sir craig mackey witnessed the murder of pc keith palmer from a locked car, staying inside because heer chief superintendent with the metropolitan police. and chris phillips, former head of the national counter terrorism security office. thank you both indeed forjoining us. thank you both indeed forjoining us. chris, it is hard for anyone to know how they would react in a situation like that but how would you like to think you would have handled the city had been in the car and scene is unfolding in front of you on westminster bridge?” and scene is unfolding in front of you on westminster bridge? i think the most thing to remember is it was the most thing to remember is it was the terrorists who did the bad deed that day but from a police perspective, it would have been nice, as the leader of the metropolitan police, to show a little bit more leadership on that day. i think he had the opportunity to become a hero in the eyes of his collea g u es to become a hero in the eyes of his colleagues and officers and instead of that, he kind of locked himself into the car and drove to a place

janis mackey frayer, nbc news, inhenesia. >>>upreme court begins its new term with just eight tonight tomorrow, and there are new details about who the fbi is talkingo as it conducts its expanded investigation into sexual sconduct allegations against judge brett kavanaugh. nbc news is reporting that deborah amida spoke with thebi today. she claims brett kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a rty in college. kavanaugh categorically denies all of the allegations, including thoir of his accuser, dr. christine blasey ford.r afer emotional testimony last week, the white house okayed the id estigation. ile this is a background investigation, not a criminal probe, democrats r aresing concerns. the white house limiting its scope. the white hse firmly denying that. >> the white house isn't in interv we're not micromanaging this process. >> the question is are we going get t kind of investigation that is erile. >> today sources close to d ford tell nbc news that her legal team has not yet been fbntacted by the >>> an annual tradition tu

al mackey. brooks, the story was told that lincoln once told grant, the reason i like you is you never criticize me. is that true? and is that a moment of lincoln telling the absolute truth that that is why they got along so well together? i think it would be better to say lincoln had never heard grant criticize him. but there is exactly one critical comment about abraham lincoln or his policies by grant and his correspondence and it's just a side mention about what he calls his very bad civil policy in louisiana. otherwise, he bites his tongue. he never says i have been fastened with these incompetent commanders because of lincoln's inordinate political ambition. he kept those things to himself. there is being taciturn, a word the man,ociated with and he understood not to say things. ulysses s. grant had a sharp tongue. i can say that. a lot of people do not want to recognize that. grant had a sharp tongue. grant was told one time that sumner did not believe in the bible. grant said that's beca

i >> al mackey is making his way to the microphone. think c- span should have its own al mackey channel. go ahead. i cannot hear you. the microphone police is coming. >> in early 1862, lincoln takes away command of all armies for mcclellan and gives him only the army of the potomac. would he -- do you think lincoln might have gotten better service for mcclellan if he had kicked him upstairs to hallux job and given command of army of the potomac command to someone else? could mcclellan have done a good job on strategy and assigning resources just as long as he didn't have to see blood? >> let's remember that george mcclellan saw a lot of blood during the silverware. and mcclellan i think is not afraid of blood, he wanted to make sure that whatever blood was shed was shed with constructive purpose. americans have always been that way. that's only talk about gallant sacrifice. why do we remember burnside in negative ways, because those assaults failed and we are second-guessing why they failed. i wonder where the lever was. in any case, i

but a priority, heavy equipment to lift debris, and rescuers, are running out of time. >> janis mackey frayer, thank you. >>> 12 million people are in the way of heavy rain fall, from phoenix to salt lake city, also bringing the threat of landslides especially in the mountains. >>> now to a pair of tragedies on the football field in georgia. they're mourning the loss of a 17-year-old boy who collapsed and died from a brain injury suffered during a high school game. and in tennessee, a college football player is fighting for his life after a separate head injury. both incidents reignited questions about safety on the field. here is nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: they held onto his jersey like they're holding on to his memory. tonight, bike county high school in georgia is shaken after 17-year-old linebacker dylan thomas collapsed on friday. >> he's a kind hearted kid, loves to laugh and play football. brand webber said at the time nothing seemed out of the ordinary until thomas became incoherent and fell over. >> he loved the game of football. he would not miss practice for anything

