david willis speaking to me a little earlier.n is preparing to meet his chinese counterpart. he is on a state visit to china in a bid to try to get president xi jinping to play a bigger role in ending the war in ukraine. ursula von der leyen has also joined him on the trip. the french president says china could use its close links with russia to resolve the conflict. translation:— russia to resolve the conflict. translation: ., ., , , ., translation: china has proposed a eace translation: china has proposed a peace plan _ translation: china has proposed a peace plan and — translation: china has proposed a peace plan and we _ translation: china has proposed a peace plan and we have - a peace plan and we have welcomed it, but do we agree with it in its entirety? no. but it is interesting. shows willingness to commit to resolving the conflict and so if it is not a peace plan, it is a desire to have responsibility to try build a path towards peace and a hope to be able to participate in initiatives that are useful to the ukrainian po

david willis with that report on how the us dealt with the withdrawal from afghanistan.more on passengers travelling through dover being warned they'll face delays, as millions of travellers are expected make the crossing between france and the uk this weekend. contingency plans have been put in place to avoid a repeat of last week, which saw drivers waiting more than iii hours. simonjones has simon jones has more. it's already very busy this morning at the port of dover. we're told that traffic turning up at the moment will face a wait of around 90 minutes to get through french passport controls that take place here on uk soil. also some issues on the other side of the channel. coach traffic there is facing a wait of around two hours to try and get back to the uk. overall, though, the port is hoping for a much better situation than we saw last weekend, when some coach passengers talked of delays of 12, 13, iii hours to try and get on board ferries. the port insists it is much better prepared this weekend. it says it has set up a new area in the port, a marquee, where ad

. >> i am david willis in washington and this is bbc world news america.icials arrested a suspect in connection with the leak of u.s. intelligence documents. the national guardsmen was taken into custody without incident. >> today the justice department arrested jack teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and ivisn infoio of classified >> president biden meets the irish prime minister in dublin before addressing the country's parliament. >> we believe anything is possible if we set our mind to a deadly we do it together. this is the united states ofami. there is nothing beyond our capacity. >> protests turned violent in france amend ongoing anger over plans to raise the retirement age. >> welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. it was said to be one o the most damaging releases of classified information in years. now the fbi says it arrested a suspect in connection with the publication of hundreds of top-secret documents that have been doing the rounds online. jack teixeira, 21 years ol

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david willis.ing us up to date on the impact of all of this and what more do we know about the situation in arkansas. in automatic state of the situation in arkansas. i�*i automatic state of arkansas as sarah huckabee sanders, you may remember that name — donald trump of my press secretary for many years, she tweeted to say that she had called in the national guard to help with the clean—up operation that will inevitably have to take place now in the state of arkansas. she talked about a large tornado which she said had caused significant damage and meanwhile, medical officials in that state arkansas have said they are bracing for casualties. the epicentre, if you like, seems to be in the capitol little rock, where this, we saw these very harrowing pictures, didn't we, of roofs of buildings having been torn off, trees uprooted, cars tossed around —— capital. in the last few minutes or so, the mayor of little rock frank scott, has tweeted to say that 24 people in that city have been taken to hospita

david willis, bbc news, washington.reporter with politico newspaper based in washington. he has more on why such a major intelligence leak has been allowed to happen again. we are not doing as much of the insider threat analysis and psychological evaluations to make sure that you don't have people who are prone to leaking this information. in an online world, we're all kind of addicted to our phones and to likes on instagram. and for someone who's 21 and isolated, especially in the last few years during the pandemic, you can... this guy got sucked in. and i think there's a lot of questions about why someone who is a 21—year—old massachusetts air national guardsman had access to stuff going on in ukraine that he had no business knowing and probably should not have been in a position to get all that information about our allies in south korea, for example. by arresting this guy, they're trying to prevent future leaks because he had more of this information in these documents on hand that he was dribbling out to the press.

