And the british living in spain who fear a no deal brexit will leave them without vital healthcare. Ifi if i lose my health care, wouldnt it be easier tojust die . Hello, and welcome to world news today. Thereve been a series of arrests of prominent pro democracy activists and politicians in hong kong, in a sign the authorities are taking an increasingly tough line. They have banned more street protests, planned for saturday. Demonstrators first to the streets three months ago, demanding the authorities withdraw plans to allow people to be extradited to face trial in mainland china. Since then, huge numbers have joined the protests, also calling for free elections and for charges to be dropped against protesters. From hong kong, John Sudworth reports, and there are some flashing images from the start. Past the waiting press pack, two of the best known figures in hong kongs Pro Democracy Movement were swept into court. Hundreds have already been detained in the summer of furya as fears
that was the scene in kansas after resounding victory for abortion rights at the polls. kansans voted overwhelmingly to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution. not only was the result surprising in a state s conservative as kansas but, the margin wasn t even close. kansas voters rejected the anti-abortion measure by nearly 20 points and what s remarkable about the outcome is that kansas republicans did everything they possibly could to stack the deck in their favor. for starters, they scheduled the vote during a typically low turnout august primary instead of during the general election in november, because yesterday s primary focused mostly republican candidates running against each other and would presumably attract mostly republican voters. they made the language of the ballot measures so dense and confusing that the normal person would be hard-pressed to decipher at first glance what s a yes or a no vote even meant. republican groups even blasted out a barra
for starters, they scheduled the vote during a typically low turnout august primary instead of during the general election in november, because yesterday s primary focused mostly republican candidates running against each other and would presumably attract mostly republican voters. they made the language of the ballot measures so dense and confusing that the normal person would be hard-pressed to decipher at first glance what s a yes or a no vote even meant. republican groups even blasted out a barrage of misleading text messages to kansas voters the day before the vote that made it sound like voting yes would protect a woman s right to choose when in fact the opposite is true. but despite all those obstacles, voter turnout was massive, far from the usual trickle of voters for an august primary in a midterm here. turnout approached nearly presidential levels. and the votes to defeat the antiabortion measure didn t just come from the urban and suburban counties where most of
Supreme Court Justice thurgood marshal, Chadwick Boseman rose to fame playing american icons. He died on the day baseball celebrated one of them, Jackie Robinson who boseman embodied in his 2013 break out film 42. But it was his portrayal of african superhero in black panther that made Chadwick Boseman a household name. I knew it was an the opportunity to pull from real things, so if anybody believes, you know, that didnt have empire, didnt have art, didnt have science, you know, you see it in this movie. Reporter the actionpacked blockbuster got 1. 3 billion at the Box Office Worldwide becoming a cultural phenomenon and proving a predominantly black cast could draw audiences. In 2019 black panther became the first superhero never be nominated for best picture at the academy award. The film also won best ensemble cast at the sag awards. Boseman accepted the award on behalf of the cast speaking about the historic win and why it meant so much. You have equal if not more talent at times b
This is the headline. Terry mcauliffe winning. And the blue areas in Northern Virginia and along the tidewater, virginia area. The one name that was not on the ballot was Hillary Clinton. She had one public appearance and a number of fundraisers for Terry Mcauliffe. How much was this a repeat of the scenes if Hillary Clinton runs in 2016 . Uest he got a lot of republicans. He featured them a lot in television ads. That is an emphasis that he tried to make. That is something Hillary Clinton is considering. She wants to run the way obama did. Remember his famous speech in 2004 at the Democratic Convention when hes when he first sprang to attention on the national stage. America, andre one Hillary Clinton wants to run on that same kind of theme and in that sense, this was a road test for that. Is close to the clintons. He came to prominence as a hugely successful fundraiser for them. He is closely associated with both bill and hillary. The networks calling Terry Mcauliffe the winner. As h