Hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases, jason solomons. So, jason, what do we have this week . This week, were going back in time, the Horrible Histories Team and their take on rotten romans, roman britain in the rule of emperor nero. Boudica, the celts, and nick frost, those well ancients. Someone also had the bright idea of making the current war starring Michael Shannon and George Westinghouse in a battle for the best light bulbs and americo. Eliminating. And we escaped to the greek it is all of the island of hydro for a love story that lasted 60 years, and inspired some of the most heartbreaking and famous songs 1960s, marion and leonard words of love. Horrible histories, is something i should take nieces to . Horrible histories were a boon for pa rents to . Horrible histories were a boon for parents and families and something that everyone could watch and enjoy. It had Great Success on tv, where it has more of a sketch forma
Of people working. And throughout the week, our trade guys will be meeting their chinese counterparts in shanghai. Add all of this up, it looks positive for your money as we kick off the new week. The two democrat debates will dominate the week in politics. Tuesday and wednesday nights, cnn hosts. That should be interesting. Don lemon, a trump hater, is inexplicablejy a moderator. Stay there, please. Congressman nadler calls the president disgusting and racist. Its a big show. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart we got the video. Violent protests, more violent protests over the weekend in hong kong. The residents angry over the citys autonomy. Take me through it. Susan this is an escalation in the confrontation, first backtoback we have seen since they started these protests started in june of this year. The police are taking more aggressive tactics, firing tear gas, rubber bullets. Also, the protesters are taking it more seriously as well. They have started what they are calling
Post nine of the New York Stock Exchange Morgan Brennan has the morning off. Dow session low was about 150. Well start with this rally in tech leading the s p to record closes yesterday these regulatory headlines out of d. C. Not slowing down the momentum out of the valley evaluation partners, early facebook investor, Roger Mcnamee is with us to talk about facebooks print they cant lose. No. What would it take to slow these guys down . To be clear, i think from an investor point of view, theyre delivering exactly what investors want and as long as that goes on, the stock is going to be fine to me, the question is the policy one that all of us as citizens that our government has to ask, which is, should there be some limit on what businesses can do when the actions of that business affect public health, democracy, privacy, and competition. And, you know, were wrestling with that right now and the governments getting its gears moving, but it goes slowly and until i guess its going to nee
Good wednesday morning. Battle over tiktok coming to a head this morning. It is march 13th. Good morning. This is today. Times up. This morning the house voting on a possible ban of tiktok over its ties to the government of china. Bytedances ownership of tiktok is a threat to National Security. The app fighting back in a pr blitz, galvanizing its users to flood congressional phone lines. Call them and tell them to stop the ban. Whats next . And is the clock really ticking for the popular platform. President biden and donald trump set for a 2024 rematch after clinching their partys dominations. And on capitol hill, a heated hearing. The special counsel who cleared President Biden of wrongdoing but raised questions about his Mental Fitness on defense. The relevance of the president s memory was necessary and accurate and fair. The reaction from both sides of the aisle and the potential impact on the campaign. Country in crisis. New unrest in haiti. Armed gangs rampaging the capitol after
Secretary of state blinken speaking about new images he was shown by israels Prime Minister. It reminds me in some ways of the worst of what we saw from isis. As hamas calls for a day of rage this morning. Officials in israel and major cities across the u. S. Are on high alert. Whiplash on capitol hill. Overnight, majority leader Steve Scalise dropping his bid. Whats next in this unprecedented fight for speaker . Split verdict in the Elijah Mcclain case. One officer convicted, one acquitted in the death of the colorado man in Police Custody. Major storm on the move. At least ten reported tornados across the country. Now which cities are in the bulls eye for a flash flooding threat . Will it be another weekend washout . Ginger is tracking it all. Social security raise. The big change for more than 71 million americans. On the run. The texas woman accused of killing a romantic rival last year then fleeing to costa rica, caught on camera trying to escape officers. Dont click. Holiday scam