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pass, i have three words, welcome to florida. it is time for the last word with my friend lawrence odonnell. a rare treat to hand it over to you. i will show the audience something that happened in the senate today i have never seen before, the senate chaplain that begins every day with a prayer, the senate chaplain gave up today. on thoughts and prayers. the chaplain said thoughts and prayers are not enough after the mass murder we saw in nashville yesterday. it was quite a challeng...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the hollywood star alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. she was killed on a film set when mr baldwin fired a prop gun. the actor had been rehearsing a scene for the western film rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near sante fe, new mexico. hannah gutierrez—reed, the films armourer, has also been charged. our west coast corr...

three aid organisations have suspended their activities in afghanistan in response to a ban on women working for humanitarian agencies. king charles has used his first christmas message to reflect on the cost—of—living crisis. he spoke of the "great anxiety and hardship" for those struggling to "pay their bills and keep theirfamilies fed and warm". the king also paid tribute to his mother, queen elizabeth, who is buried in st georges chapel — from where the king delivered his spe...

thousands of royal mail workers in the uk stage a second day of strike action in a row over pay, disrupting deliveries of packages and letters. a new study shows the impact of climate change on the shrinking glaciers of switzerland. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk, or around the world. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war. he was one of the most influential poli...

Grants from an Omaha nonprofit are helping area refugees start businesses.

But according to reports, the new limits on emissions could require more than two thirds of every car sold by twenty thirty two to be fully electric. but this now poses a major problem because a new ap poll shows that only four out of 10 adults would even consider buying an electric vehicle for the next are now. one major factor respondents cited is cost. by the way, take a look at your screen. its easy to see why, according to newly released data from the kelley blue book. well, the average cos...

For a child under two costs just under £15—thousand or $18,000 a year. that means a couple on an average income in the uk will spend 29 % of that on childcare — thats according to data from the oecd. in the us, a couple in the same position will spend 19% of their income on childcare. while in germany its just 1% due to government subsidies. well the government plans to fix this, by introducing 30 hours of free childcare a week for children over nine months old. the uk government also wants...

Turf war with kidnappings, killings and gang rapes. the un is warning that haiti is facing a humanitarian catastrophe with cholera, with famine and to give you an idea of how desperate people are, in the past few weeks, about 115 thousand people fled their homes. that is one in six people. so the situation is the worst it has ever been in the countrys history. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the official launch of this years eurovision song contest in liverpool. this is the moment that ...

American cancer society [applause] >> i dont know -- they are both such worthy charities, lets see who wins. debate two, has been raging since 60s, real tree or fake tree? gerri, you are keeping it real. why should i cut down a pine tree? >> here i come.pi i prepared for this by reaching out to the national christmas tree association, i did research, i thought that would be the thing toe na do. there are 25onal to 30 million trees sold every year, i have real trees because i like the way that sm...

[applause] >> i dont know -- they are both such worthy charities, lets see who wins, to debate two, it has been raging since 60s, real tree or fake tree, geri, where should i cut down a pine tree. come on up. >> i prepared for this, by reaching out to the national christmas tree -- association, i did my research, i thought that would be the thing to do, there are 25 to 30 millionthin trees sold every year, i have real trees because i like the way they smell, that is is always nice. we have reaal...