now reached its pinnacle. whether it s critical theory, critical race theory, critical gender theory, critical immigration theory, which comes under different names, the so-called green new deal movement which is a marxist attack, a degrowth movement exported to the united states, that s a war on your lifestyle, a war on your income, a war on your private property, a war on capitalism. it s true. it s here. it s now. i ve written a book called american marxism . i don t make any bones about it. we got to take the language back. we got to take the narrative back. we need to confront this. it s in our schools. it is in our immigration policies. it is in the executive orders issued by the president of the united states. it s in our corporations. it s in our media. some of these people are unwitting who are promoting it. some of them are surrogates who are useful or really useless idiots. that s why i have written american marxism . you can see it in congress. you can see it pl
one of the countries hit hardest by the pandemic, brazil, has recorded a total of more than half a million coronavirus deaths making it the second country, after the us, to pass that figure. 2000 300 people have died of covid in the past day alone. as the virus continues to spread, president bolsonaro has refused to back measures like social distancing. experts say the outbreak could worsen with slow vaccination rates and the beginning of winter. mark lobel reports. as covid deaths reach 500,000 here, the painful goodbyes continue. translation: the death rate has been much higher recently, despite all precautions. i lost members of my family. brazil s health minister tweeted the grim news of the 500,000 lives lost, saying that he is working tirelessly to vaccinate all brazilians in the shortest time possible and to change this scenario that has plagued brazil for over a year. but some blame the government for that, accusing them of initially letting the virus spread to bu
disturbing, let s be clear about that, they are really disturbing. we have two, as new yorkers, take this seriously, we need a full and independent investigation, i want to emphasize the word independent, this kind of behavior if it is true is unacceptable. harris: cuomo s accuser writing andrew cuomo abused his power as governor to sexually harass me just as he had done with so many other women and that he created a culture within his administration where sexual harassment and bullying is so pervasive that it is not only condoned, it s expected. cuomo s office denies the allegations and says they never happen, meanwhile republicans on the house oversight committee are urging democrat chair carolyn maloney of new york to subpoena cuomo to testify on allegations his office covered up on the nursing home death toll, the other scandal rocking right now against this governor, this comes after cuomo s directive to send covid patience to those facilities after hospital stays.
breaking tonight we are getting the first reaction from donald trump after he spent the they watching the impeachment trial from inside his private quarters at mara largo in florida and he is not happy with his defense team. white house correspondent kevin cork starts us off with breaking news from the former president himself. reporter: two sources describe him as being, quote, furious and beyond angry with his impeachment defense team, especially upset attorney bruce castor, rambling opening arguments, the president spending the day watching the trial from inside his private quarters, mara largo, no golf, the same problem tomorrow. at a time when he could opt to reduce the political temperature in the country mister biden opting to not weigh in, despite what critics have called hypocrisy on the left and deafening silence from the white house. joe biden is the present, not a pundit. reporter: and won t weigh in, that is how the white house sees mister biden s take on t
it took more than 300 people to rescue him we hear from the man trapped in a welsh cave for sa hours. kind of feeling that, you know, one second i was caving, the next minute the world went mad, and then it all went black. heating bills for thousands of families in rural areas are soaring because they rely on oil, which isn t covered by the energy price cap. and coming up on the bbc news channel: watford look set to appoint 74 year old former crystal palace boss roy hodgson after the club sacked claudio ranieri yesterday. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the metropolitan police is investigating multiple events at downing street and across government, to see if breaches of covid restrictions took place. up until now the met has taken no action, and has been criticised by some because of that. the commisioner of britain s biggest force, cressida dick, confirmed this morning that her officers are now looking into potential rule breaking as a result of informa