jenny kumah in michiuan kamala harris. jenny kumah in michigan speaking _ kamala harris.ncy pelosi hailed president biden as �*one of the most consequential presidents in american history. calling him a patriot in a statement on x. and, senate majority leader chuck schumer echoed that sentiment, writing in a statement, �*his decision of course was not easy, but he once again put his country, his party, and ourfuture first�*. the reaction from congressional republicans, however, has struck a different tone. current house speaker mikejohnson called for mr biden to step down as president, saying �*ifjoe biden is not fit to run for president, he is not fit to serve as president. he must resign the office immediately�*. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell heavily criticised democratic policies, writing, �*washington democrats have not proven themselves any more capable than the president of delivering the secure borders, safe streets, and stable prices that working families deserve�*. let�*s talk about this decision. joining me live lindsay m chervinsky, a presidential hist

jenny kumah, bbc news, michigan.ials investigating the attempted assassination of donald trump last saturday have told american media that they believe the gunman flew a camera—equipped drone over the pennsylvania rally site ahead of the shooting. they say they think thomas crooks used it to help pick the best line of sight for the podium. our correspondent in washington david willis has more details. reports suggest that shortly before 20—year—old thomas crooks was able to open fire on that rally being addressed by donald trump, he may indeed have surveyed the area from the sky. reports suggest that officials found in his car, as well as a bullet—proof vest, two explosive devices and three fully loaded magazines. a drone which they believe could have been used to help him select the spot from which he subsequently opened fire. now, if true, this represents an extraordinary security lapse on the part of the us secret service, which apparently became suspicious of thomas crooks about an hour before the assassination a

jenny kumah, bbc news, michigan. in washington. tell us more about donald trump's appearance last night a week on from the failed assassination attempt. he's very confident sounding. that's ri . ht, he's very confident sounding. that's riaht, and he's very confident sounding. that's right. and we _ he's very confident sounding. that's right, and we have _ he's very confident sounding. that's right, and we have learnt _ he's very confident sounding. that's right, and we have learnt a - he's very confident sounding. that's right, and we have learnt a little - right, and we have learnt a little bit more since the assassination attempt about what really happened. just over the weekend, it's emerged that the government in the attempted assassination fluid drawn of the sites. whether it is on the same day or whether it was days before seems like the drone was used to establish the best line of sight to the podium were donald trump was going to stand. significant pressure growing on secret service about what went wrong. als

jenny kumah, bbc news, michigan. by a flawed update rolled out by the cybersecurity firm crowdstrike affected 8 and a half million windows devices. it added that some were used by enterprises which run �*many critical services.�* travellers across the world continue to face disruption as airlines try to recover. over 9,000 flights have been cancelled worldwide since friday. the software failure also affected retail systems and health care, with problems for gps and pharmacies. nhs england has warned the disruption may continue next week — and that while systems had been restored, there would be a backlog of appointments. cyber security expert and chief strategy officer at cyber cx, alastair macgibbon, explained the fallout from this global outage and what it will mean going forward. well, just to put this in context, this is a crowdstrike issue, not a microsoft issue. what happened is crowdstrike pushed out an update to its systems that only impacted microsoft systems. but as to how restoration is going, good progres

jenny kumah, bbc news, michigan. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue was at last week's rally where mr listening to mr trump's speech from inside the arena in michigan. nearly two hours on his feet, he was back on the election trail, attacking migrants, the media, joe biden, and attacking joe biden for the way he walks and talks and his iq. the crowd responded with huge cheers practically every sentence. thousands were left outside. if you expected unity to come after the assassination attempt, then you will be waiting a long time. because donald trump is singing the old songs and his supporters love it. this will be a moment that democrats will worry about. they remain divided. they remain unsure aboutjoe biden as their candidate and while they are that, they cannot take donald trump and the juggernaut of his campaign. 0fficials investigating the attempted assassination of donald trump last saturday have told american media that they believe the gunman flew a camera—equipped drone over the pennsylvania rally site ahead of the shooting. they say they think thomas crooks used it to help

