Have. Welcome to how it really happened. Im hill harper. George michael musical singer songwriter charitable superstar but haunted by demons. He had the voice of a maestro, but the darkness of regret which turned him into a tabloid target. All alone on christmas home George Michael went to sleep and never woke up. This is how it really happened. You know that song, Last Christmas. Its one of George Michaels famous songs of all time. He loved christmas so much. It was his favorite day of the year and the saddest part of everything is he died on christmas. George and his boyfriend began spending a lot of time at his country house, which is halfway between london and oxford. Its a gorgeous area, very traditional, and it being christmas time there was this huge parade past his home, and everyone is Carrying Torches so its very spectacular. One moment im looking out the window and its a very sad ghostly image caught his face behind the glass sort of looking at a world but detached from it.
our main story: the foreign secretary, david cameron, has said the uk had no choice but to take military action against houthi targets in yemen following weeks of attacks on vessels in the red sea. the uk and the us launched dozens of strikes on thursday night after houthi fighters had caused major disruption along the shipping route. simonjones reports. they are af typhoon jets called into action on thursday to strike targets in yemen. action the foreign secretary argues that the uk had to take stock writing in the sunday telegraph, lord cameron says. and this is what the houthi militia have been doing, targeting ships off the coast of yemen. sometimes boarding them, other vessels have been attacked with drones and missiles. what the group shows although to support. today marks the 100th day of the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. yemen has a key strategic position in the middle east, especially when it comes to global shipping. the red sea shipping route typi
i don t think anyone is counting hours anymore. brian williams used to call it tonnage. there you have it. thanks to nicolle. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. amidst this unprecedented news week, which is why there are so many hours being slotted around, let me start with a quick question is there anything more to learn or say about the federal case against defendant donald trump? our team of journalists on the beat says the answer tonight is yes. we have been working on something special, a new road map gleaned from jack smith s case, which we now can see for the first time against donald trump. so later tonight we re actually going to show thank you time line from the first clues about the missing documents to trump s historic arrest, that whole road. it is new legal reporting and i can tell you you ll only see it here. that s coming up on this edition of the beat. our top story right now stems from the rapid developments on the defense and legal side of don
coming up next, all the best and worst moments of 2022, a cnn special report all the best, special report all the best, all the worst starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com buckle up, strap in, and brace yourself. this year brought more twists and turns, in and outs, and ups and downs than anyone could have predicted. big news, politics, movies, music, sports, and more. we re going through it all with our guest comedian and actress helen hog, deonte stallworth, john berman, s.e. cupp, and gina they re all on board for the best ride ever, all the best, all the worst: 2022. welcome. i m tom forman. and depending on who you are and where you were and what you believe, this year may have been pretty good or really bad or somewhere in the murky middle. many of us started with high hopes, but the troubles of recent years are fading oh so slowly. and that was clear in all sorts of huge news events that rocked our world. let s start with the biggest, baddest, wors
List case for a summer election, the economic numbers look better, although people dont necessarily feel better. The rwanda law has been passed but hasnt yet been tested. Autumn and Winter Campaigns are grim. Summer, you might. Ha ha, more of that later. Get the sun shining. Its a big football tournament. People might be a bit happier, but also crucially, more and more tory mp have been standing down and i think the tory party has become harder and harder and harder to govern. Been saying for some time, My Working Assumption is the General Election will be in the second half of this year. The 4th ofjuly is just in the second half of this year, so hes consistent with what he said, just. He is, although i have to say, as i said at the weekend, theres going to be a lot about this in different parts of the country. Its the School Holidays in then in scotland and in Northern Ireland as well. And i think if youre a scottish conservative, and i think if youre a scottish conservative, youd be