face mask during a once in a generation pandemic is an historical. it s nothing like the holocaust. republican congresswoman liz cheney referred to greene s remarks as evil lunacy. let s go straight to cnn s donne o sullivan. this is about more than one congresswoman s remarks. despite major pushback the congresswoman is standing by what she said and there s very little coming from republican workers to defend her. take a lessen when she was asked to qualify. i stand by all of my statements. i did nothing wrong and i think an average jewish person didn t like what happened in nazionaly germany and an average person doesn t like what s happening with overbearing mask mandates and overbearing vaccine policies. reporter: so there you have greene who in 2018 shared a conspiracy theory online blaming jewish space lasers for wild fires in california and now seemingly speaking for what she calls rational jewish people. jake? donne, we should note this is not just a sentiment t
imprisonment of japanese americans. we will that s been my mission in life. george, thank you very much for joining us tonight. your perspective on this is invaluable. george takei. thank you very much. the 11th hour with brian williams starts right now. good evening once again. day 28 of the biden administration. the president is in the midst of his first trip outside the white house to move public support for his massive coronavirus relief bill. on this very same day, when his predecessor launched a vicious attack of the highest ranking republican elected official in our land. while there are glimmers of hope, we indeed remain in an uncontrolled pandemic. let s not forget. the folks at the covid tracking project show cases falling in friction states, even though the total number of cases is closing in on 28 million and we re nearing 490,000 deaths. we ll get to half a million in short order. tonight at a town haul in milwaukee, the president made a cautious predic
hello. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, is calling on world leaders to stop sitting on their hands and make a collective push to get a deal on limiting climate change over the line. time is running out for an agreement, as there are just 48 hours left on the clock before the cop26 climate change summit in glasgow ends. mrjohnson says that a deal is in sight, but that there s still much more work to be done. with more, here s our science editor, david shukman. can the world agree to slow down the release of the gases heating the planet? can it do what it takes to reduce the melting of the polar ice? and will this be enough to limit the rise of the sea? with the conference now entering its final days, delegates are trying to find common ground, and the uk as hosts has come up with a draft of a possible agreement. seven pages of text, welcomed as a first step by some but criticised by many. the words are almost meek and mild in many places, and the world is on fire. we ve se
a rebrand for facebook s parent company, after a series of damning revelations about the online giant. and after heavy rains, flood warnings for some in scotland, well into the weekend. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel there s a tasty tie to look forward to as england and northern ireland are drawn in the same group for next year s women s euros finals. good evening. researchers say millions of people are set to be financially worse off next year, despite wage increases and benefit changes announced in yesterday s budget. analysts from the independent body the institute for fiscal studies say inflation and higher taxes will cancel out small wage increases for average earners. and those who aren t in work could feel real pain , as the cost of living rises faster than benefit payments. with more, here s our economics editor, faisal islam. 1.50, raspberry or blueberry. in doncaster, south yorkshire, the market s busy, but what the chancellor calls his new ag
the last few minutes of the official result. the turkish electoral body so that they have counted 99.4% of the votes, which had given erdogan 52% 50 2.4% of the the votes, which had given erdogan 52% 50 2.4% of the vote. he needed more than 50%, more than half to remain in power in turkey. kilicdaroglu. when he spoke earlier, his words were received here on the streets of istanbul and by his supporters a. i would like to thank each and every member of our nation who has once again given us the responsibility of governing the country for the next five years. it was difficult for kilicdaroglu. he was really the antiestablishment character. the antique kilicdaroglu candidate. he formed a table of six, with all of these different parties led by the chp. they were seeking to unseat president erdogan. he made a speech before the result was officially confirmed. he did not concede the presidency, but talked about dark days ahead for turkey. my real sadness is for the difficulty