for the moment, thank you very much, jenny kumah in michigan, where donald trump appeared last night.at house speaker. she is saying, presidentjoe biden is a patriot american who has i was put our country first. his legacy of vision, values and leadership making one of the most consequential presidents in american history that with and gratitude to president biden for always believing in the promise of america and giving people the opportunity to reach their fulfilment. god bless —— god bless america withjoe biden's greatness and goodness. nancy pelosi writing on social media. however, she had been one of those calling on president biden to step down and leave the race to someone else. let's speak to our correspondence nomia iqbal in washington, and the democrats framing this as an opportunity to thank him for his legacy while looking forward to finding a replacement? that's right, and the tributes have been coming in thick and fast, by the democratic party. it was interesting red out there, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house. she had expressed concerns privately about president biden

jenny kumah, bbc news, michigan.s growing pressure on president biden to pull out of the presidential race. mr biden who's isolating with covid says he plans to return to the campaign trail in the coming days, but a growing number of democrats are urging him to reconsider his position. a democratic congressman, who described mr biden as a friend, said he didn't seem to recognise him at a d—day event last month. robin swanson, a democratic strategist and a member of the california democratic party — was following trump's speech. i think it is quite the opposite of what donald trump said he was going to do. he said he was going to be unifying. his speech today was what we know of donald trump. he is a divisive leader once mass deportations and isolationism. he vilifies immigrants and want to take away rights from women. so we saw more of the true donald trump, and as democrats, we really have to talk about that record. there is no doubt that the assassination attempt was a horrible event for all americans, no matter wh

our correspondent, jenny kumah, reports.t and former senior republican aide. she gave me her reaction to the rally it was a bit of a continuation of what we saw donald trump project and he is just one week out from that attempt on his life that really shook a lot of americans regardless of your political affiliation. we had never seen anything like that and the fact he came away from it largely unscathed does tend to challenge the consciousness of how that event continues to help trump. he has continued to propagate the narrative that he is a victim and he doesn't do what we typically hear candidates do at this point in a race. we hear them talk about solutions, get more detailed in their plans. he instead is trying to rewrite basically history and tell people that he is not who he was when he was in the white house, he is a changed man and not the very things he said he was even a few weeks ago. let's explore that, this idea that at these rallies, who do you think he is appealing to? is it the fans there? i say fans because

let's speak to the bbc�*s jenny kumah, who is in pennsylvania. point _ jenny, what more do we know at this point about— jenny, what more do we know at this point about the investigation into this attack? ~ point about the investigation into this attack?— this attack? well, we are 'ust outside the i this attack? well, we are 'ust outside the cordoned i this attack? well, we are just outside the cordoned area, i this attack? well, we are just i outside the cordoned area, you this attack? well, we are just - outside the cordoned area, you can see the police cars marking the border, the fbi has released some details about the shooter. matthew crooks, who was 20, from bethel park about an hour's drive from here. there is a no—fly zone around that area. he has been named as a suspect. what we do know about him very little but we know he was a registered republican voter, he made lytical donations to a progressive committee on the day that president biden was sworn into office. the republican team say that donald trump is doing well, he has received trea

let's speak to our correspondent in washington, jenny kumah.o tell us more about the day one of the nato summit? top of the agenda _ one of the nato summit? top of the agenda ukraine, _ one of the nato summit? top of the agenda ukraine, that - the agenda ukraine, that declaration of being an irreversible part membership for ukraine, there may be some disappointment lack of a clear invite and timetable, the declaration said ukraine had made concrete progress on democratic and security reforms, but a formal invitation would only be presented once conditions are met. last year president zelensky expressed disappointment there was not a clear, direct invite, today he tweeted his appreciation for the announcement of support or air defences and fighterjets, air defences and fighter jets, it air defences and fighterjets, it will be seen as a victory, something president zelensky has long been campaigning for, to help counter rushes dominance in the air. some positive signs of there, his appreciation of the package, £40 billion package funding agreed f

our correspondent jenny kumah has the latest.ement has been a bit slow in coming. there was no immediate endorsement on sunday after president biden announcing he was stepping out of the prejudice al race. instead, the statement former president barack obama gave was that an outstanding nominee would emerge, which led to questions as to whether he favoured an open primary process at the august convention. although some may feel that way, others may feel that the fact it's come a few days later, that it's more impactful, and that it in fact is the final piece of the jigsaw. this week, there have been a number of senior democrats — including nancy pelosi — and celebrities, including george clooney, barbra streisand, de niro, coming out and backing the vice—president. a cbs news source has said that harris and obama have been in regular contact since mr obama's announcement on sunday, and that they have known each other for 20 years. the endorsement today will have been hugely welcomed, and the appreciation is clear to see in the vi

