charges of smuggling cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. britney griner pleaded guilty last month to cartridges in her possession, which arrived i airport in february. but she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, unemotional britney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your ruling, that it doesn t lose [inaudible] my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignore
cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. when she arrived in moscow s airport in february. she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, on emotional brittney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your willing, that it doesn t end my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignored the defense is defenses evidence. she was very upset. very upset, very stressed. and she can har
going to need a very special woman and her mother. and i want you to hear tonight from this true american hero. i want to you to really listen because this is about the kind of country that we are, the kind of country that we should be. she goes by the name shea. she might not call herself a hero, but that is exactly what this woman is, a woman, a black woman, who stood up for our democracy, for our vote the way generations of americans have done, generations of black, white, and brown people who have fought and quite frankly died to preserve the right to vote. and shea moss, she was just doing her job as an election worker, helping people in fulton county, georgia, helping them to vote, processing the vote count. she worked in the department of registration and afflictions fulton county from 2017 until this year. and for that, she was targeted by the then-president of the united states and his minions, targeted with lies and racist accusations. her life turned upside down.
if i commit a little speed limit. over the speed limit, they will stop you. you have 20 cars searching you down. but they could not go in there and break that effing door? they are darn cowards? cowards. they let those kids get slaughtered. texas officials say officers waited outside the barricaded classroom for nearly an hour while trapped students frantically called 9-1-1. joining me from the town square, nbc s liz maclachlan. liz, we ve seen long lines at the memorial in uvalde today where i am standing near robb elementary. the lions are wrapped around the corner. what are you hearing from people coming to pay their respects? alicia the crowd here has also been growing all day, people waiting in the hot sun to pay their respects to lay flowers in front of their 21 crosses here. 22, actually 21 for the victims of the shooting and another cross added for the husband of one of the teachers who died from a heart attack just a couple of days later. a lot of people from t
Has happen thirddegree past week. The arguments in this historic criminal trial of donald trump. The first ever for a former president as you certainly know by now. Now this final week was a short one, but a lot actually happened. Michael cohen was back on the stand finishing his four days of testimony. And trumps lawyers began and ended their case. So we basically in one case saw the da and the defense team both rest. And, we saw the Defense Witnesses who at times stumbled. The defense wrapped up with Michael Cohen after three days of crossexamination. It was a grueling three days. The prosecution has rested its case. The defense has also called its first witness. Robert costello back on the stand. He was tossed from the witness box and his entire testimony was nearly stricken from the record. His whole attitude on the stand. The defense has rested its case after calling just two witnesses. But, donald trump did not testify in his own defense. Thats how it went down and it was action