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[00:00:14] Live from Washington. This is
[00:00:16] BBC News. A Saudi led coalition says
[00:00:19] says it will respond firmly to a a deadly attack by Houthis on an
[00:00:23] an international airport in Riyadh. Riyadh. President Trump says Ukraine
[00:00:26] Ukraine needs a new president in
[00:00:28] in a scathing attack on Volodymyr Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky could
[00:00:32] could have settled this war many
[00:00:34] many times, many, many times. And
[00:00:36] And he chose he chooses not to. Hurricane
[00:00:41] Hurricane Simon bears down on Mexico's Mexico's Pacific coast communities
[00:00:44] communities there are bracing for for the storm to make landfall in
[00:00:47] in the next few hours. And could
[00:00:50] could this be. Amelia Earhart's lost lost plane. An expedition is hoping
[00:00:54] hoping to discover just what this this mysterious object is. We'll
[00:00:57] We'll hear from the team making the
[00:01:00] the journey across the Pacific. I'm
[00:01:10] I'm Helena Humphrey good to have have you with us. 12 people are dead,
[00:01:13] dead, including an American citizen citizen and four Saudi nationals.
[00:01:16] nationals. After Yemen's Houthi group group attacked a passenger terminal
[00:01:20] terminal at the Riyadh International International Airport in Saudi Arabia.
[00:01:23] Arabia. More than 300 people were were injured. The Saudis are accusing
[00:01:26] accusing the Houthis of a full-fledged full-fledged war crime and said that
[00:01:30] that they are vowing to respond. respond. We've also had reaction
[00:01:33] reaction from the US Secretary of of State Marco Rubio on social media.
[00:01:36] media. He said. The United States
[00:01:39] States condemned the attacks, adding, adding, quote, these reprehensible
[00:01:42] reprehensible attacks demonstrate demonstrate a blatant disregard for
[00:01:44] for innocent civilian life. They They must stop now. We stand with
[00:01:48] with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia Arabia and its people and extend
[00:01:51] extend our condolences to the victims victims and their families. Let's
[00:01:54] Let's take a live look at air traffic traffic over the Saudi capital there
[00:01:57] there in the centre of your screen, screen, hundreds of flights have
[00:02:01] have been cancelled or diverted. diverted. And in light of Saturday's
[00:02:04] Saturday's attack, US President Donald Donald Trump was asked if he would
[00:02:07] would join Saudi Arabia's strikes strikes on the Houthis. Here's what
[00:02:10] what he told reporters. Well, you're
[00:02:14] you're going to find out, Steve, Steve, but I think it's terrible. terrible. Well, they're able to defend
[00:02:17] defend look, the Saudis are good good fighters. But I think the attack
[00:02:21] attack was a terrible thing. What What happened in Saudi Arabia is
[00:02:25] is not acceptable. Thank you. Aaron Aaron David Miller is a former US
[00:02:28] US State Department official in both both Democratic and Republican administrations,
[00:02:32] administrations, and he's now a senior senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment
[00:02:35] Endowment for International Peace. Peace. He joined me with his analysis,
[00:02:38] analysis, calling the airport strike strike a serious escalation. And
[00:02:42] And no doubt, you know, geography
[00:02:44] geography is destiny. The Saudis Saudis have undertaken a big risk
[00:02:48] risk in launching a significantly
[00:02:51] significantly large comprehensive comprehensive military campaign to
[00:02:54] to push the Houthis back from the
[00:02:57] the coastal area near Mokha and to
[00:03:02] to demonstrate that you can have
[00:03:04] have reliable transit through the the Bab al-Mandab Strait Bab al-Mandab
[00:03:08] al-Mandab Strait Gate of Tears. But
[00:03:11] But the Saudi calculation baked into
[00:03:13] into that is the fact that they have have real vulnerabilities as far
[00:03:17] far as the Houthis are concerned. concerned. And I think it's it seems
[00:03:20] seems to me this is a dramatic escalation escalation on the part of the Houthis.
