Good afternoon, i am Alex Whitney we will go to the B Weekend with Ari Melber first, we want to get update on the developing news in the Middle East upon the death of Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah and a second senior position in hezbollah. This happened in israeli strike on an Apartment Complex in a beirut. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu releasing a new statement just this afternoon taking credit for ordering the assassination sang, quote, nasrallah was not a terrorist. He was the terrorist. According to lebanese Health Ministry at least 11 people were killed and 108 injured in the attack protesters took to the streets of tehran as the Supreme Leader declared five days of mourning, urging his people to stand with hezbollah. Officials claim a general was also killed on friday adding they expect to soon deployed troops to lebanon. President biden calling to enhance the u. S. Military Defense Posture in the area to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional
Our reporter ben king has the details. When drinkers gather at londons King Charles Pub this evening, there will be a new tax regime in place. Changes announced in March Come Into Effect today taxing stronger drinks more and weaker drinks less. At the same time, Alcohol Duties rise with inflation up by io. I . The result a complex series of changes. 12 sparkling wine will be i9p cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. A can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be 5p cheaper. But a bottle of 12 still wine will rise 44p. A bottle of vodka up 76p and a bottle of 20 port up £1. 30. So among drinkers, there will be some winners and losers. But the wine and spirits industry, which sees many of its products hit with higher taxes, says customers will see higher prices and less choice. We have the biggest duty increase in almost 50 years at the same time as we have inflation rife and a cost of living crisis. On top of that, we have Raw Materials like glass that are increasing in price expon
the fact that russia is saying now it will not go along anymore with any inspections on a full withdrawal, but the significance of that and the fact that antony blinken the secretary of state said it is deeply unfortunate in any event and irresponsible said the u.s. will talk to russia about this at any point regardless of what is happening on the world stage with russia and ukraine. that is how critical the u.s. believes this is. absolutely critical. look, the only way that the nuclear threat is going to cool down in any way is if you look at past history where the united states and formerly the soviet union agreed to have their salt talks, to have the start talks, and then to continue with the new start talks that we see right now. that competition has been in place for over four to five decades and it must be addressed. look, one nuclear weapon alone is sufficient to give us all concern, right? what we re talking about is russia has in excess of 5,000 nuclear weapons. th
democracy itself is on the ballot. plus on the trail, former president trump stumping across several states in the final days of the race, hitting ohio, florida, pennsylvania and iowa. we ll take you there. a cnn exclusive. new 911 audio in a uvalde student trapped inside the classroom as the gunman continued his rampage in the school. what her parents want us all to hear now. let s begin this morning with president biden s stark warning. cnn white house correspondent m.j. lee is on the north lawn. m.j., walk us through president biden s closing election. five days before the midterms he had some very harrowing words. reporter: yes, jim. president biden saying he thinks we re at a generational inflection point, that what we re confronting right now is so much bigger than politics. he said this is not about me, not even about the last election or the upcoming midterm elections. he said this is all about the future of our country. he began his remarks notably by talking a
preserved ever since the gunman killed 14 students and 3 adults on valentine s day 2018. and in texas, we re on verdict watch. jurors are now deliberating in the defamation trial against conspiracy theorist alex jones. they re deciding how much money he should pay to the parents of a 6-year-old sandy hook victim for repeatedly pushing derange conspiracies that the murder of 20 first graders and six adults did not happen. the judge in the case denied jones s request for a mistrial after it was revealed his lawyer accidentally sent two years of cell phone records and text messages to the parents legal team. the parents lawyer says multiple law enforcement groups are now seeking those texts, including the january 6th committee. request from various federal agencies and law enforcement to provide that. absent a ruling from you saying you cannot do that, i intend to do so immediately following this. i believe there is absolutely nothing, nothing that he has done to fulfill h