good afternoon. a british pensioner who killed his seriously ill wife in cyprus has walked free from court. david hunter was found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife janice at their home. mr hunter had told the court that she had begged him to end her life because she was in so much pain. he was sentenced to two years in prison, but was released because he s already spent most of that time in custody. from cyprus, fiona trott. stunned. this is the moment the retired miner never dared to imagine. i can t describe it. i m sorry, i wish i could, i wish i could find words to describe it, but i can t. when you re under pressure for two year, wondering which way it s going to go, you don t know what to think. i would like to say thank you to all the people who have donated to me, especially my mates, my workmates. i didn t know where i would be without them. i hope i m feeling the same as my family when i m talking about that. i m talking about all my lads. we re all a family.
in tonight with its opposition to gop calls for stronger work requirements to be included in o anpposity budget agreement thatd be paired with a debt ceilingde increasebt cei. the issu now, the issue of a work requirement has actually emerged as one of the biggest remaining hurdles for reaching an agreement between negotiators for the white house and houseite ho republicans. rhere is a top gop negotiatous who s weighing in on thisighi tonight. that s louisiana congressman garret graveng in on thi s loui he said tonight his party will not drop their demand for tougher work requirements as part of a final agreement. now, democrats have converselypi argued that, listen, social benefit programs already have s as work requirements in place,n plc adding that to them. this is ale.l an necessary. meanwhile, as you pointed out, the president and his top advisers were over at camp david this weekend working perhap s as is june 5th. deadline quickly approaches. jason , we re all going t