The Supreme Court effectively limited finance limits conservatives say that the rul ruling is free speecher David Shuster with more on the potential impact, and its good. Individual americans had a limit on the total amount of money that people could donate on election cycles, that limit is now gone. Reporter it now means that the spigot of donations will open even rider. The Supreme Court said that people have a right to donate how much they want. Previously they were limited in giving these groups a total of 74,600. When it comes to supporting candidates for president and for congress while individual donations are still capped at 2,600 per campaign, you can give that amount to as many candidates as you want. The previous 48,60 48,600dollat has been eliminated. Chief Justice John Roberts saying just Stephen Breyer led ththe dissent saying the decisin was fatally flawed and may well open a flood gate. By and large republicans hailed the ruling. You all have the freedom to write what y
California. Cycling old debt racked up by parents. New developments in ukraine to tell you about. American yourine russia and ukrainian diplomat also meet in geneva to find a solution to the ongoing problems. It comes when they look for ways to reduce tensions. The u. S. Imposed sanctions on six crimea leaders to split the peninsula from ukraine. Meanwhile pro russian protesters take over government buildings. We have more from donesk. Reporter exhausted minors return to the surface after a tragic shift. Below ground a glass expose at a coal mine that kill nine of their completion, a real reminder of the risks of those trying to make a living. The quality of life is low here. It was the same with the last government and the government which is now in place. We dont recognize them, and we think they are going to make it worse. There will be no better life for us here. Coal mine something one of the Major Industries here in the industrial heartland that is eastern ukraine. And its regard
A new video released by the taliban show the moment sgt. Bowe bergdahl became a free man. It comes when the Obama Administration receives criticism for releasing five highlevel taliban detainees in exchange for bergdahl. There are lots of moving parts. Officials from the Obama Administration is now conducting a closeddoor briefing with the senate on the decision that freed sgt. Bo derek ball. All of them wanted to know why the administration did not give the 30day notice in the exchange of bergdahls release. Earlier on a taliban website gives us our first look at bergdahl at his release on saturday. Reporter a pickup truck delivered bergdahl to the rendezvous point. He appeared frail as he talked of his final moments after five years of captivity as a prisoner of war. One taliban member told bergdahl, dont come back to afghanistan. If you do, you wont make it out alive next time. The exchange took less than a minute. Three u. S. Special operations soldiers approached from the helicopte
There will be a change of command at the veterans fairs department. The president announced the move today. A few minutes ago secretary shinseki offered me his resignation. With considerable regret i accepted. It comes after the report revealed that veterans wait times were manipulated in 60 of facilities investigated, and Al Jazeera White house correspondent Mike Viqueira has been covering this story all day, and mike, the problems at the v. A. Hospitals do not end with shinsekis departure. Reporter i think the public pressure will go down. The heat, the scrutiny from the press will go off. But these problems are systemic. They are decades old, and many reacting to shinsekis departure. Republicans and democrats saying this Management Structure has to be uprooted, pulled up by the roots and changed from top to bottom. This issue had been cascading. Turning into a controversy, a scandal. There were no fewer than two reports outloi outlining the deception and mall feance. Some 1700 veter
Winemaking is a centuries-old profession originating in Old World France and yet, in 2021 little is still known about the rapidly increasing growth of diversity in the industry. With an estimated 80,000 wineries worldwide, the US is 4th in the world in wine production.
Often absent from the narrative are the independently run, Black-owned wineries with roots dating back as far as the early 1940s with John June Lewis, Sr. of Virginia. Serving as a vehicle to further increase awareness of the diversity in the wine industry,
Urban Connoisseurs, in partnership with
Uncorked & Cultured, are hosting the inaugural
2021 International Winemakers Summit (IWS), a virtual 3-day event highlighting some of the world’s most esteemed winemakers of African descent.