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00:00:14Live from Washington. This is
00:00:16BBC News. A Saudi led coalition says
00:00:19says it will respond firmly to a a deadly attack by Houthis on an
00:00:23an international airport in Riyadh. Riyadh. President Trump says Ukraine
00:00:26Ukraine needs a new president in
00:00:28in a scathing attack on Volodymyr Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky could
00:00:32could have settled this war many
00:00:34many times, many, many times. And
00:00:36And he chose he chooses not to. Hurricane
00:00:41Hurricane Simon bears down on Mexico's Mexico's Pacific coast communities
00:00:44communities there are bracing for for the storm to make landfall in
00:00:47in the next few hours. And could
00:00:50could this be. Amelia Earhart's lost lost plane. An expedition is hoping
00:00:54hoping to discover just what this this mysterious object is. We'll
00:00:57We'll hear from the team making the
00:01:00the journey across the Pacific. I'm
00:01:10I'm Helena Humphrey good to have have you with us. 12 people are dead,
00:01:13dead, including an American citizen citizen and four Saudi nationals.
00:01:16nationals. After Yemen's Houthi group group attacked a passenger terminal
00:01:20terminal at the Riyadh International International Airport in Saudi Arabia.
00:01:23Arabia. More than 300 people were were injured. The Saudis are accusing
00:01:26accusing the Houthis of a full-fledged full-fledged war crime and said that
00:01:30that they are vowing to respond. respond. We've also had reaction
00:01:33reaction from the US Secretary of of State Marco Rubio on social media.
00:01:36media. He said. The United States
00:01:39States condemned the attacks, adding, adding, quote, these reprehensible
00:01:42reprehensible attacks demonstrate demonstrate a blatant disregard for
00:01:44for innocent civilian life. They They must stop now. We stand with
00:01:48with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia Arabia and its people and extend
00:01:51extend our condolences to the victims victims and their families. Let's
00:01:54Let's take a live look at air traffic traffic over the Saudi capital there
00:01:57there in the centre of your screen, screen, hundreds of flights have
00:02:01have been cancelled or diverted. diverted. And in light of Saturday's
00:02:04Saturday's attack, US President Donald Donald Trump was asked if he would
00:02:07would join Saudi Arabia's strikes strikes on the Houthis. Here's what
00:02:10what he told reporters. Well, you're
00:02:14you're going to find out, Steve, Steve, but I think it's terrible. terrible. Well, they're able to defend
00:02:17defend look, the Saudis are good good fighters. But I think the attack
00:02:21attack was a terrible thing. What What happened in Saudi Arabia is
00:02:25is not acceptable. Thank you. Aaron Aaron David Miller is a former US
00:02:28US State Department official in both both Democratic and Republican administrations,
00:02:32administrations, and he's now a senior senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment
00:02:35Endowment for International Peace. Peace. He joined me with his analysis,
00:02:38analysis, calling the airport strike strike a serious escalation. And
00:02:42And no doubt, you know, geography
00:02:44geography is destiny. The Saudis Saudis have undertaken a big risk
00:02:48risk in launching a significantly
00:02:51significantly large comprehensive comprehensive military campaign to
00:02:54to push the Houthis back from the
00:02:57the coastal area near Mokha and to
00:03:02to demonstrate that you can have
00:03:04have reliable transit through the the Bab al-Mandab Strait Bab al-Mandab
00:03:08al-Mandab Strait Gate of Tears. But
00:03:11But the Saudi calculation baked into
00:03:13into that is the fact that they have have real vulnerabilities as far
00:03:17far as the Houthis are concerned. concerned. And I think it's it seems
00:03:20seems to me this is a dramatic escalation escalation on the part of the Houthis.
00:03:24Houthis. They are basically saying saying to the Saudis, you hit our
00:03:27our civilian infrastructure, you you try to constrain our activities
00:03:30activities in Yemen and you are vulnerable. vulnerable. And it's coming at a
00:03:33a time. This attack on, on the airport,
00:03:37airport, it's not the first in Saudi Saudi Arabia. It's clearly the most
00:03:40most deadly. Saudis are due to host
00:03:44host a what they call Davos in the
00:03:46the Desert. October 27, 28 the end
00:03:48end of the month that's now clearly clearly at risk. And the Houthis
00:03:52Houthis are basically saying we will
00:03:55will destabilise the kingdom. And And I think that's the objective
00:03:59objective right now. They can't achieve achieve it, but they can cause the
00:04:02the Saudis an enormous amount of of pain. So where does this leave
00:04:06leave Riyadh then? What are their their options? You know, this is,
00:04:09is, Helena, this is another question
00:04:12question about the military campaign campaign that the administration administration wants to go against
00:04:15against Iran. We're now next week week will be we're entering the eighth
00:04:19eighth month of this war. It shows shows no signs of abating. There
00:04:22There is no definitive or comprehensive
00:04:25comprehensive end state either to to the US-Iran conflict right now.
