through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe. with the brother of george floyd and the mother of breonna taylor in attendance, tyre nichols, yet another young, black life snuffed out by the brutality of police is mourned in memphis. and later, congresswoman omar joins me as republicans continue their revenge tour. plotting to deny her a seat on the foreign affairs committee. we begin tonight on the first day of black history month, while it s still legal, presumably even in florida. in memphis, tyre nichols was eulogized today by reverend al sharpton, vice president kamala harris, ben crump, and tyree s family in an emotional and powerful ceremony in the city that was once the site of the final speech of reverend dr. martin luther king jr. on the night before his assassination in april, 1968. looking at the balcony where martin luther king shed his blood, for city workers, for black city workers, to be able
tank standoff. who will blink first over sending crucial fire power to ukraine. former ambassador nikki haley says it s time for a new generation to lead. guess who she has in mind for 2024? good morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. president biden saying he has no regrets over the way the white house handled the discovery of classified documents at his private think tank office and delaware home. as we found we found a handful of documents were failed were filed in the wrong place. we immediately turned them over to the archives and the justice department. we re fully cooperating, looking forward to getting this resolved quickly. the president s first remarks in a week on the classified document discovery. cnn s jasmine wright live in washington this friday morning for us. jasmine, mr. biden spent about 30 seconds addressing the documents, the very end of the comments on storm re
title 42 in place until spring. but the crisis is still far from over with migrants desperate to get into the country after spending every penny they have in risking their lives to be here. todd: fluke lucas tomlinson with brand-new video showing the absolute chaos at the border, l. good morning todd and ashley. let s get to the exclusive videotape by whom allusion shows a texas rancher 50 miles from the border with fox in a group f men whose owner say illegal immigrants to break into her house. the border officers unable to apprehend the suspects and tells fox tried to kick down the door as you see here break down the of wood but unsuccessful the owner said due to thousands of dollars to recent security upgrades. the attorney general showed this video obtained by the office. over the summer we had 150,000 folks come in that were issued a piece of paper and said, go find somebody nice. that was pretty much it. so this isn t something that you guys asked for. i can assur
i m at the home and studio of one of sri lanka s most influential artists and activists, jagath weerasinghe. can sri lankans put behind them their bloody past and forge a new and united future? jagath weerasinghe, welcome to hardtalk. i m happy to be here. sitting here in your home, which is also your studio, i wonder how far you ve been influenced as both an artist and an archaeologist by sri lanka s past? i m totally influenced by that. i m totally, yes. everything i do has something to do with the past of sri lanka and the idea of the past, that we keep performing in the present. yeah. but it s notjust sri lanka s past, it s a particularly bloody past that you choose to focus on. why? that is what i call the history of the present. you know, we have a long history coming from, like, fifth century bc, and, you know, there s this great history of sri lanka or south asia. but the 20th century history is i call the history of the present, which is.defines myself and my art and
have been killed. a metre of fresh snow has fallen, and many areas remain under threat of flooding. president biden has declared a state of emergency, freeing federal aid for the state. those are our top story this hour. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zainab badawi. i m just outside colombo, the capital of sri lanka. this beautiful island nation has been plunged into its worst economic crisis for more than 70 years. it led to widespread protests and forced the resignation of the president last year. and all this after a long running civil war in which around 100,000 died. i m at the home and studio of one of sri lanka s most influential artists and activists, jagath weerasinghe. can sri lankans put behind them their bloody past and forge a new and united future? jagath weerasinghe, welcome to hardtalk. i m happy to be here. sitting here in your home, which is also your studio, i wonder how far you ve been influenced as both an artist an