Pavement and offIcer can sat on mr Floyds Waste Area and he pulled hIs feet down. You can even see Mr Floyd tryIng to put hIs feet up. Everybody knows that fear when you all of a sudden realIsed youre havIng trouble breathIng. If Inmates. We want to survIve. We know we have to breathe. As an automatIc reactIon when you begIn to feel lIke that Is threatened. And you can see Mr Floyd goIng through that. He trIes to pull hIs feet up. But he Is held down by the three offIcers whIle OffIcer Tyler Is lookIng out and goes to keep the people who want to help her way. He Is placed facedown on the pavement so harshly that It rubs the skIn of hIs face. He had InjurIes to hIs face from beIng facedown on theIr pavement. He had InjurIes to hIs knuckles from tryIng to lIft hImself up. And he Is tellIng OffIcer Derek ChavIn that he cant breathe. I am dyIng. And Derek ChavIns response was yes. And all thIs tIme can you ImagIne what George Floyd Is goIng through. Really try to apprecIate what he Is goIn
months of work in congress to deliver a desperately needed $900 billion coronavirus relief bill, calling for $2,000 per-person direct payment checks. more than three times what was agreed to in the bill. this, of course, after he sat out negotiations on the bill, and declined to make his demand throughout the months that the aid was being negotiated. it is worth pointing out the bill he s blowing up was so universally embraced by both houses of congress that it passed with an overwhelming veto-proof margin. the washington post reports on the consequences of trump s 11th hour standoff with the legislative branch, quote, the video landed like a sonic boom in washington. his own aides were stunned. congressional aides were stunned. stock market futures quickly slumped on the prospect that the economic aid could be in doubt. and the implications for what happens next could be severe. if he refuses to sign the bill, the government will shut down on december 29th. the $900 billio
let us go back to the beginning, to november 197a. give me the context for this ira attack on two targets in birmingham. what was going on at the time? well, the ira had brought, as they would see it, the campaign to the british mainland, and they were planting bombs in many parts of britain at the time. when you say the campaign, it was their military campaign to get british forces, the british army, out of northern ireland. the army, of course, being there because of strife between the nationalist and unionist communities in northern ireland, which really kicked off in the late 60s. yes, that s right. the pub bombings were the culmination of a series of about 50 bombings in and around the west midlands, all done by the same group of people and always targeted against property rather than individuals. and in this case, the targets were not the pubs or the people in them. the targets were the tax office in new street, which was above one of the pubs, the tavern in the town,
in birmingham in the english midlands. bombs, of course, planted by the ira. you ve been intimately involved in the case for many, many years, and, in fact, your book on the case has just been republished. does that indicate that you believe that case and its fallout still has enormous resonance in the uk? well, the ripples still spread outwards, even after all these years. two years ago, the west midlands police took me to the old bailey in an attempt to force me to disclose sources in this case. happily, the judge threw the case out, so i don t suppose we ll be hearing about that again. the case did lead to some significant changes to the british criminal justice system, and some of them have made things better. but we still have problems. we want to talk a great deal about that and changes which indeed were very necessary as was exposed by this case. let us go back to the beginning, to november 197a. give me the context for this ira attack on two targets in birmingham. wha
in the english midlands. bombs, of course, planted by the ira. you ve been intimately involved in the case for many, many years, and, in fact, your book on the case has just been republished. does that indicate that you believe that case and its fallout still has enormous resonance in the uk? well, the ripples still spread outwards, even after all these years. two years ago, the west midlands police took me to the old bailey in an attempt to force me to disclose sources in this case. happily, thejudge threw the case out, so i don t suppose we ll be hearing about that again. the case did lead to some significant changes to the british criminaljustice system, and some of them have made things better. but we still have problems. we want to talk a great deal about that and changes which indeed were very necessary as was exposed by this case. let us go back to the beginning, to november 197a. give me the context for this ira attack on two targets in birmingham. what was going on a