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hello and welcome to "world news america." world leaders including president biden arrived to delhi at of the summit. he spoke with the prime minister about joint plans on technology and infrastructure including a deal that would link trade between them least in south asia. it would rival china's belt and road initiative and is part of biden's move away from china, something he is capitalizing on with the absence of president xi jinping who has never missed a summit since taking power in 2012 and vladimir putin who is skipping the event for the second year in a row. another big item on the agenda is ukraine. and he expressed confidence world leaders will finalize the

declaration at the summit. sources say the wording is not yet resolved. negotiats say problems stem from varying positions on the conflict. many countries want russia and china included in the declaration to push other issues like that and climate change. earlier, i spoke with the illinois congressman who chairs the ukraine caucus about the conflict and likelihood of the united communique in support of ukraine coming out of the gathering. thank you for joining us. if we can turn to the conflict in ukraine first, the war rages on. russia this week launching an attack in the middle of the afternoon killing civilians. we areeading into another winter. what is your assessment of where the war is at at the moment? >> it depends on how you look at it. if you had told me three days

into the conflict the war would have gone this way, i would have been thrilled. everyone thought this would be a war that lasted days or weeks and the russians would rollover kyiv. right now, we want to see the counteroffensive work more quickly. that is asking a lot given the incredibly difficult defenses put in place. we have to remind ourselves of some history here. when the allied troops landed in normandy to retake the european continent, they did not just sweep across europe, it took a long time. there were setbacks. i think we have to be realistic about how long this will take. >> president biden was in india at the g20 summit forming an alliance with india to counter the march of china. what do you expect him to do to try to rally further international support for the war in ukraine? >> i think president biden

probably deserves as much credit as anyone outside of ukraine for the war moving forward successfully. he has unified the west. this is enough to continue that. i would like to see india do more and particularly have india help freeze out and hurt russia economically for the war in ukraine but continue to expand it to groups outside of nato is foremost on his mind and critically important right now. >> do you expect to see some sort of agreement on that come out of the g20? >> we are crossing our fingers and hoping for the best. i would like to think they understand how important this is. putin's aims are not just towards ukraine. it is extreme efforts beyond that. those agreements taking place with the expansion of brics is

of concern. i would like to think this is not just an us versus them mentality. i think reaching out to entities and countries like india that have agreements with china and russia would help unify our relationships with them and keep them even once removed from helping russia in the effort. >> you will be back with their colleagues in the house next week. president biden has asked you all for $24 billion in more funding for ukraine as part of a wider spending package. do you think you will still see bipartisan support to send more arms to ukraine? >> i think so. if the bills were on the floor, they would pass. they would pass the house. they would pass the senate. they would pass on a bipartisan basis. getting there is a little tricky. we saw the senate moving forward with spending bills quickly. i think there will be bipartisan

support to accomplish that. i think the democrats and republicans, the majority are in support of continued aid to ukraine. the problem is there's a small minority of republicans on the far right, 10 to 20, who have disproportionate influence with the speaker because of the rules we live under and how narrow the majority is. they are putting at risk what is important, to get those past. half of the supplemental is for the war in ukraine. the other half of it is for protecting our southern border and supporting the united states with all of the man-made and nature-made crises taking place. they have to pass those bills. it has to get done quickly.

my concern with all of them is, can we fund the government? can we move forward? i am concerned they are heading us into a shutdown because speaker mccarthy is not willing to confront them to get the aid so desperately needed to address these natural disasters, protect our southern border, and so forth. the problem is not only is shutting the government down disruptive, i think it is important to stress perhaps the most important thing is it shows i think that has nationaln. security implications. i think the rest of the world watches us. if we cannot get our house in order to move forward, i think it shows weakness. i think it encourages china, russia, and other governments' aggression. >> given the time is not on your side to get the agreement done

at the end of the month for the deadline, it sounds like you are preparing for a shutdown. >> i have been there before. i have seen them come. frankly it is up to speaker mccarthy to decide what is more important right now. solo defending his gavel and the control he has or doing what is right for our country and the world as a whole. >> an intense few weeks ahead in congress. thank you so much for joining us. we are following new developments in the investigation into former president donald trump and his allies' alleged efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. the grand jury in georgia recommended criminal charges against three republican senators, one current and two former. however, prosecutors chose not to indict the three. the current senator recommended to face charges is south carolina's lindsey graham.

