mr chairman, on this vote, there are nine ayes, zero noes. the british chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, cut shorts his visit to washington as pressure mounts on the government to reverse the unfunded tax cuts announced in his mini budget. jamaican musicians argue art merely reflects life as the regulator bans records that glorify violence, drug use and weapons. when i look at this, it reminds me of me it is exactly the same as my glasses. and what s in an emoji? we ll tell you about a campaign to stop people who wear glasses being seen as nerds. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the united states. a jury has sentenced a 24 year old man to life behind bars for carrying out one of the worst school mass shootings in the country s history. nikolas cruz murdered 17 people and injured 17 others in parkland, florida in 2018. families of the victims have reacted angrily as jurors rejected the death penalty. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. what punishme
And the Biden Administrations efforts to find missing americans. Plus, well go through the new reporting on the massacre by Hamas Terrorists, that says the terror groups main backer may have been left in the dark. Well discuss how that aligns with previous reports. Also ahead, an update from capitol hill on the speakers race. Republicans have a nominee, but it is not clear if hes got the votes to get the gavel. I mean, willie, looks like more chaos. Rough timing. More chaos from republicans. We have, of course, just an existential challenge for the people of israel who are going to need support from congress. We have an existential challenge from ukraine. Yeah. And with all thats going on, i mean, you look and see what may be happening in taiwan, if, you know, one domino falls after another. We need congress and congress with a speaker. Steve scalise is the nominee, but nowhere in the neighborhood of having the votes he needs. Thats why they didnt hold a vote yesterday. They get in at
another state going against the science tonight. the state of wyoming announcing it will repeals it mask mandate, meaning that as of this hour 15 states now do not have a mask mandate and three more states, including wyoming, are planning to end theirs in the next coming days. dropping masks, despite coming a plateau of the number of cases in the united states. right now the united states is averaging about 60,000 cases. now it is just hovering there. it is plateauing. it is exactly where we were in the summer when many of the states, including texas had mask mandates. so here is the problem with this. if we get it right now, this could be the turning point. there is so much that is critical that is riding on the next two months. how quickly that we vaccinate versus whether we have another surge really relies on what happens in march and april. so, it is crucial right now. on that front let s take a look at what is happening in boise, idaho. there is a burn the mask rally
because commercial broadcasting platforms, as far as young people are concerned, is non existent. they run to digital distribution and how are you ever going to control that? i think it s focusing on the wrong, don t shoot the messenger. you would have to work on your messaging and how you are going to reach the market lace and get them to listen to or demand a different kind of content. irate listen to or demand a different kind of content. kind of content. we will leave it there. richard kind of content. we will leave it there. richard lue, - kind of content. we will leave | it there. richard lue, director of development at vp records, thank you. are you much of an emoji user in text messages or on social media? millions of them are sent every day emoji is considered the fastest growing form of language in history based on how quickly it s been adopted and the speed of its evolution. but most emojis representing people don t wear glasses and now one teenage girl
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the brooklyn bridge is occupied. occupy wall street s day culminating at one of new york s most iconic locations. you can see it now. people walking across. this is the pedestrian area which is important to emphasize. obviously, doesn t look like there s any disruption of traffic at this time. it all started at 7:00 this morning when protesters descended on the new york stock exchange in an attempt to shut down wall street. in zuccotti park, demonstrators clashed with police. they pulled down barricades that were there to block them from entering the area. hundreds prove testers have been arrested. nypd saying 177 to us just a moment ago. at least seven officers have been injured, according to the police. mayor bloomberg talked about those injuries earlier today at a press conference. someone in the crowd through a star-shaped glass object at the officer. another officer another protester through a liquid, possibly vinegar in the face o