JUDY WOODRUFF:
A last outcome within the election is prone to be selected Thursday.
Wildfires that broke out over the weekend in Portugal have killed at the very least 35 folks, together with a one-month-old toddler. As we speak, greater than 5,300 firefighters with some 1,600 automobiles had been battling the fires, a few of which officers say had been began by arsonists. Wildfires have additionally left at the very least 4 folks lifeless in neighboring Spain.
Military Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl pleaded responsible at this time to desertion and misbehavior earlier than the enemy. He was captured by the Taliban in 2009, after leaving his put up in Afghanistan. It prompted an intense search and a prisoner swap. Bergdahl appeared earlier than a navy decide in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, at this time. The 31-year-old may very well be sentenced to life in jail. He mentioned his actions had been very inexcusable, including he did not — quote — “suppose there’d be any motive to drag off an important mission to search for one man.”
The truck driver in lethal immigrant smuggling run has pleaded responsible in courtroom. San Antonio police discovered at the very least 39 immigrants, 10 of whom died, packed right into a sweltering semi-trailer final yr and died. The motive force, James Matthew Bradley Jr., pleaded to conspiracy and transporting immigrants, leading to dying. He faces now as much as life in jail.
A New Jersey man has been convicted of planting two pressure-cooker bombs on New York Metropolis streets final yr. Ahmed Khan Rahimi faces a most sentence of life in jail for prices together with utilizing a weapon of mass destruction. One of many bombs exploded in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, wounding 30. The second did not detonate. Officers mentioned Rahimi was impressed by ISIS and al-Qaida.
JOHN MILLER, Deputy Commissioner, NYPD Intelligence & Counterterrorism: Ahmed Khan Rahimi realized a lesson which we preserve reminding folks of. That is the incorrect place to attempt to perform an act of terrorism. Witnesses will come ahead, proof will probably be developed, arrests will probably be made, prosecutions will probably be introduced forth, and they are going to be profitable.
