the latest trial of the singer r kelly opens at a federal court in chicago. he s facing accusations of sexually abusing underage girls in the 1990s. running dry. the boats navigating a perilousjourney down germany s biggest river, as the heatwave means water levels are now dangerously low. and after one venue cancels his latest production, over comments on trans rights and the metoo movement, monty python s terry gilliam says british theatre needs to be more courageous. i think the whole artistic community has to be brave, that s what art is about it s about pushing the limits. officials in ukraine are warning that the situation at the russian occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear power station is approaching critical . emergency workers have been staging drills and practising cleaning operations in the event of radioactive contamination. russia took control of the nuclear plant, the biggest in europe, in early march. and there s recently been heavy shelling at and around the site,
politics reporter at the washington post. also the co-author of the book his name is george floyd. so happy to have all of you on. why don t i start with you. good evening to everyone. to the trump pressure campaign. last week the committee focussed on the intense pressure on pence and how much danger that put him in. this week it is the pressure on state officials to overturn the election. remember this call that trump made to georgia secretary of state? here it is. so, look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. so what do you think it is going to mean to hear publically from these election officials? well, this is part of a methodical approach by this committee to lay out what happened after the election. it included not only former president trump when they went into court but after they were thrown out of court for all these failed legal efforts, they put pressure on these state lawm
eastern time. the committee saying tomorrow s hearings will focus on former president trump pressuring state officials to overturn election results and pushing to advance phony slates of electors. a lot to discuss with doug jones, charlie dent, a former republican congressman, and political analyst, the national politics reporter at the washington post. also the co-author of the book his name is george floyd. so happy to have all of you on. why don t i start with you. good evening to everyone. to the trump pressure campaign. last week the committee focussed on the intense pressure on pence and how much danger that put him in. this week it is the pressure on state officials to overturn the election. remember this call that trump made to georgia secretary of state? here it is. so, look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. so what do you think it is going to mean to hear publically from thes
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know about but is easily available on the internet. similar to the gay pride movement, those symbols include to be queer affirming and trans affirming. so the bishop is trying to tie these two movements together. why do you think that is? the way i see it, it is two birds with one stone type of thing. it is unfortunate that s the type of case. you have gay rights and black rights. especially with the pride movement. you remember that pride didn t happen unless it was because of black and brown individuals that made it happen. ultimately you have to question, okay, why is this the motive now? why are we conjoining both groups? but it is ultimately strengthening the movement. one of the things that the bishop s spokesperson said recently was that these are logos. that does a disservice to the fact these are true social justice movements. these aren t just logos that are up on a flag.