A spokesman for the uk Prime Minister rishi sunak says comments allegedly made by major conservative donor frank hester about the mp diane abbott were racist and wrong, but he was rightly apologised for the offence caused. The Guardian Newspaper claims frank esther said miss abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot frank hester. He has admitted he was rude about her in a private meeting five years ago but insisted his comments had nothing to do about her gender or skin colour. Miss abbott has reported him to the parliamentary liaison Investigations Team which was set up after the murder of another mp, jo cox, in 2016. She said, to and frightening. She said the comments were worrying and frightening. Chris mason has the story. Diane abbott is a political pioneer. First elected nearly a0 years ago, she was the first black woman mp. Whatever else happens after this, i think nobody can take this moment away from the black community. What did happen after tha
interviews instead a ten page home office questionnaire will decide the cases. labour leader sir keir starmer is launching what he calls five national missions for a future government. we ll bring you his speech live at 10:30. a tv reporter and a nine year old girl have been fatally shot near orlando, florida close to the scene of a murder that took place hours earlier. the bbc learns that only half the recommended number of medical staff were on duty at the 02 brixton academy in london on the night of a crush, which killed two people in december. david bowie s personal archive comprising of more than 80,000 items, has been purchased by the victoria and albert museum and will be on display in 2025. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a senior police officer shot in northern ireland has been named as detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell. an attempted murder investigation is underway; police say their primary focus is on dissident repub
what s on the idiot box? it s only an idiot box if an idiot is watching. this period in time will be looked at as the platinum age. our obligation is to entertain. if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. kunta kinte. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. congress has no right to interfere in the media. well, excuse me! we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in t
unprovoked attack. this is happening time after time day after day. people are still being lied to about the facts. tony bobulinski a former business associate of the president s son says the media is silencing his part of the story. i don t want to be sitting in december and american people say i would have changed my vote. there it goes soaring into history. aaron judge is the american league single season home run leader, case closed. be new york,. brian: i will tell you it s just a win all around, the marist family happy for aaron judge. the rangers were happy. baseball rejoices they finally have a steroid free home run champ and aaron judge finally hit number 62 in a single season technically the american league. there is his mom. he is adopted? i never knew that what s great watch it the bat. brian: robert redford. all the crowd was cheering. steve: there was one guy who really cheered and it s the guy who catches the ball. and apparently he is
your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. right now, diplomatic and military gears are in overdrive around ukraine. the united nations general assembly is holding an emergency meeting after russia s newly intensified strikes. and defense secretary lloyd austin is in brussels meeting with counterparts about supporting ukraine with more weapons, sharing this message. the whole world as just seen yet again, the malice and cruelty of putin s war of choice. we remain resolute. concern is only growing this morning over what vladimir putin s next possible military moves could be as he lashes out at ukraine for a strike on his beloved crimea bridge. and president biden is painting this portrait of his russian counterpart. i think he is a rational actor who miscalculated significantly. what president biden is now saying about whether he believes putin will use a nuclear weapon. and in ukra