sir craig mackey, who was acting chief of the metropolitan police at the time, told the hearing he waswhen he saw the unarmed constable being attacked. helena lee is at the old bailey now with the latest. this is the first time we have heard sir craig mackey‘s account of what happened on that day. he came out of the meeting, got into the passenger seat of his driver's car. they drove around new palace yard towards the gate where keith palmer was on duty and then he told the court he heard and then he told the court he heard a loud bang which sounded unnatural to him. then he and said he saw people running and described to the inquest how he saw a large male coming forward with a knife, he said it looked like one of those out of a carving block. he said because they didn't have any protection in the car, they decided to lock the doors and then in front of his eyes he saw khalid masood stabbing pc palmer. he said it was two absolutely determined stab wounds, and then said khalid masood came right past the drivers side of the car he was in and next thing he heard were the gunshots of harr

sir craig mackey was leaving the houses of parliament in march last year when he witnessed the murder when the westminster attacker was shot dead and then, 20 seconds later, a dark blue official bmw is driven out of the gates of parliament. inside was sir craig mackey, the acting head of the metropolitan police who ended up leading the force's response. to ourfallen colleague, to our fallen colleague, pc palmer. but until his evidence today, he had never publicly described what he himself had witnessed. by chance, when the attack started, sir craig was leaving a meeting at the house of commons. his official car had nearly left parliament when he saw khalid masood enter the gates and attack pc keith palmer. at this point, sir craig's car doors were locked. i saw two stab attempts into the torso of pc palmer, sir craig told the inquestjury. two absolutely determined stab movements. he then saw pc palmer run right past his car, followed by the attacker, khalid masood. he seemed absolutely focused on getting further down and attacking anyone that got in his way, sir craig said. he then he

sir craig mackey was leaving the houses of parliament in march last year when he witnessed the murdere westminster attacker was shot dead, and then, 20 seconds later, a dark blue official bmw is driven out of the gates of parliament. inside was sir craig mackey, the acting head of the metropolitan police, who ended up leading the force's response. to ourfallen colleague, pc palmer... but, until his evidence today, he had never publicly described what he himself had witnessed. by chance, when the attack started, sir craig was leaving a meeting at the house of commons. his official car had nearly left parliament when he saw khalid masood enter the gates and attack pc keith palmer. at this point, sir craig's car doors were locked. i saw two stab attempts into the torso of pc palmer, sir craig told the inquestjury, two absolutely determined stab movements. he then saw pc palmer run right past his car, followed by the attacker, khalid masood. he then heard the sound of khalid masood being shot by a close protection officer. sir craig said he tried to get out of the car, but a pc told him t

mackey said the caseload was low-key. start today. what are theyri considering? you make the first case today involves the endangered species act. it's called the pesky gopher frog that only listens certain parts of mississippi. the question for the court is the fish and wildlife service designated this other area where the pesky gopher frog doesn't live right now, but potentially could n live in louisiana. they designated that as critical habitat which has some consequences. is whether that is an overreach to designate something as a habitat even though the species doesn't actually live there right now. was the classification under this administration? >> it was done under the obama administration but the trumpet administration is defending the classification which you see sometimes not always but often even if they don't necessarily put the original policy in place. as a matter of kind of defending the federal prerogatives will defend an action of previous administration. >> what does this say on the larger case of epa related issues and wildlife classification

nbc's janis mackey frayer is in indonesia with the update. >> reporter: rescuers have yet to reach the worst-hit areas and access remains a huge challenge. today, most flights to palu airport were canceled because hundreds of people were blocking the runway, pleading toet out. the chaos complicating delivery of aid that is desperately needed. all along the coastline, it's a sea of debris and deva wation. rescueorkers are using their bare hands and what little equipment they have in order to rg at tble for survivors. how many people may be tw many were pulled out to sea byhe tsunami remains unclear, but the number of confirmed dd is beginning to surge. hundreds of bodies have already been buried in mass graves to stave off thel very r threat of disease. this is now a national disaster and the govt is pleading for urgent foreign aid. several countries are expected to answer the call of supp. the supplies of fuel and fresh water are running lo police are looting for food and police aren't doing anything to stop it. the big need now i heavy equipment in order to lift the debris to get at p

