for for a long time. ukrainian

pilots have been here in the united states receiving training on them. that is off the back of their announcement for patriot missiles as well, patriot battery systems as well as well as going to be leaving his post soon on the 1st of october saying that china is the enabler of this war, specifically referencing china supplying microelectronics to russia to be using the manufacture of weapons there so that russia continues its war chest and continues to have weaponry. also with regards to ukraine and its role in nato, we know it wants to be a member, we have heard from the finnish president to day saying that its position in nato and that extension and invitations should be one when it comes that is irreversible. they were talking about this being a big day in washington, just talking more about that and the split

screen that we have with the nato summit he that we are saying on capitol hill, the comments we've been hearing from the likes of nancy pelosi, the former secretary of house, and saying that president by the need to make up his mind soon whether or not he is in the race. the counter to that is that biden has said he is adamant that he is staying in the race despite some of the democrats calling for him to step down after the debate performance which some of them say appears to be concerning. taking a one step further, us actor george clooney, a large democratic donor, also wrote an editorial saying that he loves joe biden abuts that they need to have a new nominee. i think that is also providing the backdrop to much of the conversation here. some breaking news here now and that is that joe biden will be sitting down for another interview with lester holt, the

anchor of nbc news, coming off the back of that interview that he had with abc. i think it is fair to say that this interview opportunity coming up at a time when no performance so far has managed to quell any of these concerns, at least among some democrats, about his fitness are staying in the race. that is our corresponde with all of the latest from washington. thank you very much. in a will be discussing more about president biden and this coffee step aside, the moment we will be discussing more about president biden and this coffin step aside, but let's stay with the nato summit. let's speak to our other correspondent who is the executive director of the us foreign policy in dc. all this comes in nato's 75th year and big questions over the future of the alliance. where do you see this fitting

into the current global map at having me. nato has never been more relevant or more useful. it is largely unsung but the amount of coordination, cooperation, being on the same page and how much aid is being provided to ukraine really should be celebrated. i also think are really important thing is happening thi week at the summit which is that they are announcing a new command in germany which will help to coordinate the military equipment to ukraine. that is really important because its future proof the alliance and keeps it out of the vagaries of politics. you have or had your election in the uk, we have one coming up in the us, the french have just had their election and putting that aid to ukraine on a firmer footing is important. as you have just

reported, the outgoing head of nato talking about how increasingly relevant to the alliances are going forward as well. you talk about ukraine and of course nato has irations to become part of the alliance. how close, if at all can raise ukraine to becoming some part of it in say the next couple of years? i know there is a lot of talk in washington about how exactly to word it as part of this summit. i don't know where we're going to come out of that. for all intents and purposes, this alliance it is with ukraine in their right to do this. this is relativy small aid ukraine is a relatively small part of part of all of our defence budgets, no nato soldiers are standing in harms way, the ukrainians are fighting valiantly and they are doing real damage to the russians who is a very formidable opponent. but we need to make sure that ukraine

stays in the fight and that russia will be defeated. let's zoom out a bit and look again at the future of nato. it could be that donald trump re-enters the white house, we won't know until november at the election. but mr trump has been less than faithful about nato in the past and has even threatened to pull the us out of the alliance. how much is this summit all about future proofing the alliance for that possibility? i'm not sure how much it is about president trump or potential president trump but they are certainly future proofing the alliance and they are right to do so. i think that every american president realises that once they get into office how important it is to have friends and allies. it is a dangerous world out there, great powers are acting badly, by that i mean mostly the russians, chinese, iranians and others. one of the best thing that we have going from the us

perspective is that we have semi friends and allies in the fight. and a big conference that is happening next week at aspen, we will be told that all of these issues, there will be many from the us international stage to confirm its importance. thank you so much, we have run out of time with thank you for sharing your thoughts on that ongoing nato summit. there is plenty if you're watching there's are

not sure what this will be to you, but we have heard that england has equalised the score in the semifinal game between the netherlands, it is 1-1 at