[00:03:24] Houthis. They are basically saying saying to the Saudis, you hit our
[00:03:27] our civilian infrastructure, you you try to constrain our activities
[00:03:30] activities in Yemen and you are vulnerable. vulnerable. And it's coming at a
[00:03:33] a time. This attack on, on the airport,
[00:03:37] airport, it's not the first in Saudi Saudi Arabia. It's clearly the most
[00:03:40] most deadly. Saudis are due to host
[00:03:44] host a what they call Davos in the
[00:03:46] the Desert. October 27, 28 the end
[00:03:48] end of the month that's now clearly clearly at risk. And the Houthis
[00:03:52] Houthis are basically saying we will
[00:03:55] will destabilise the kingdom. And And I think that's the objective
[00:03:59] objective right now. They can't achieve achieve it, but they can cause the
[00:04:02] the Saudis an enormous amount of of pain. So where does this leave
[00:04:06] leave Riyadh then? What are their their options? You know, this is,
[00:04:09] is, Helena, this is another question
[00:04:12] question about the military campaign campaign that the administration administration wants to go against
[00:04:15] against Iran. We're now next week week will be we're entering the eighth
[00:04:19] eighth month of this war. It shows shows no signs of abating. There
[00:04:22] There is no definitive or comprehensive
[00:04:25] comprehensive end state either to to the US-Iran conflict right now.
[00:04:28] now. And in a way, this is derivative
[00:04:32] derivative of the set of circumstances circumstances that the administration
[00:04:35] administration unleashed by striking striking Iran without a clear objective
[00:04:39] objective and mirroring means that that the administration's disposal
[00:04:42] disposal to the end of the campaign. campaign. So I suspect that at best
[00:04:45] best you're going to be able to do do with the Houthis and the Saudis
[00:04:49] Saudis is to get some escalation
[00:04:52] escalation and get back to some sort sort of political track. But the
[00:04:55] the demands that the Houthis are are making and Saudi objectives it
[00:04:59] it is this is Saudi Arabia's backyard.
[00:05:02] backyard. They cannot afford to have
[00:05:04] have a hostile, unified, Houthi controlled
[00:05:07] controlled Yemen next door. But right right now they can't do much about
[00:05:10] about it. And the administration administration last year, more than
[00:05:14] than a thousand strikes against targets
[00:05:17] targets in Operation Rough Rider. Rider. Yeah, they damaged Saudi ballistic
[00:05:20] ballistic missiles command and control. control. But they're but they did
[00:05:24] did not solve. And the administration administration cannot solve the strategic
[00:05:27] strategic problem of who the control control of Yemen. But do you think
[00:05:31] think President Trump is weighing
[00:05:33] weighing seriously the option of of sending military support here?
[00:05:37] here? He said earlier today that that he was assessing the options.
[00:05:40] options. Do you see him going ahead
[00:05:43] ahead with that? I think the prospects
[00:05:47] prospects of a massive US military military response before the mid-terms,
[00:05:51] mid-terms, probably not. I can see see the administration in an effort
[00:05:54] effort to support the Saudis conducting
[00:05:58] conducting air strikes, perhaps. perhaps. But again, it's going to
[00:06:01] to be more emblematic of American
[00:06:03] American weakness than American strength strength because you cannot you can
[00:06:07] can degrade military assets from from the war. Look at almost eight
[00:06:11] eight months of Israeli and US military
[00:06:14] military strikes in Saudi Arabia.
[00:06:15] Arabia. But you cannot achieve political
[00:06:18] political objectives or create strategic strategic gains from the air. And
[00:06:22] And nobody is talking. Although the the administration one report trying
[00:06:25] trying to encourage Ahmed Shah in
[00:06:28] in Syria to dispatch Syrian forces forces in an effort to boost the
[00:06:31] the Yemeni forces that the Saudis Saudis are backing. But frankly,
[00:06:35] frankly, I think this stands almost
[00:06:37] almost no chance of a happy, let
[00:06:40] let alone a Hollywood ending. Is
[00:06:43] Is there any diplomatic off ramp ramp here? Anything that talking
[00:06:46] talking mediation efforts can do? do? Hard, hard to imagine. At best
[00:06:50] best you'll see a gradual de-escalation de-escalation assuming the Saudis
[00:06:54] Saudis are prepared to refrain from
[00:06:58] from striking Houthi civilian infrastructure, infrastructure, particularly the
[00:07:01] the airport at Sanaa, which they've they've hit and who. These are basically
[00:07:04] basically saying you strike our airports
[00:07:07] airports and we'll strike yours. yours. And I think that that is a
[00:07:11] a game, frankly, a deadly game that that the Houthis right now are much
[00:07:14] much more adept and much more capable
[00:07:17] capable of playing than Saudi Arabia.
