Has the details from Los Angeles. Evan, what do we now . Well, this was a bit of a Surprise Gambit that we had in court here, just about 20 minutes ago here in Los Angeles Dana Hunter bidens attorneys asked for him to enter an unusual plea. Its called an Alford Plea where Hunter Biden would accept whatever punishment that judge doles out, but he maintains his innocence and instead of Pleading Guilty, hes maintaining his or is attempting to maintain his innocence. Of course, as expected the Justice Department does not does not agree with this and they objected in court to this request from Hunter Bidens attorneys and now the judge has called for break for a couple of hours while he considers what steps to take next. Now this is unusual as you pointed out as i pointed out, today, obviously was the first day of Jury Selection and this trial this is a Hunter Bidens second time going on trial earlier this year, he was found guilty on gun charges in delaware. And these charges have to do wit
Rise in cannabis based drugs in recent decades. And a top exec at one of americas biggest cannabis retailers, which Sells Everything from recreational we to medical marijuana and rakes in half A Billion Dollars a year. Also on the show, i scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. It has to be one of the coolest jobs on the planet. The head of haagen dazs ice cream joins me to talk through the indulgence of her frozen flavors. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World. Once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, the cannabis industry, its a market on a high as more and more countries look to legalize the possession and use of the drug for Recreational Use or to regulate how its used as a medicinal product. Just last month, germany became the latest european country to legislate for personal use or indeed to grow Marijuana Plants at home. So on that note, lets hear from europe in a moment from The Netherlands, where cannabis has been decriminalized for m
Will be on oppenheimer to see if it collects the most gongs. Now on bbc news it is time for talking business. Hello, everybody. A very warm welcome to talking Business Weekly with me, aaron hazelhurst. Lets go and take a look at whats on the show. Translation people have been using cannabis for as long as you can remember for millennia. And nothing will stop them, no prohibition. And thats why they should be able to do it safely. Yep. The money in marijuana. Were going to take a look into the Big Business Of Cannabis as germany becomes the latest in a string of countries to legalize its use in the us alone, where 2a states allow its Recreational Use, that market is huge, nearly 40 billion. So im going to be discussing all of that with these two. There they are, the big boss of the body that monitors drugs and Drug Addiction across europe, who tells me theres been a huge rise in cannabis based drugs in recent decades. And a top exec at one of americas biggest cannabis retailers, which S
an overwhelming win in south carolina s democratic primary, one of his opponents, dean phillips, here this. hour and the supreme court finally gets ready to hear oral arguments on whether donald trump is eligible to be on the presidential ballot. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. developing overnight, the united states and the united kingdom say they have conducted strikes against 36 targets across 13 locations in yemen yesterday evening. the strikes, hitting weapon storage facilities, missile systems, and air defense systems used by houthi militants in the country. a senior administration official tells nbc news these are unrelated to fridays retaliatory strikes in iraq and in syria, saying that the u.s. does not want escalation. these strikes are directly in response to the actions by the iranian-backed houthis. big developments again happening overnight. we are going to talk about all of it in just a moment. we are going to bring on to this set former
worshippers, but also that he did so specifically because they were jewish, he did so in a truly horrific way. we did learn new details, today just about how violent and seemingly intentional this shooting was. prosecutors said that robert bowers went through the synagogue, methodically going room to room, and in their words hunting jewish worshippers. now after a while, law enforcement did come, in swat teams engaged in a shootout with mr. bowers, they were able to get him to surrender. it was during that point when he was why are you doing this? why did you do this? and the prosecution said the response was, quote, all jews need to die. are killing our kids. so that is really what the prosecution is saying. now alison, i should, say the defense in this, case they are not disputing the case that robert bowers killed these 11 people, the defense said that these actions were incomprehensible, and inexcusable. there is no question that it was a planned attack. that main defen