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continued to be sure really to control. the disappeared of syria on al-jazeera. i witnessed officers being knocked to the ground and hit with various objects that were thrown by rioters former capitol police officers say bad intelligence left them unprepared for the january 6th insurrection by donald trump's supporters. i'm about this and this is a doozy of a live from doha also coming up golfing star tiger woods undergoes surgery after his car rolled off the road near los angeles. i know on the streets of georgia as thousands protest against the arrest of a prominent opposition politician. outrage in condemnation after malaysia deports
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more than a 1000 a 1000000 more nationals despite a court order against it. all of that to come but we're going to start in the u.s. where we're about to get an update on the car accident involving american golfer tiger woods he's been undergoing surgery following the incident near los angeles now the sheriff's office it says the crash was not life threatening but we do know the 15 time major champion has multiple leg injuries police say his car rolled over and firefighters had to cut into the vehicle to free him he is believed to have been the sole occupant in the single vehicle crash while woods hasn't played professional golf since december before recovering from a 5th back surgery that press conference has just started let's hear what they have to say. in to this press conference to discuss
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a traffic collision which occurred this morning valving eldrick tiger woods joining sure if you know about it let me to station captain james powers and other members of the executive command staff also joining us here today is l.a. county fire chief darrell osby now we'd like to introduce the sheriff of los angeles county alex be unwilling. thank you come from in those. today at 7 12 in the morning let me just share a station received a call of a solo vehicle collision in harbor her hawthorne boulevard north of palos verdes is dr we arrived on scene at 7 18 am and discovered a solo vehicle collision and the sole occupant was again tiger woods and deputies at the time they did not see any evidence of impairment anything that of
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concern obviously the licensing measures they had to be taken for the occupant of the vehicle and chief will speak to that regard and it was a solo vehicle unfortunately during the course of the investigation of this there was another traffic collision happened with people being looking lose and but that thankfully there was no injuries associated with that. be called travel several 100 feet from the center center divider at the intersection and rested on the. west side of the road in the brush sustained major damage a vehicle you've seen all the images of that and with that are let me to share a station will be conducting the traffic investigation and will take him from days of several weeks to get the whole thing together once in the investigation is completed we will provide a detailed report it will be available you know a base some public record act request and we will not discuss any further after
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that point but this point i want to traduce achieved. the fire department. good afternoon i'm far chief. of the los angeles county fire department at approximately 722 this morning resources from los angeles county our station one o 6 received a report of a solo vehicle accident at the intersection of hawthorne boulevard and policy very striped north and rolling hills of states upon arrival of the scene of the incident with sheriffs on scene resources and personnel from the los angeles county fire department observed a single rollover vehicle incident with one person trapped the person trapped. was extricated by the loss of his county fire department personnel earlier it was stated that the jaws of life was utilized to extricate the person trapped
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it was later determined by our personnel that a hologram to which is used for prying and access was also used to pry the person free from the vehicle the person was packaged at the incident as stable condition with serious injuries and because of the fact that they needed to be extricated they were transported to harbor u.c.l.a. hospital because of the extrication and harbor hospital is also a trauma center as indicated earlier there's also a 2nd vehicle accident with no injuries thank you. and the vehicle involved isn't 2021 genesis is a mid size this u.v. but i spend you a lot less see it there though see that i might yanna in lack of hawthorn. room but
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in order to point to 6 young the apollo is very distraught i will not accidental the movie are you watching all of us here and we're bringing you coverage of the press conference being held by the los angeles county sheriff's office that satisfied that cynthia nova giving an update bear in spanish. of the incident involving the car being driven by golfer tiger woods in which he sustained severe leg injuries he's currently receiving treatment for that but i want to bring in rob reynolds he's live for us in los angeles and rob this is going to be a blow isn't have for the fun's all the player who's had a very troubled a very public history. he's had indeed tiger woods has had a brilliant and yet a kind of a harrowing history in the public eye brilliant because he is by anyone's estimation one of the greatest golfer souse ever lived change that the nature of
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goals of the game of golf attracted tens of millions of fans and as a person of color in a virtually all whites 40 expanded their horizons of goal if you gave encouraged to other young athletes and what i'm going to see there because the saddest has taken a question is from the press of the moment so we're going to listen to those questions and we'll come back to science i will leave it at that he was he was he was alive and he was he was conscious and. that's the extent of them that. there was no evidence of impairment so a subsequent to that we're not going to make any there was no effort to draw blood for example at the hospital. no evidence of impairment at this point in time but i'll let it be that it was a morning on just like you got there to say anything to the paramedics arrived. or
