nine separate counts. cnn s national senior correspondent sara sidner is live in brunswick. sara, what can you tell us about today s request by the jury? reporter: it s clear that they re taking their role as jurors seriously. they want to look at the evidence. when they do that, they re talking about the very crux of what happened here in the killing of ahmaud arbery. the videos they asked for, they asked for the version of the video that is very high def, they can see everything and they asked for it to be slowed down. there was a version of the video that was slowed down. they also wanted to hear that 911 call from greg mcmichael as arbery was being chased by all three men. when you hear this from the jury, they wanted to see each of these videos three times. so clearly this is really, really important evidence to them, as you might imagine. it is the incident all pretty much caught on video. clearly they re looking at the incident itself and trying to figure out what to
against the price tag. i m very confident. i m the overwhelming member of provisions in the bill are supported by all of our caucus. and really, this is about putting people first. i do believe this will be mostly or overwhelmingly in tact. so look, more programs and all of that sound good, but end, they have to be paid for and they have to be sustainable, because these aren t programs that we re just going to do for a couple of years. this is one-time money, but now it has to get built into a budget. washington doesn t seem to understand the concept of a budget, but somebody has to pay for this. it comes as the senate is gearing up for quite a busy holiday season. not only do they want to get that bill across the finish line, but they also have to prevent a government shutdown, raise the debt ceiling, and avoid a default, approve a military policy bill, as well as take up voting rights legislation, all of this within the next couple of weeks. meanwhile, new reaction
her but many are not convinced. the former yorkshire cricketer, rafiq has brought the issue of racism in the game under the spotlight and has apologised for anti semitic messages he sensed ten years ago. to germany now which was praised for its initial handling of the pandemic. but along with much of europe, the country is desperately scrambling to contain a fourth wave. after crisis talks with regional leaders in the last few hours, chancellor angela merkel announced tough new curbs on the unvaccinated to be enforced in areas where there are more than three covid patients per 100,000 people. healthcare workers and employees in care homes will also have to get the vaccine. here s ms merkel speaking earlier. it starts with hospitalisations in numbers of three and when it s exceeded only those who are vaccinated or recovered from covid 19 will be allowed into certain public events. and that would apply to the whole region. it comes as germany records its highest infection r
in southern india claim dozens of lives with the army now leading rescue efforts. and taking to the skies to vaccinate all of australia we visit the remote areas where where an airborne logistical effort is getting jabs in arms. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore and 6pm in washington where people from across political divide have come together to mourn and remember former us secretary of state colin powell who has died at the age of 8a. he was a pioneer in both the us military and the us government. america s first black secretary of state first black chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff and, first black national security adviser. but his career will also be forever marked by one of the most consequential foreign policy decisions of this century to invade iraq and depose saddam hussein. our north america editor john sopel reports. general colin powell, the very embodiment of the american dream. the first black secretary