one finding in a hearing of the senate foreign relations committee in washington dc, from where alan fisherorts. alan: fighting broke out six months ago, ethiopian troops claiming the tigray people's liberation front was behind attacks on ethiopian military bases. there is growing frustration at the scale of the fighting. the senate foreign relations committee was told the situation is horrific, with thousands dead. >> there are approximately 2 million displaced persons, 65 million refugees and 5.2 million people in urgent need of assistance. the united states condemns in the strongest terms brutal killings, sexual violence, gang rape, forced removals and wanton destruction of civilian property. alan: in a stark warning, the war could spark ethiopia's first famine in more than years. >> after six months of hostilities, 5.2 million people are in need of assistance out of a total population of 6.2 million. approximately 2 million of them are children. alan: the senate called for immediate withdrawal of ethiopian troops. president biden called for cease fire. secretary of state anthony blinken

its lies, its delays, and its actions. alan fisher, i'll just eat up. and finally, italy has won the eurovision song contest for the 1st time in more than 30 years and didn't clench the title. thinking of phone calls shut up and behave fun from the 1st united countries taking part in this year has been kept from home. because the pen ah there with me. the whole rahman in reminder of our top stories, the united nations as $800000.00 people in garza no longer have regular access to clean water. as a half of the pipes were damaged and israeli ass strikes, humanitarian aid is beginning to trickle in to thousands left homeless by the 11 day from bob and, and in television there was a random installation in support of the palestinian people, 100 sick part in the raleigh, organized by left wing and palestinian israeli political parties. hundreds of thousands of people have marched across europe in solidarity with palestinian protest as in london, calling on the government to impose sanctions on israel, organized as what more than a sci fi palestinian see, say

c o p s government to bring about an immediate end to the violence or face harsh sanctions. alan fisher reports now from capitol hill fighting glucose to the c o. p . s degree region 6 months ago. you'll be in trips back by allies. the energy and army claimed the t great people's liberation front was behind the tax on easy o p and military bases.

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i have seen in nearly 2 decades of humanitarian work that's close to alan fisher, who is following event for us on capitol hill. allen, we've been hearing reports of alleged human rights abuses coming out of the region for a while. now. how far do you think the finance administration is actually willing to go if the conflict continues? well, this was a real start message to senators on the foreign relations committee about how the us views the situation and degree. you had the to comment from the people who were on the panel. we had that there are thousands dead, thousands injured. and of course, a warning that ethiopia may fall into famine for the 1st time. and more than 40 years. the reality is the crops are not being planted in that area at the moment, simply because of the fighting people aren't able to tend to fields. and unless that situation is rectified within a couple of weeks, then there could be a significant famine. later in the year already 4000000 people are facing food insecurity. 2000000 of them are children. now the u. s. has expressed concern over the last few weeks, bu

and it's actions. alan fisher, i'll just in his 1st television entities since the february military coup me on, was jen to change. i said the ausa leader unsung suit. she is in good health min and hine said that she will face trial in a few days to g hasn't been seen in public since she was placed on the house. so she faced several criminal charges including one for violating the country's colonial era. official secret. do you, do you do it now. more than a 1000 moroccans, you cross into a spanish african enclave. earlier this week still haven't returned at least 8000 people swam or used boats to reach. so uter, sparking a massive diplomatic route. many of them are still hoping to make it to the european mainland as bernard smith reports. when these moroccans arrived in future, it was the start of a journey they hope will take them across the mediterranean sea, a new life in europe. the rock of gibraltar is only 30 minutes away by ferry, but only if you have a western passport or visa for the rest, they'll try to get into the port and hide somewhere on a laurie. are we going to do it by

let's join alan fisher now. he comes to us from, from capitol hill. allan take us through some of those strong warnings we, we heard about more action to come, possibly laid out in pretty strong terms there. and you have to remember the ethiopian, as regards to the very firm ally of the united states in the horn of africa assembly over the last few months, relationships to begun to deteriorate. joe biden, in the last 24 hours, has called for an immediate cease fire. anthony blink and the secretary of state has said, what is happening in t great amounts to ethnic cleansing. but at the heating that just ended less than an hour ago at the state department wasn't quite ready to go as far and see that war crimes were being committed in t gray. they say that that is a legal definition that has to be met with a number of things that have to essentially boxes being ticked and that the state department will make that decision through anthony blinking in the next week or so . so that is one thing that the us can hold over

