spanish league. this is the player, brazilian international, viniciusjunior, who reported what he said was racist abuse while playing for real madrid against valencia on sunday. the game was paused, before continuing. after the match, vinicius, who has been the target of racist abuse several times during this season, said that the spanish top division, la liga, belongs to racists. la liga s president responded by saying that the player had twice not attended meetings to discuss what the organisation could do saying. that comment led to criticism and an outpouring of support in brazilfor vinicius, including this moment, when the lights illuminating rio s statue of christ the redeemer were switched off as a gesture of support. brazil s government has requested urgent meetings with officials in madrid over the matter. well the episode has reverberated in football around the world. here s former england international micah richards speaking about it on the bbc a little earlie
a very warm welcome to the programme. i m sally bundock. we start here in the uk. allies of the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, have condemned the cabinet office for releasing details about possible covid lockdown breaches to scotland yard and thames valley police. lawyers preparing the government s case ahead of the public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic have sent the police information about meetings held at downing street and the prime minister s country retreat, chequers. the allegations have come to light during preparations for the covid public investigation. mrjohnson has replied to the allegations in a statement. his team says. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more details. there is no investigation. what has happened here is that the lawyer through borisjohnson lawyer through boris johnson cosmic ministerial diary from the time of the pandemic in the process of preparing evidence for a forthcoming public enquiry which will examine th
writer strike backlash. also tonight, biden troubles. cbs news polling reveals how voters are feeling about the president s economic agenda, age and performance. murder charges. two people arrested after a suspected fentanyl poisoning that killed one toddler and sickened three children at a new york city day care. in ukraine, new fighting amid a race for battlefield crews. a month or so in the fight against russia and they have made an important breakthrough. and the co-founder of rolling stone magazine after a controversial comment. and later, a 49ers hall of famer gets back in the game. why steve young is coaching this high school team. this is the cbs weekend news from new york. good evening. thank you for joining us. right now thousands are on the puckett lines at three factories in michigan, missouri and ohio. that could slam the brakes on the economy. the labor department reports the u.s. loss more than 4 million days of work due to strikes and lockouts la
picket line, shaq brewster, where are we at this hour? what are you hearing from folks there? we just actually heard from the uaw representative on the uaw that says they confirm conversations with ford have been going on, and conversations with gm have been going on. what we ve been looking over the past day. they re at least talking. we know conversations are happening at this point, after we have entered day three of the strike. we do also know in terms of conversations and communication between uaw and stellantis, they ve been talking a lot through the media. a lot of statements back and forth about the terms and offers that have been out there. let s just reset things a little bit right now. we know there uaw is asking for significant wage increase. we re talking about 40% increase over the course of four years. they want cost of living adjustments, better work life balance, also asking for pensions. those are among the demands that they are making. we know some of the
it is eight in the morning in singapore and two a.m. in paris. where exit polls from the first round of france s parliamentary elections, suggest the far right have made historic gains. turnout was the highest, for 40 years. marine le pen s hard right national rally party came top, with more than a third of the vote, followed by a surge in support for the left wing coalition, with around 28% of the vote. president macron s gamble to hold the snap election, saw his centre right alliance of parties relegated to third place. a final result won t be known for another week, with a second round of voting for the national assembly s 577 seats, next sunday. andrew harding, has the latest from paris. a kiss for marine le pen this morning. a politician once considered too extreme for most french voters, today her national rally is on a role. and with her her 28 protege who was hoping to be france s next prime minister. results show their party on the left has worn over a third of all v