and i am at the cheltenham festival, looking ahead to the highlight of the week here, the gold cup. and coming up on the bbc news channel, crystal palace are looking for a new manager after sacking patrick vieira. he leaves after a run of 12 games without a win. good afternoon. a major review of the metropolitan police is expected to heavily criticise the force for racist, sexist and homophobic behaviour. baroness casey was appointed to examine the met s standards and internal culture after the murder of sarah everard by wayne couzens, a serving policeman. the bbc has been told the review published next week will be extremely bad for britain s biggest police force. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has been talking to former partners of police officers who say the met fails to deal with abusive officers in its ranks. sirens. they used to be in uniform, until they were convicted. since wayne couzens was arrested, more met police officers have been sentenced, many
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A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. A senator mr. President , i would ask that we would dispense with the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Ernst dal i rise to talk about the possible impact that the tax cuts will have on our iowa farmers. Our iowa economy is important and the men and women serving as farmers, ranchers and growers in the great state of iowa mean the world to me coming from a farm that my family had there in southwest iowa. We all understand that this has been a very, very challenging time for farmers and our Rural Communities. The community that i come from in southwest iowa, just 10,000 people in our county, many of them have faced the challenges of the economic downturn. Since their peaks in 2012, corn prices have declined by 60 and Soybean Prices have declined by 47 . My neighbors are hurting, folks. Farm income has nearly been cut in half since 2013. A lot of our producers are hurting, especially our young
The afternoon. That thats it for the week as members will be out for mlk holiday lawmakers back on tuesday, january 16th. Now live to the floor of the u. S. Senate. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, in whose hand lies the destiny of people and nations, empower our lawmakers to do your will on earth even as it is done in heaven. May their lives reflect gratitude for your merciful kindness and loving providence. Lord, break the bonds of any excessive selfsufficiency by showing them what they can accomplish with your supernatural strength. Help them to be blessings and not burdens, as they live life with the gifts of enthusiasm and expectancy. As they live at full potential according to your expectations, use them to glorify your name in the earth. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to ou
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