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. how exactly did that extrication process take place ok the information i got back from my personnel and the things that they do is they would do a scene assessment it was brought to my attention that he was conscious now exactly what was said is unknown but he was conscious our personnel make an assessment to make a determination their level of consciousness make sure that their breathing controlled a need of serious bleeding and then control and address any serious injuries it was brought to my attention that he had serious leg injuries and that was assessed at the incident. the jaws of life are used as part of the package to extricate people that are trapped in vehicles but it was later determined and brought to the attention that the jaws of life were not used to extricate tiger woods we used the holiday inn to which is a tool used for prying and we also use an axe to pry him from the vehicle he was
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taken from the vehicle with c a collar on back board for spinal precautions he was had the proper splints because of the nature of the incident being a solar vehicle rollover and the fact that it required a next occasion that met trauma center criteria the nearest trauma center to the area's harbor or u.c.l.a. hospital where he was transported is serious but stable condition. that i do not know it's my understanding that he had serious injuries to both plates that was refused. and the los angeles fire chief darryl is which is giving an update there on the way that tiger woods was extricated from the car that he was in when it crashed earlier on just to several hours ago let's go back to rob reynolds rob you were telling us just before we went to those questions about the taping taken at the press conference about the impact of that being a person of color has had that tiger woods has brought to the game of golf and to
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sports generally. that's right i mean this expanded the game of golf. before in the pre tiger era. you know it's a sport really for primarily for wealthy people who have a lot of leisure time of time to get all the gear then the clubs and the club memberships and all that. generally you know kind of attracts an older generational profile of fans and players tiger just shattered all of that and. to the extent where golf courses were actually redesigned to sort of the tiger 5 them to make it less easy for him to just romp over the competition during his his his prime years as i was also going to say rob in the
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public eye tiger woods suffered some very embarrassing incidents a very messy divorce. revelations of sexual infidelities in his marriage and sex scandals and at one point in $27.00 team was arrested for driving under the influence when police found him in his car passed out behind the wheel there was no accident or injury in that incident and tiger said that he had been taking some prescription medication and didn't realize how strongly it would affect him in addition to all that although he's an athlete he is . his body is is badly beaten up and even before this accident he had had the 5th of 5 back surgeries in late december so. presumably of being involved in such a violent accident it's not a good thing for someone with a
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a delicate back situation who's recovering from back surgery if you look at the video of the car itself a 2021 genesis s.u.v. . you can see. that the front end is just completely crumpled and smashed in and so that should probably account for the fact that both of tiger woods' legs were injured as chief osby said. before he was taken from the scene he was conscious he was speaking to his rescuers those are all good things we've already been told excuse me that there was that his leg his injuries were not life threatening however even after surgery on his legs or whatever other injuries that he may have had takes place he will have to be watched carefully because there can be shock. possible swelling from internal injuries that are not immediately obvious. and other things that typically take place in
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a violent car wreck he said at the u.c.l.a. harbor medical center in torrance california this is a level one trauma center so that's a good thing he can get the very best kind of care there is a tidbit we learned was that it was erroneous they reported earlier that the jaws of life this might draw like apparatus that prize apart bent metal was not used instead they the rescuers from the fire department the sheriff's deputies pried open the vehicle and extricated tiger woods without the need for that particular thing but it was indeed a very violent accident if you look at the. amount of distance that the car traveled and where it wound up rolling several times and crashing into the bottom of a sort of shallow ravine you can only imagine how terrifying that experience a and violent an experience that must have been for tiger woods yeah we've just
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been watching the pictures of that accident as you've been told that incident as you've been talking to a strong and obviously there's going to be a lot of speculation about whether or not the what impact this is going to have on woods' ability to play golf in the future it's hard to imagine a world of golf with tiger woods connected to it in some form out rob reynolds ally for us in listenings thank you very much indeed. all the former chiefs of security at the u.s. capitol have told senators their officers didn't have the intelligence training or equipment needed to prevent the january the 6 the riot 2 senate panels investigating the failures that led to the attack by donald trump supporters and the deaths of 5 people the former head of security for the house of representatives rejected claims they didn't use national guard troops because they were worried it would look bad one of the officers working in the capitol building described her experience that day i received chemical burns to my face they still haven't i healed to this day i witnessed officers being knocked to the ground and hit with