[00:07:19] Arabia. President Trump has doubled doubled down on his call for Ukraine
[00:07:23] Ukraine to have an election and replace replace Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian
[00:07:26] Ukrainian president had earlier criticised criticised a new US deal to import
[00:07:30] import Russian diesel that sparked sparked the ire of the US leader,
[00:07:33] leader, and today he called for Zelensky Zelensky to go. Russia welcomed the
[00:07:36] the US criticism of Zelensky with
[00:07:39] with a top Kremlin negotiator, calling
[00:07:41] calling Trump's remarks, quote, iconic
[00:07:43] iconic and historic. And in the last last hour, President Trump repeated
[00:07:46] repeated his comments and said that that President Zelensky could have
[00:07:49] have made a deal. Well, I think he he should have an election and he
[00:07:53] he could have settled this thing thing many times and he should have
[00:07:57] have an election and he can't raise raise the price of oil. He's done
[00:08:01] done enough. This is a war that should should have never happened. Ukraine,
[00:08:04] Ukraine, Russia should have never never happened. If I were president,
[00:08:08] president, it never would have happened. happened. But President Zelensky
[00:08:10] Zelensky could have solved this war
[00:08:13] war or he could have made a deal. deal. Many times I've been there.
[00:08:17] there. Well, our correspondent Dan Dan Johnson has more from the Ukrainian
[00:08:20] Ukrainian capital. Right across Ukraine.
[00:08:23] Ukraine. There is fury and dismay dismay about the way Donald Trump
[00:08:27] Trump treats Vladimir Putin, who who started this war compared to
[00:08:30] to Volodymyr Zelensky, who they feel feel is just trying
[00:08:37] Just trying to defend his nation. There's a sense this is all all about fuel prices, the war in
[00:08:41] in Iran and Donald Trump having something something positive to present to to the American people ahead of the
[00:08:44] the mid-term elections. And there there are angry voices in America
[00:08:48] America echoing that, too. There There have been questions about Zelensky's
[00:08:51] Zelensky's approach at times, but but there's nothing that unites Ukrainians
[00:08:54] Ukrainians like this sort of slap slap down from the US President.
[00:08:57] President. And we have seen that
[00:08:59] that before. Ukraine will cling to
[00:09:01] to the allies, that it believes it it can truly rely on. And Zelensky
[00:09:05] Zelensky said he'd had a very good
[00:09:07] good and timely phone call with Andy Andy Burnham this evening. Downing
[00:09:11] Downing Street says the Prime Minister
[00:09:14] Minister reiterated British solidarity solidarity and committed to tougher
[00:09:17] tougher sanctions on Russia. The The harsh reality is that Ukraine
[00:09:21] Ukraine relies on US intelligence intelligence and weaponry. The Russian
[00:09:25] Russian hypersonic missiles that that were heading towards Kyiv this
[00:09:28] this afternoon were only shot down
[00:09:30] down by US made Patriot interceptors,
[00:09:33] interceptors, and Ukraine needs more more of those to protect its cities.
[00:09:36] cities. So although this row is blazing
[00:09:38] blazing and it has derailed the talks talks in America this weekend that
[00:09:42] that were supposed to start looking
[00:09:44] looking for an end to this war, the
[00:09:46] the harsh reality is that the relationship relationship with the White House
[00:09:49] House really matters, and it will will have to be rebuilt all over
[00:09:53] over again. Well, the Russian government government says it has now partially
[00:09:56] partially lifted a ban on diesel diesel exports following that agreement
[00:09:59] agreement with the United States States to release 300,000 tonnes
[00:10:02] tonnes of diesel immediately, President President Trump suggested that he
[00:10:06] he had to take action, accusing Zelensky
[00:10:08] Zelensky of ignoring US demands to
[00:10:11] to stop attacking Russian oil refineries. refineries. It's not yet clear what
[00:10:14] what the impact that diesel delivery delivery and that deal will have,
[00:10:17] have, if any, on fuel costs. A key key issue, of course, before the
[00:10:21] the US mid-term elections next month.