david willis there, speaking me earlier.s taiwan's president sweeps through the us, western leaders have been making their way to china. french president emmanuel macron is on a state visit there in a bid to get beijing to play a bigger role the french president says china could use its close links with russia to stop the war in ukraine. translation: china has proposed a peace plan i and we have welcomed it, but do we agree with it in its entirety? no, but it is interesting. it shows willingness to commit to resolving the conflict. and so, if it is not a peace plan, it is a desire to have responsibility to try to build a path towards peace, and i hope to be able to participate in initiatives that are useful to the ukrainian population. let's talk more about the taiwanese president's visit to the us. james lee is an assistant research fellow at academia sinica and joins me from taipei. great to get you on the programme. just in terms of what the sentiment is on the ground in taiwan, polling suggests that unification is absolu

david willis, bbc news, washington.s a reporter with the political newspaper based in washington and he has more on why a major intelligence leak has been known to happen again. much major intelligence leak has been known to happen again.- major intelligence leak has been known to happen again. much of the insider threat _ known to happen again. much of the insider threat analysis _ known to happen again. much of the insider threat analysis and _ insider threat analysis and psychological evaluations to make sure you don't have people who are prone to leaking this information in an online world... we are not doing as much of the insider threat analysis and psychological evaluations to make sure that you don't have people who are prone to leaking this information. in an online world, we're all kind of addicted to our phones and to likes on instagram. and for someone who's 21 and isolated, especially in the last few years during the pandemic, you can... this guy got sucked in. and i think there's a lot of questions about w

david willis. escaping from north korea has always been perilous.ade it harder during the covid made it harder during the covid outbreak by all but sealing the country's borders. hence the number of people making it to south korea has plunged from around 1,000 a year to just 67 last year. our correspondentjean mackenzie spoke one of the last known people to escape before the border was closed. there are days songmi still doesn't believe she is living with her mother. what she has endured to be here made it seem like this day would never come. songmi was four years old when her mother tried to escape north korea with her strapped to her chest. her mother was caught and sent to prison. when she was released, she decided to escape again, this time alone. songmi was left with her grandparents, but shortly after, they died, leaving songmi to fend for herself. translation: i made a living by forging for herbs _ by foraging for herbs in the mountains and selling them. i was just trying to survive for the day without starving to death. it would take years b

david willis has the latest from washington.ed in shorts and a t—shirt with news helicopters hovering overhead, the suspect in the latest us intelligence drama was taken into custody outside the family home south of boston. ., , the family home south of boston. ., g , . boston. today, the justice department _ boston. today, the justice department arrested - boston. today, the justice department arrested jack| department arrested jack douglas teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorised removal, retention and transmission of classified national defence information. fbi agents took jack teixeira into custody earlier this afternoon without incident. , ' , ., , ., incident. one is 21 years old and worked _ incident. one is 21 years old and worked for _ incident. one is 21 years old and worked for the - incident. one is 21 years old i and worked for the intelligence wing of the massachusetts national guard. one of the friends with whom he allegedly shared information told the washington post jack teixeira is

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. ♪ >> i am david willis in washington and this is bbc world news america.dent biden touches down in northern ireland at the start of a four day trip to the region. before leaving, he laid out his priorities. >> make sure the irish of course stay in place to keep the peace. that is the main thing. keep your fingers crossed. davi ukraine'sre psintay s scontaminated by landmines sie the invasion. we will have a special report. plus, swapping cigarettes for bathing. why authoritiesn the u.k. are giving out one million vaping kits. welcome to world news america. president biden has touched down in belfast at the start of his visit to northern ireland and the irish republic. the trip marks the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. the deal larger brought an end to the 30 year complex in northern ireland -- conflict in northern ireland, but turmoil persists even if less violence than in the past. on wednesday, presidt biden speech before traveling to the republic of ireland. there, and he will celebrate his own family's roots, attending events. there will