00:04:28now. And in a way, this is derivative
00:04:32derivative of the set of circumstances circumstances that the administration
00:04:35administration unleashed by striking striking Iran without a clear objective
00:04:39objective and mirroring means that that the administration's disposal
00:04:42disposal to the end of the campaign. campaign. So I suspect that at best
00:04:45best you're going to be able to do do with the Houthis and the Saudis
00:04:49Saudis is to get some escalation
00:04:52escalation and get back to some sort sort of political track. But the
00:04:55the demands that the Houthis are are making and Saudi objectives it
00:04:59it is this is Saudi Arabia's backyard.
00:05:02backyard. They cannot afford to have
00:05:04have a hostile, unified, Houthi controlled
00:05:07controlled Yemen next door. But right right now they can't do much about
00:05:10about it. And the administration administration last year, more than
00:05:14than a thousand strikes against targets
00:05:17targets in Operation Rough Rider. Rider. Yeah, they damaged Saudi ballistic
00:05:20ballistic missiles command and control. control. But they're but they did
00:05:24did not solve. And the administration administration cannot solve the strategic
00:05:27strategic problem of who the control control of Yemen. But do you think
00:05:31think President Trump is weighing
00:05:33weighing seriously the option of of sending military support here?
00:05:37here? He said earlier today that that he was assessing the options.
00:05:40options. Do you see him going ahead
00:05:43ahead with that? I think the prospects
00:05:47prospects of a massive US military military response before the mid-terms,
00:05:51mid-terms, probably not. I can see see the administration in an effort
00:05:54effort to support the Saudis conducting
00:05:58conducting air strikes, perhaps. perhaps. But again, it's going to
00:06:01to be more emblematic of American
00:06:03American weakness than American strength strength because you cannot you can
00:06:07can degrade military assets from from the war. Look at almost eight
00:06:11eight months of Israeli and US military
00:06:14military strikes in Saudi Arabia.
00:06:15Arabia. But you cannot achieve political
00:06:18political objectives or create strategic strategic gains from the air. And
00:06:22And nobody is talking. Although the the administration one report trying
00:06:25trying to encourage Ahmed Shah in
00:06:28in Syria to dispatch Syrian forces forces in an effort to boost the
00:06:31the Yemeni forces that the Saudis Saudis are backing. But frankly,
00:06:35frankly, I think this stands almost
00:06:37almost no chance of a happy, let
00:06:40let alone a Hollywood ending. Is
00:06:43Is there any diplomatic off ramp ramp here? Anything that talking
00:06:46talking mediation efforts can do? do? Hard, hard to imagine. At best
00:06:50best you'll see a gradual de-escalation de-escalation assuming the Saudis
00:06:54Saudis are prepared to refrain from
00:06:58from striking Houthi civilian infrastructure, infrastructure, particularly the
00:07:01the airport at Sanaa, which they've they've hit and who. These are basically
00:07:04basically saying you strike our airports
00:07:07airports and we'll strike yours. yours. And I think that that is a
00:07:11a game, frankly, a deadly game that that the Houthis right now are much
00:07:14much more adept and much more capable
00:07:17capable of playing than Saudi Arabia.
00:07:19Arabia. President Trump has doubled doubled down on his call for Ukraine
00:07:23Ukraine to have an election and replace replace Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian
00:07:26Ukrainian president had earlier criticised criticised a new US deal to import
00:07:30import Russian diesel that sparked sparked the ire of the US leader,
00:07:33leader, and today he called for Zelensky Zelensky to go. Russia welcomed the
00:07:36the US criticism of Zelensky with
00:07:39with a top Kremlin negotiator, calling
00:07:41calling Trump's remarks, quote, iconic
00:07:43iconic and historic. And in the last last hour, President Trump repeated
00:07:46repeated his comments and said that that President Zelensky could have
00:07:49have made a deal. Well, I think he he should have an election and he
00:07:53he could have settled this thing thing many times and he should have
00:07:57have an election and he can't raise raise the price of oil. He's done
00:08:01done enough. This is a war that should should have never happened. Ukraine,
00:08:04Ukraine, Russia should have never never happened. If I were president,
00:08:08president, it never would have happened. happened. But President Zelensky
00:08:10Zelensky could have solved this war
00:08:13war or he could have made a deal. deal. Many times I've been there.