[00:10:23] month. Well, our world news correspondent
[00:10:26] correspondent Joe Inwood reports.
[00:10:29] reports. It is a slow and painful
[00:10:33] painful process. Buried under the
[00:10:36] the rubble of their apartment is
[00:10:38] is Yana, Anton and the body of their their daughter Liza. At least 12
[00:10:42] 12 people are now thought to have have been killed in a single Russian
[00:10:46] Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia. At
[00:10:48] At least three were children. May
[00:10:53] May all Russians die, Anatoly says
[00:10:55] says as he digests the news of the the death of his granddaughter. Much
[00:10:59] Much of Russia's war on places like like Zaporizhzhia has been funded
[00:11:02] funded by the sale of oil and gas.
[00:11:05] gas. And tonight diesel is at the the centre of a major diplomatic
[00:11:08] diplomatic row. That's a war that that should have never started. And
[00:11:11] And I think it's time for Ukraine Ukraine to get a new president. It
[00:11:15] It started with the announcement announcement that President Trump Trump had done a deal with Vladimir
[00:11:19] Vladimir Putin that would see about about 100,000 barrels a day enter
[00:11:23] enter the global market. That was was met with disbelief in Ukraine
[00:11:27] Ukraine and anger from President
[00:11:29] President Zelensky. All that money
[00:11:33] money goes towards the war against against people, against Ukraine,
[00:11:36] Ukraine, against all of us. In my
[00:11:38] my view, this is a weak decision.
[00:11:41] decision. Unfortunately, a weak decision
[00:11:43] decision by strong partners. The
[00:11:46] The United States is currently seeing seeing record diesel prices and growing
[00:11:50] growing voter anger ahead of crucial crucial mid-term elections. Many
[00:11:54] Many blame President Trump and his his war with Iran for the rising
[00:11:57] rising costs they're seeing at the the pumps. But tonight he said that
[00:12:01] that the real cause of the problem
[00:12:05] problem were these Ukrainian strikes strikes on Russian oil facilities
[00:12:09] facilities for Ukraine. They've been been a key part of their military
[00:12:13] military strategy for President Trump, Trump, a cause of his problems. He
[00:12:17] He wants to make problems for our
[00:12:19] our farmers, our ranchers with diesel
[00:12:22] diesel fuel because Russia supplies
[00:12:24] supplies a large portion of the diesel diesel fuel throughout the world,
[00:12:27] world, you're in no position to
[00:12:31] dictate. For more than a year, President President Zelensky has been carefully carefully and it seemed successfully
[00:12:34] successfully rebuilding his relationship relationship with Donald Trump, left
[00:12:37] left at rock bottom by this notorious
[00:12:40] notorious bust up tonight. It seems
[00:12:41] seems much of that has been undone. undone. While undoubtedly falling
[00:12:45] falling Russian exports have played played a role, the real cause of
[00:12:48] of the rising cost of diesel lies
[00:12:51] lies here in the Strait of Hormuz
[00:12:53] Hormuz and in the war with Iran. Iran. The consequences of the failure
[00:12:57] failure to end that war continue
[00:12:59] continue to ripple around the world.
[00:13:03] world. Joe Inwood, BBC News. Well, Well, let's go to Mexico now because
[00:13:06] because we're keeping an eye on the the approach of Hurricane Simon.
[00:13:10] Simon. This is a live look at the
[00:13:11] the Pacific coastline there. The The powerful category four hurricane
[00:13:15] hurricane is approaching the Pacific Pacific coast of Mexico, bringing
[00:13:17] bringing torrential rain, a maximum
[00:13:19] maximum sustained winds of up to
[00:13:22] to 240km an hour. The storm could could strengthen further before it
[00:13:25] it strikes late on Saturday night night or early Sunday Morning. Now
[00:13:28] Now this tracker gives you a sense
[00:13:31] sense of its path. Residents on the the coast of Colima and Jalisco have
[00:13:35] have been warned that eight metre metre waves could bring storm surges,
[00:13:39] surges, as well as coastal flooding flooding further north in Sinaloa Sinaloa state. Forecasters say that
[00:13:42] that the storm could dump up to 150mm
[00:13:45] 150mm of rain in a short space of
[00:13:48] of time, and Tropical Storm Rachel Rachel is brewing in the Pacific.
