command in chief receive the bodies of the three killed in jordan. i m sandra smith here in new york. john: sad moment in american history. this is america reports . deadly attack happened last saturday in jordan and the u.s. has pinned it on iranian-backed proxies but yet to take any sort of action in response and critics say the delay may be giving the militia groups time to prepare for a strike and protect. sandra: rich edson is live at the white house as we await the transfer. do we know what the response will look like? we know it s coming and will have several layers but the specifics beyond that are very unclear, that s what senior officials are saying, an umbrella group of iran-backed militias in the regions killed the three. few other details about the strike. since mid october, attacked u.s. positions more than 160 times, mostly in iraq and syria. the u.s. struck the groups several times. lloyd austin says the pentagon has planned for a more substantial respo
further aggravating factor is your use of two weapons, a brick and a knife, which you took to the scene. in addressing the on the application of schedule 21 i m urged to find that not only is paragraph three not engage but neither is paragraph four and he argues that the knife that you carried was not one which was taken to the scene in the technical sense intended to be conveyed by paragraph four but i reject the submission and i am sure that you took a knife with you to the building and that you intended when you were there to commit an offence of sexual assault and or have the knife available as a weapon, it is not disputed that you used the weapon in committing the murder of nikki allan. paragraph counter is therefore engaged and this finding is overtaken by my earlier conclusion that this is a murder of particular seriousness but the fact that a knife was taken, even a penknife, and it was used, represents a significant aggravating factor which i must take into account.
so minimum term well in excess of 20 years would have been imposed 2010. lord bingham identified the killing of a child, evidence of sexual mistreatment before the killing and the use of a weapon or less factors, and all three were present in your case. all as factors. these factors would have increased the term substantially and increased the term substantially and in myjudgment to appoint at or beyond 20 years a point. the court would have to reflect on the further aggravating factors i have mentioned elsewhere and there were in reality no mitigating factors. although mr pitter mentioned your use at the time of your events, i reject that because you were 25. evenis reject that because you were 25. even is as he submits i must take
the eastern mediterranean and southeast asia saw a substantial decrease in both coronavirus deaths and infections. well, the washington, d.c., police force is under fire for its alleged mistreatment of black female officers. a group of current and former officers announced they are suing the department for $100 million. cnn s suzanne malveaux has our report. reporter: i spoke with several of those police officers involved in the class action lawsuit against their own department, and some are still on the force. they described feeling afraid, anxious, depressed, but also very much resolved to change what they describe as a toxic culture within the metropolitan police department here in washington, d.c. that is allegedly particularly abusive toward black female officers. the group of ten said they experienced racial and sexual mistreatment, a hostile work environment, bullying and retaliation. it offers what they call an
and also requesting from today european country that have profited for so many centuries from these caribbean nations that they, too, participate in the rebuilding of these nations. congresswoman, thank you very much for your time. much more to come on this for sure. i really appreciate it. now to a cnn exclusive. ten current and former black female officers are suing the d.c. metropolitan police. they say they experienced racial and sexual discrimination and retaliation when they raise the issue. let s get to cnn s joe johns. he s live with this official reporting. joe, what have you learned? reporter: a big headline there. a group of ten former black female metropolitan police officers filing a class action lawsuit today against the metropolitan police department for alleged racial and sexual mistreatment, a hostile work environment, bullying and retaliation. it offers what they call an