00:08:17there. Well, our correspondent Dan Dan Johnson has more from the Ukrainian
00:08:20Ukrainian capital. Right across Ukraine.
00:08:23Ukraine. There is fury and dismay dismay about the way Donald Trump
00:08:27Trump treats Vladimir Putin, who who started this war compared to
00:08:30to Volodymyr Zelensky, who they feel feel is just trying
00:08:37Just trying to defend his nation. There's a sense this is all all about fuel prices, the war in
00:08:41in Iran and Donald Trump having something something positive to present to to the American people ahead of the
00:08:44the mid-term elections. And there there are angry voices in America
00:08:48America echoing that, too. There There have been questions about Zelensky's
00:08:51Zelensky's approach at times, but but there's nothing that unites Ukrainians
00:08:54Ukrainians like this sort of slap slap down from the US President.
00:08:57President. And we have seen that
00:08:59that before. Ukraine will cling to
00:09:01to the allies, that it believes it it can truly rely on. And Zelensky
00:09:05Zelensky said he'd had a very good
00:09:07good and timely phone call with Andy Andy Burnham this evening. Downing
00:09:11Downing Street says the Prime Minister
00:09:14Minister reiterated British solidarity solidarity and committed to tougher
00:09:17tougher sanctions on Russia. The The harsh reality is that Ukraine
00:09:21Ukraine relies on US intelligence intelligence and weaponry. The Russian
00:09:25Russian hypersonic missiles that that were heading towards Kyiv this
00:09:28this afternoon were only shot down
00:09:30down by US made Patriot interceptors,
00:09:33interceptors, and Ukraine needs more more of those to protect its cities.
00:09:36cities. So although this row is blazing
00:09:38blazing and it has derailed the talks talks in America this weekend that
00:09:42that were supposed to start looking
00:09:44looking for an end to this war, the
00:09:46the harsh reality is that the relationship relationship with the White House
00:09:49House really matters, and it will will have to be rebuilt all over
00:09:53over again. Well, the Russian government government says it has now partially
00:09:56partially lifted a ban on diesel diesel exports following that agreement
00:09:59agreement with the United States States to release 300,000 tonnes
00:10:02tonnes of diesel immediately, President President Trump suggested that he
00:10:06he had to take action, accusing Zelensky
00:10:08Zelensky of ignoring US demands to
00:10:11to stop attacking Russian oil refineries. refineries. It's not yet clear what
00:10:14what the impact that diesel delivery delivery and that deal will have,
00:10:17have, if any, on fuel costs. A key key issue, of course, before the
00:10:21the US mid-term elections next month.
00:10:23month. Well, our world news correspondent
00:10:26correspondent Joe Inwood reports.
00:10:29reports. It is a slow and painful
00:10:33painful process. Buried under the
00:10:36the rubble of their apartment is
00:10:38is Yana, Anton and the body of their their daughter Liza. At least 12
00:10:4212 people are now thought to have have been killed in a single Russian
00:10:46Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia. At
00:10:48At least three were children. May
00:10:53May all Russians die, Anatoly says
00:10:55says as he digests the news of the the death of his granddaughter. Much
00:10:59Much of Russia's war on places like like Zaporizhzhia has been funded
00:11:02funded by the sale of oil and gas.
00:11:05gas. And tonight diesel is at the the centre of a major diplomatic
00:11:08diplomatic row. That's a war that that should have never started. And
00:11:11And I think it's time for Ukraine Ukraine to get a new president. It
00:11:15It started with the announcement announcement that President Trump Trump had done a deal with Vladimir
00:11:19Vladimir Putin that would see about about 100,000 barrels a day enter
00:11:23enter the global market. That was was met with disbelief in Ukraine
00:11:27Ukraine and anger from President
00:11:29President Zelensky. All that money
00:11:33money goes towards the war against against people, against Ukraine,
00:11:36Ukraine, against all of us. In my
00:11:38my view, this is a weak decision.
