the headlines: with 15 million now vaccinated the goverment says it s hit the first covid vaccination target a day early. it has been a truly national uk wide effort. we have done it together. and i want to thank each and every person who has helped make it happen. you can be incredibly proud of the part you have played. the prime minister is under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april ministers urge caution. anger in myanmar as armoured vehicles appear on the streets of yangon there are reports of an overnight internet blackout. prince harry and meghan markle have announced that they re expecting a second child a spokesperson for the couple says they re overjoyed. now on bbc news donald trump was the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, and the first to be put on trial after leaving office. in a special programme, christian fraser takes a look at an unprecedented moment in us history. i
you ll also hear from lieutenant john radke from the homicide division and captain sonya monaco. so at this point, i m going to introduce honorable councilmember paul carretz. the tragic murder of brianna kupfer in hancock back is shaken and shocked our community to its core. i want to first address brianna s family. my own daughter is not that much owner than brianna. i can only imagine the heart break and the anguish that her family is feeling. the pain. i want you to know that you have my heartfelt support and my full commitment that i will help with whatever lapd may need until every option to find this vile killer is exhausted. we will find this vicious criminal. we will arrest them and we will get him prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. but we must fight justice for her, fight for justice for her even though nothing will bring her back. our mission and my objective is that the perpetrator who took away brianna from her beloved parents, colleagues, friends and
called 911 around that time. she had in fact been begging the police for protection repeatedly because she was getting a deluge of threats and harassment. really specific threats over the phone, text, email, over social media, but on the night of december 6, last year, 10:00 at night, december 6, these people who were threatening her turned up at her front door. i ve been having harassing phone calls and emails and they came out and made a police report yesterday. and last night, about 10 minutes after 9:00, somebody was bamming on the door and now somebody s bamming on the door. oh, they screaming. they still bamming on the door. okay. they still bamming on the door. lord jesus, where s the police? they re on the way, ma am. oh, god. ruby freeman is 62 years old. she s the woman on the receiving end of all the vitreal and all the threats and as of december 6, that night, that 911 call last year, it was in-person intimidation and she s not a public figure. she s a
joining us this hour, happy to have you here on a friday night. we ll start tonight with a story we first brought you last week and today took a new sort of baffling turn. if you saw our coverage of the story last week, you ll remember it, because it starts with a really unsettling 911 call. this was just over a year ago, december 6th last year, just before 10:00 p.m. on december 6th and a woman named ruby freeman in cop county georgia, not the first time she called 911 around that time, she had in fact been begging the police for protection repeatedly because she was getting a deluge of threats and harassment, really specific threats over the phone, text, email, over social media, but on the night of december 6, last year, 10:00 at night, december 6, these people who were threatening her turned up at her front door. i ve been having harassing phone calls and emails and they came out and made a police report yesterday. and last night, about 10 minutes after 9:00, somebod
was omicron the transformer sounding new variant of the coronavirus that has emerged out of south africa. while sleepy joe woke from nantucket nap to warn the public this morning. this variant is a cause for concern not a cause for panic. we have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists, and we re learning more every single day. [clearing throat] biden says it s cause for concern yet, at the same time we are learning more every single day. so, maybe there is no need for concern at all. don t tell that to the fear-mongering lap dog leftist media who wasted no time, of course in whipping up fear and proclaiming the third coming of the almighty covid. news of this scary new variant from south africa i m terrified, as you know the united states just restricted travel. i m very worried and i think it is the right thing for the entire public health and scientific community to prepare for the worst because we don t know yet as to whether this is