Description
Added on the 03/03/2015 02:27:58 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
A person carrying a suspicious package was arrested on Sunday night in Washington D.C. for jumping a White House fence.
The White House confirms that a national security threat raised by US lawmakers involves Russia developing an anti-satellite weapon. "I can confirm that it is related to an anti-satellite capability that Russia developing," National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters, adding however that there was "no immediate threat to anyone's safety." SOUNDBITE
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says that President Biden "was not informed until this morning" that US Secretary of Defence Chief Lloyd Austin's hospitalization was due to prostate cancer. SOUNDBITE
Police, security fences, storefronts boarded up: security measures have been ramped up around the White House in Washington, DC in the aftermath of the violent assault by a pro-Trump mob on the US Capitol. The Pentagon is deploying as many as 15,000 National Guard troops to protect Biden's inauguration on January 20, amid fears of new violence in the capital. IMAGES
US President Donald Trump abruptly walks out of a news conference at the White House amid a security lockdown. IMAGES
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
