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that i hope that is the case because i think a lot of people have been looking at that and seeing it as opening the floodgates to possible discrimination against lgbtq members for whatever reason, you know, services, or free speech. but at the end of the day, it has created the lgbtq community or made them feel like second class citizens in this country. >> absolutely. i was also, you know, glad to hear it presented in that way that perhaps, its a lot more -limited, and it can be inter...

the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back, and this is what they came up with, this ad. >> you needed that job, -- but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt s...

welcome to the beat. we have a lot going on tonight. possible legal nightmares increasing for donald trump. you may say doesnt he already have enough legal problems, but with a top campaign lake cooperating with jack smith it is another story. george santos also back in court with a lot of problems. we begin with the wider story we were discussing with the breaking news yesterday, the war on rights waged by a supreme court that said it cared about president but only cares about some pr...

>> reporter: theres certainly more people out here today than weve seen in days past, especially because today we know exactly what we will get decisions on because its the last day. you mentioned those two big cases, of course at the end of pride month. that case that has to do with whether or not a web designer can refuse to design a wedding website for a gay couple. we could see some reaction to that. the biggest one were watching for is on student loans, whether or not bidens stude...

now — we start with our exclusive bbc interview — with the man whos planning to take on vladimir putin — in russias presidential election. he stands no chance of winning — but given what has happened to many other opposition politicians, its a move that carries significant personal risk. well hearfrom boris nadezhdin — a prominent ant—war campaigner — in just a moment, but first olga malchevska in the newsroom can tell us more about how hes managed to get enough support t...

straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. when chinese sovereignty was restored in hong kong, beijings communist rulers saw the logic of maintaining the one country, two systems principle. so, how come some 26 years later, hong kongs autonomy looks more like a convenient fiction than a fact? my guest is regina ip, convenor of hong kongs executive council and leader of the new peoples party. what does hong kongs fate tell us about beijings worldview? regina ...

regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping tha...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening, the supreme court closes one door to debt relief for millions of student borrowers. president biden tries to open another. john berman here in for anderson. tonight that pits a chief executive against a chief justice in the string of big decisions this week, including one today on lgbtq protections and the first amendment, now pitting some of the justices against one another. also tonight, a cnn exclusive, the shocking details fro...

i had to grow up without one. in an instant she was gone. and it changed everything. >> she dreamed of a career solving crimes, but crime claimed her first. >> gut wrenching pain! my daughter, please, please dont let this be true! >> home alone on a sunny afternoon she vanished. >> we just said, "oh my god! isnt this one of her earrings? " >> earrings in the carpet. ribbons on the ground. tire tracks on the lawn. >> there was evidence of a violent struggle. >> what had happened? and wh...

to mark your comeback after eight months out for this man! ivan toney scores in his first match back for brentford after serving a ban for breaching gambling regulations. its sunday january 21. our main story: investigations are continuing into the deaths of four members of the same family at a house in norfolk. detectives have confirmed theyre not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. norfolk police has referred itself to the independent watchdog, saying it did not ...