he asked georgia officials to look into absentee ballots after mr. trump's 2020 defeat. senator graham says he was surprised over the reports' revelations. >> there are some people who think the election was stolen. i have had questions about the election. some people believe mike pence should have not certified the election. i disagree. >> also recommended for criminal charges not indicted are former georgia senators david purdue and kelly loafer. both were to feed it -- defeated in 2021 runoff elections. he asked the governor to help with the efforts to overturn the election. the friday grand jury report was released a week after former president trump plead not guilty charges. he surrendered at the fulton county jail. the police report broke down who

else was investigated and how close they came to facing charges and showed the grand jury recommended charging 39 people including other well-known figures in his orbit like michael flynn. mr. trump has since responded to reports on social saying it had no credibility. let's speak to the senior reporter for the atlanta journal-constitution. there is a lot of information in the report. why was it released now? >> this report was written in december of 2022, finalized january, and has been under seal since then. the district attorney asked them to keep it under wraps. she did not wanted to step on indictment decisions she was about to make and argued it could harm the due process rights of folks eventually indicted. she asked the judge to wait.

when the indictments were announced, the judge saw no reason to still keep it private, and here we are. >> charges were suggested against 39 people in the report. the d.a. has only moved against 19. tell us about who some of the others were and what sort of charges were suggested to be brought against them. >> the recommendations in the report were very broad. much broader than i think most of us were expecting. of course, you mentioned the three current and former u.s. senators. there was also some former and current state senators in georgia. the current lieutenant governor was among those listed. many people affiliated with the appointment of a slate of alternate republican electors in georgia. mark meadows, trump's former white house chief of staff. some names familiar to us. 18 ended up being indicted in georgia but many other names the d.a. decided to pass on for now.

this document was recommendations. they were not binding. it goes to show after spending eight months collecting evidence that these were everyday citizens who know more than everyone else and they believed 39 people were worthy of indictments. it is a pretty strong statement. >> do we know why the d.a. did t prefer charges against the other individuals? could charges be brought against them at a future point? >> very possible charges could be brought at a future date. there are a bunch of different considerations we should take into account. the first is the potential that immunity deals were struck between some of the people. we know at least eight of the people on the list of recommendations, eight of the alternate republican electors to have immunity deals in place with the d.a.'s office. there could be more that we don't know about. it is possible to d.a.'s office took a look at the recommendations and thought we do not have enough evidence to

prove guilt in court so it is not worth it. with some leglators, there's also constitutional concerns, especially with the u.s. senators. they have constitutional protections under the speech or debate clause that would have led to a giant headache to get these people to come in and be able torosecute lindsey graham. he went all the way to the supreme court to try to fight testifying. maybe the d.a.'s office decided it was not worth the resources. there are already 19 defendants in the case. that is logistically complicated to bring in court. it becomes a lot harder the more people you add to it. >> what does this report tell us about the sort of arguments district attorney fanny williams might bring to court? >> it depends on who you are going to talk about. she alleged a widespread scheme involving all sorts of different

things in georgia following the election. it talks about the breach of elections data in south georgia, false testimony given to state legislators, harassment of a local poll worker here. it depends on who is in trial. there are all these different defendants trying to fracture to speed up prosecution. others want to slow it down as much as possible. it is looking likely this prosecution may end up on two potential tracks. that is something to watch. it will impact the way the d.a.'s office may argue all of this. they say there one large conspiracy of it does not matter who is on trial, they will still have to prove the conspiracy existed. >> we heard from lindsey graham a moment ago. has there been any response from others named in the report? >> yeah, we have heard from kelly loeffler, one of the former georgia u.s. senators. she sees this as a prosecution of conservative beliefs.

