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town with tourists once again filling the streets. benjamin, times square is still a shadow of its former self, but as you point out, tourists i ve started to return. crime does still remain a significant problem. travel in new york city is the fourth largest single employer in numbers of visitors drop by 67%. money spent plunged by 73%. officials are optimistic though but experts think it will take until 2025 until spending in new york city will turn to prepandemic levels. compute the latter, murder up 23%, shootings up 13%. 80% and hate crimes up 77%. governor andrew cuomo says that the epidemic of crime is a top priority. we have a major crime problem in new york city. everything we talked about with the economy coming back you know what the first step is? people have to feel safe. among them, newark, los angeles, washington, d.c., all reporting a surge all reporting a surge that could scare travelers away. the pulse of the city in times square, there are now o ....
behavior, he was not one of us. this distancing is very compelling for jurors to be able to get over the psychological hurdle of having the thought that all police are on the stand right now. it s no, it s this one person, but it s also very important here as well, to think about why it is why you have the continuum here. the continuum of the testimony, last week, so emotional, john, such compelling testimony from a 9-year-old, up to somebody more than a half a century older, you ve got the more reserved, sort of conthemplative, unaffected by what s going on. that has the credibility of these witnesses going through the roof. it s not somebody with an agenda, not somebody who has a vested interest in, per se, working for the prosecution or the defense. these are neutral people who have testified and trained a universal application of information. they have universally trained cadets and veterans year after year on the same information. this distancing, this sort of ....
the stand so far. what was key was when this lieutenant was asked if a subject is under control in handcuffs, would that neck restraint be authorized. he said no. one thing to know hearing from the two officers today, the judge has made clear he doesn t want these officers to give their opinion on what happened with george floyd, the exact instance with derek chauvin and his use of force. he wants this testimony to be restricted to exactly what is trained to officers and whether or not derek chauvin was in that training. so you will see less specificity with these two witnesses and that s intentional because the judge is limiting the amount of officers. that s what we are hearing earlier today. we will see how long this continues and whether or not we will hear from more officers as we continue into testimony later today. chuck rosenberg, as a former prosecutor, do you think the prosecutor is getting an unfair deal from the judge? i don t think it s unfair. the judg ....
says were stolen 20 years ago. it s going to be all right! you are going to get home safely to your children. and coming up meet kuno, and i did, so you were right. the hero dog who s receiving that s the way to look the animal victoria cross for saving at it, isn t it? british soldiers fighting it has been lovelyjust in afghanistan despite to see you again, really. you know, we don t have to stay strangers, do we? being shot himself. not at all. for you to have these heroes that went in, he was one. ijust don t think he realises he actually is one, because he just did what he thought was hisjob. usman ahmed talking to sharon crawford there. details of organisations offering information and support with mental health are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded good afternoon, and information on 08000155 998. welcome to bbc news. it wasn t a concession and he certainly hasn t phoned joe biden to congratulate him, b ....
chooses to ban flights and tightens testing requirements for people entering the u.s. by plane regardless of vaccination status. john: democrats pouncing on a potential covert surge as a reason to pass the president s spending plan and infuse the economy with even more covid relief money on top of the $5 trillion already allocated for the pandemic. sandra: louisiana senator john kennedy will join us in a few moments. but we begin with a stomach live at the white house. the presidents were marts will happen in the context of sinking poll numbers when it comes to handling the pandemic. and the right house is pondering how they re going to finesse all of this. the white house as of the president is going to pull out all the stops to address this ahead of the winter season and a new variant that is already in the united states. what does that mean? for now, it means that the white house is going to be pushing boosters come at home testing, and tightening travel rules. ....