have you both. we will rock this hour. we begin at the u.s. supreme court where the justices right now hearing arguments into cases challenging president biden student loan and out program. in one of those cases, the coalition of six republican-led states is fighting to block biden plan to pass nearly half a trillion dollars of student loan debt onto the backs of taxpayers. many didn t have those loans because it s only 13% of the american spirit of the coalition calls it an executive branch overreach. and it is absent of clear congressional mandate. the white house as it is confident in its legal authority. but the outcome will determine how much power will be granted to the president of the united states moving forward. the wall street editorial particles at one of the most consequential separation of power cases in american history. i see you nodding. why? marc: the biden administration knows this is one, unpopular and unconstitutional. they will lose the case. the reaso
hear from her. but now the big two things. it is the charges against these officers and this video, when will we finally when will the public finally get to see the video. and executive director of the local naacp gave us information about the possibility of these officers surrendering themselves. but again, that has not been confirmed. that is according to her and her sources. in the meantime, the community reeling, family members reeling. and this community bracing for what is to come. yeah, we had a conversation with the senior pastor at the mississippi boulevard christian church here, that is the church where they will have services for tyree nichols on february 1. so there is real concern. you know, he made no bones about worrying about whether this was going to be explosive, how people are going to on respond once the video is released. but he said that they have been in talks and he said he saw something that he has never seen before happen in this community, a
With me, stephen sackur. Today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. Its a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. Wuerkaixi was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square Student Protest in beijing in 1989. He became one of the Chinese Governments most wanted men. He escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. And today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. Applause. Wuer kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. We could use more platforms like this to voice our ideas. Well, i want to talk to you all about your ideas. And i want to begin by taking you back to 1989. You made a stand as a Student Leader for freedom and for democracy. And looking back at it now, it has cost you your life as you knew it then in 1989. On a personal level, do you have any regrets . Well, i survived in a Great Movement and im proud to be part of it. But it ended up as a massacre. Regret can sometimes be an understat
With me, stephen sackur. Today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. Its a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. Wuerkaixi was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square Student Protest in beijing in 1989. He became one of the Chinese Governments most wanted men. He escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. And today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. Applause. Wuer kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. We could use more platforms like this to voice our ideas. Well, i want to talk to you all about your ideas. And i want to begin by taking you back to 1989. You made a stand as a Student Leader for freedom and for democracy. And looking back at it now, it has cost you your life as you knew it then in 1989. On a personal level, do you have any regrets . Well, i survived in a Great Movement and im proud to be part of it. But it ended up as a massacre. Regret can sometimes be an understat