let's talk to alan fisher who's joining us live from the white house. how is this playing out in the u. s. allen? well, june, the 16th and geneva is going to be a big day for job 5 minutes 1st term as you as president. and he goes there perhaps with the relations between the united states and russia at the lowest point, perhaps even since reagan, you go back to george w bush. he said he looked into the soul of lather, mia, and obviously felt someone he could do business with barack obama said that he was going to hit the reset button with russia. donald trump didn't see russia as a huge adversity, but just over the last few months, we've seen the russians being blame for a massive cyber attack in the united states. at the end of donald trump presidency, we're seeing the build up of troops in ukraine, which the u. s. has been critical about. we've had to joe biden, when he was us. do you think vladimir putin is a killer? he didn't disagree essentially, nodding his head. and so now the 2 sides are going to meet with the russians saying, look, we are not g

now alan fisher has more from washington, dc. the family say there has been a cover up. it's taken that long for this video to emerge and louisiana state police only releasing their version of the dash cam and the body cams. after the associated press leaked, a copy, the state police initially reacting with anger to the fact that the associated press had leaked that the family were told that ronald green was killed in a car accident. what we can clearly see from the video is that that is simply not the case. he was stopped because of what the police say. it was a traffic violation. he put one hand up, he was complying with the police officers, yet he was still tase, dragged out of the car, violently arrested at one point, even with his feet shackled. he was dragged by the police. now i feel a pro and on the ground, and we've had a lot about that over the last few months about suspects being left to lie. fleet face stone on the ground. he was complaining and he was morning, but the police, they ignored him for a full 9 minutes. when medics arrived, they found he was unres

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severity of abuse is among the absolute worst i've seen in nearly 2 decades of humanitarian work. alan fisher is live for us on capitol hill. allan, unlike the by that ministrations position on an investigation into gaza when it comes to appear. it is calling for an international investigation. it is calling for accountability. those about some of the strong warnings coming out of the us senate. we've heard today of what the u. s. might do if those demands are not mat well centers hearing and betty start terms, a situation report from what is happening and t great. we were told that thousands of people having killed thousands of people been injured, and benny betty stark warming from us aid saying, look, there is the possibility that ethiopia could fall into famine for the 1st time in more than 40 years. the reality is that while the fighting is going on, people aren't able to plant crops, they're not able to take the fields, and that will have a knock on effect later in the year. that is why the biden administration is pushing for a c spar. we had from joe biden, just in the last 24 hour thi

allen fisher is life for us on capitol hill. so alan, understand that hearing did begin a short time ago. where is it going? while just opening statements from the committee chair who is a democrat and his opposite number, who is a republican rib degree of unanimity on capitol hill with both sides condemning what is happening integrate and what you're doing there. as you say, in the last 24 hours, we've had job bite and call for an immediate cease fire. we have that in recent weeks. anthony blink and the secretary of state saying, what is happening in t grey is very close to ethnic cleansing. we've had the senate unanimously approving sanctions, mainly travel sanctions on people involved in the fighting. get bob menendez, who is the chairman of the committee, said just delivered some opening statements which were very critical of seeing that the bite min ministration is doing. okay. but needs to do a lot more. it needs to start talking about economic sanctions against european and needs to talk about holding those responsible for some o

fisher middle school. we have the projection of a matt dramatic drop in student enrollment. >> reporter: there's a lot of factors, including covid. the alan rock school district had over 12,000 students. they are now projecting, within a few years, they will only have about 6000 students. that's about a 50% drop in just a w years. udenare atndgonmiddle school. part of that is the effect of covid-19, which hit this community hard. the school and district were losing students even before that. >> when i started here five years ago, we were roughly at 350 students. this year i am at around 230, 240 enrolled. >> reporter: that is a big part of why the school board of trustees decided to close matheson and clyde fisher middle schools in august 2021. the district is in a precarious financial situation. federal and state emergency funds the district afloat, but savings have to be made. closing the two schools will save $700,000 off the budget per year. since both schools operate on the same campuses, with higher performing renaissance academy schools, which are staying open, matheson and fisher students can merge into renaissance, so families wo