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Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start here in the uk, where rishi sunak and the conservative party have suffered two major set backs and pulled off a surprise narrow win in three by—elections in england. there were massive swings away from the tories in the two defeats — and the main political parties have been taking stock — of what the results mean. there were celebrations for labour in th...

Election in venezuela. we are 18 months away from that day, though, and we do have time to build strength. one of the biggest obstacles youve got is actually sort of an act of self—harm, in that the opposition in venezuela has been deeply embarrassed and damaged by the failure of that political initiative launched byjuan guaido back in 2019 to offer up an alternative government, to say maduro is illegitimate and i am the real leader of the venezuela. the americans backed that idea and many cou...

Finished and it embarrassed the entire venezuelan opposition because it made you look incoherent. would you acknowledge that? lets say we have had several set backs, that is true, you have to understand we are facing a criminal regime thats willing to do anything, to persecute, to blackmail, to go against families, and that is one of the reasons you see people will use to trust, in different sectors, not only politicians, that somehow, decide to abandon the fight. and its tough and i dont want t...

From the circle of hawkish advisors that had advised him to go into ukraine and that same piece makes clear that putin is still counting on pretty high popular support for the war and for this kind of national sense that russians will suffer and are willing to suffer economic set backs and economic hardship for his vision of national imperil greatness. so that piece even though it does have that little grain of hope that maybe there is fractures emerging in the elites doesnt make clear they like...

Lani guinier as our friend elie wrote, there were few clearer voices how to protect the rights of people of color in this country. i want to give you a chance to give us your thoughts on lani guinier and her impact in this world. >> this is an incalculable loss. i didnt have the privilege of learning from her but every other that came after her, we know that we walked a path that she blazed and she was truly an amazing scholar and researcher and she showed us that even professional set backs, wh...

Of criminal justice reform. more with andy mccarthy and rafael coming up. >> sandra: president biden, no good, horrible, very bad week. first year of his presidency, major set backs to his agenda and plummeting approval numbers. hello and welcome everyone, im sandra smith in new york. and here we made it to friday, john. >> john: good to be with you on friday, nothing sounds as good as that word. john roberts in washington. the president facing a litany, criticizing election overhaul speech. app...

Set backs is the jig up? >> you have respectable people thinking maybe this really is different. everybody thought harry could escape out of anything. until it turned out he couldnt. hes got as you referred this kind of play book that he trots out every time. it doesnt look like it works very well here. to the new york depositions that you talked about, theres no real delay strategy for him. he has 21 days to sit for the deposition. 14 days for him and don jr. and ivanka to turn over documents. ...

Us is a warrior. a warrior in his or her right place. im sure that each of us will win. glory to ukraine. >> martha: and many, many people across that country are listening closely to what he has to say. theres mike tobin reporting live. this brewery is making molotov cocktails around the clock with putins face on the bottles as citizens continue to line up to acquire their own weapons so that they can fight. we begin with thousands of ukrainians that are desperately and understandably trying to...

Children are getting out safely. >> such a heartbreaking scene. thank you very much. we have seen a deadly new round of rocket attacks on ukraines second largest city. fred is nearby on the russian side of the border. the fight for kharkiv is fierce but russia is facing unexpected set backs. tell our viewers what youre seeing. >> reporter: youre right. it seems as they are facing some set backs here and really if you look at the offensive that the russians are conducting now, its almost an ideal...

North. they continue efforts to surround cities such as kharkiv. a senior u.s. official says the u.s. believes russia is still several days from being able to surround the capitol kyiv. and after that, faces a protracted battle to occupy the city itself. >> analyst assess putin is unlikely to be deterred by set backs and may escalate. he feels aggrieved the west doesnt give him proper deference and this is war he cant afford to lose. >> forces increasingly targeted the civilian population. with ...