need to restructure, we need to reconfigure the way in which we police. here we are still waiting for real reform to the way policing is conducted in this country. laura: actually the reform and al sharpton and others are pining for already happened necessity memphis. that police department already revised its policies following the murder of george floyd. the effort was called re-imagine policing in memphis. now, it was called reimagining policing but what was re-imagined? it was re-imagined with awful consequences. in addition to addressing excessive force the department also loosened its hiring standards. in fact, two of the five officers involved in the killing of nichols were hired during this period. so when folks like cory booker or al sharpton blame this this shows the overwhelming need for what they call police reform, i agree. we need to reform their reforms. like memphis, chicago lowered its hiring standards for police in 2022. they were following the likes of
learned. also, an expert legal panel standing by, geraldo rivera, brian claire pool and mark geragos, a lot who have a lot of experience with celebrity cases such as these. the d.a., mary carmack says that the set played fast and loose with safety. that she absolutely believes that alec baldwin pulled the trigger that fateful day. something that the actor when he spoke out about the case shortly after it happened denied. watch this. it wasn t in the script for the trigger to be pulled. the trigger was and pulled. i didn t pull the trigger. you never pulled the trigger? no, no, no. i would never point a gun and pull a trigger, never. martha: they ll go back to that time and time again here. baldwin, gutierrez reed and david halls, the assistant director, who signed a plea agreement. did not do their jobs that day says this special prosecutor. if they had, helena hutchins would be alive today. let s bring in judge jeanine pirro that just spoke with the d.a. grea
i m at the home and studio of one of sri lanka s most influential artists and activists, jagath weerasinghe. can sri lankans put behind them their bloody past and forge a new and united future? jagath weerasinghe, welcome to hardtalk. i m happy to be here. sitting here in your home, which is also your studio, i wonder how far you ve been influenced as both an artist and an archaeologist by sri lanka s past? i m totally influenced by that. i m totally, yes. everything i do has something to do with the past of sri lanka and the idea of the past, that we keep performing in the present. yeah. but it s notjust sri lanka s past, it s a particularly bloody past that you choose to focus on. why? that is what i call the history of the present. you know, we have a long history coming from, like, fifth century bc, and, you know, there s this great history of sri lanka or south asia. but the 20th century history is i call the history of the present, which is.defines myself and my art and
have been killed. a metre of fresh snow has fallen, and many areas remain under threat of flooding. president biden has declared a state of emergency, freeing federal aid for the state. those are our top story this hour. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zainab badawi. i m just outside colombo, the capital of sri lanka. this beautiful island nation has been plunged into its worst economic crisis for more than 70 years. it led to widespread protests and forced the resignation of the president last year. and all this after a long running civil war in which around 100,000 died. i m at the home and studio of one of sri lanka s most influential artists and activists, jagath weerasinghe. can sri lankans put behind them their bloody past and forge a new and united future? jagath weerasinghe, welcome to hardtalk. i m happy to be here. sitting here in your home, which is also your studio, i wonder how far you ve been influenced as both an artist an
. i m not impressed with my on that hill. it s about three feet of fresh snow. the visibility was barely okay. a year ago at this time i was a killing machine. now it was i was seeing stars. oh, it s the [speaking foreign language] some extravagantly expensive red wine. kill him. definitely the 66 la tour. is it expensive enough? they re going to love you. we deserve it s good. right, this is good huh? well worth the expense to someone else. this is the beginning. another week, good food, good wine. so what is the specialty of the region? so, fondue. that s cheese. tart-flet. i like cheese. they make stews too. what animals? mostly beef. lot of cows up here? yeah. i like cows. to eat. to eat of course. not personally. where i learned to ski we are lucky to get chicken fingers an bud alignment light. for the main, a loin of veal gently seared and pan roasted joined by mushroom sauce and pretty medley of