at a washington post live event yesterday. that he would keep on fighting this sentence shows that they re so afraid of him they hate him so much for his consistency, for his courage, for his his amazing bravery they are so afraid of him and they hate him so much that they want to lock him up for a quarter of a century why did he get such a stiff sentence i know him. you have probably met him. of course what s so notable is he was out of russia. he was safe. he traveled back to russia when the war began because he felt like he needed to be there to be a voice in opposition to the war. all did he is call this a war. it has to be a special operation. arbitrary laws that putin uses
millions have crossed since he become president illegally. we filed a bill friday to show those coming here illegally we mean business in texas. if you come and have a conviction for a felony, you could face up to life in prison. this is a brand-new crime and if you cross illegally for any reason, up to a year in jail. the second time up to two years. but if people come here, a word to those criminals that continue to cross the border, we will put you in jail for up to life because bill, when you send fentanyl drugs across the border, you are taking lives of americans, many number one cause of death for young people. when you come here and you commit a crime and kill someone or aggravated assault, you are destroying someone s life. a message to everyone on the other side of the border. even if you never committed a crime you will face up to a year or two in jail. a criminal up to life in prison in texas. we mean business. bill: sir, we ll see how far
unofficial election the previous year. the trial is expected to last up to three months. the national security law was imposed by beijing in 2020 and amid months of pro-democracy protests challenging hong kong. kristie lu stout joins us in hong kong. what is the population most concerned about as they watch the trials happen? reporter: first some context here, this case, bianca, concerns the hong kong 47 which is a group of 47 pro-democracy activists who have been charged with the conspiracy to commit subversion which is a very serious crime here under the international security law, in fact, it s punishable by up to life in prison. and this trial, a landmark trial, it begins today. this is the largest national security trial to take place here in the territory since beijing and imposed sweeping legislation in the wake of the 2019 anti-government hong kong protests. among the 47 who are on trial, you have very prominent bigs
a group of pro-democracy act it visits go on trial in hong contoday in a landmark case over a national security law that is used to quash dissent in china. they re accused of organizing and taking part in an unofficial primary election. cnn s kristie lu stout joins us live from hong kong. there are journalists, activists, seasoned politicians in this group? what exactly are they accused of? yeah, this group is called hong kong 47. a group of 47 pro-democracy activists, and they weren t charged with conspiracy to commit subversion which is a very serious chime under the national security law here in hoong congress. it s punishable by up to life in prison and the trial begins today. now, this is the largest national security trial to take place since beijing imposed sweeping security legislation in the wake of the 2019 anti-government protests. among the 47 you have highly
history. a former libyan intelligence officer who s accused of engineering the bomb that destroyed an american passenger plane flying over lockerbie, scotland in 1988 appeared in a washington, d.c. courtroom today where he was officially charged in a three-count indictment which carried potential sentences of up to life in prison. doj initially charged abu agila masud in 2020 under then attorney general bill barr for his role in the attack. it killed 270 people. 190 of them were americans. it included 35 syracuse university students who were returning home from study abroad. let s bring in frank figliuzzi, former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence and msnbc national security analyst. frank, this is a tragedy that i think anyone that was around at the time is shaped by. just horrific, horrific tragedy of the randomness of the passenger plane being targeted for a terrorist attack. talk about what goes into getting to this point where