the moment. we can see cheering england fans pleased that harry kane managed to equalise in 18 minutes. now back to the news. and, as president biden attends the nato summit, the calls for him to step aside in this year's presidential race are growing ever louder and closer to the president himself. just a few weeks ago, hollywood actor george clooney was with joe biden, trying to drum up money in a big celebrity fundraiser for the president. but today, in a scathing opinion piece for the new york times newspaper, he's called on mr biden to step aside. "i love joe biden. "as a senator. "as a vice president and as president." "but the one battle he cannot win is the fight against time. "none of us can." "this is about age. "nothing more. "we are not going to win in november with this president." but it's not just celebrities who want a new candidate - senior members of joe biden's

own party are now saying he should consider his position, including ally and former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. ms pelosi said he should decide quickly whether to stay in the 2024 white house race. as long as the president had... the president - it's up to the president to decide if he is going to run. we're all encouraging him to make that decision, because time is running short. the, i think, overwhelming support of the caucus, it's not for me to say, i'm not head of the caucus any more, but he is beloved, he is respected, and people want him to make that decision not me. he has said he has made a decision. he has said firmly this week he is going to run. do you want him to run? i want him to do whatever he decides to do. i am joined now by doug

thornell who served as a democratic national committee and democratic national campaign committee amongst a host of other jobs. he now runs a political consulting firm so it is fair to say that you are a well-connected democrat, welcome to the context. what are people saying to you behind closed doors, away from the microphone, is the mood amongst democrats that you are speaking to that is time for him to go? great to be with you. actually, i think the mood is that people want to get back to the core issue of this race and that is the contrast with donald trump and the contrast and where we're going to go as a country. do we want and impeached convicted felon president who wants us to go backwards in terms of medical care and social security, on the other

hand you have a president who has a really good record of the last three and a half years getting the us through the pandemic, held with us jobs and someone who is away shooting straight. i think there is frustration that we can't get past that call contrast in the campaign. i think the president has made it clear he is going to run again for re-election. there are a lot of people with him in congress and outside of ongress who still want him to run for re-election. i know there are some other voices out there, they are welcome to their opinion, but from what the president is saying over the last ten days is that he is running for real action. you sound like you very much believe that joe biden should still be the candidate come november. is that correct? he won the nomination, he has a tremendous record, he's made it

clear he is going to run and i think it is important we rally up an ally behind him and deal with the existential threat to america which is donald trump. i'm going to read back some of what george clooney had to say," this is about age. " this is about the debate performance, there is no denying that is there? he said were not going to win in november with this president. people like george clooney to help fund rose a huge amount of money for the democratic party and you have people like him saying it is time for him to go, don't you have a problem? mr clooney is certainly welcome to his opinion but he also had 50 members of the congressional caucus who is standing by and that is a very important caucus. an overwhelming number of members of congress are in the senate who are standing

behind the president. so, i'm not trying to paint a picture here that everybody wanting to run, there are people who want him to step aside. there were people who wanted him not run in 2020, right? but he is a nominee, he has made it clear he is going to run and i think it is very important for democrats to get back into the fighting which is the contrast between our nominee joe biden and donald trump who is a real threat to democracy and the future of the country. we only have 20 seconds left, just quickly, do you think you can still win when soany people are focusing on this issue in the polls are so close and in many states donald trump is our frank? yes, i think we can still win. it's a long time until election day, a lot has happened. donald trump was down and out and he somehow won in 2016, so yes, we can win. doing welln some of the senate

races and other races, i'm expecting present biden to come back and it's going to be very close. all the races in america are. doug thornell, thank you for sharing your perspective from washington, dc. there's plenty more on that story and the rest of today's news on bbc news website. do stay with us here on the context. announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: "usa today" calls it, "arguably the best bargain in streaming." that's because the free pbs app lets you watch the best of pbs anytime, anywhere.

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