janis mackey frayer, nbc news, palu, indonesia. >>> and right now the opening bell of the new york stock exchange where things are looking really good. the dow industrial average climbing 152 points there, and right now the nasdaq advanced less than a percent with apple rising more than 1%. right now a lot of people are getting the presidential alert on their cellphones. we told you about this at the beginning of the midday show. this is just a test from the national wireless emergency system. this is just to let people know and check that system if a natural disaster should happen. >> exactly. and so we expect to have an emergency test warning as well on our airwaves. it is interesting. i had my phone on silent but i thought it would break through anyway. >> i did as well. >> because it would have to sound. it vibrated though as you were reading the story about the markets. it is true we got the emergency alert on our phones so far. did you get one on both phones? >> i got one on both of my phones right now. >> i didn't hear anything. >> i didn't either. >> i don't know if they did in t

john mackey's grocery stores, you see hundreds of products. every one of those represents a group of individuals that's trying to figure out how to best satisfy the needs of everybody that walks in. this is true whether it's cars or tractors, it doesn't matter what you're doing. if you're in a free-market capitalist system you are constantly trying to figure out how to satisfy other people's needs because that's how you improve your life. what about in a socialist society? let's say you're in a bread line, you're not thinking about satisfying other people's lives, you're trying to figure out how you can get the most you can for yourself and your family from the limited supply provided by the government. there's no competition, there's no people trying to figure out how to make everybody happy or supply things to a large group of people. what you're dealing with is a limited supply of something and the way you improve your life is by taking more of that supplyand that applies to healthcare in the united kingdom . you're waiting for healthcare,

until the politicians find a solution for the problem thank you for this interview were talking to dr mackey as a director of the united nations relief and works agency for palestine discussing how the u.s. funding cuts will affect it's help to refugees that is it for this edition of so think oh i'll see you next time. take tyranny you too can be disappeared in broad daylight also the fate of a saudi journalist is testing washington's relations with riyadh is the crown prince's rule in doubt and much much more on this edition of crossfire. and your phone pal. coming up that. time told. him from ten there is a trade in young girls sold into an underground six in the street sometimes by the people they trust but most. of my brothers and. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. you know world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop sla

mackey was it? >> it was anita for a long time. >> joint asking questions? >> i am very impressed with you. >> naturally i know a lot of people at williams and connolly and have worked with that law firm in various matters over my 42 year service in the united states senate. it is a great law firm. you have a bunch of great partners. i know a number of them. i have had a lot to do with most of them. all i can say is that i'm very proud of you. i think you have handled yourself very well. some have chose to use false narratives and myths information and insinuations to oppose nominees. unfortunately we are seeing the latest examples of these attempts here. some groups have chosen to criticize you and other previous nominees for connections with adf. adf legal work is widely respected. adf has been effective and has been an effective advocate for its views on religious liberty and free speech cases. empirical scotus which ranks supreme court advocate said that adf was the most effective firm over the last five years based on its 4-0 record. these came in impor

nbc's janis mackey frayer has late details. >> reporter: tonight along this mangled shoreline the urgent search for survivors. this woman found alive days after twin disasts, an earthquake and tsunami. it's not clear how many more may be trapped by the number of confirmed dead is climbing. hundreds of bodies being buried in mass graves to ward off disease. rescue crews haven't reached areas believed to be worse than this. the massive earthquakepp tod buildings. i saw the ground moving in a circle, spinning he says and then came the wall of water. the tsunami's waves as high as 18 feet. lypeople desperate running for safety after the warning system here failed. nobody knows how many were washed out to sea. fresh water d fuel are now running low. food stores have been looted. and damaged airports r ad to cancel flights aftendreds of people swarmed the runway begging to find a way out. aid agencies s nearly 200,000 people are in urgent need but a priority, heavy equipment to lt debris and rescuers are running out of me. >> thank you. >>> back in this country, some 12 million people are unde

into the sea on landing at bali all a hundred eight people on board survived let's bring in keith mackey in in florida via skype he's an aviation consultant accident investigator as well as a pilot thanks very much for speaking to us so what we know is that the pilots requested to return to base sort lee before losing contact on that flight does that tell you anything at all about what could have happened well i think we're going to be looking very carefully at what the maintenance procedures were done to the aircraft before the flight i understand that it has some maintenance done and then was flown to jakarta. so we're going to look very carefully at that and from the radar track it would appear that. there could be a flight control or a flight instrument problem things like that will certainly be under scrutiny very carefully as the investigators proceed it could have been something very simple it was not done properly but i think we'll know in a relatively short period of easy to recover the cockpit voice recorder and of course we've already got good radar tracks with a lot of inform

