live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to the programme. the police in texas are facing criticism for how they responded to the mass school shooting in uvalde on tuesday. some parents say officers appeared hesitant to confront the teenage gunman after he barricaded himself inside a classroom and that led to a delay in tackling the shooter. but at a news conference a texas police official said special equipment and negotiators were required and officers also had to evacuate the rest of the school. the attacker killed 19 children and two teachers in the space of up to an hour, before he was himself shot dead. our north america editor sarah smith sent us this report. all of the 19 children who were killed in the same school class. this boy s family had to wait 12 hours before they were told he was dead. this girl had been given a phone for her tenth birthday and she used it to try to call the police. jackie had just celebrated herfirst commun
superstar. so here isjeff serenading you, chris, in the style of andrew lloyd webber. # chris mason newscaster # do you think you re what they say you are? # chris mason, editor. # do you think you re what they say you are? five stars. brilliant. well done, jeff. oh, that s a work of musical genius, that is. i m blushing, jeff. i m blushing. that is blooming marvellous. thank you. and jeff also did one for katya, which is called the jellicle katya, which is the only way you can make me like cats. did he do one for you? no. that s fine. because i think i d be like the narrator character. you could be ma adam butterfly. i mean, it s a bit operatic. that s very highbrow. it is quite highbrow. i don t even know what that is. too much for you? yes. exactly. at least it s not les miserables, which would be what you d talk about if it was a musical about energy prices, which is what we re going to discuss on this episode of newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it s adam in the st
hearing their lawyers closing arguments. johnny depp is suing his former wife for an article she wrote in which she said she was a victim of domestic abuse. coming up in 25 minutes or so, a full round up of the means. but now it is time for newscast. alex and chris, on an episode of newscast the other day we were talking about a new rock opera about tony bland i said i would love it if there is a newscast musical and i said but please, don t put too much effort into it. don t do a demo of a whole newscast musical. jeff has done a demo of a newscast musical. that s the first amazing thing and the second thing is he taking lots of newscast characters and written songs about them based on actual musicals. so there is one about chris mason based onjesus christ superstar. here isjeff serenading you in the style of andrew lloyd webber. thanks guys! that was brilliant. well done jeff. thanks guys! that was brilliant. well done jeff. that is a work of musical genius. well done jef
hearing their lawyers closing arguments. johnny depp is suing his former wife for an article she wrote in which she said she was a victim of domestic abuse. coming up in 25 minutes or so, a full round up of the means. but now it is time for newscast. alex and chris, on an episode of newscast the other day we were talking about a new rock opera about tony bland i said i would love it if there is a newscast musical and i said but please, don t put too much effort into it. don t do a demo of a whole newscast musical. jeff has done a demo of a newscast musical. that s the first amazing thing and the second thing is he taking lots of newscast characters and written songs about them based on actual musicals. so there is one about chris mason based onjesus christ superstar. here isjeff serenading