00:11:41decision. Unfortunately, a weak decision
00:11:43decision by strong partners. The
00:11:46The United States is currently seeing seeing record diesel prices and growing
00:11:50growing voter anger ahead of crucial crucial mid-term elections. Many
00:11:54Many blame President Trump and his his war with Iran for the rising
00:11:57rising costs they're seeing at the the pumps. But tonight he said that
00:12:01that the real cause of the problem
00:12:05problem were these Ukrainian strikes strikes on Russian oil facilities
00:12:09facilities for Ukraine. They've been been a key part of their military
00:12:13military strategy for President Trump, Trump, a cause of his problems. He
00:12:17He wants to make problems for our
00:12:19our farmers, our ranchers with diesel
00:12:22diesel fuel because Russia supplies
00:12:24supplies a large portion of the diesel diesel fuel throughout the world,
00:12:27world, you're in no position to
00:12:31dictate. For more than a year, President President Zelensky has been carefully carefully and it seemed successfully
00:12:34successfully rebuilding his relationship relationship with Donald Trump, left
00:12:37left at rock bottom by this notorious
00:12:40notorious bust up tonight. It seems
00:12:41seems much of that has been undone. undone. While undoubtedly falling
00:12:45falling Russian exports have played played a role, the real cause of
00:12:48of the rising cost of diesel lies
00:12:51lies here in the Strait of Hormuz
00:12:53Hormuz and in the war with Iran. Iran. The consequences of the failure
00:12:57failure to end that war continue
00:12:59continue to ripple around the world.
00:13:03world. Joe Inwood, BBC News. Well, Well, let's go to Mexico now because
00:13:06because we're keeping an eye on the the approach of Hurricane Simon.
00:13:10Simon. This is a live look at the
00:13:11the Pacific coastline there. The The powerful category four hurricane
00:13:15hurricane is approaching the Pacific Pacific coast of Mexico, bringing
00:13:17bringing torrential rain, a maximum
00:13:19maximum sustained winds of up to
00:13:22to 240km an hour. The storm could could strengthen further before it
00:13:25it strikes late on Saturday night night or early Sunday Morning. Now
00:13:28Now this tracker gives you a sense
00:13:31sense of its path. Residents on the the coast of Colima and Jalisco have
00:13:35have been warned that eight metre metre waves could bring storm surges,
00:13:39surges, as well as coastal flooding flooding further north in Sinaloa Sinaloa state. Forecasters say that
00:13:42that the storm could dump up to 150mm
00:13:45150mm of rain in a short space of
00:13:48of time, and Tropical Storm Rachel Rachel is brewing in the Pacific.
00:13:52Pacific. It's already made its presence presence felt in Long Beach, California. California. You can see those large
00:13:55large waves there. Some of those those large waves have destroyed
00:13:59destroyed several beachside homes. homes. Local officials are calling
00:14:01calling for residents to evacuate
00:14:04evacuate the area. Meanwhile, Hurricane Hurricane Isaias, which battered
00:14:08battered the Gulf Coast of the United United States on Friday night, left
00:14:11left four people dead. Tens of thousands thousands remain without power in
00:14:15in southern states, and it's now now been downgraded to a post-tropical
00:14:18post-tropical cyclone. Well, Stephanie Stephanie Fox is the spokesperson spokesperson for the American Red
00:14:21Red cross. She's currently on the the ground in Pensacola, Florida,
00:14:25Florida, one of the areas impacted impacted by the hurricane. I asked
00:14:28asked her what conditions are like
00:14:30like there. What power outages are
00:14:32are substantial? So many communities communities across the Gulf Coast
00:14:35Coast have been without power since
00:14:37since early evening. Yesterday and
00:14:40and the time frame as to which the the power is going to be restored
00:14:43restored is still a little bit unknown.
00:14:45unknown. There are a lot of folks folks that are out working to ensure
00:14:48ensure that that power is restored restored as quickly as possible,
00:14:52possible, but in the meantime, there's there's a lot of folks sitting in in the dark. There was also a lot
00:14:56lot of damage to trees and properties.
