First state of the union address. Plus, guilty of corruption. The former head of world athletics is sentenced to two years in prison following a doping scandal. His lawyers say the court has made him escape vote. And how to keep her lens party scene going during the pandemic berlins party scene going during the pandemic. One businessman thinks he may have found the answer. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers watching on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. We start here in germany, where police have launched raids against some of their own colleagues. Officers suspected of trading neonazi imagery and online chat rooms. 29 Police Officers have been suspended and 11 are now under criminal investigation. Images shared include pictures of adolf hitler and nazi symbols, such as swastikas. This is not the first time germanys Security Forces have been at the center of a scandal involving farright extremism. A disgrace and a slap in the face for germanys police forces. T
And darkest hour feels like his finest moment. The best actress category is going to be really competitive. So, who will win . Sally hawkins, for the shape of water . Or Frances Mcdormand, for three billboards outside ebbing, missouri . Maybe margot robbie, for i, tonya. Or saoirse ronan, for lady bird. Or even perhaps meryl streep, for the post. The position that would put me in. Again, thats a really great list. Are you going to say were going to get another british win sally hawkins, in the shape of water, or maybe meryl streep . No way. This year, its all about Frances Mcdormand in three billboards outside ebbing, missouri. One of the great dramatic performances of the year. Lets start up a database. Every baby that was born, stick em on it. I suspect shes right. Well find out on the 4th of march, when the oscars are awarded, and possibly make history. You just come back . If Rachel Morrison wins for her filming work on mudbound, and becomes the first woman ever to win the cinemato
Side of the road, another aviation scare. Planes have been stopped flying into the san diego airport. Police say a gunman is on the loose there and could be shooting high, and dont try putting the brakes on volkswagens dirty diesel scandal. The automaker now recalling thousands of vehicles in the u. S. Over, you guessed it, break problems. Brent i am brent goff. London says it has reason to suspect that a bomb may have caused the crash at a of a Russian Airliner last weekend. All 224 people on board died when the airbus went down about 20 minutes after taking off from Sharm El Sheikh. The military has been struggling to control extremist groups in the sparsely populated area. Of course, that is the sinai peninsula. The Egyptian Group linked to the Islamic State has claimed responsibility more than once, and this claim has been disputed. Well, British Aviation experts are on their way to Sharm El Sheikh to assess Airport Security there. The u. K. Transport secretary has just given a sta
He was once one of the most powerful men in world sport. But now lamine diack, the former head of the world athletics governing body, has been sentenced to four years in prison, two of them suspended. He was convicted of taking bribes from athletes to cover up positive drugs tests, and of delaying anti doping procedures against russian athletes, thus allowing them to compete in the 2012 olympics. Diacks laywers said they will appeal against the conviction. Translation we have just heard the verdict and we are telling you straightaway that diacks defence team will appeal that decision. This decision is unfairand inhumane. Unfair because we see that the judges have tried to be politically correct and have wanted to use mr diack as a scapegoat. Many have welcomed the decision, including athletes that lost out to people who used performance enhancing drugs. Translation you cant see the smile on my face with the mask im wearing but im very happy to have been recognised as a victim of the co
The government has announced a climb down. And some celebrities are boycotting facebook and instagram for 2h hours. They want more action on hate speech. A french court has ruled that lamine diack, the man who ran world athletics for 16 years, is corrupt. Hes been given a four year prison sentence. Here he is entering court today in paris. And he was found guilty of accepting bribes from russian athletes who were suspected of doping. He took money to help cover up positive test results, allowing the athletes to keep competing. And this the guy in charge of the whole sport, remember. Iam not i am not shocked it came down to this after a long time of going back and forth on what looks to be obvious, if indeed there was money that was asked from the athletes to be paid for a cover up, and in terms of the time that sports in general is struggling with the issue that is doping. Lamine diack says he will appeal. Hes admitted to covering up doping but insists he was doing it to protect the im