that s the essential right that all other rights defend. if you can t defend your family and property, you don t have any rights at all. your a slave by definition. you may be wondering in this moment of creeping authoritarianism, how is the right of self-defense doing in our country? we can give a long lecture. consider two shootings that took place in gas stations in the past year in the united states. the first shooting occurred around 2:00 p.m. october 6 in the state of missouri, a 23-year-old felon called javon taylor, a long criminal record, convictions for armed robbery, began threatening a female clerk because the gas station didn t carry the cigars that he wanted. that s when an off duty fireman decided to step in. he told taylor to leave the store. in response to that, taylor began threatening him and ran towards his s.u.v. outside. he followed him outside because he expected that taylor would retrieve a gun from the car. that s what he did. taylor pulled an illegal
opposite and i will do something. my name is george. i am unemployed and i live with my parents. [ laughter ] i am victoria. hi. [ laughter ] it was a shot in the dark, 50 years ago and joe biden first ran for senate. he was a 29-year-old outsider, no experience, no money and he was losing his hair. somehow the media dubbed him as the next jfk. biden s run reminded everyone of cam let. he was young and he got the ideas and he wanted to fight the little guys. politicians are all corrupt. i wonder if he ll say to us since it is clear that you are not corrupt and you got elected, why should people think that the system produces corrupt results when there you are. well, i am not sure if you should assume i am not corrupt. thank you for that. the system does produce corruption and i think implicit in the system is corruption when whether or not you can run with public office. it costs a great deal of money to run for senate. you have to go to those people who have money.
and you ll remember nearly a year ago, borisjohnson was fined for breaking the law when he attended this gathering on his birthday. so this isn t about whether he broke the rules. this is about whether boris johnson misled parliament over those gatherings. that s being investigated by a committee of mps who are focusing on statements he made to parliament when he was prime minister. statements like this this was december, 2020. whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. the committee of mps already says evidence suggests borisjohnson may have misled parliament. now borisjohnson submitted this document his written evidence for the investigation 52 pages of his legal defence. in it, he says, i accept that the house of commons was misled by my statements that the rules and guidance had been followed completely at no.10. he adds. when the statements were made, they were made in good faith and on the basis of what i honest
they also discussed china s12 point plan to bring an end to the war in ukraine. in a statement issued after the meeting they said: the russian side welcomes china s willingness to play a positive role for the political and diplomatic settlement of the ukraine crisis, and welcomes the constructive proposals set forth in china s position on the political settlement of the ukraine crisis. at the white house today, us officials took pains to point out what they think china could do to end the war. if china wants to play a constructive role here in this conflict, then they ought to press russia to pull its troops out of ukraine in ukrainian sovereign territory. they should urge president putin to cease bombing cities, hospitals and schools, to stop the war crimes and the atrocities and end the war today. it could happen right now. kirby also said that the us does not want a ceasefire in ukraine right now, because it would freeze the battle lines in their current state. as a remi
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 2am in moscow, where president putin has wrapped up talks with chinese president xi jinping for a second day. the two leaders have been discussing what s been described as a peace plan for ukraine, put forward by beijing. president putin has also warned that if the uk goes ahead with a plan to supply ammunition to ukraine, then russia will be forced to respond. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. take two world leaders. ..a dash of kremlin choreography. ..and you get this. the symbolism was clear. on the world stage, xi and putin, china and russia, are coming together to forge what they claim is a strong partnership. the talk at the table was about expanding cooperation, but equal partners they are not. russia, under pressure over its war in ukraine, is increasingly dependent on china. and vladimir putin is increasingly critical of the west. later, he slammed the