officer derek chauvin in the killing of george floyd and a tale of two presidents, joe biden moving ahead with his second big legislative action while donald trump uses a return to the spotlight to tee off not on joe biden, but on his fellow republicans. and voting rights under attack across this country, a reality check on where the threat is the worst. but we want to start with that disturbing body cam video of an army lieutenant traffic stop in windsor have a. vonn hillyard is covering the story for us. thanks for joining us on this. i have to say the video is disturbing to watch. what do we know about what led to the release of this video and the lead up to that confrontation? yeah. yasmin, good afternoon. this took place west of norfolk, virginia here, and it was on december 5th. several months ago now. but this video footage is now just coming to us here after a lawsuit was filed by this ari melber army lieutenant against two officers of the police department who at
and we report on a diamond mining project in india which activists say will ruin the environment and displace thousands of people. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 9:00 in the morning in singapore, 1:00 in london and 4:00 in baghdad where the iraqi prime minister, mustafa al kadhimi, has appealed for calm, after surviving a drone attack on his home in the high security green zone of the city. the us president, joe biden, has instructed his national security team to help investigate. it s not yet known who carried out the attack, which came after violent clashes in baghdad between the security forces and supporters of pro iranian political groups. our middle east correspondent, anna foster, has this report. a strike at the heart of the iraqi government. two drones were shot down, but a third made contact, exploding at the prime minister s official residence. mr al kadhimi escaped unharmed, but six of his personal bodyguards were injured.
if we don t get serious of coal, the world s the dirtiest fossil fuel, about climate today it will be have jumped in 2021, too late for our children and deforestation continues to increase, despite promises from the government to reduce it. to do so tomorrow. so, from ending coal well, welcome to you all. mining and oil drilling, applause. to cutting air travel and keeping rich countries to their now delayed commitment to poorer ones, our panel will be put through their environmental paces. so let s meet them. kwasi kwarteng is the united kingdom secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy. so, let s go to our first the uk government are hosting question from the banks of the mississippi in missouri. the cop conference and say your question please? young people have every right to be angry on the lack my question is, what are the plans for effective of action on climate change. international cooperation when neither president xi jinping oeradimir putin t
understand the nature of the offenses charged. today, jenna ellis, one of the lawyers spreading election lies on donald trump s behalf, also pleaded not guilty and waved her right to appear at her arraignment. donald trump is also now trying to sever his case from the two co defendants who have requested a speedy trial. ken chesebro, one of the architects of the fake electors scheme, as a trial date scheduled for october 23rd. sydney powell powell also requested a speedy trial, but that date has not been set. this comes after fani willis asked the judge to advise those defendants demanding a speedy trial of the limitations on the discovery process writing, quote, by filing a statutory speedy trial demand, the defendants elected to proceed to trial without the benefit of the type of prior notice of the states discovery and similar transaction evidence that would have otherwise been afforded to them. similarly, that decision also cost the defendants the use of any evidence not
news. thanks for staying up late with me. they ll be no 11th hour tomorrow, so i will see you next week. have a safe and happy holiday weekend. be good. be good. donald trump pleaded not guilty to felony charges for the fourth time in less than five months. trump entered a plea of not guilty to 13 charges against him in the georgia case over his alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss. the former president chose not to appear in court to make that plea, waving its right to an arraignment. trump s lawyers also asked the court to officially separate his trial from several of his codefendants in that case, who had requested his trials beast beta. the trump legal team offered a familiar argument about not having enough time to prepare for a trial in the near future. today, we also got our first look at the full transcript of the former trump chief of staff, mark meadows. after he took the stand for nearly [interpreter] four hours earlier this week. that transcript inc