she sees this as another political stunt using the legal system to go after conservatives. she has remained a prominent figure on the right in georgia. her name has come up in conjunction with potentially running for governor. she is one to watch. >> thank you so much for joining us. the maui and army -- malian army suffered another attack following three days of morning. two areas were targeted. 50 militants are thought to have been killed. friday, militants reportedly attacked an army base camp in the region. the army has not given details

about casualties. our correspondent has the latest. >> the last two days in the northern region in mali seems to suggest the military does not have a handle on the military situation in the country. the group that claimed the attack on the military base on thursday and a riverboat was also attacked by islamist militants, suspected islamist militants. nobody has yet claimed response ability for the attack. it is an important way for many people to travel because the roads are considered dangerous and are not in good condition. this is one of the highest death tolls the region has seen in a while. more than 60 people including women and children. it illustrates how difficult the security situation has become in northern mali. it is an area that is one of the

most dangerous areas in the world and one of the deadliest for terrorist attacks. groups have been killing civilians and targeting soldiers for many years. the latest wave of attacks comes after the french moved troops from the country after the coup in 2021. he has asked you in peacekeeping forces to leave. this has caused many to be concerned for the future of security. the malian junta came into power saying it would restore security to the region. this does not seem to be going very well at the moment. we have seen an increase in attacks. data suggests much of the reason has become a lot more insecure. the main problem is there are

concerns the violence may spread wir into the region that have very porous borders and could be very dangerous for the future of security in west africa. >> a police officer in philadelphia has been charged with murder. mark dial fatally shot him sitting in a car last month. new body camera footage is providing important new evidence. we want to warn you this piece contains potentially disturbing images. >> captured on surveillance cameras, his car going the wrong way down a one-way street can be seen pulling over. the police in pursuit momen later. now, the newly released body cam footage provides a clear view of what happens next. just five seconds later with a shout of "i'm going to shoot

you! six bullets have been fired into the car. he is then pulled out and dragged like roadkill, the family's lawyer says, and rushed to the hospital. the initial claim was he got out of the car himself and lunged at officers. it is clearly disproven. mark dial has been charged with murder. >> we will not cover up for politics. that was the practice of previous chief prosecutors in the city of philadelphia for decades. >> new footage shows something else, and with a knife in his hand. >> we intend to bring this young

man home. >> while the legal process takes its course, there have been protests in philadelphia. questions over police transparency and the use of police force again at the fore. one more life lost added to the hundreds of others that have died in police stops in recent years. >> torrential floods ravaged central greece with authorities working to rescue hundreds trapped by storm daniel. some areas of the country have had a years worth of rain in the last three days. our reporter is in the town were a bridge collapsed and rescue operations are running into difficulty. >> a massive rescue operation is underw today in this part of greece to try and evacuate hundreds of people stranded by the floods. many homes are still without

power. entire villages are almost completely underwater. helicopters are being used to airlift people stuck on rooftops. the evacuation efforts are proving to be very difficult because of the ferocity of the downpour. this is the heaviest rainfall greece has seen in decades. you can see the damage behind me. bridges and roads are badly damaged. authorities have been unable to reach some of the worst affected area because the water is so deep so there are still will just completely cut off. nobody have been able to reach them yet. climate change has caused heavy rainfall and heavy flooding in greece in the past few years. what is happening this week comes after a summer of

devastating wildfires. e concern is natural disasters like wildfires or flooding are becoming more and more common. we can see the consequences. several people have died this week in greece because of the storm. authorities are searching for several people still missing. the fear is the death toll could rise. >> historic flooding submerged parts of hong kong and neighboring shenzhen thursday night. the observatory later that night reported rainfall of nine inches. that is the highest since records began in 1884. at least two people are dead with over 100 injured. the floods, week after two typhoons hit the region. >> roads in hong kong have been turned into rivers. car parks and shopping malls are

flooded and subway stations are deep with water. thursday night, six inches of rain fell in one hour, the highest figure since records began in 1884. it has forced schools and workplaces to shut and millions of people are sheltering at home. some had to be rescued from the floodwaters. more than 100 people were taken to hospital. the cross harbor tunnel was inundated. the rain also triggered landslides in mountainous areas blocking some roads. the downpours have now eased, but rain is forecast to continue into saturday. >> a texas appeals court is allowing the state to keep the floating border on the rio grande river for now. this comes after a federal judge ruled wednesday the barriers were a threat to safety and diplomatic ties. it is the latest development in the legal battle surrounding the controversial buoys.

about 150 rescue experts are working to save an american trapped inside a cave after he fell ill. he was mapping the cave when he began suffering from gastrointestinal bleeding rendering him unable to leave by himself. he said in a video message he is up and alert. deep in the white house's west wing, the situation room just received a new multimillion dollar upgrade. here is a rare glimpse what the renovation looks like. the situation room is tightly controlled and generally restricted to the national security and military advisors. it is staffed around the clock by military and civilian personnel who monitor breaking development worldwide. the director said the

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