and the chief coroner said the then acting commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir craig mackey, attack and was driven out of the gates seconds afterwards, had acted properly. his force dismissed recent criticism of him. there is nothing that craig could have done to have stopped masood or to have saved pc palmer or any others from being injured. craig was in a car, accompanied by two civilian staff members. neither he nor the two civilian staff had any protective equipment with them. pc carlisle, seen here bottom left, went on to help in the effort to save his injured colleague, but pc palmer died, protecting parliament. a us pastor released from jail by a turkish court has left the country and is on his way back to the united states. there was chaos at the airport in izmir when andrew brunson arrived to board a military plane. he was sentenced to three years in jail in a case that badly strained ties between the us and turkey. he was arrested over alleged links to political groups, including the banned gulenist movement, after a failed coup attempt in 2016. but a court released

nbc's janis mackey frayer is there, and she'll tell us more about those rescue efforts. janis?rter: the death tl continues to surge here, yet days after the earthquake and tsunami, aid has yet to reach the people who need it. we arrived to devastation in every direction. at this hotel that collapsed during the earthquake, rescuers are usingniffer dogs in their desperate search for dozens of people still trappedn the rubble. >> so as long as the dogs are barking, you're going to keep looking? r yes. yes. orter: but there is so much rubble to search here. satellite images show how the earthquake and tsunami altered the landscape. buildings before and after. the town's entireoastline swallowed by the sea. the powerful quake and 18-foot wall of water striking with little to no warning. some homes just floating away. we felt aftershocks. there have been hundreds so far. and at the airport as we came in, scores of people were getting out. wounded and weary, boarding military planes to be evacuated from here. days after disaster struck, aid is still only trickling in to a place runnin

killed, and the chief coroner said the then acting commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir craig mackey seconds afterwards, had acted properly. his force dismissed recent criticism of him. there is nothing that craig could have done to have stopped masood or to have saved pc palmer or any others from being injured. craig was in a car, accompanied by two civilian staff members. neither he, nor the two civilian staff had any protective equipment with them. pc carlisle, seen here bottom left, went on to help in the effort to save his injured colleague, but pc palmer died, protecting parliament. daniel sandford, bbc news. rescue workers are still searching through debris for people who may have been trapped or killed when hurricane michael tore into the south—eastern united states on wednesday. 16 people are now known to have been killed by the storm in florida, virginia, georgia and north carolina. michael is now moving away from the us mainland, and has been downgraded to a post—tropical cyclone. rajini vaidya nathan reports. this is home now, after michael came and left. the hurricane de

and the chief coroner said the then acting commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir craig mackey,en out of the gates seconds afterwards, had acted properly. his force dismissed recent criticism of him. there is nothing that craig could have done to have stopped masood or to have saved pc palmer or any others from being injured. craig was in a car, accompanied by two civilian staff members. neither he nor the two civilian staff had any protective equipment with them. pc carlisle, seen here bottom left, went on to help in the effort to save his injured colleague, but pc palmer died, protecting parliament. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: let them eat...jewellery? famous items once worn by marie antoinette are due to go under the hammer. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life. but in the marina area, where most of the damage was done, they're more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he's gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operato

the name dark matter here's one more thought on that from someone who isn't in the sciences when mackey she says i studied humanities and social sciences so i don't know what dark matter actually a this but i like what it represents an invisible force that effects every nano second of our lives while we go about why only unaware of its existence so i look at this and i'm going to go to you with these two definitions there but what i like about hans is that she seems to be saying it affects all of us and we just don't know or care enough yet that my tears. really played this crucial rule in the story of our universe as it makes up most of this as they try to set most of the matter in the universe and it means that a less consequential thing is that it means that every picture that we see of the galaxy is a little bit distorted as katie said the presence of that that massive the skillets the light that we see. them are as a field of a physics it's when you are planning what you do next how do you do it knowing that you know so little so what to do is to choose an i pod or so when you have

