charges of smuggling cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. britney griner pleaded guilty last month to cartridges in her possession, which arrived i airport in february. but she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, unemotional britney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your ruling, that it doesn t lose [inaudible] my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignore
cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. when she arrived in moscow s airport in february. she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, on emotional brittney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your willing, that it doesn t end my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignored the defense is defenses evidence. she was very upset. very upset, very stressed. and she can har
we ll have more in a moment. the revelation comes the same day that the january 6th committee said it may delay further hearings after the one scheduled tomorrow. the reason, according to one of its members, a deluge of new evidence, in his words. he didn t elaborate, saying that only the new information goes beyond what we learned about yesterday, the existence of a documentary crew s interview with the former president and his family recorded before and after january 6th. those recordings have been turned over to the committee. the report of federal subpoenas comes a day after we learned two vital pieces of evidence. first was testimony that directly linked the former president to the plot. what did the president say when he called you? essentially, he turned the call over to mr. eastman, who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors in case any of the legal challenges that were ongoing changed the resul
it s now being viewed as a shot of momentum for republicans, and it signals major gop gains among latino voters in the region with the midterms around the corner. todd: griff jenkins in washington with more. good morning, todd and charley. it s only one race, and a special election at that, which means the seat is up again in november. but there are signs of a seismic shift in hispanic politics in south texas. republican mayra flores flipping the heavily democratic seat red in the rio grande valley. look at this. flores defeating sanchez by nearly eight points, the daughter of mexican migrant workers. flores victory is a clear sign that the gop is making significant inroads with hispanic voters. kellyanne conway had this reaction. watch. they tried to tie her as an ultra-maga, right-wing extremist. former president trump notching a victory in south carolina where the first house republican who voted to impeach packing. fryousing five-term congressman tom rice. look a
the queen has pulled out of tuesday s state opening of parliament in london. it will be the first time since 1963 the queen will have missed the annual ceremony which sets out the british government s legislative agenda for the year ahead. prince charles will deliver the speech instead. i m a big dog. yo, baby, you don t have to put your top back on. lwas w. he was twice my age. there was this kind of power dynamic. this is predatory behaviour. that s the joint bbc guardian newspaper investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by the dj, tim westwood. i ve been speaking to the reporter behind it about how you get a story like that over the line. but first, just as europe gets tough on the big tech companies, does the uk look poised to do less, not more? the financial times reported this week that ministers have ditched plans to empower their newest tech regulator with, well, actual power. the snappily named digital markets unit was announced to great fanfare back in 2020 w