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Carolina and across the nation in these tight elections. these politically raw times. but the state court did what federal courts before have done in redistricting cases and voter suppression cases in north carolina, and said, you may not target black voters because of how they vote. that violates the equal protection guarantees of the north carolina constitution. >> state senator robinson, this is the second time in five years that north carolina has had a voter ideally the law struck down as u...

"dont panic!" declares the headline in the observer, which reports how the the government is scrambling to reassure the public that rising gas prices wont plunge the country into an energy crisis. the sunday telegraph says the new foreign secretary, liz truss, has waded into a diplomatic row over britains new security pact with the us and australia by insisting that "freedoms need to be defended". thats alongside its main picture story of strictly�*s first male same—sex pairing. "boris bid t...

Motor neurone disease. the paper says the drug has had dramatic results in american trials and quotes rob as saying hes "a realist, but without hope there is nothing." so, lets begin... right. if we start with the observer now. first of all, the message, dont panic about these fears over gas prices. if we start with you first of all, lucy. what are your thoughts?— first of all, lucy. what are your thoughts? first of all, lucy. what are your thou~hts? ~ ., ., , thoughts? well, unfortunately, in...

Are demanding to know why the bbc failed to properly search for clothing belonging to murdered schoolgirl, karen hadaway, that had been given to disgraced reporter, martin bashir, by karens mother, and subsequently lost by bashir. the mirror speaks of a "wonder drug hope" for leeds rhinos rugby legend, rob burrow, who has motor neurone disease. the paper says the drug has had dramatic results in american trials and quotes rob as saying hes a realist, but without hope there is nothing. so lets be...

After a record rise in global wholesale gas prices, the uk government is holding urgent talks with energy suppliers. at least four energy companies are expected to go bust next week. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. joining me tonight arejoe twynham and lucy beresford. tomorrows front pages, starting with... "dont panic! " declares the headline in the observer, which reports how the the government is scrambling to reassure the public that r...

North carolina constitution. >> and state senator robinson, this is the second time in five years that north carolina has had a voter i.d. law struck down as unconstitutional. this is from the news and observer. this comes after a previous attempt by gop lawmakers in 2013 to enact a different voter i.d. law, and that was also struck down as unconstitutional in 2016. the 2016 court ruling said north carolina republican lawmakers have targeted black voters with almost surgical precision in the way...

And it was aided by malitias, and the fact that we only have a couple hundred people in jail is a danger. there should be many more people in jail and more organizations that should be listed as threats to this country. >> so a couple questions here. has the threat of violence grown since january 6th, and how likely is it that this movement outlives donald trumps influence, or is this what defines his influence today? >> this was there before donald trump, this movement existed during the tea pa...

The lies compound upon lies in theyre all from mckenzie to milley so if we have the accountability, then were going to start looking at when the lies startedth and the lies go back decades in afghanistan, they go back to the beginning of the war on terror, the iraq war, and et cetera. they dont want to start pulling away at that. >> i suspect youre absolutely right.g joe kent, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> if you care about the country you mourn most of all the decline of american credib...

But the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff morning the chinese military before an attack, promising to do that, is a big story. that was mark milley. we learned that earlier this week when the new bob woodward book came out. he did not resign. the biden administration says they will not fire him. that is despite -- by the way, he was also quoted in july as threatening violence against the last president. "weve got the guns," he said of the united states military. mark milley has not denied ac...

As a cocky bully with a quick trigger tempo. mr. miller concedes he has things in his younger days hes not proud of. in later days -- he denies this, hes been accused of striking a former girlfriend at one point. you have a 37-year-old cuban american football guy, ohio, stanford guy, great resume, versus is trumpy candidate with a. >> if it was a case on the merits, i think the neutral observer would say better candidate x to run in election x. but thats not the situation right now. i think its ...