embarrassing, pennsylvania democrats elected a dead man. they knew they were doing it. they did it anyway. this would seem to defeat the idea of representative democracy, which is that you vote for people so that they can represent you. but party leaders in pennsylvania were not embarrassed. they were proud, quote: well we are incredibly saddened by the loss of representative tony deluca they said in a statement. we are proud to see the voters show their confidence in him and his commitment to democratic values by reelecting posthumously. in other words, electing a guy who can t possibly represent you is not an offense against democracy, it s the essence of democracy. now, it s not a typo. they put that in a press release and actually makes kind of sense when you remember it was also in the state of pennsylvania that democratic party leaders backed a senate candidate called john fetterman long after he had suffered a massive stroke and could not longer talk or communicate cle
it. george floyd. as many as half a million workers go on strike, across the uk, the biggest day of industrial action, in over a decade. the funeral of the controversial australian cardinal george pell begins in sydney shortly. the fbi search president biden s home in delaware as part of their investigation into his handling of classified documents. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the us, where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police, has taken place. the us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, tennessee. following tyre nichols s death, five officers, all of them black, were charged with murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was over
laura coats. and this is cnn tonight. to dish no memphis police officers have now been ridley of duty. in the wake of the killing of tyre nichols. we are learning officer preston who, according to memphis police quote, he participated in the initial traffic stop. and the use of a taser, unquote. and another officer who hasn t yet been made. well, they both have been. relieved of their duty. and, three memphis fire department personnel have also been fired over the response to tyree nichols beating seen. this is in addition, everyone, to five police officers have already been, not only relieved of their duties as unfired, but also charged. the da saying, quote, this is an ongoing investigation. we are looking at all individuals and valve in the events. leading up to, during, and after the beating of tyre nichols. at the moment rugged would deep dive into this case, the evidence, and what will take to actually prosecute this case. but as a family, and the community, and a natio
show our dear leader and the best possible light. here you have joe biden going right there to the border to see what is going on, so i give them a lot of credit for that. visiting the border making sure the conservatives in that area know that he really is listening to their concerns about border security. he does seem to be working directly on this issue. he is very aware of what is going on in the border, coming down and seeing it has really made a big difference. laura: made a big difference, who needs comedy with these clowns? but he did do a heck of chatting up salvation army volunteers, or were they from the secret service? same difference. here we have so happy to see you, so happy to see you. laura: okay, now if you are a democrat, you re still waving off concerns about joe s age and declining cognition, then you are just in denial, or maybe you know that although biden is one fall away from the senior center lunchroom, he is still the sharpest kni
i like that a lot for everyone as a santa night i m alison camera am laura coates. we re 20 days away from the all-important midterm elections with key races around the nation tightening up, especially those who decide who controls the senate. though he s not on the ballot, how much of a factor is the former president donald trump in how americans will vote? there are significant developments and, a lot is percolating right now. here are just some of the headlines in the course of just a few hours. this is from cnn politics exclusive. trump considers allowing federal investigators to search mar-a-lago. again a federal john which says trump signed legal documents that he knew included false voter fraud numbers. also you ve got trump appearing for a deposition in the e. jean carroll lawsuit, and in 2021 there is a video where trump is asking is this a good jewish character right here? alison, you think about all the different things they are focusing on, it s almost i