three short years. the race to replace him is now down to two candidates, former finance minister rishi sunak and liz truss. they will spend the next few weeks campaigning before a vote by card carrying members of the conservative party and final results will be announced on september 5. now to the political crisis in sri lanka where there is at least now some stability with a new president sworn in. former prime minister ranil wickremesinghe took the oath of office just a few hours ago. he now faces the monumental task of turning around an economy in shambles, not to mention winning over skeptical public. many wanting him out of the office before the job was even
hello, welcome back. in the uk certain members of parliament will vote in the coming hours to eliminate another candidate as boris johnson s successor. right now there are five contaminants vying to be the next prime minister. the contest has a long way to go. after monday s vote members apartment will keep voting and eliminating candidates with the least support until there are just two left. from there card-carrying members of the conservative party, about 200,000 people, will vote for johnson s successor. sri lanka s acting president has declared a nationwide public emergency. he made the proclamation in the interest of public security after protests over the countries deepening economic crisis but this move comes as parliament is set to hold nominations for a new president on tuesday. will ripley is following two elements from sri lanka s
11 jurors who were white, and one juror who s black. of white defendants being held accountable for the death of michael donald, the stakes could not be higher. the racial tensions could not be higher. the nation is literally watching. everyone had to have a sense of this being a historical aberration. black people do not get to hold white people accountable for the death of black lives. a criminal trial for folks who are card carrying members of the klan. you d have a reason to be afraid, a reason to be concerned, and, particularly, when the text and the sub-text of the trial is white supremacy, and american racism. today, it was a tense one at the courthouse. a bomb threat was phoned in and a prosecution witness says hays father threatened to kill him. he said if i ever opened my mouth about anything, that i would be dead within eight
we re creating propaganda for the status quo essentially. so it s easy if you look at it in those terms to take those tools and those resources to the left and create propaganda exclusively for the working class. the three of them are all card-carrying members of the democratic socialists of america, and they won t work for just anyone. we have a hard line. we don t work with corporations. we don t work with corporate candidates. we are working to unseat corporate democrats. we re working to unseat corporate republicans. reporter: the company is called means of production. it s a nod to marxist economics. webster s collegiate dictionary defines socialism as democratic management of the essential means for the production and distribution of goods. the majority of people up to the 1%. reporter: and their world view is shaped by the deep economic divide they see in detroit, where they say so-called revitalization benefits those on top and leaves behind many at the bottom. de
of politics. we were creating propaganda. we re creating propaganda for the status quo essentially. so it s easy if you look at it in those terms to take those tools and those resources to the left and create propaganda exclusively for the working class. the three of them are all card-carrying members of the democratic socialists of america, and they won t work for just anyone. we have a hard line. we don t work with corporations. we don t work with corporate candidates. we are working to unseat corporate democrats. we re working to unseat corporate republicans. reporter: the company is called means of production. it s a nod to marxist economics. webster s collegiate dictionary defines socialism as democratic management of the essential means for the production and distribution of goods. the majority of people up to the 1%. reporter: and their world view is shaped by the deep economic divide they see in detroit, where they say so-called revitalization benefits those on to