[00:13:52] Pacific. It's already made its presence presence felt in Long Beach, California. California. You can see those large
[00:13:55] large waves there. Some of those those large waves have destroyed
[00:13:59] destroyed several beachside homes. homes. Local officials are calling
[00:14:01] calling for residents to evacuate
[00:14:04] evacuate the area. Meanwhile, Hurricane Hurricane Isaias, which battered
[00:14:08] battered the Gulf Coast of the United United States on Friday night, left
[00:14:11] left four people dead. Tens of thousands thousands remain without power in
[00:14:15] in southern states, and it's now now been downgraded to a post-tropical
[00:14:18] post-tropical cyclone. Well, Stephanie Stephanie Fox is the spokesperson spokesperson for the American Red
[00:14:21] Red cross. She's currently on the the ground in Pensacola, Florida,
[00:14:25] Florida, one of the areas impacted impacted by the hurricane. I asked
[00:14:28] asked her what conditions are like
[00:14:30] like there. What power outages are
[00:14:32] are substantial? So many communities communities across the Gulf Coast
[00:14:35] Coast have been without power since
[00:14:37] since early evening. Yesterday and
[00:14:40] and the time frame as to which the the power is going to be restored
[00:14:43] restored is still a little bit unknown.
[00:14:45] unknown. There are a lot of folks folks that are out working to ensure
[00:14:48] ensure that that power is restored restored as quickly as possible,
[00:14:52] possible, but in the meantime, there's there's a lot of folks sitting in in the dark. There was also a lot
[00:14:56] lot of damage to trees and properties.
[00:14:58] properties. The winds were very, very, very substantial last night,
[00:15:01] night, so it did take a toll on a
[00:15:04] a lot of communities across the Gulf. Gulf. And I know, Stephanie, that
[00:15:07] that in anticipation of this, a lot
[00:15:08] lot of people had been talking about
[00:15:11] about the storm surge. Was it as as bad as people feared? And also
[00:15:15] also have people been able to go go back to their homes yet to survey
[00:15:19] survey the damage? I haven't been been to the coast, so I can't really
[00:15:22] really speak to the storm surge, surge, but what I can speak to is
[00:15:25] is that we had over 1100 folks in in shelters across the Gulf Coast
[00:15:29] Coast last night. And as of this this morning, that number was in
[00:15:33] in the single digits. So a lot of of folks were able to return home
[00:15:36] home in communities where roads were
[00:15:39] were unreachable and impassable. impassable. The National Guard, as
[00:15:42] as well as community groups and local local officials were out clearing clearing those roads to ensure that
[00:15:46] that folks could get back to their their homes to begin surveying the
[00:15:49] the damage and getting an understanding understanding of exactly what their
[00:15:52] their recovery is going to look like. like. And in terms of those people
[00:15:55] people perhaps in remote areas, also
[00:15:59] also people who are vulnerable, how how are they faring right now? Because
[00:16:02] Because we know that these kinds kinds of natural disasters can really
[00:16:05] really hit them the hardest. Absolutely.
[00:16:08] Absolutely. I spoke to several folks folks when I was out in the community
[00:16:12] community of Milton earlier today, today, and a lot of them were talking
[00:16:15] talking about the fact that the winds winds were so much stronger than
[00:16:18] than they had even expected from
[00:16:21] from this storm. So they were a bit bit overwhelmed by what was to come
[00:16:24] come as far as cleaning up the debris debris from both property as well
[00:16:28] well as trees across their communities, communities, and the fact that there
[00:16:32] there was no power. And in that community community in particular, there was
[00:16:34] was also no water at that time. So
[00:16:37] So folks are definitely a bit overwhelmed overwhelmed as to where to start.