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various objects that were thrown by rioters i was unable to determine exactly what those objects were i immediately assumed command in the rotunda and called for additional assets officers began to push the crowd out the door after a couple hours officers cleared to road but had to physically hold the door closed because it had been broken by the rioters ok for more on this let's cross live to particle he's following the hearing capitol hill parties i understand of the central questions seem to be the basic ones how did this happen and who's responsible. exactly i don't think the senate got any more clarity on that after this several hours worth of hearings just let's take a step back and put it into perspective about what we knew leading up to the january 6th what turned out to be a riot we knew that donald trump had been telling his supporters the election was stolen that they need to come to washington that they need to fight like hell to keep their country or they'd lose their country the scene was so tense that even
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our network knew that i could possibly be in danger and they escorted me got me a security guard just to escort me into this government building but yet we're seeing the 3 men who were in charge of security blaming the intelligence services saying they had no idea that this could actually escalate to a situation in which the capital. overrun within minutes and it was incredibly violent let's not forget 5 people lost their lives on that day 2 other police officers committed suicide shortly thereafter so what they're saying is the f.b.i. did send a report over the night before the riots but that that didn't get forwarded to the bosses there basically saying well one offs the head of the police you said i wanted national guard in the days leading up to it but i was denied it the people who use blame for that said he didn't really request it was more of a conversation and then there's a bigger question about when did they call in the national guard the police former
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police chief says at one o 9 he made the call the person who made the call to says yes no i think i was close to 130 so a lot of pointing back and forth and a lot of pointing fingers at the intelligence community but at the same time there was this fairly remarkable statement from the person who was in charge of protecting this believe in this complex he said that the capitol police basically are not prepared to fight off an insurrection let's hear from him. no civilian law enforcement agency to include the united states capitol police is trained or equipped to repel an insurrection of thousands of individuals focused on breaching a building at all costs i'm proud and appreciative of the capitol police officers the metropolitan police department and the other law enforcement agencies that came to our assistance a clear lack of accurate and complete intelligence across several federal agencies contributed to this event and not poor planning by the united states capitol police and so party how does this process play out how long is it going to take.
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well there's 2 tracks one's going to be a lot quicker than the other on the 1st one is what we saw today the 1st senate hearing into this attack hearing from the people directly involved that's going to continue next week we expect we'll see members of the department of defense homeland security f.b.i. come before the same exact panel to answer for what their actions were those that day and those days leading up to it the other track is what congress is going to do they're going to have what they call at $911.00 type commission that's when they appoint members they members get staff they have subpoena power they do depositions they get evidence and they're tasked with putting together a minute by minute day by day account of exactly what went wrong what went into the future security failure here what led up to it all the communications back and forth all the people it could have also that is a huge job they are most likely committee going to be given months if not at least a year to put that together that's when we'll find out the nitty gritty of every step that one wrong and what went right let's not forget lawmakers came within
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seconds of an angry mob including the vice president so that we'll get into better detail exactly who did what when and what they were should have been doing in instead that's particle him bringing us up to date from capitol hill patty thanks very much. well the u.s. and the e.u. have condemned the arrest of a senior officer in the figure in georgia nick a 1000000 was taken into custody on tuesday morning is accused of seeking to violently overthrow parliament well the 1st to walk are reports from the capital tbilisi. surrounding the headquarters of george's largest opposition party police carried out a special operation to breach the building. was opposition supporters resisted but officers soon overwhelmed them taking the camillia the leader of the united national movement into custody. last week georgia's
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prime minister resigned citing concerns about clamping down on the opposition his successor appointed on monday was quick to take a hard line position to throw. god over them i sincerely thank the entire police force for protecting the dignity of our state the stability of our state and once again reminding everyone that we are a state governed by the rule of law which we want someone to live with and i'm sure many here is accused of leading antigovernment protests that turned violent in the summer of 2019 but the opposition says his arrest is politically motivated an attack on a democracy with western aspirations using tactics borrowed from the kremlin. he believes daddy was good parents you know political leaders think it is all a bad day all these small independent prizes and you can live on the escalator should you wish their words are all distribution is generation for me and we create
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the pressure on georgia and they will come back to remember here in the negotiations and we will negotiate political settlement which really clearly elections georgia has special status as an eastern partner of the european union and its western allies are alarmed we are urging all sites in georgia to shoulder necessary restraint utmost restraint and responsibility to avoid more escalation in the interest of the country and its people the arrest of this senior opposition figure in the command has deepened george's. political crisis which has been going on for months now the opposition refusing to recognize the results of october's elections and in the parliament behind me. efforts by western diplomats to get to which is political factions to talk to one another rather than one another appear to have failed.
