good day i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. at what point did we start considering mental illness a crime? the agonizing words from the brother of a man pinned down and killed by police while apparently if the grips of a mental health crisis we have new reporting on the startling frequency of similar encounters with law enforcement and maybe how to stop them plus, another stunning drop in markets with banks stocks leading the way. how low will it go breaking an arrest warrant issued for russian president vladimir putin we start in virginia where ten people including three hospital employees are now facing charges in the death of a black man in handcuffs and shackles pinned to the ground and suffocated the 28-year-old had been hospitalized for suffering severe mental distress, something his family wasn t addressed by officials who instead they say treated him like a criminal. at what point do we stop preserving life. at what point do we cons
a very warm welcome to the programme. we begin here in the uk. it is the morning after that budget. the chancellor has insisted his first budget is transformational and will get people back into work. jeremy hunt set out major changes to pensions and benefits, as well as an expansion of free childcare in england, all designed to boost economic growth. the new pension tax rules will allow higher earners to save more into their pensions, tax free. the opposition labour party has said it s the wrong priority for the wrong people. emma simpson reports. at this nursery in south east london working parents like charlie love the idea of 30 hours of free childcare for those nine months and over in england. her daughter, dorothy, will hopefully qualify. will hopefully qualify. other to - line, will hopefully qualify. other topline, ecstatic, will hopefully qualify. other topline, ecstatic, i ve - will hopefully qualify. other topline, ecstatic, i vejust i topline, ecstatic, i v
after major concerns over the bank s finances. its shares fell by almost a third on wednesday at one point, forcing the swiss central bank to take action. it issued a statement saying credit suisse can borrow up to $54 billion us to boost its bottom line. today the shares have rebounded and are currently up just over 20%. the selling has continued in asia today, with japan s topix banks index falling more than 4%, after recording its worst day in three years earlier this week. we re nowjoined by craig erlam, who s senior market analyst at oanda. for the story to come out was unfortunate timing. it has the backing of the central bank. covering short positions? it keeps investors that they are holding onto something that is not going to become more innocuous. we will see more volatility over the coming days and now investors are going to be looking at more financial institutions to see if there are material weaknesses there as well. i don t think this is over at this point, i t
hello and welcome to bbc news. banks and governments around the world are nervously watching the european markets to see if the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. so far things seem reasonably calm with shares in credit suisse rising almost 30% after the swiss national bank gave it a lifeline. but there are concerns that a potential interest rate rise later on thursday by the european central bank could add further volatility to the situation. earlier our business presenter sally bundock explained why the situation at credit suisse was notjust important to the financial community but to all of us: a real worry about credit suisse. if that bank, which is 160 odd years old in switzerland, were to fail, it could have the same effect that the lehman brothers collapse had in 2008, which is it brings a huge amount of fear within markets about the stability of other banks. so people therefore act very quickly and remove their funds from banks