[00:16:40] start. But the people of Florida Florida are incredibly resilient. resilient. This is not the first
[00:16:44] first hurricane they've had, but but it is the first hurricane they've they've had in quite some time. So
[00:16:48] So folks are taking the time now now to really survey what they're
[00:16:51] they're going to need next to then then be able to make that outreach
[00:16:54] outreach to the American Red cross cross and other community groups
[00:16:57] groups in the community to support
[00:16:58] support them as they need. Death Death row inmate Christa Pike was
[00:17:02] was discharged from hospital on Saturday Saturday and transferred back to
[00:17:05] to prison more than a week after
[00:17:07] after her failed execution in Tennessee. Tennessee. Now, according to Pike's
[00:17:11] Pike's lawyers, she is receiving receiving ongoing medical care while
[00:17:14] while her recovery continues to be
[00:17:16] be monitored. Mike Pike was scheduled
[00:17:19] scheduled to be executed by lethal lethal injection last month, but
[00:17:21] but after the injections were administered, administered, she appeared to still
[00:17:24] still be breathing after spending
[00:17:26] spending days in the hospital intubated, intubated, Pike regained consciousness
[00:17:29] consciousness and began walking and and talking. Tennessee Governor Bill
[00:17:32] Bill Lee is now ordering a third third party review of what went wrong
[00:17:36] wrong and has paused all executions executions scheduled for the rest rest of
[00:17:44] The rest of the year. We'll Dr Joel Zivot is the medical expert expert who previously advised Pike's
[00:17:47] Pike's defence team. He spoke to to the BBC earlier and explained explained how Christa Pike managed
[00:17:50] managed to survive the execution.
[00:17:52] execution. Well, I think that she she survived because she received,
[00:17:56] received, you know, a non-lethal
[00:17:59] non-lethal quantity of pentobarbital pentobarbital in her circulation circulation and that she received
[00:18:02] received good medical care and pentobarbital
[00:18:07] pentobarbital overdose in a hospital hospital setting with good medical
[00:18:09] medical care is something that can
[00:18:11] can be survived. What kind of medical
[00:18:14] medical care did she get over the the last ten days or so? Well, I
[00:18:18] I think, you know, she was in an an intensive care unit where she
[00:18:21] she needed to be initially as she
[00:18:23] she was deeply unresponsive and required
[00:18:27] required intubation and mechanical
[00:18:28] mechanical ventilation. And I believe
[00:18:31] believe that she had the usual critical
[00:18:33] critical care medicine that is required
[00:18:35] required to treat such a person.
[00:18:38] person. Now, the US Justice Department Department Justice Department says
[00:18:41] says it is investigating whether whether TV networks breached federal
[00:18:45] federal competition laws when they they stopped broadcasting presidential
[00:18:48] presidential events last month. The The five major US TV networks temporarily
[00:18:52] temporarily suspended pooled coverage coverage of the President after the
[00:18:55] the Trump administration withdrew withdrew the credentials of reporters
[00:18:58] reporters from three news organisations, organisations, including CNN. In
[00:19:01] In a statement to the BBC, the Justice
[00:19:03] Justice Department said. Group boycotts boycotts among commercial competitors
[00:19:07] competitors could violate anti-trust anti-trust laws. The TV networks networks have not yet commented,
[00:19:10] commented, but at the time of the the ban, they said in a joint statement
[00:19:14] statement the public has a vital vital interest in receiving accurate,
[00:19:18] accurate, independent information information about its government. government. No administration should
[00:19:22] should restrict a news organisation organisation because it objects to
[00:19:26] to its reporting. Well, with the
[00:19:28] the US mid-term elections just over
[00:19:30] over three weeks away, the Democratic Democratic Party's most recognisable
[00:19:34] recognisable figures are hitting hitting the campaign trail in competitive
[00:19:36] competitive states. This is progressive progressive Senator Bernie Sanders,
[00:19:39] Sanders, who's in Maine supporting supporting Democrat Troy Jackson,
[00:19:42] Jackson, who is facing Republican Republican incumbent Senator Susan
[00:19:46] Susan Collins. Well, recent polling polling indicates that the Democrats Democrats could regain the House
[00:19:49] House of Representatives from the the Republicans, but it is a tighter
[00:19:52] tighter battle for the control of of the Senate. Democrats need to
[00:19:56] to gain a net of four seats to flip
[00:19:58] flip the House and 51 total to 51
[00:20:01] 51 total seats to flip the Senate.
