what she called the monstrous effects of racism. here s our correspondent leila nathoo. her comments have been pretty universally criticised both from within labour and outside. she made them in response to an article about racism towards different communities, she said for example travellers, irish and jewish people were never made to sit on the back of buses in america no where they manacled to slave ships. a labour spokesperson described the remarks as deeply offensive and wrong, the party moved very quickly to suspend her while an investigation is carried out. she has now apologised and says she withdraws her remarks, dissociate herself from them. she says it is undeniable that travels, irish and jewish people have suffered racism and this was only an initial draft of her letter. diane abbott has a long history of speaking out about racial equality, she was the first black woman mp
well, i wonder why he thinks that could it be because he s takin yacht troops around the glob with clarence thomas and gets to do so becaus thomas thinks he s exempt from any ethics rules you know, once you start t connect the dots here, you see how this is a network of corruption and all of thes guys, and they re mostly men really think that they r totally above the law becaus of their connection to a justice. yeah and you have to wonder i mean, this guy was - i m never going to - going to fly private private jets the rest of m life mark joseph stern, thank you thank you very much for be here i do want to let our audienc know, we are going to go bac to tennessee because justice pierson is beginning his closing before the vote likely to expel him take a listen. - belief in the democracy of the united states of america, ho is it that you still have hope you of enslaved people how is it that you still hav hope well, it s because even from the bottom of slave ships, m people did not
u.s. citizen. i now have the opportunity to serve as the ranking member on the immigration subcommittee. the first time an immigrant has done that. i look at these people who and i ve been to the border so many times. i ve met with and worked with immigrants over 20 years, and every story is a story of tremendous courage, resilience, and the conditions that people are fleeing. and it s also a story about america, right? america has been built by immigrants willing and unwilling, brought over on slave ships and escaping terrible situations to come to america because we are proud of that history. we also have international human rights treaties that we are signatories to and so this is about our domestic law. it s about our international obligations, and it s about who we are as a country and what we re willing to stand for. these individuals who come, they would not make these journeys
wrote the words to amazing grace for his new year s day service in 1773. before joining the priesthood, newton was notorious as the captain of several slave ships in barbaric conditions. he transported people from west africa to be sold in the caribbean before he had what he said was a dramatic conversion. the local museum in 0lney is hosting an exhibition to mark the anniversary. it s all about hope. and you look at the words ofjohn newton, he talks about the desperate situation of his life and how he ultimately found grace. and to me, that says that however bad life may seem, there s always hope that you can turn it around. and i think therein, for a large part of the population who aren t even particularly religious, that for them has a meaning. but for others, john newton s background as a slave trader hangs over the anniversary. i know that my great grandmother was an enslaved person, taken out of africa and taken
church in bucks that john sweet the sound. it was here at this church in bucks that john newton i church in bucks thatjohn newton wrote the words to mazing grace to his new year s day service in 1773. beforejoining his new year s day service in 1773. before joining the priesthood, his new year s day service in 1773. beforejoining the priesthood, he was notorious as the captain of several slave ships. in barbaric conditions he transported people from west africa to be sold in the caribbean before he had what he said was a dramatic conversion. the local museum in 0lney is hosting an exhibition to mark the anniversary. it s all about hope and you look at the words ofjohn newton, he talks about the desperate situation of his life and how he ultimately found grace and to me, that says that however bad life may seem, there s always hope you can turn it around and i think therein for a large part of the population who aren t even particularly religious, but, to them, has a meaning. but part