our correspondent, jenny kumah, reports.stand — as long as he stays in the fight we will stand behind him. he brought us together _ will stand behind him. he brought us touether. ., , ., together. donald trump call for uni in together. donald trump call for unity in the _ together. donald trump call for unity in the country. _ together. donald trump call for unity in the country. but - together. donald trump call for unity in the country. but within | unity in the country. but within minutes, he attacked his rival. last week i took a bullet for democracy. it last week i took a bullet for democracy-— last week i took a bullet for democracy. it felt like a pop concert- _ democracy. it felt like a pop concert. the _ democracy. it felt like a pop concert. the former - democracy. it felt like a pop i concert. the former president continued to sing the old songs and attacked the media, migrants and joe biden. the crowd cheered. that attacked the media, migrants and joe biden. the crowd cheered.— biden. the crowd cheered. at this v

our correspondent jenny kumah has the latest.bit slow in coming. there was no initial endorsements on sunday, after president biden�*s announcement that he was stepping out of the presidential race. instead, the statement that the former president obama gave was that he was confident that the democrats would find a process in which an outstanding nominee would emerge. which led to questions as to whether he favoured an open primary process at the august convention. but although some may feel that way, others may feel that the fact it's coming few days later, that it's more impactful, and that it infected the final piece of the jigsaw. this week, there have been a number of senior democrats, including nancy pelosi and celebrities including george clooney, barbra streisand, robert de niro, coming out and backing the vice president, and a cbs news source has said that harris and obama have been in regular contact since mr obamaannouncements on sunday, and that they've known each other for 20 years, so the endorsement today will have

jenny kumah, bbc news, michigan.el sees this as a wider conflict with iran that is being carried out on many fronts and now you have this particular front, the houthi becoming more dangerous in the yemen. a man has been charged in connection with disorder in a leeds suburb earlier this week. iustin dobre who�*s 37 and from the harehills area, has been charged with violent disorder and arson. he�*s been remanded into custody and will appear at leeds magistrates�* court tomorrow. nhs england has warned of "continued disruption" to gp services into next week — after the global it outage on friday. despite a fix being issued across microsoft windows pcs, cybersecurity firm crowdstrike has said the systems would take "some time" to be fully restored. people on the spanish island of majorca are set to protest today against the impact of record levels of tourism. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake is there. nick, there have been a number of similar demonstrations across spain in recent weeks, how much disruption is expecte

jenny kumah, bbc news. here's simon with a look at this morning's weather.oday on the map but colder than average for parts of wales, north—west of england and scotland temperature is about seven celsius below average. over the next few days, while it may come closer to average by the middle part of next week, generally speaking, it is cooler than average and we will certainly notice that today with a rather brisk north—westerly wind. but a lot of rain overnight. you can see it spreading eastward and thundery showers and parts of wales, southwest of england and they will gradually move eastward so this morning could be very soggy for many of us. rain affecting the northeast of us. rain affecting the northeast of scotland, gradually clearing away and is going to the afternoon, showers will become fewer and further between. some sunny spells developing, especially for parts of northern ireland, wales, southwest england a maximum temperatures, 16 and 17 celsius but only 13 degrees in the northeast of scotland, quite disappointed for this time of year. for wimbl

live now tojenny kumah, our correspondent outside the van andel arena in grand rapids, michigan. jennyrst speech of this kind we have had from him. i just wonder what the atmosphere was like there. thousands of supporters queued for hours to see him. yes. queued for hours to see him. yes, when i walked _ queued for hours to see him. yes, when i walked up the _ queued for hours to see him. yes, when i walked up the road - queued for hours to see him. 1313 when i walked up the road behind me to get to this venue, there was a long queue stretching back at least a mile or so behind me. very buoyant. you got the sense of that in the speech. apparently, a rule was raised inside as donald trump came out to make his speech. i would definitely say the atmosphere is full of confidence and buoyancy —— a roar. in michigan is a key battleground. donald trump won here in 2016 by some 10,000 votes. it flipped to the bank —— to the democrats in 2020, joe biden won by around 150,000 votes. today, we heard from donald trump about how he says the republican party is more unified than ever. he described t