. ♪ >> i am david willis and this is bbc world news america. back to his roots, president biden arrives in the irish republic after weighing in on the political divisions north of the border. >> is a friend, i hope it is not too presumptuous of me to say that i believe democratic institutions established in the good friday agreement remain critical to the future of northern ireland. >> elon musk speaks to the bbc about what it has been like running the social media company. >> it has not been boring. dave: and coronation but leaving his plus one behind, prince harry is set to see his father crowned king. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. president biden has concluded a whirlwind tour of northern ireland, set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, which america helped to broker. and that the agreement brought to an end decades of violence. mr. biden hailed the achievements of thace, but his visit came in a difficult time with the parties there and the northern ireland assembly suspended, as it ha

x >> i am david willis in washington and this is bbc world news america.un attack in central tel aviv leaves one dead four woued. israel blames palestinian militants. before that, israel launched airstrikes on targets in gaza and southern lebanon as tensions rise in the region. russian state media says the american journalist evan gershkovich has been formally charged with espionage. the u.s. has yet to confirm reports. it has been 25 years since the good friday agreement. we hear from the generation born after thatandmark deal about life in northern ireland now. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we start in israel where the prime minister benjamin netanyahu ordered the mobilization of police and army reserves following a car ramming attack in tel aviv. one person was killed and five injured. the assailant was shot dead. this comes amid escalating tensions between israel and palestinian militants following rates. israel blames the palestinian militant group hamas for the attacks and reiterated overnight -- retaliated overnight with

and the incoming administration wasn't afforded much of one. 0ur north america correspondent david willis washington. this is a 12—page summary of a classified report that basically casts the blame for america's disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan in two directions — the former administration of donald trump, and the failures of the us intelligence service. basically, it concludes that the outgoing administration of donald trump left the incoming administration ofjoe biden in an impossible position. having set a date for the withdrawal of us troops from afghanistan, there was no plan, no design as to how that should be brought about. donald trump, of course, in february of 2020, agreed with the taliban for the withdrawal of all us troops from afghanistan by may of the final following year. joe biden managed to push that deadline back a bit, but he still had to adhere to it. by the time the biden administration had taken office, the previous force of about 10,000 us soldiers on the ground in afghanistan had dwindled to as few as 2,500, and thousands of taliban prisoners had been release

let's cross live to our correspondent david willis lockhart —— david willis lockhart.ent from richard sharp happened before the report came out. how much of it impacted it have on the way the report was accepted? well, i think unlike to draw a comparison last week, when we saw the deputy prime minister resigning, there was a gap between him pleading out his side of things and writing an article and us getting our hands on the floor report. it wasn't quite such a big gaffe. what was essentially what we then went on to read in the 25 page report, that he had been found to have breached the rules twice. he took issues with one of them, apologised for another, but that now he didn't want to distract from the good work the bbc had been doing, and he was going to step down at the end from june. what doing, and he was going to step down at the end from june.— at the end from june. what is this auoin to at the end from june. what is this going to mean in _ at the end from june. what is this going to mean in terms _ at the end from june. what is this going to mean in terms of -

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very limited future care in its biggest overseas market. 0ur north american correspondence there, david willis a significant development concerning access to abortion in the us. supreme courtjustice samuel alito has temporarily extended access to the highly—contested abortion drug mifepristone while the court considers the case. last week, two courts — one in washington state and one in texas — issued conflicting rulings on access to the abortion pill, leading to the supreme court weighing in. the white house says they will continue to fight to restore the protections of roe v wade. the interim stay will expire at midnight on wednesday. here's our washington correspondent, jessica parker. this was an 11th hour ruling by the supreme courtjustice the supreme court justice samuel alito the supreme courtjustice samuel alito preventing changes on the verge of coming into force and doing so at least for now. what had been about to happen across the us in states where abortion remains legal women not going to be able to take mifepristone, typically used as part of two drug regimen beyond seven weeks

