spanish league. this is the player, brazilian international, viniciusjunior, who reported what he said was racist abuse while playing for real madrid against valencia on sunday. the game was paused, before continuing. after the match, vinicius, who has been the target of racist abuse several times during this season, said that the spanish top division, la liga, belongs to racists. la liga s president responded by saying that the player had twice not attended meetings to discuss what the organisation could do saying. that comment led to criticism and an outpouring of support in brazilfor vinicius, including this moment, when the lights illuminating rio s statue of christ the redeemer were switched off as a gesture of support. brazil s government has requested urgent meetings with officials in madrid over the matter. well the episode has reverberated in football around the world. here s former england international micah richards speaking about it on the bbc a little earlie
trump backed kelly tshibaka. you re watching fox & friends first on this wednesday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro, liz cheney to impeach trump and lose the primary and only two have been victorious out of the four deciding not to run. carley: the power of the former president is more apparent than ever, 182 backed candidates declaring victory so far in the primary election cycle. todd: kevin corke with the latest from washington, kevin. guys, the outcome of the hariet hageman cheney race is as predictable to figure out who would win 100-meter dash between the bulls. not even close, a big win by hageman who said she was fed up with a lot of things, including fed up with liz cheney who in her opinion simply wasn t serving the interest of the voters back home. she was doing her own bidding in washington, and that was enough to get her canned and a huge landslide of a loss tonight, more than 66% for hageman and 28.9% for cheney. here is what the winner
a new dual covid vaccine will form part of the uk s autumn booster campaign the jab targets both the original covid and omicron variants. and, at last, an apology for the native american actress, booed off stage at the oscars, almost 50 years ago. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. new figures suggest the real value of wages, has fallen at its fastest rate since records began, leading to further concerns about the cost of living. the office for national statistics says regular pay, excluding bonuses, was up 4.7% between april and june this year, compared to last year. but taking inflation into account, it s actually down 3%, hit by the rising cost of goods and services. the government says it recognises people are struggling with high prices, but is providing direct financial help for millions on low incomes. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. from the outside, 4.7% is the best average pay rise for years. but the inside story is the average worker is deal
a memo from the white house says cabinet members will go on 35 trips touting inflation reduction act and the administration accomplishments in the next few weeks. the event at the white house on september 6. plans do not seem to be based in reality. after months of democratic negotiation, joe biden will sign what he calls landmark climate at the white house today and the president will travel across the country to articulate how they claim the inflation reduction act will help americans, despite analysis that estimates those earning less than $400,000 a year will pay an estimated $20 billion in taxes as result of $740 billion package which sets aside $80 billion to hire 87,000 irs agents. a former fbi whistleblower says the idea they are going to go after large corporations is bs, they will give themselves bonuses and promotions. while democrats won t say when the spending bill will cut inflation, republicans on capitol hill blame the president for making things worse. pr