[00:20:04] Senate. And in Michigan, Democratic Democratic Socialist Senate candidate
[00:20:07] candidate Abdul El-Sayed appears appears to have a razor thin lead
[00:20:11] lead over Republican Mike Rogers. Rogers. El-Sayed is at a campaign
[00:20:14] campaign event tonight with Democratic Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren.
[00:20:17] Warren. Well, I've been speaking speaking to Aaron Navarro digital digital reporter for CBS News, who
[00:20:21] who has been at that rally in Maine. Maine. And I've asked him about the
[00:20:25] the messaging that the Democratic Democratic candidates are using ahead
[00:20:29] ahead of the mid-terms. For these these Democrats and these really
[00:20:32] really competitive Senate states states and races, you're seeing them
[00:20:36] them kind of have more of a broad broad message as they try and get
[00:20:39] get those disaffected Trump 2024 2024 voters who in most polling have
[00:20:43] have soured on him and the White White House and Republicans when
[00:20:46] when it comes to their handling of of the economy. Erin, I wanted to
[00:20:49] to ask you more about that because because we've got some big name Democrats
[00:20:52] Democrats who've been out on the the campaign trail this weekend.
[00:20:56] weekend. Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Elizabeth Warren, an endorsement
[00:20:59] endorsement from Obama for Jon Ossoff. Ossoff. Ossoff. Is that really cutting
[00:21:02] cutting through or are you getting getting the sense more when you speak
[00:21:05] speak to voters that some of them
[00:21:07] them may be a little bit more disenchanted
[00:21:09] disenchanted when it comes to what
[00:21:11] what the administration has delivered?
[00:21:16] delivered? That's certainly what what Democrats are banking on, is
[00:21:19] is that disenchantment with the White White House and how they have handled handled the economy. And as you mentioned,
[00:21:23] mentioned, the Democratic figures figures coming former President Obama
[00:21:26] Obama endorsed Jackson earlier this this week and the former president
[00:21:29] president will also be going to Detroit Detroit to campaign for Abdul El-Sayed
[00:21:32] El-Sayed later this month. And that's that's more so just a way to make
[00:21:35] make sure that voters turn out, especially especially pockets of black voters
[00:21:39] voters in Detroit who usually don't
[00:21:40] don't turn out for these mid-term mid-term non-presidential elections.
[00:21:44] elections. But certainly they have
[00:21:47] have made that anger about the economy economy and tying it to the White
[00:21:51] White House and Republicans, a centre centre of their campaign. Republican Republican candidates have had to
[00:21:55] to walk a tightrope when it comes comes to all of that. That's why why you're seeing Susan Collins,
[00:21:58] Collins, the incumbent Republican Republican senator here in Maine,
[00:22:02] Maine, talk about how she the time time she has voted against President
[00:22:05] President Trump. That's only a minority minority of the time. And that's that's why you're seeing Republicans
[00:22:08] Republicans like Mike Rogers in Michigan Michigan put out ads calling for
[00:22:11] for the tariff and the wrong war war to end. It's tricky political
[00:22:15] political territory for these Republican Republican candidates, and Democrats Democrats are making sure to seize
[00:22:18] seize on it in the closing weeks weeks of the mid-term elections.
[00:22:21] elections. Well, on the Republican Republican side, President Trump Trump addressed a rally in Tennessee
[00:22:25] Tennessee on Saturday, once again again calling for his supporters
[00:22:27] supporters to vote Republican and,
[00:22:29] and, quote, Pretend I'm on the ballot. ballot. Trump has been campaigning
[00:22:32] campaigning for Republican candidates candidates across the country with
[00:22:35] with his party's control of Congress Congress and his ability to enact
[00:22:38] enact his agenda potentially at stake.