i�*m david willis. thank you for watching world news america. hello there.ove deeper into the easter weekend, it will start to warm up as we pick up the air source from the south. it is going to stay dry, plenty of sunshine, then it is all change for the bank holiday easter monday. this area of low pressure begins to spread across the country. it is high pressure dominating the scene to start the easter weekend. lots of dry weather to begin with. 0n the chilly side mind you, but temperatures will rise fairly quickly. cloud across eastern scotland and easstern england will tend to break up and burn back to the coast, so we should have plenty of sunny spells into the afternoon with a little bit of fair weather, cloud bubbling up here and there. a bit more of a breeze, particularly towards the south and west. temperatures notch up in that range of 13, may be up to 16 degrees. as we head through saturday night, it stays fine and dry, lengthy clear skies, a bit more of a breeze, even more i think, through saturday night. variable cloud, so i think we should be fr

our north america correspondent david willis is following developments.? the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california, and the two speaking there against the backdrop of the blue—and—white boeing aeroplane that ronald reagan used to fly on when he was president back in the 1980s. as far as president tsai is concerned, well, i would have thought she would be very pleased with the mood music, with the pleasantries that were exchanged between these two leaders — she basically saying that this was proof that taiwan was not isolated, it was not alone. kevin mccarthy telling reporters that the two nations held a shared belief, as he put it, in democracy and freedom, and that their friendship was "a matter of profound importance to the free world." china, of course, will not be relishing that sort of exchange of pleasantries. it had warned earlier that the us was "playing with fire," as it put it, by welcoming president tsai in this way. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the cameras of the future have arrived. and if they

with more details, here's our north america correspondent, david willis.ho witnessed events in the run—up to the insurrection of the us capitol building on the sixth of january 2021, both from his position in the white house and on the day itself. in his role as leader of the senate, the man providing over the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. before that, he withstood a considerable pressure from his boss at the time, donald trump, who wanted him to reject the certification of the presidential vote. and indeed, that made mr penn is himself the target of many of those who stormed the capital on that fateful day, some of whom were calling for mike pence to be hung outside the capitol building itself. his testimony is seen as crucial to the grand jury is seen as crucial to the grand jury that is being led by the special prosecutorjack smith, a man appointed by the us justice department, to look into allegations that donald trump and his allies attempted to overturn the presidential election result. we don't know what mike pence had to

with me is our north america correspondent david willis.he trump administration for the smithy withdrawal. what line did the white house take to justify that? 50 line did the white house take to justify that?— to justify that? so in its 12 .a i e to justify that? so in its 12 page summary _ to justify that? so in its 12 page summary of - to justify that? so in its 12 page summary of a - to justify that? so in its 12 i page summary of a classified report, it basically puts the blame for what happened in two directions. one on the prey administration, that of donald trump, and two, on the failures of the us intelligence community. it basically makes the point that the incoming biden administration was left, as the report said, in an impossible position, that the outgoing administration had really left nothing in place for the incoming administration. let me read one quote to you. it says the trump administration left the biden administration left the biden administration with a date for withdrawal but no plan to execute it and it goes on to s

david willis, bbc news, washington.now to new york, where we're joined by the cbs correspondent, jarred hill. thank you so much forjoining us. what do we know about jack teixeira? as we were hearing right there in that report, jack teixeira 21 years old, is a member of the armed forces through what's called the massachusetts air national guard and he started working on an it capacity in the military base when it is believed is how he came across the information. one of the interesting things is how we got caught in the back when pictures of classified documents and you can actually see kitchen counter and kitchen flooring that looks similar to the same as falling in dislike flooring person to his own name and one of the ways they will be able to actually track him down here —— smack look similar to the same as flooring... just him down here -- smack look similar to the same as flooring. . ._ to the same as flooring. .. just take us through — to the same as flooring. .. just take us through the _ to the same as flooring.

