For private tenants. Major wins for pro democracy campaigners in hong kongs council elections, putting renewed pressure on the government. People orderly and peacefully lining up people orderly and peacefully lining up outside of the voting station early in the morning, just because they want to get the vote. We deserve democracy. And coming up, two cinema chains withdraw the gang film blue story after a brawl at a cinema in birmingham on saturday. We speak to one of the actors in the movie. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A lorry driver who is accused over the deaths of 39 migrants in essex has admitted plotting to assist illegal immigration. Maurice robinson appeared at the old bailey a short time ago. Our home affairs correspondent, Daniel Sandford, is at the old bailey. Tell us what happened 7 tell us what happened . This was a plea and trial preparation hearing in front of mrjustice id, and Maurice Robinson spoke first of all to confirm his name, date of birth and addr
You have become a labor day tradition for us. Welcome. First, background, is born and raised in southwestern pennsylvania where he followed his father and grandfather into the coal mines and worked his way through college and law school. He is a graduate from penn state. Graduation, he joins a legal staff of the United Mine Workers and became president of the age of 33. Since 1989, he spent working on the executive council and elected president of the federation in 2009. There on the record here, no live blogging or tweeting. In short, no filing of any kind while its underway. Once the session ends, you can file away. We will email pictures to all the reporters here as soon as it ends. If youd like to ask questions, send me a signal and i will call on you as time permits. If you like to make a brief opening remark, the floor is yours. I cant believe its been 11 years. Thats incredible. You say happy early labor day to everybody here. I want to thank you for hosting us. I want to thank
Over the weekend. For many there will be some sunny spells but i have the black wind arrows on here to give you an idea that it is unusually windy, guts potentially up to 50 mph, particularly on sunday. Goodbye. Hello, this is business live from bbc news with victoria fritz and sally bundock. Retail titans alibaba and walmart get ready to unveil their their latest numbers amid the shadow of the trade showdown between us and china. Live from london, thats our top story on thursday the 15th of august. Are the titans feeling the burn . Retail giants alibaba and walmart get set to reveal the fortunes of retailing in china and the us. Also in the programme. Market turmoil recession fears spark a big sell off on wall street but asia pares back earlier losses. This is what we are looking at the start of the trading day in europe. You can see it is pretty flat but equity sliding a little the red. Into the red. Also, the street food explosion vendors and food trucks are one of the trendiest way
saturday, may six. i m lindsey reiser, in for alex wood. as president biden embarks on another bid for the presidency, he s counting on his extensive political experience to beat his 2020 republican rival donald trump. in a new exclusive interview with msnbc, president biden, the only oldest person to be elected into the white house did not shy away from the question of age, framing it instead as a matter of the wisdom he s acquired over the years. it is fair to say that there is not a fortune 500 company in the world looking to hire a ceo in hso why right person for the most important job in the world? because i have acquired a [bleep] of a lot of wisdom, and i m more experience than anybody was ever run for office. i think i ve proven myself to be honorable, as well as also effective. in the coming weeks the president is facing a number of pressing issues, including the end of title 42 next week, which has already resulted in a surge of migrants at the border, and a c
prominent attorney killed his wife and son. synagogue attack. new details about the man charged with trying to firebomb a large synagogue in new jersey. high on america, the effort to save america s largest coral reef. cbs s manuel bojorquez takes us there. we will show you what happens inside this lab. norah: plus i drop recall after an over-the-counter brand was linked to vision loss and one death. and the young singer hitting all the right notes on her journey to the grammy awards. to explain announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. norah: good evening and% thank you for joining us on this thursday night. we are coming on the air tonight with some braising news. we have just learned that the pentagon is tracking a suspected chinese spy balloon spotted flying over the united states. president biden was briefed. fighter jets scrambled, and there was a discussion at the highest levels of our gover