and the chief coroner said the then acting commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir craig mackey, attack and was driven out of the gates seconds afterwards, had acted properly. his force dismissed recent criticism of him. there is nothing that craig could have done to have stopped masood or to have saved pc palmer or any others from being injured. craig was in a car, accompanied by two civilian staff members. neither he nor the two civilian staff had any protective equipment with them. pc carlisle, seen here bottom left, went on to help in the effort to save his injured colleague, but pc palmer died, protecting parliament. a student and drill rapper from london has been sent to prison for seven years for trafficking drugs into barrow—in—furness in cumbria. daniel olaloko was jailed alongside peter adebayo. both were part of a so—called county lines gang, where city gangs use addicts in smaller towns and rural areas to deal drugs. an unprecedented 15 people have died from overdoses in barrow since december. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan reports. # i was raised

sir craig mackey was leaving the houses of parliament when he witnessed the murder of pc keith palmerre killing him. 0ur correspondent daniel sandford, is at the old bailey. he told the inquest that he had been ata he told the inquest that he had been at a meeting with the policing minister and was leaving by chance at the moment when callard massoud's rented 4x4 smashed into the fence around the houses of parliamentjust after running down pedestrians on westerners to bridge. his official car was then just about to leave the grounds of the houses of parliament when he saw callard massoud coming through the gates, bearing a large carving knife and stab in one of his pcs, keith palmer, right in front of him. sircraig pcs, keith palmer, right in front of him. sir craig described seeing pc palmerfalling down, him. sir craig described seeing pc palmer falling down, and him. sir craig described seeing pc palmerfalling down, and getting up, walking past his official car. by that time, the car doors had been rocked by an assistant, there was no protective equipment, no radio, sir craig was in

and the chief coroner said the then acting commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir craig mackey,ho saw the attack and was driven out of the gates seconds afterwards, had acted properly. his force dismissed recent criticism of him. there is nothing that craig could have done to have stopped masood or to have saved pc palmer or any others from being injured. craig was in a car, accompanied by two civilian staff members. neither he nor the two civilian staff had any protective equipment with them. pc carlisle, seen here bottom left, went on to help in the effort to save his injured colleague, but pc palmer died, protecting parliament. daniel sandford, bbc news. a student and drill rapper from london has been sent to prison for seven years, for trafficking drugs into barrow—in—furness in cumbria. daniel olaloko was jailed alongside peter adebayo. both were part of a so—called county lines gang, where city gangs use addicts in smaller towns and rural areas to deal drugs for them. an unprecedented 15 people have died from overdoses in barrow since december. our social affairs correspon

the name dark matter here's one more thought on that from someone who isn't in the sciences when mackey she says i studied humanities and social sciences so i don't know what dark matter actually aids but i like what it represents an invisible force that effects every nano second of our lives while we go about why only unaware it's existence so i would say and i'm going to go to you with these two definitions there but what i like about hans is that she seems to be saying it affects all of us and we just don't know or care enough yet that matter really played this crucial rule in the story of our universe as it makes up most of. and most of the matter in the universe and it means that a less consequential thing is that it means that every picture that we see of the galaxy is a little bit distorted as katie said the presence of that that massive the skull it's the light that we see. the model as a field of a physics it's when you are planning what you do next how do you do it knowing that we know so little so what we do is to choose and i thought this is so when you have an experiment th

muslims, christians, jews and they came together to say no to this type of hatred that claims 11 life mackey mentioned are coming together and that's wonderful to see. unfortunately, even today we didn't see that happening across the board and we immediately had people out saying president trump is in some way responsible for what happened. what is your reaction to that claim agree about president trump? my first reaction is people should study history. it has been going on for many centuries about 25 centuries and president trump is not responsible for the anti-semitism that has existed really in the united states in an increase fashion of the past couple decades. in 2014 and 2015, i say that only because that was before president trump came into offic office. i think that's a product of the rise of social media where you have a lot of purveyors of hate that can now go and reach out to other purveyors of hate and spread their poison. i have to tell you something else. i've been following anti-semitism and leaders statements against anti-semitism. 20 or 25 years. i have never heard a stateme