david willis, bbc news, washington. the island of ireland today, with a visit to the town where his ancestors lived. yesterday, mr biden made a historic address to the irish parliament, and spoke passiontely about his family roots in the country. our reporter charlotte gallagher has more. ballina is preparing for a special visitor. president biden, whose great great grandfather was born here, is coming to town, and some of his distant relatives are very excited. i'm actually related to him. hang on a second. you're related tojoe biden? yes. what is he to you? he's my fifth cousin. your fifth cousin? and how does that feel? shocking, really? and how did you find that out? i found that outwith... my mum and i were doing a family tree, and we found out that biden was my fifth cousin. ballina is getting ready to welcome home its famous son. he's going to be speaking at the cathedral behind me, and you cannot miss what's going on here. there are flags on basically every building in the town. people are ready to celebrate. he

david willis, bbc news, los angeles. 13 minutes past eight. sarah looking ahead at the weekend.d where we see some clearer skies there will be some mist and fog patches. either way, a murky start to saturday morning. it should be frost free with temperatures first thing around three to 8 degrees. that is how we kick off the bank holiday weekend. mist, low cloud. showers for northern ireland, northern end then in central scotland. through the day, more sunshine breaking through for central and southern england, wales and northern ireland. temperatures in the high teens, possibly 20 degrees. it is going to be a story of some sunny spells and some scattered downpours. if you do catch a shower, it could be heavy, it could be thundery. but they are hit and miss. we were not all see them. it is looking warmer over the next couple them. it is looking warmer over the next couple of them. it is looking warmer over the next couple of days. thank you. there�*s been growing concern about the impact of concussion for people playing sport at grassroots level, and that�*s now being addressed w

david willis, bbc news, washington.containers, has warned that it could go bust unless it can quickly raise new financing. the 77—year—old firm has been attempting to reposition itself to a younger audience, but its shares dropped by nearly 50% on monday. the firm became well—known in the 50s and 60s when people held "tupperware parties" in their homes to sell plastic containers forfood storage. avengers starjeremy renner has made his first red carpet appearance since his near—fatal snow plough accident four months ago. the marvel actor, who suffered over 30 broken bones in the accident, attended the premiere of his new disney+ series rennervations on tuesday night in los angeles, whilst using a cane for support. good to see him back. that's an incredible recovery because i don't think at the time it happened we knew quite how serious that really was. he knew quite how serious that really was. :, , :, knew quite how serious that really was. :, ,:, , ., , knew quite how serious that really was. :, , ., , ., was. he made

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slide himself in, in between those existing cases, and whatever case fani willis may or may not bring. >> here's the thing, david, mike pence knows that timing too. he's watching that timing to. i thought about what is former aide, olivia troye said, to my colleague, ali velshi, sort of the same thing you and i have said, they want to have their trump and eat it too. talk to me about this high wire act, this balancing act, that mike pence is doing, where he doesn't want to alienate trump voters, but he's also saying this was wrong. >> yeah, that's right, alicia. look, the fact that there are no republican presidential candidates going right at donald trump, tells us what their actual strategy is. which is to be in place should donald trump stumble or fall as a result of some of these indictments. look, we have not seen anything wound donald trump, including the indictment by the bragg, in fact, it actually helped him. desantis, pence and others are thinking if there is a world that 2024, where defendant donald trump either loses his liberty, in which case, he could still run, but perhaps, at that point, he's kno

david perdue. the alleged effort to breach voting machines as part of a special prosecutor - and fulton county district attorney fani willis'sng decision in the georgia after july th 11th joining us now andrew weissmann, former fbi general counselor and former chief of th criminal division in the eastern district of new york he is a professor of practic at nyu law school and an msnbc legal analyst. andrew, good to see you. thanks for being with us tell me, you can start anywher you want with this thing, bu there are sort of thre distinct elements here the one that we are stil concentrating on is fani willis, who has sent out a message t law enforcement in georgia t say that there is a court term that starts on july 11th between that and a particula date in september, she is goin to, i don't know how to word it, she will have something that they might want to prepare for >> so, very, very -- over 20 years of being in th department of justice, anytime that someone announced a tim period during which they wil make a decision. but that is what she has done. i strongly suspect that it is way of dealing with the fact that she did