00:14:58properties. The winds were very, very, very substantial last night,
00:15:01night, so it did take a toll on a
00:15:04a lot of communities across the Gulf. Gulf. And I know, Stephanie, that
00:15:07that in anticipation of this, a lot
00:15:08lot of people had been talking about
00:15:11about the storm surge. Was it as as bad as people feared? And also
00:15:15also have people been able to go go back to their homes yet to survey
00:15:19survey the damage? I haven't been been to the coast, so I can't really
00:15:22really speak to the storm surge, surge, but what I can speak to is
00:15:25is that we had over 1100 folks in in shelters across the Gulf Coast
00:15:29Coast last night. And as of this this morning, that number was in
00:15:33in the single digits. So a lot of of folks were able to return home
00:15:36home in communities where roads were
00:15:39were unreachable and impassable. impassable. The National Guard, as
00:15:42as well as community groups and local local officials were out clearing clearing those roads to ensure that
00:15:46that folks could get back to their their homes to begin surveying the
00:15:49the damage and getting an understanding understanding of exactly what their
00:15:52their recovery is going to look like. like. And in terms of those people
00:15:55people perhaps in remote areas, also
00:15:59also people who are vulnerable, how how are they faring right now? Because
00:16:02Because we know that these kinds kinds of natural disasters can really
00:16:05really hit them the hardest. Absolutely.
00:16:08Absolutely. I spoke to several folks folks when I was out in the community
00:16:12community of Milton earlier today, today, and a lot of them were talking
00:16:15talking about the fact that the winds winds were so much stronger than
00:16:18than they had even expected from
00:16:21from this storm. So they were a bit bit overwhelmed by what was to come
00:16:24come as far as cleaning up the debris debris from both property as well
00:16:28well as trees across their communities, communities, and the fact that there
00:16:32there was no power. And in that community community in particular, there was
00:16:34was also no water at that time. So
00:16:37So folks are definitely a bit overwhelmed overwhelmed as to where to start.
00:16:40start. But the people of Florida Florida are incredibly resilient. resilient. This is not the first
00:16:44first hurricane they've had, but but it is the first hurricane they've they've had in quite some time. So
00:16:48So folks are taking the time now now to really survey what they're
00:16:51they're going to need next to then then be able to make that outreach
00:16:54outreach to the American Red cross cross and other community groups
00:16:57groups in the community to support
00:16:58support them as they need. Death Death row inmate Christa Pike was
00:17:02was discharged from hospital on Saturday Saturday and transferred back to
00:17:05to prison more than a week after
00:17:07after her failed execution in Tennessee. Tennessee. Now, according to Pike's
00:17:11Pike's lawyers, she is receiving receiving ongoing medical care while
00:17:14while her recovery continues to be
00:17:16be monitored. Mike Pike was scheduled
00:17:19scheduled to be executed by lethal lethal injection last month, but
00:17:21but after the injections were administered, administered, she appeared to still
00:17:24still be breathing after spending
00:17:26spending days in the hospital intubated, intubated, Pike regained consciousness
00:17:29consciousness and began walking and and talking. Tennessee Governor Bill
00:17:32Bill Lee is now ordering a third third party review of what went wrong
00:17:36wrong and has paused all executions executions scheduled for the rest rest of
00:17:44The rest of the year. We'll Dr Joel Zivot is the medical expert expert who previously advised Pike's
00:17:47Pike's defence team. He spoke to to the BBC earlier and explained explained how Christa Pike managed
00:17:50managed to survive the execution.
00:17:52execution. Well, I think that she she survived because she received,
00:17:56received, you know, a non-lethal
00:17:59non-lethal quantity of pentobarbital pentobarbital in her circulation circulation and that she received
00:18:02received good medical care and pentobarbital
00:18:07pentobarbital overdose in a hospital hospital setting with good medical
00:18:09medical care is something that can
00:18:11can be survived. What kind of medical
00:18:14medical care did she get over the the last ten days or so? Well, I
00:18:18I think, you know, she was in an an intensive care unit where she
00:18:21she needed to be initially as she
00:18:23she was deeply unresponsive and required
00:18:27required intubation and mechanical
00:18:28mechanical ventilation. And I believe
00:18:31believe that she had the usual critical
00:18:33critical care medicine that is required
00:18:35required to treat such a person.
