but unlike the new american president, this guy had been ruling his country for 40 infamous years. his excellency, more market duffy, leader of the revolution, president of the african revolution, king of kings of africa. gaddafi raged on for 95 minutes and eight seconds, a diatribe against the wind from a jumble of handwritten notes, waving a copy of the un charter and then pretending to wrap it up. it should not be called the security council. it should be called the terror council. muammar gaddafi made no mention of the pan am bombing over locker b, or [inaudible] president kennedy. we want to know who killed him. somebody by the name of lee harvey. and then another, jack route ruby, killed harvey. why did he kill him? [inaudible] the un and the white house. i would try to wouldn t try to better part of the afternoon. the speech from the libyan dictator muammar gaddafi was weird. weird, weird. he called for the un headquarters to be relocated to libya so
new american leader was making his first appearance at the annual united nations general assembly. president barack obama was just eight months into his first term, and the un meeting was his big debut on the global diplomatic stage he and his secretary of state, hillary clinton, were greeted warmly by american allies as they announced a more cooperative approach to international affairs as opposed to the with us or against us attitude of the prior administration. president obama was not the only world leader attending his very first un general assembly that day. another first timer got almost as much attention as obama. but unlike the new american president, this guy had been ruling his country for 40 infamous years. his excellency, moama gadafi, leader of the revolution, president of the african revolution, king of kings of africa. gaddafi raged on for 95 minutes and eight seconds, a diatribe against the wind from a jumble of handwritten notes, waving a copy of the un c
charges of smuggling cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. britney griner pleaded guilty last month to cartridges in her possession, which arrived i airport in february. but she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, unemotional britney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your ruling, that it doesn t lose [inaudible] my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignore
cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. when she arrived in moscow s airport in february. she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, on emotional brittney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your willing, that it doesn t end my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignored the defense is defenses evidence. she was very upset. very upset, very stressed. and she can har
mueller here have the first procedural vote on the bill. if it were sees only a simple majority, it cannot beef is filibustered and will start up to 20 hours of debate that will be divided between each party. once debate is over, they will move on to a so-called vote-a-rama. a bunch of amendment votes that will conclude with a final vote that to pass the package and, who knows one that would be. maybe we will be together for it. it s a step in the right direction. watch this space. that does it for us tonight, see you again tomorrow. time now for the last word with zerlina maxwell who is in for lawrence. thanks, zerlina. thanks, ali. olympic gold medalist and pro basketball player brittney griner. and today, after being detained for 168 days in russia, the wnba star was sentenced to nine years in a russian prison on