first, the latest headlines. a senior official in south africa s governing anc has said it s still too early to tell whether or not the party will lose its parliamentary majority. results released since the polls closed on wednesday have suggested that for the first time in 30 years, the anc will not command a parliamentary majority and may need coalition partners to govern. fourteen pro democracy activists in hong kong have been found guilty of subversion in a landmark trial that has effectively wiped out the chinese territory s political opposition. they were among 47 people arrested in 2021 for staging unofficial primary contests for local elections. all were charged under a strict security law imposed by beijing. the former conservative mp, mark logan, has announced he is switching allegiance to labour and endorsing sir keir starmer at the general election injuly. he was until yesterday the mp for bolton north east, and is now the third tory politician to switch to labour
one had music and lyrcism and history and wonderment and happiness. the other was dead as a door nail. right. take a look at the two different speeches from yesterday. first of all, mitt romney after his victory in michigan, he focused on the president and his speech. let s watch mitt romney first. when he s not spending our money or infringing on our rights, he s busy running for re-election. today we re $15 trillion in debt and real unemployment stands at 15%. you ve heard that old saying about i need a vacation from my vacation? well, we need to have a recovery from this so-called recovery. earlier in the day the president gave what joan mentioned was a rousing speech to the uaw in washington, strongly defending his position to rescue the auto industry, which didn t need much defense, given the fact it s been rescued. let s watch. you know why i knew this
one had music and lyrcism and history and wonderment and happiness. the other was dead as a door nail. right. take a look at the two different speeches from yesterday. first of all, mitt romney after his victory in michigan, he focused on the president and his speech. let s watch mitt romney first. when he s not spending our money or infringing on our rights, he s busy running for re-election. today we re $15 trillion in debt and real unemployment stands at 15%. you ve heard that old saying about i need a vacation from my vacation? well, we need to have a recovery from this so-called recovery. earlier in the day the president gave what joan mentioned was a rousing speech to the uaw in washington, strongly defending his position to rescue the auto industry, which didn t need much defense, given the fact it s been rescued. let s watch. you know why i knew this
results in new hampshire. how is he showing up? you know, huntsman is around the 9 percent, 10 percent range depending upon the poll and he has not shown that we ve got reporters on the ground that have been attending huntsman events. he s not shown he has caught fire yet. again, there s still time, we ve got two debates coming this weekend, one saturday night, one sunday morning, so maybe huntsman can make news and grab some attention but up to this point we haven t seen him getting that sort of traction in the same way that four years ago when john mccain staked out his territory, we had already seen him moving up in the polls as the vote approached. we re not seeing that from huntsman now. jon: so the prospect of a mitt romney first place finish and then everybody else sort of, you know, dividing up second place, that s going toy these candidates into south carolina and after that, it s short of anybody s game yeah, we ll see. obviously, rick perry decided to stay in the race,
big endorsement of the boston globe, he s staked a lot of his candidacy on results in new hampshire. how is he showing up? you know, huntsman is around the 9 percent, 10 percent range depending upon the poll and he has not shown that we ve got reporters on the ground that have been attending huntsman events. he s not shown he has caught fire yet. again, there s still time, we ve got two debates coming this weekend, one saturday night, one sunday morning, so maybe huntsman can make news and grab some attention but up to this point we haven t seen him getting that sort of traction in the same way that four years ago when john mccain staked out his territory, we had already seen him moving up in the polls as the vote approached. we re not seeing that from huntsman now. jon: so the prospect of a mitt romney first place finish and then everybody else sort of, you know, dividing up second place, that s going toy these candidates into south carolina and after that, it s short of anybody s