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instead more protests and more arrests may lie ahead robyn for us to work it out easier to believe. ok let's bring in steve the next he's director for eurasia at the international republican institute is a nonprofit organization and advancing freedom and democracy worldwide is joining us by skype from washington d.c. it's good to have you with us and i'll just you know thanks very much indeed how likely is it do you think that we're going to see unrest in georgia know that nikka 1000000 is being detained well again as was stated at the outset of the broadcast georgia is mired in political turmoil right now and i think. as disturbing as these images are and we don't have the luxury policymakers of the west to merely sit back and wring our hands what has to happen now is we have to help georgia to pursue a way out of this political crisis and there's a number of things that we think that the west can do and should do to help an
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important ally get out of this political crisis what do you think those things should be given the fact that at the moment because georgia is such an important ally particularly to the u.s. but also of course it wants to join nato isn't there going to be a limit to 2 fought allies are actually prepared to do and risk upsetting the balance in georgia. sure well it's important for your viewers to understand that this dispute has originated after the october parliamentary election that is and it has continued sense and both the u.s. embassy and european embassies have attempted to set up dialogue and to engage in serious discussion with all the tickle 'd players and to try to reach a settlement of this dispute obviously that hasn't worked so perhaps it's time to think of other things and perhaps a higher level delegation a higher level mediation group that would come in and try to encourage all sides
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and so important to note all sides to participate in a dialogue so initially i think the goal is to reduce tensions and then to help georgia develop a vehicle where there's discussion and negotiation for a way forward and importantly i think that the georgian people are the missing element in this because i or i am i institute does a great deal of national survey research and we can tell you what the georgian people want and expect they want to see job creation economic development they want to see increased pensions salaries they want to see reform of the health care sector especially during this pandemic but that's not what's being discussed in tbilisi today and so i think that the leadership and again all sides have a role here have to look beyond their interests and place the interests of georgia
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and the georgian people at the forefront if they do so i think there's a way to negotiate a way out of this political crisis really good to get your thoughts on this stephen explain your joining us and our desire thank you very much indeed thank you for having me. more than a 1000 migrants from miramar have been deported from malaysia even though a court blocks the removal hours earlier rights groups are warning their lives could be at risk protests and we're not itself are growing more intense by the day as tony chang reports international reaction is becoming more damning. malaysian immigration trucks transporting more than a 1000 asylum seekers to the coast and ships waiting to deport them despite a last minute court order delaying the repatriation the immigration authorities did find the courts filling 3 myanmar navy ships waiting on the docks the decision
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overrides concerns that some of those sent back will be under threat from myanmar's new military government in myanmar itself mourners paid their last respects in front of the comp in the night when. the 37 year old company was one of 2 people killed on saturday when security services opened fire on protesters in the city of mandalay. i feel so sad losing him we lost the guardian of our family and now i need to move on with the remaining family members. me i'm a senior general minong lai however made no mention of recent deaths when he appeared on state t.v. late on monday nor did he make any concessions to the huge numbers of protesters who've taken to the streets instead the general threatened to withdraw the license of media companies that continue to refer to the military takeover as a coup. but international condemnation reaction is mounting fast. a
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statement from g 7 foreign ministers said the use of blind ammunition against unarmed people is on the acceptable and e.u. foreign ministers announced targeted sanctions today we have decided to set of trying to get at measures with ministers in response to these events. we due to political agreement to apply sanctions targeting didn't really to be responsible for. on day comic interest. and still the street protests continue demonstrations in yangon acting out the roles of don't isn't civil servants operating under military rule. the protestors are hoping their movement is gaining momentum but at this stage there's no sign the generals listen. tony ching counters or. some of them is riots have broken out of 3 prisons in ecuador leaving at least $67.00 inmates dead hundreds of police are trying to regain control of the
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facilities which are home to 70 percent of the country's prison population around half of those killed in the city of clint the government says the violence is the result of criminal gangs fighting for dominance. astra zeneca is expecting to deliver fewer than half of the corona virus vaccine doses it was constructed to supply to the european union in the 1st 6 months of this year and e.u. official quoted by the reuters news agency says the pharmaceutical giant will deliver 130000000 doses by the end of june the firm had committed to providing 300000000 that means the block could struggle to meet its target of vaccinating 70 percent of adults by the summer a judge in india has granted bail to climate activists saying evidence she committed sedition is scanty and sketchy the 22 year old was arrested earlier this month accused of developing a so-called tool kit allegedly to guide people have to support protests by farmers which have lost it for months police say it encouraged violence during
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a rally in january dozens of farmers have been demonstrating against the laws reforming india's agriculture sector. united nations security council members have met to virtually to discuss the impact of climate change on international peace and security secretary general antonio guterres describe it as the defining issue of our time u.k. prime minister but as johnson chaired the meeting and called for richer countries to do more to help vulnerable on adapt but it's not your list david also told the group that climate change is the biggest security threat modern humans have faced if we continue on our current path we will face the collapse of everything gives us our security we have left the stable and secure climatic period that gave birth to our civilisation so there is no going back no matter what we do
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now it's too late to avoid climate change and the poorest and most vulnerable those with the least security are now certain to suffer. this is all just over these are the top stories we're making golfer tiger woods has been taken to hospital following a car accident in los angeles woods is undergoing surgery after suffering multiple leg injuries the l.a. county sheriff says the crash happened at a known accident site and that woods is lucky to be alive the time it made it cross the center divider to the point that arrest it was several several 100 feet away so obviously that it casey we're gone.
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