very, very, very -- what was it -- bob mackey. >> yes, you know your fashion. >> stephen: yeah.u and jessica were here, and that night you taught me the term zaddie. and you said i might possibly be a zaddie. >> yes. >> stephen: is zaddie still a thing? >> you are zaddie. you are, like, i pay all my bills on time zaddie. >> stephen: that's the most boring zaddie. >> no, you can afford netflix and hulu. you're a good zaddie. >> stephen: am i a sugar zaddie? >> yes, you are! >> stephen: good, i'm going to get cards printed up and happened them out at parties. >> i think so. >> stephen: how are the dope queens going? >> we have -- just me. jess is not here. we're coming back with season 2 of "2 dope queens" for hbo. ( cheers and applause ) early next year, 2019, very excited. >> stephen: in the meantime, you have an exciting new book, it's called "everything's trash but it's okay." >> yes. >> stephen: how can everything be trash? >> i mean, number 45 is a big starting point. >> stephen: oh, okay. very trashy. >> stephen: sure. ( applause ) >> things are crazy. i think depeening of

mackey worked for the giants over a two decade span of the 80s and 90s and he has been suffering from heart and kidney problems and was taken to the california pacific medical center over the weekend where he passed away on monday. he was 83 years old. >>> game two of the world series is set for tonight on ktvu between the boston red sox and the los angeles dodgers. >> he goes to 2nd. he comes to the plate on the rbi base hit by martinez. it is 2-0. >> both of the starting pitchers -- pitchers struggle. they wound up being charged and chris sale of the red sox did not make it past the fifth inning. the red sox won and nunez, san francisco -- he had a huge 3 run shopper game two separate and the coverage starts at 4:30 pm. you can get all of the local news coverage on ktvu throughout the world series. >>> one fan is very happy. he is 102 -- she is 102 and she has been a red sox fan since she was 14. >> i used to come from school and listen on the radio. there were no night games. they were all day games because there were no floodlights. she said that she has been to fenway park to che

nbc's janis mackey frayer reports from indonesia. >> reporter: the devastation is bad. rubble, twisted cars and debris. and in the scramble to find survivors, rescuers are using their hands to search because there isn't enough heavy equipment. it's unclear how many people are trapped or were pulled out to sea, but the number of dead here is surging. the walls started falling around us, says this woman, who escaped a shopping mall before it collapsed. the injured are being evacuated by military planes as disaster officials here struggle to cope. the instruction on the coast in palu is only part of it. areas closer to the quake epicenter are still cut off. what has happened to over a quarteril unknown. >> the bridges and the roads are damaged. it's very, very difficult. >> reporter: the island was struck by two powerful disasters. so the tsunami took experts by surprise. in this video, a man is shouting to people that it's coming. then the wall of water. >> it's unusual for an earthquake which generates a tsunami to be so close to land. so the shaking destroys towns and b

instead mackey blames hindu nationalists for carrying out a campaign of violence against most. in india over the past twenty five years there have been major outbreaks of religious violence that have killed thousands mostly muslims. in fact a lot going in from. ram medevac is the general secretary of the ruling party the hindu nationalist b j p he's also a former spokesman for the r.s.s. a right wing group often accused of encouraging violence against muslims nor heard from our government. from the government to promote any government on the contrary they are committed to maintaining the uncommon and harmony in the country. rights groups say since the bee j.p. came into power in twenty fourteen the attacks on muslims have served. it's a charge rejects totally impact the black three year of how been the war will be the year when it comes. but for some the reality is starkly different. we've come to the region a main water which is predominantly muslim it's communities like these that are starting to feel the heat from the more violent elements of hindu nationalists. you know new

we have jan nis mackey frayier there with the latest. >> people need help, andrea, they need everything, health, health care and into margs and even as the death toll is surging, nobody is saying how many people are still miss iing and this is the big worry is that as rescue workers are able to the push into these areas that they believe are worst hit that the death toll is going to spike. they don't have any information, and the power lines are down, and the roads have been blocked by landslides. military planes are now beginning to land at the airport. we saw them taking relief supplies out and reloading them with people. there have been thousands of people waiting at the the airport for the chance to evacuate. they want to get anywhere that feels safer than this. for us, it took the days to get here, and we had flights canceled and things backed up on the runway and only part of the airport is operation aal, but as we were driving through the town, we sthau the destraw that destruction and devastation is everywhere. and increasingly, we have been seeing that people are hanging banner

