People now have a fuller picture. And it confirms what i said last week, which is that this is a situation that escalated very quickly. Its a very violent situation, issues on both sides. The key now is that we allow the two investigations, the two parallel investigations to complete their work. So there is one investigation ongoing into a number of assaults. And that is a Police Investigation for people who are on police bail. And there is a second investigation into police conduct. So its really important now, you know, lots of people have had their say on this very complicated situation in recent days. We understand that. But its now important that we we go forward from here with those two investigations. So all of the right actions can be taken as a result. Its an absolutely fair point to allow the investigation to run its course. But people want answers. There are tensions as a result of this. When will we know . When will the investigation give us answers as to what happened . So
As we track the hurricane it is pummelling louisiana. It is a massive storm. Its a category 4. It made landfall just about an hour ago and port four shun with winds of about 150 miles per hour. As we give you sunning video this is from a Flight Right into The Eye of the storm earlier this morning. You hear about the Hurricane Hunters . This is what they see. The national Hurricane Center issuing an update. Nbcs Meteorologist Bill carans will brik break it down for us. We are in New Orleans as the Sewage And Water board reports power out ans at the Sewage Pump stations at this hour. Thats not the kind of news they want to have to deliver to the rents. Governor Gen John Bel Edwards will be holding a briefing in the next hour on the States Response to ida. Duly noted, this hurricane comes on a historic day, 16 years to the day after katrina devastated New Orleans in louisiana. Residents are being urged to stay indoors to Stay Safe. Stay inside. Do not venture out. No sightseeing. This is
From milwaukee ended up choosing the wrong house to take an impromptu nap. Hello, im Katty Kay in washington. David eades is in london. The Wealth Gap between Black And White Americans is shocking. On average, white families are a lot ricHer than black families. Joe biden wants to close that gap. In tulsa, oklahoma, he will announce new measures. Its the site of the deadliest Race Massacre in american history. A white mob Killed Hundreds Of Black residents, razed 35 City Blocks to the ground and wiped out thriving businesses. In a few minutes, President Biden will remember the victims of that massacre, and also unveil new efforts by his administration to combat the economic inequality that still exists today. The commitments include a 10 Billion Community Revitalisation Fund to target economically under served communities 15 Billion in competitive grants for neighbourhoods cut off from investment, and also to use the federal governments immense Purchasing Power to sign more Government
If youve just joined if youvejustjoined us, you are welcome and we are going to unpack what is being held as an historic agreement reached by Finance Ministers from the worlds richest countries, the g7. It aims to make multinational companies pay more tax. Companies like apple, amazon, starbucks. The ministers held a two Day Meeting in london over the weekend and agreed in principle to a global minimum corporate Tax Rate of 15 . They hope this will prevent countries undercutting Each Other the so called race to the bottom. The new rules will apply to leading global companies where they operate. Any company which makes a Profit Margin of at least 10 in a particular country will eligible to be taxed there. The agreement will be discussed in detail at a meeting of 620 Finance Ministers injuly in venice. Us Treasury Secretary Janet yellen believes the agreement will ensure a more level Playing Field. Double minimum tax but also help the global economy thrive by levelling the Playing Field
Weve seen body after body being brought in. Its hard for anyone to keep calm, but what workers have been telling me is the scale of deaths caused by Covid 19 in india is a lot higher than what official numbers reflect. Hello and welcome. So, its all over for another year. The 93rd academy Awards Ceremony has been held in Los Angeles, an event that was notable for its diversity. The Film Nomadland and its director, Chloe Zhao, won best movie, while british actor Daniel Kaluuya picked up the best supporting actor. South Koreas Youn Yuh Jung was named best supporting actress. As weve already mentioned, Anthony Hopkins got Best Actor for the father. Peter bowes has been following a thought from beginning to end and looking very dapper as well, i might say. So talk is through the night. It was quite a night, very unusual, with the oscars taking place at more than one venue. The main venue, the main Train Station in downtown Los Angeles customer all of that because of Covid I9 and the restri