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stoplighting fireworks on the beach when they were not supposed to do it. then they were attacked. >> john: any arrests made yet, jeff? >> yeah, sandra and john, no arrests as of yet, but since the marines, not in uniform were on the ground and kicked by a large group, consider it a case of assault with a deadly weapon. and the video, we should warn, extremely violent, were not more seriously hurt. as many as 40 people were said to be involved in the beating. marines say they were just...

proposal coming up. >> bill: we begin with the d.c. senate council reversing course on its controversial crime overhaul. after president biden signaled that he would join republicans in blocking the measure. im john roberts in washington, good monday to you. >> gillian: good monday to you, john, is it monday, tuesday, i dont know anymore. there are so many days. and they just keep going. >> john: it feels like one day leads into the next. >> gillian: we are almost at that point around ...

i had my first cancer diagnosed about six or seven years ago. that waiting time is very, very hard. i dont think until you have been through it, you can actually understand it. despite the walk out, some hospitals are able to continue with some routine operations, but it is a mixed picture. the full impact on cancellations will not be known for a few days. one thing were seeing that is different from other strike days is that demand for care has been sustained. in previous strike days,...

gretchen whitmer. lets take a listen in to the former president now, speaking. >> you have two ways to vote. number one, you can vote early by going to your local clerks office and casting an absentee ballot and voting right there. you try that? it works. number two, you can vote at your polling place on november 8th. if you need more information, you go to michigan.com slash vote to find out when. then you make a plan to vote. you dont want to leave it to the last minute and then some...

shortly before a correlation in 1953, whatever your religion may be to pray for me on that day to pray that god may give me wisdom and strength to carry out the solemn promises i should be making and that i may faithfully serve him and you all the days of my life. for the most part she did just that. and that was not a small achievement given the period she lived in. the week that elizabeth was coordinated, edmund hillary, the british subjects from new zealand, the beekeeper became the...

i was telling my friend to not talk. >> [speaking spanish] >> she cried a lot. according to the cdc, guns are now the leading cause of death among children than adolescents in america. it jumps a 30% between 2019 and 2020. according to the washington post, more than 311,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since columbine, in 1999. of course, republicans are suggesting to keep the schools as virtual prisons to deal with this problem. >> we need serious funding to upgrad...

Last year, the world embraced Barbie and Poor Things, two outstanding films that tapped into the state of female consciousness in the 21st century. At the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which ends tomorrow, women-driven stories of all stripes are pushed further up (or down) the emotional spectrum. A noticeable number of titles premiering at the influential festival feature female protagonists in varying states of joy and distress -- and to varying results. Powerful acting by female talent also injec...

Restless trauma fights patriarchal tradition at an abuser's funeral in 'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,' Rungano Nyoni's transfixing second feature.

In 'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,' directed by Rungano Nyoni, the death of a problematic uncle instigates a reckoning within his family.

Nyoni uses unsettlingly playful surrealism in this account of a malign uncle and the family mythmaking that effaces his crimes