Had something in common. We arent dead. At least yet. Because in New York City, not getting assaulted is akin to winning the lottery. Its a violent city right now. This morning i saw a rat with a black eye. [scattered laughter] its a funny image. Its not even a real joke, but hey. Murders spiked big time jumping from 319 in 2019 to 500 in 2020. We shy away from numbers around here because b6 hates math. But change that vowel to an e and thats another story. All right, okay. That jump, by the way, was the largest since National Record keeping began in 1960. That was the other mob finally stopped killing all the record keepers. So yes, we may not be number one anymore in math or science but check out how we kill each other. Where is our gold medal and that . We got to host the Olympic Games so we can add competitive drivebys as a new sport. But as the media quickly points out all the time, if you remove murder from the statistics, crime has dropped. Well, thats a relief so hey, honey, di
The hashtag, bbcyourquestions. A deal to support uk companies struggling with High Energy Bills the government is expected to announce details in the coming days. Finding a way forward for afghanistan the worlds Major Economies will hold talks to try and avert a crisis. The uk will set out demands for changes to the Northern Ireland protocol today, when Brexit Minister lord frost makes a speech in lisbon. Supermans creators announce that the superhero s son will reveal hes bisexual in the next edition of the comic. And coming up this hour. A room with a pew how camping in a church has become the latest unorthodox getaway trend. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. An inquiry by uk politicians has described the governments initial response to coronavirus in england as one of the worst failures of Public Health in the countrys history. The report mainly focuses on the response to the pandemic the study was carried out by two House Of Commons committees, both
The case. It looks like that is where things were headed after his lawyers submitted a court filing this week, saying the client couldnt find an Insurance Company to underwrite a bond for the massive penalty. Early yesterday morning, the former president appeared to undercut the claim in a post on his social media, through truth social that, quote, through hard work, talent and look, i currently have almost 500 million in cash, end quote then, hours after that post, shareholders of the Company Called Digital World Acquisition Corporation voted to merge with the trump media and technology group, which owns the Social Media Platform Truth social. The newly merged company will likely go public next week, a move that could result in a massive financial weight full of over 3 billion for the former president. Trump wont be able to take out any of that money in time to pay the penalty he owes new york , but it offers him a lifeline at a vulnerable time. Ill explain how in a minute. That merge
soon, we will see president biden fulfill perhaps his most solemn of duties as commander- in-chief, receiving troops who made the ultimate sacrifice to the country as they return home. he and the first lady will attend a dignified transfer of the bodies of three soldiers killed sunday by a drone attack in jordan. sergeant william rivers, sergeant kennedy sanders, and sergeant breonna moffitt. the plane transporting the fallen will land at dover air force base where, in a process of ritual and precision, they will be taken to the mortuary to prepare them for burial. the soldiers are the first u.s. troops killed by iranian-backed militias, who launched scores of attacks against american forces protesting the war in gaza. we should note that today, one militia groups that strikes against the united states would continue, but iran s president also stressed today that his country, quote, will not start any war. let s turn now to cnn s mj lee who s tracking this from the white hous
everybody, and martha maccallum and this is the story . breaking right now, in the white house says that a president biden does not back unilateral recognition of a palestinian state after a vow from a three of our allies that they will do exactly that. this is a huge development today, and one that benjamin netanyahu says rewards tear. so we will be covering that today terror. and a couple of other really big security stories that we are covering for you right now. also the white house defending president biden s latest round of enormous debt forgiveness for people who have student loans. canceling more than $7 billion more on top of the pride programs today, again as student debt. that brings the total to $167 billion, or almost 5 million bolivars. republicans of calls this move reckless, and that it makes taxpayers pick up the tab for others who have not paid their debts. here is the white house and back and forth, just moments ago, watch this. we have been very clear