. >>> quickly, willie, i wanted to ask david french about a tweet that he retweeted last night republicansl supreme court race in wisconsin and watch the defund candidate win as mayor tonight, and they will spend all day tomorrow talking about trump and nobody will see the problem. >> oh, my god. >> willie, it's the case this guy is toxic for his party. >> yeah, we will have the mayor-elect of chicago on next hour, and talking about the wisconsin case, what happens on the merits, you have a progressive now leading the court, and abortion will come up, and also a statement, if you look inside the vote about where that state is moving, away from republicans and districts that have been safe to them >> where the state is moving and where a lot of different parts of the country is moving, they are talking about donald trump being indicted and facing the judge will energize his base who is energizing wisconsin? who is energizing chicago? the base that is against donald trump, against people losing their right -- women losing their right of choice against gerrymandering i think what donald trump

think a lot of folks were surprised that david bragg cam forward first with thi indictment i think a lot of people though it was going to come from fani willisfulton county, obviously we still haven't heard where that stands, her a ongoing investigation with especially counsel - adam schiff told my counsel -- that he feels as if i had th doj been more aggressive - those charges would have com first. does it matter with comes first? or do you think he has a point there? >> i don't know that it matters, which charges are brough forth. i think what will matter first is which goes to trial and whether there are convictions. if there is a conviction in on of the first trials, regardles of which one it is, i can se it as a game-changer for a lot of the attacks on thes prosecutions as being partisan because at that point there ar confirmed and ratified by jury of his peers in whichever jurisdiction that happens. so you know, there are a lot o hand - at the end of the day, the bottom line is just what doe the jury do? >> - could be zika simultaneous trials go down we know jack smith is a little bit more behind the vehicl when it comes to the investi

david perdue. the alleged effort to reach voting machines is part of a specia prosecutor jack smith' investigation and fulton count district attorney fani willisday she woul announce her charging decision in the georgia after july th 11th. joining us now andre weissmann, former fbi genera counsel and former chief of th criminal division in the eastern district of new york he is a professor of practic at nyu law school and an msnbc legal analyst. andrew, good to see you. thanks for being with us. tell me, you can start anywhere you want with thi thing, but there are sort of three distinct elements here the one that we are stil concentrating on is fani willis, who has sent out a message t law enforcement in georgia t say that there is a court term that starts on july 11th and sometime between that in a particular date in september she is going to -- i don't know how she worded it but she is going to have something that they might want to prepare for >> so, very, very unusual. in fact, i can't think of, i over 20 years, of being in the department of justice of any time that someone announced time period during which the will make a decision. but

2020 presidential race willis has previously informed several people that they are targets of the investigation including trump's former personal lawyer, rudy giuliani and david schaffer, the head o the georgia republican party the special grand jury in that instance issued its fina report back in january now, in georgia, special grand juries do not have the power t indict but emily kohrs, served as the foreperson of that grand jur said in subsequent interview that the panel had recommended indictments for more than dozen people and when asked whether tha included the former president, xi told nbc news, quote, potentially, it might. and finally, there is jack smith, the justice departmen special counsel, he's handling the federal investigations tha are related to the efforts t overturn the results of th 2020 presidential election i the weeks leading up to januar 6th. and the classified documents inquiry, there have been som major developments this week that will move his investigation along. despite initially fighting smith subpoena, the former vic president, mike pence, now say he will comply with the orde for him to testify in th justice department's januar

david ignatius a lot of concerns about goading russia years ago. >> that's a guy that spent his entire life pushing back on russian aggression. >> absolutely. >> willie, a lot to talk about i have a lot to talk about regarding the oj chase that was shown on tv for 12 hours yesterday. >> yeah. >> we will get to basketball first, but i'm afraid i'm going to have to say something about that, but uconn, man, they just -- just dominant. >> yeah. >> just a dominant team the last four games. >> they beat san diego state last night to win the national championship 76-59 was the final. they struggled at the beginning of the game and then kind of rolled through the rest of it. got a little bit close at the end but they pulled away they won every game of this tournament by double digits. it really was never in doubt a team that was great for almost all of the season except for a stretch in january, but beyond that they were just incredible a balanced team, great defense, great passing, a great coach dan hurley to stamps his legacy on the legacy at uconn. the fifth national championship in uconn's school history. they are built to last they will be around for a