let s start with big news here in the uk. scotland s longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. she s been the leader of the scottish national party which wants independence from britain for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was twenty nine years old. herfirst big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. am firmly of the you there is no majority suppor
what are you referring to? i said, paul paul, i should have known. what were you referring to? i was referring to paul paul got so many threats. didn t take it serious. think twice about it. just telling him, paul paul, i should have known. i don t specifically remember saying that. but i can clearly hear myself say that. what kind of threats did you understand paul was receiving? paul got he got the most vile threats. i mean, the stuff that was on social media, i mean, it was you couldn t believe it. you couldn t believe it. it was so over the top. truthfully, we didn t think anybody about it. i mean, it was just so crazy that, you know people talking about what he was going to get and how they were going to do this and get him. i mean, it s stuff you really i mean, we disregarded it. it was so over the top. thought it was so over the top. keep going, please. okay. what is her name? maggie. maggie is her name? yes, ma am. okay. when is the last
the 7th was a monday. i stayed tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday at greenfield. i know that for a fact. and maggie and paul s funeral was saturday, is that right? i heard that in this courtroom say that it was saturday. the memorial services? the funeral was on friday. oh, it was on friday. i know that for a fact too. and then your father s funeral was on sunday? my father s funeral was on sunday, and it was my it was my father s funeral, i forget the term but sunday, i mean, that s when that s when we put pau-pau and mags, that s
apologised, members of the courtroom say that they didn t believe he was remorseful. the district attorney saying he didn t think that apology was heartfelt because this man is still facing several federal charges and with those charges he could face the death penalty. now to the us where the republican politician nikki haley, has launched her campaign to be a candidate in the 2024 us presidential election. let s have a listen. our moment is now. our mission is clear. let s save our country and secure our future and let s move forward together toward our destiny and a strong and proud america. let s remind ourselves who nikki haley is. she s an indian american politician, and a big name in the republican party. in 2010, aged 39, she became the youngest governor in the us in the state of south carolina. in 2015, after a racist mass murder in charleston, she ordered a confederate flag to be removed from statehouse grounds. she first opposed donald trump s run for president in 2016.
the defendants who appeared before him including minors accused of violent crimes, that is according to the reporting of the houston chronicle. this judge asked defendants one question, and it was this if i release you, will you go out and kill anybody? casey stegall reporting from dallas. prosecutors inside the courtroom say that they cannot believe what they were seeing unfolding right before their very eyes. republican judge glenn devlin has responded over the 313th district court in houston for eight years. he is known for being tough, and favoring incarceration. well, instead, those witnesses said that he showed up the morning following the election after losing to his democratic challenger and simply started releasing defendants on his docket if they answered no to the kill question that you talked about. then reset all of his cases to next year when his counterpart takes the bench. prosecutors say at least seven people were released.