and racist comments. more on that story just ahead. also, it is a critical week on capitol hill. house speaker nancy pelosi really trying to rally her caucus around president biden s agenda. ahead of a key vote in the house today. in a new letter pelosi telling democrats that difficult decisions will be required soon. what does that mean? we ll take a closer look. and the texas governor taking a dramatic step in the battle over vaccines. governor greg abbott issuing an executive order which bans any entity including private businesses from enforcing a vaccine mandate on workers. that marks a significant reversal from abbott s previous policy, giving private businesses the choice to mandate vaccines. so is it legal? joining us now, cnn anchor of early start laura jarrett, an attorney. this new order, when we look at it, this covers any employer in the state of texas. there are large companies as we know based in texas. american, southwest airlines, headquartered in the state
across the finish line? and we are following breaking news of the coast of southern california. a major oil spill has prompted the closure of several beaches, and is being described as a potential ecological disaster. and just days before the start of the supreme court, hearing that could decide the future of roe v. wade, protesters filled the streets nationwide with a resounding message to conservative judges and lawmakers. we have to fight, just to show why elections matter. legislators are going to pass these draconian laws, then we need to change the lawmakers. how dare they? how dare they do that to their women, and to do this without a real vote? teachers unions sounding the alarms over possible staffing shortages come tomorrow as vaccine mandates go into effect in the nation s largest school district. and tom brady, chasing the nfl history that he has always wanted, as he looks to beat his former team in his first game back at foxborough, later on tonight.
american football legend tom brady has announced his retirement for the second time in a year. life of our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man, who died after being beaten by police, has taken place. the us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, tennessee. following tyre nichols death, five officers, all of them black, were charged with second degree murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was overlaid with anger, as mourners celebrating the life of tyre nichols also railed against the injustice of his death. i can t speak for everybody in memphis, i can t speak for everybody gathering, but for me, i believe that if that man h
it. george floyd. as many as half a million workers go on strike, across the uk, the biggest day of industrial action, in over a decade. the funeral of the controversial australian cardinal george pell begins in sydney shortly. the fbi search president biden s home in delaware as part of their investigation into his handling of classified documents. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the us, where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police, has taken place. the us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, tennessee. following tyre nichols s death, five officers, all of them black, were charged with murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was over
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