let's start across the pond as usual as Rishi soon on
Britain's next prime minister is now the country's first leader of color
at the age of 43. He is the youngest in more than 200 years.
He takes over during a very turbulent era in british political history.
After the abrupt resignation of Liz trust after just six weeks in office,
the former finance minister is expected to launch deep spending cuts as
the country slides into one of its toughest downturns in decades.
Hit by serge
cost of energy and food
Brittney Griner is appeal hearing takes place today in Moscow and
the W. N. B. A. Star says unfortunately she does not expect miracles. Now.
She will attend by video link from the
detention center where she has been held since she
was sentenced in august to nine years in
jail on charges of possessing and smuggling drugs.
Griner pleaded guilty at her trial but said she had made
an honest mistake and didn't mean to break the law.
Her lawyers say they expect a verse
and her appeals hearing sometime today.
Latina accused of killing four students and wounding seven others at a
michigan high school last year pleaded guilty monday to murder charges.
16 year old Ethan crumbly pleaded guilty to all 24
charges against him and that includes one count of terrorism
causing death and four counts of first degree murder for
fatally shooting four students at oxford high School last november.
He faces life without parole when he's sentenced in february
well. The world of politics is waking up this morning.
Our own mom to be Ariel Hickson is live in Washington D. C. To bring us the biggest,
I know
it's all in the building. We're still all the glow for you. That is so amazing.
It was so great to surprise you guys.
You guys are genuinely shocked and I'm still feeling the love over here.
So good still basking anyway, okay, politics anyway,
just monday Supreme Court justice Clarence thomas
temporarily blocks in or lindsey Graham subpoena for the 2020
section probe.
This move effectively putting the case on hold as justices
decide next steps on Graham's request to quash the subpoena.
Now some background here earlier this month,
Sandra lindsey Graham was ordered to
appear before a grand jury investigating efforts
to overturn the 2020 election.
Graham has been fighting the subpoena since
he was officially served over the summer.
Now, Graham is one of several republicans accused of putting pressure on Georgia.
Secretary of state brad raffensperger
to river first the result in Georgia favoring trump in the 2020 election.
Now he argues that his post election activity is
protected from an investigation as it is classified as
legislative activity but a federal court of Appeals argued
that this wouldn't violate his rights as a senator.
Conservative Supreme Court justice Clarence thomas handles emergency request
from Georgia and issued this day unilaterally thomas asked
for lawyers in fulton county Georgia to respond to
graham's request by the end of the day thursday.
We have to note as well that thomas has
been really in the spotlight lately as his wife,
jenny thomas, a conservative activists,
questioned the results of the 2020 election and gave testimony
to the House Select committee just so much t there.
But yeah, absolutely.
And I think a lot of us probably not surprised by Clarence thomas's stay on that.
Meanwhile, all eyes were on the state of florida last night,
Ariel for a high profile political debate between
Republican governor Ron DeSantis and his challenger,
former governor, charlie crist, to what happened here.
So this was the only debate in the florida governor
race with a lively crowd full of hecklers and booze.
And during the debate,
the Santis refused to reply to chris questioning about whether he'd
run for 2024 but the two did agree on one thing,
the fate of Nicholas Cruz,
who was that gun man that murdered 17 people in the Parkland high school shooting.
Both agree that he should get the death penalty,
but he was spared as a jury couldn't really reach a unanimous decision.
Of course, all things are heating up as we get closer and closer to midterm. So
debates like this definitely have everybody's attention.
Well, I'm sure it's just gonna get hotter.
Alright, Ariel Hickson,
thank you so much for bringing us that report live from Washington D.
C. All right. Meanwhile, other news we're following for you this morning.
Big one involving Kanye West has been officially dropped by another
company that after his anti Semitic and other controversial statements he's made
in this one by Adidas,
the german sportswear company announcing the move after weeks of
internal deliberation over the easy line created with the rapper
in recent weeks he's made repeated controversial statements,
anti Semitic comments and even moved to cut his corporate partnership.
Now Adidas joins gap and balenciaga in cutting ties with Kanye
and a high school in ST louis was under siege
yesterday morning as a shooter killed at least three people,
officials say that at least seven others were also injured in the attack
at central visual and Performing arts high school just as class was beginning.
The victims killed were an adult woman who died at the hospital
and a teenage girl who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Please haven't identified the suspect but say that he died after
an engaged in gunfire with authorities and was taken into custody.
Meanwhile,
two former Minneapolis police officers who played a role in the murder of
George Floyd were back in court On monday before jury selection began.
J alexander King pleaded guilty to
aiding and abetting second degree manslaughter.
Meanwhile, former officer Tou thao waived his right to a jury trial.
The jury will deliver a verdict on this.
Now can will see the more serious charges dropped and will serve 3.5 years in prison.
That is part of his plea deal.
Both former officers are already serving time on
federal convictions for violating George Floyd's civil rights
California.
Judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make a
wedding cake for a same sex couple because it violated her christian beliefs.
The state Department of Fair House
and Employment sued Taste Trees bakery in Bakersfield,
arguing owner Cathy Miller intentionally discriminated against the couple.
Miller's attorney argued
that her rights to free speech and free
expression of religion were in due process there.
Now the judge ruled that Miller accounted and acted lawfully while
upholding her beliefs about what the bible teaches regarding marriage.