00:18:38person. Now, the US Justice Department Department Justice Department says
00:18:41says it is investigating whether whether TV networks breached federal
00:18:45federal competition laws when they they stopped broadcasting presidential
00:18:48presidential events last month. The The five major US TV networks temporarily
00:18:52temporarily suspended pooled coverage coverage of the President after the
00:18:55the Trump administration withdrew withdrew the credentials of reporters
00:18:58reporters from three news organisations, organisations, including CNN. In
00:19:01In a statement to the BBC, the Justice
00:19:03Justice Department said. Group boycotts boycotts among commercial competitors
00:19:07competitors could violate anti-trust anti-trust laws. The TV networks networks have not yet commented,
00:19:10commented, but at the time of the the ban, they said in a joint statement
00:19:14statement the public has a vital vital interest in receiving accurate,
00:19:18accurate, independent information information about its government. government. No administration should
00:19:22should restrict a news organisation organisation because it objects to
00:19:26to its reporting. Well, with the
00:19:28the US mid-term elections just over
00:19:30over three weeks away, the Democratic Democratic Party's most recognisable
00:19:34recognisable figures are hitting hitting the campaign trail in competitive
00:19:36competitive states. This is progressive progressive Senator Bernie Sanders,
00:19:39Sanders, who's in Maine supporting supporting Democrat Troy Jackson,
00:19:42Jackson, who is facing Republican Republican incumbent Senator Susan
00:19:46Susan Collins. Well, recent polling polling indicates that the Democrats Democrats could regain the House
00:19:49House of Representatives from the the Republicans, but it is a tighter
00:19:52tighter battle for the control of of the Senate. Democrats need to
00:19:56to gain a net of four seats to flip
00:19:58flip the House and 51 total to 51
00:20:0151 total seats to flip the Senate.
00:20:04Senate. And in Michigan, Democratic Democratic Socialist Senate candidate
00:20:07candidate Abdul El-Sayed appears appears to have a razor thin lead
00:20:11lead over Republican Mike Rogers. Rogers. El-Sayed is at a campaign
00:20:14campaign event tonight with Democratic Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren.
00:20:17Warren. Well, I've been speaking speaking to Aaron Navarro digital digital reporter for CBS News, who
00:20:21who has been at that rally in Maine. Maine. And I've asked him about the
00:20:25the messaging that the Democratic Democratic candidates are using ahead
00:20:29ahead of the mid-terms. For these these Democrats and these really
00:20:32really competitive Senate states states and races, you're seeing them
00:20:36them kind of have more of a broad broad message as they try and get
00:20:39get those disaffected Trump 2024 2024 voters who in most polling have
00:20:43have soured on him and the White White House and Republicans when
00:20:46when it comes to their handling of of the economy. Erin, I wanted to
00:20:49to ask you more about that because because we've got some big name Democrats
00:20:52Democrats who've been out on the the campaign trail this weekend.
00:20:56weekend. Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Elizabeth Warren, an endorsement
00:20:59endorsement from Obama for Jon Ossoff. Ossoff. Ossoff. Is that really cutting
00:21:02cutting through or are you getting getting the sense more when you speak
00:21:05speak to voters that some of them
00:21:07them may be a little bit more disenchanted
00:21:09disenchanted when it comes to what
00:21:11what the administration has delivered?
00:21:16delivered? That's certainly what what Democrats are banking on, is
00:21:19is that disenchantment with the White White House and how they have handled handled the economy. And as you mentioned,
00:21:23mentioned, the Democratic figures figures coming former President Obama
00:21:26Obama endorsed Jackson earlier this this week and the former president
00:21:29president will also be going to Detroit Detroit to campaign for Abdul El-Sayed
00:21:32El-Sayed later this month. And that's that's more so just a way to make
00:21:35make sure that voters turn out, especially especially pockets of black voters
00:21:39voters in Detroit who usually don't
00:21:40don't turn out for these mid-term mid-term non-presidential elections.
00:21:44elections. But certainly they have
00:21:47have made that anger about the economy economy and tying it to the White
00:21:51White House and Republicans, a centre centre of their campaign. Republican Republican candidates have had to
00:21:55to walk a tightrope when it comes comes to all of that. That's why why you're seeing Susan Collins,
00:21:58Collins, the incumbent Republican Republican senator here in Maine,
00:22:02Maine, talk about how she the time time she has voted against President
00:22:05President Trump. That's only a minority minority of the time. And that's that's why you're seeing Republicans
00:22:08Republicans like Mike Rogers in Michigan Michigan put out ads calling for
00:22:11for the tariff and the wrong war war to end. It's tricky political
00:22:15political territory for these Republican Republican candidates, and Democrats Democrats are making sure to seize
00:22:18seize on it in the closing weeks weeks of the mid-term elections.
