gilda hakim. a federaljudge in the united states has sentenced the founder of the far right militant oath keepers, stewart rhodes, to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the storming of the us capitol on january the 6th, 2021. with the latest, here s our north america correspondentjessica parker. he was convicted at the back of last year, and now we ve learned that a federaljudge has sentenced him to 18 years in prison. prosecutors had actually sought a longer sentence of 25 years, but 18 years is what he s been given. in court, we understand he was pretty defiant, saying that he was a political prisoner something that the judge really wasn t having anything of, basically suggesting he still presented a peril to the country. in terms of what happened during the course of the trial, he wasn t the only member of the oath keepers who was on trial, and we expect some further sentencing over the coming days but he is the leader of this far r
hello, i m sally bundock welcome to the programme. the world of music has been paying tribute to the pop legend tina turner, who s died at the age of 83. she rose to fame with her then husband ike turner in the 1960s, with songs such as river deep, mountain high and nutbush city limits before launching a solo career, with hits including private dancer, what s love got to do with it. tina turner sold more than 180 million albums worldwide and won eight grammy awards over her long career. she ll be remembered for the boundless energy she brought to her performances and that unmistakable voice as our entertainment correspondent, david sillito reports. # when you were a young boy # did you have a puppy # that always followed you around. # 1966 river deep, mountain high. in yourface, hip shaking, sweat drenched, passionate pop perfection. # and do i love you # my, oh, my # river deep, mountain high.# however, in america, the song was a flop. it would be another 17 years
just minutes from now, ohio s school shooting suspect, t.j. lane, will be in court, and we now know just in the last hour we have found out that the weapon used in the shooting was a ..22 caliber handgun, and authorities said he told authorities he stole the gun from his uncle. more on that in a moment. witnesses say teenager t.j. lane has shot five people in the chardon high school cafeteria. this was monday right around 7:30 a.m. students daniel parmentor, russell king and demetriu demetrius hewling were killed. two other kids are still in the hospital. we don t know where the shooter is. there is a four one down in room 200. i want to bring in ted rowlands. he s just outside that courthouse and will be seeing this young man appear in less than half an hour. tell me, do we know specifically what the purpose of today s court appearance is? i m sorry, brooke, i think you asked about the hearing coming up, and that is expected to be very short. the purpose of the hearing
juvenile court. that is happening this afternoon. ohio s attorney general says he thinks it is likely that the suspect is going to be tried as an adult. a lawyer for his family says the young man is distraught, remorseful. but a student who was grazed by a bullet says the shooter didn t look like that way during the attack. his face was expressionless. it looked like he was on a mission and he knew that he was about to do it. we re going to go straight to a police news press conference happening in ohio. let s bring that to you live. it is starting right now. it s just touched a lot of people. a lot of families. i happen to be a graduate of chardon high school. i met my wife here. most eerie feeling in the world was walking down the halls yesterday, running down them in response to the incident we had. the law enforcement were well prepared, well planned, and executed. they carried out the plan. now we move to another important phase. and while the investigation continu