instead mackey blames hindu nationalists for carrying out a campaign of violence against most but. in india over the past twenty five years there have been major outbreaks of religious violence that have chilled thousand mostly muslim. american in fact a lot and in some places there might be a couple of comments straight. ram medevac is the general secretary of the ruling party the hindu nationalist b j p he's also a former spokesman for the r.s.s. a right wing group often accused of encouraging violence against muslims nor heard from our government. from the government. and the country committed to maintaining the uncommon and harmony in the country. rights groups say since the bee j.p. came into power in twenty fourteen the attacks on muslims have served. it's a charge rejects totally false in fact that black three year of how been the war would be here when it comes to community. but for some the reality is starkly different. we've come to the region the main water which is predominantly muslim it's communities like these that are starting to feel the heat from the more violent

this is the first time that we have heard from sir craig mackey, who as you mentioned there was actingtime. by chance he ended up in new palace yard and witnessed the attack for himself. he came to the inquest here today, he told the jury he had been at a meeting in the house of commons. he came out of that meeting, got into the passenger seat of the car. his driver was sitting next to him and a colleague was in the back of the car. they move around in the car towards the gates, the gates where pc palmer was on duty in order to leave. it was at that point that he heard a very loud bang. he saw people running in all directions, then he told the inquest he saw a large male coming forward with a knife. it looks like one of those out of a carving block, he told the jury. he couldn't work out whether batman was connected to the bank that he had. at that point, he said because they had no protection in the car, they did not have a radio, they decided to lock the car. they sat in that car and they witnessed pc palmer being stabbed and sir craig told the inquest today it was to absolutely dete

joining me now from indonesia is nbc's janet mackey fryer.give us the latest. >> rescue workers have yet to even reach the areas they believe are the worst hit. access remains a huge challenge and most flights today to palu airport including ours were canceled because hundreds of people were blocking the runway. they were pleading to get out. this chaos complicating delivery of aid that is desperately needed. all along the coastline, it's a sea of debris and devastation. rescue workers are using their hands and lack the equipment to dig up the rubble to look for people lost in it. how many could be trapped? how many were pulled out to sea by the tsunami remains unclear. the confirmed number of dead is beginning to surge. hundreds of bodies have already been buried in mass graves to stave off the very real threat of disease. this is now a national disaster. the national government here is appealing for urgent foreign aid and several countries are expected to answer. their supplies here of fresh water and fuel are running low. people are lootin

janis mackey frayer is in indonesia with the developments. janis, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. access to the worst hit areas remains hard. flights were canceled because of this. hundreds of peoplblocking the nway, pleading to get out. the chaos delaying delivery of aid that is desperately needed. it is a sea of debris, mangled buildings and sorrow. rescue worrs are racing against time and a lack of equipment to find survivors lost in the rubble. this man says he tried to dig out his family but couldn't and had no help. early this morning, a woman was foundale, days after the massive quake. howor many m are trapped or were swept out to sea by the tsunami that roared ashore is unclear. but the number of confirmed dead is surging, with hundreds of bodies being buried in mass graves to stave off s thench and disease. areas closer to the quake's epicenter and more than 250,000 people are cut off. the bridges and the roads are damaged. it's difficult. >> reporter: the twin disasters were swift and powerful. asilot shot t video of

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sir craig mackey, who was acting commissioner of the metropolitan police at the time of the westminstern theircarduring the sir craig and his colleagues stayed in their car during the attack because they had no protective equipment, an inquest has heard. helena lee is at the old bailey for us. tell us a bit more about what you have been hearing. this is the first time we have heard from sir craig, a man who was the acting head of the metropolitan police. he just so happened to be in new palace yard at the time of the attack. he described to the court today that after a meeting in the house of commons he came out and got into the passenger seat of the car. there was a driver with him and a colleague in the back. he then said they went around new palace yard towards the gates were pc palmer was on duty. he then said he heard a very loud bang. he saw people running away from the area and then he saw a large man, he said, in court. he had a butcher ‘s knife, which is how he described it, one of those out of a carving block, he told the inquest. he then said he saw him stabbed pc palmer twic

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