00:22:21elections. Well, on the Republican Republican side, President Trump Trump addressed a rally in Tennessee
00:22:25Tennessee on Saturday, once again again calling for his supporters
00:22:27supporters to vote Republican and,
00:22:29and, quote, Pretend I'm on the ballot. ballot. Trump has been campaigning
00:22:32campaigning for Republican candidates candidates across the country with
00:22:35with his party's control of Congress Congress and his ability to enact
00:22:38enact his agenda potentially at stake.
00:22:40stake. Now take a look at this. This
00:22:43This is a satellite snapshot of a
00:22:45a rather unusual object a metallic
00:22:47metallic anomaly known as the Taraia
00:22:49Taraia object. Experts say it could could be key to solving one of the
00:22:53the biggest unsolved mysteries of of the past century the disappearance
00:22:57disappearance of the famed aviator aviator Amelia Earhart, a US research
00:23:01research team, is travelling to the the remote island near Papua New
00:23:03New Guinea in the South Pacific to
00:23:05to take a closer look. Amelia Earhart
00:23:08Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan
00:23:12Noonan vanished on the 2nd of July July 1937 during a round the world
00:23:15world flight attempt. Earhart's disappearance disappearance spawned many theories,
00:23:19theories, including conspiracies conspiracies about interference. interference. The official explanation
00:23:22explanation is that the plane suffered suffered communication problems, problems, and Earhart eventually
00:23:26eventually crashed into the ocean ocean when she ran out of fuel. Now
00:23:29Now the new expedition is a collaboration collaboration between Purdue University
00:23:33University and the Archaeological Archaeological Legacy Institute. Institute. And I asked Steve Schultz,
00:23:37Schultz, Purdue senior Vice President,
00:23:39President, and Rick Pettigrew, president president of the Archaeological Legacy
00:23:42Legacy Institute, what they're found
00:23:44found so far during the expedition. Well, there's something
00:23:47something that we see in the lagoon
00:23:49lagoon in satellite imagery and in
00:23:52in other images as well that really really shouldn't be there. It's a
00:23:56a big object, looks like a big metal
00:23:58metal object in, in the northern northern part of the lagoon. Bea
00:24:01Bea Carvalho that's the island where
00:24:03where we have plenty of other evidence
00:24:07evidence pointing to the that this
00:24:08this was the island where Amelia
00:24:11Amelia or Navigator ended up. There's There's plenty of evidence pointing
00:24:15pointing to that island and then then seeing this object in the lagoon.
00:24:18lagoon. But it could very well be
00:24:20be records of the Electra aircraft
00:24:22aircraft that flew. Combined with
00:24:25with the earlier images that we have have give us, I think, a pretty good
00:24:28good idea that this might actually
00:24:31actually be the wreckage. Knowing Knowing what we know from the images
00:24:34images and other evidence that we we have pointing to this island,
00:24:37island, somebody has to go and look look at this thing to find out if
00:24:41if it actually is the wreckage. And And we are actually taking a look.
00:24:44look. We were just taking a look look at that image on our screen.
00:24:47screen. Just as you were talking. talking. So Rick, when you get there
00:24:51there and you're able to have a look
00:24:52look at it, how will you try to establish establish whether what is called
00:24:56called a metallic anomaly is actually
00:24:59actually linked to Earhart's aircraft?
00:25:02aircraft? Well, the first thing we we have to do is to actually reach
00:25:06reach the site. In order to do that, that, we have to go ashore and cut
00:25:10cut our way through the forest to to the lagoon, bring some boats around
00:25:14around into the lagoon and then use use them to carry us across the river
00:25:17river to the site, which is alongside
00:25:20alongside the trail. Once we moved moved all our people and our equipment
00:25:23equipment to that location, they they will begin a process of examining
00:25:27examining site first with remote
00:25:28remote sensing instruments such as
00:25:31as magnetometers and sonar. Once Once we've done that and we have
00:25:34have a really good idea of exactly exactly where it is, how deep the
00:25:37the sediment cover is on it, then
00:25:40then we'll use a hydraulic dredge
00:25:41dredge to remove sediment from it. it. Sufficiently to actually get
00:25:45get a look at it. Once we get a look look at it and see what it is, I
00:25:49I think we'll be able to determine determine whether or not this is
00:25:52is actually wreckage of the Electra Electra aircraft. Well, you're up
00:25:55up to date. I'll have more news for for you on the way at the top of
00:25:58of the hour. Do stay with us here
00:26:00here on BBC News. Bye for now.
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