[00:22:40] stake. Now take a look at this. This
[00:22:43] This is a satellite snapshot of a
[00:22:45] a rather unusual object a metallic
[00:22:47] metallic anomaly known as the Taraia
[00:22:49] Taraia object. Experts say it could could be key to solving one of the
[00:22:53] the biggest unsolved mysteries of of the past century the disappearance
[00:22:57] disappearance of the famed aviator aviator Amelia Earhart, a US research
[00:23:01] research team, is travelling to the the remote island near Papua New
[00:23:03] New Guinea in the South Pacific to
[00:23:05] to take a closer look. Amelia Earhart
[00:23:08] Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan
[00:23:12] Noonan vanished on the 2nd of July July 1937 during a round the world
[00:23:15] world flight attempt. Earhart's disappearance disappearance spawned many theories,
[00:23:19] theories, including conspiracies conspiracies about interference. interference. The official explanation
[00:23:22] explanation is that the plane suffered suffered communication problems, problems, and Earhart eventually
[00:23:26] eventually crashed into the ocean ocean when she ran out of fuel. Now
[00:23:29] Now the new expedition is a collaboration collaboration between Purdue University
[00:23:33] University and the Archaeological Archaeological Legacy Institute. Institute. And I asked Steve Schultz,
[00:23:37] Schultz, Purdue senior Vice President,
[00:23:39] President, and Rick Pettigrew, president president of the Archaeological Legacy
[00:23:42] Legacy Institute, what they're found
[00:23:44] found so far during the expedition. Well, there's something
[00:23:47] something that we see in the lagoon
[00:23:49] lagoon in satellite imagery and in
[00:23:52] in other images as well that really really shouldn't be there. It's a
[00:23:56] a big object, looks like a big metal
[00:23:58] metal object in, in the northern northern part of the lagoon. Bea
[00:24:01] Bea Carvalho that's the island where
[00:24:03] where we have plenty of other evidence
[00:24:07] evidence pointing to the that this
[00:24:08] this was the island where Amelia
[00:24:11] Amelia or Navigator ended up. There's There's plenty of evidence pointing
[00:24:15] pointing to that island and then then seeing this object in the lagoon.
[00:24:18] lagoon. But it could very well be
[00:24:20] be records of the Electra aircraft
[00:24:22] aircraft that flew. Combined with
[00:24:25] with the earlier images that we have have give us, I think, a pretty good
[00:24:28] good idea that this might actually
[00:24:31] actually be the wreckage. Knowing Knowing what we know from the images
[00:24:34] images and other evidence that we we have pointing to this island,
[00:24:37] island, somebody has to go and look look at this thing to find out if
[00:24:41] if it actually is the wreckage. And And we are actually taking a look.
[00:24:44] look. We were just taking a look look at that image on our screen.
[00:24:47] screen. Just as you were talking. talking. So Rick, when you get there
[00:24:51] there and you're able to have a look
[00:24:52] look at it, how will you try to establish establish whether what is called
[00:24:56] called a metallic anomaly is actually
[00:24:59] actually linked to Earhart's aircraft?
[00:25:02] aircraft? Well, the first thing we we have to do is to actually reach
[00:25:06] reach the site. In order to do that, that, we have to go ashore and cut
[00:25:10] cut our way through the forest to to the lagoon, bring some boats around
[00:25:14] around into the lagoon and then use use them to carry us across the river
[00:25:17] river to the site, which is alongside
[00:25:20] alongside the trail. Once we moved moved all our people and our equipment
[00:25:23] equipment to that location, they they will begin a process of examining
[00:25:27] examining site first with remote
[00:25:28] remote sensing instruments such as
[00:25:31] as magnetometers and sonar. Once Once we've done that and we have
[00:25:34] have a really good idea of exactly exactly where it is, how deep the
[00:25:37] the sediment cover is on it, then
[00:25:40] then we'll use a hydraulic dredge
[00:25:41] dredge to remove sediment from it. it. Sufficiently to actually get
[00:25:45] get a look at it. Once we get a look look at it and see what it is, I
[00:25:49] I think we'll be able to determine determine whether or not this is
[00:25:52] is actually wreckage of the Electra Electra aircraft. Well, you're up
[00:25:55] up to date. I'll have more news for for you on the way at the top of
[00:25:58] of the hour. Do stay with us here
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