Front door. Some had riot shields and guns in their holsters. The officers presented a search warrant and questioned her for three hours. At one point they had the great grandmother stand outside in her nightgown. According to their warrant, officers were looking for records including applications for ballot by mail, a list of voter banks and documents about elected officials and candidates. Martina said the officers told her they were there because she filled out a report saying older residents were not getting mail ballots. That is quite an aggressive response to that report, which she confirms she did file. Martinez is a retired educator in san antonio who spent 35 years as a member and volunteer with lulac, the civil rights group in america. Part of her work with the organization includes helping older residents and veterans registered to vote and that is what made her suspicious to republican texas attorney general ken paxton. Martinez and other leaders heldn a news conference out
On tracks throughout europe, the cars competed in disciplines including autocross, racing through formula 1 like twists and turns as fast as possible. . . . . An endurance trial through more than 20km of track to push the limits of battery management. . . . . A test of grip and downforce by. . . Basically going round in a circle as fast as possible and then there s acceleration. It s a drag race, basically, and it s this last challenge that one team, amz racing, absolutely blasted last year, going from 0 to 100km an hour in. . . Well, i ll let you know a bit later. Amz includes students from lucerne university of applied sciences and arts and eth zurich, and i dropped in on the team s swiss hq. And up here is the electronics department at amz racing. We re going to meet lara. Not that lara. For one car to excel at all of these events, it not only has to have a powerful motor, but also computers have to control the traction and fine tune the speed of each wheel individually, and someh
Military families in america. Should we be shocked? yes, political boomerang. Why republicans should do research before going ahead with their attack on kamala harris. And katie harris said the zoo has come to town. It turns out the real circus just showed up on trump s transition team. I am ayman mohyeldin. Let s do it. Five time draft dodger donald trump loves to paint himself as a champion for veterans. Nobody has ever defended the veterans like i have defended the veterans. I took good care of our vets. We will take care of our veterans better than anybody. Trump s performative support for the military hit a new low this week when he went arlington national cemetery 213 fallen soldiers who died during the 2021 afghanistan withdrawal. As we now know, trump used his visit to get political, filming an ad in which he jabbed president biden with the headstones of fallen troops in the backdrop. We can never assume why trump does what he does, but we do know that it leads to disgraceful m
Brands barbie, fisher price and moi, that is mattel to find out how his company s fortunes are being revived. Wherever you are joining around the world, once again hello and welcome to the programme. It is a billion dollar industry driven by creativity and innovation with a global reach and a diverse market. The toy industry is forecast to reach $302 billion in sales by 2030 and that estimate is at the conservative end of the scale. But falling birth rates and some of the highest inflation rates we have seen in decades have created challenging conditions for manufacturers and retailers and signal more tough times to come. While the covid pandemic boosted sales of toys and games temporarily, big name companies reported sales have started to slip back once again. Let s look at some of those numbers. Local toy sales reached $108. 7 billion in 2023, a 2% drop compared to 2022 with toy companies calling it a normalisation process after that exceptional growth linked to the pandemic. But acr
Labor day weekend is upon us. With it, the next chapter in the roller coaster 2024 presidential race. Many voters will soon be taking a closer look at the candidates as the weeks countdown to election day. Vice president kamala harris has a light schedule this weekend, as she gears up for battleground states appearances next week in concealing and michigan. And, prepares for the presidential debate september 10th. Meanwhile, former president trump is cleaning up several critical masses of his own making, including a controversial visit to arlington cemetery that has some veterans outraged. And, a shifting message on reproductive rights that has even some members of his base scratching their heads. Before we start, some breaking news out of the middle east. The israeli defense force says they have found a number of bodies during fighting operations in the gaza strip. The idf says troops are still in that area and they are working on identifying the remains. We will bring you more inform