From the old bailey, heres daniel sandford. The subject of a nationwide manhunt, this was Constance Marten and Mark Gordon Injanuary last this was Constance Marten and mark gordon in january last year, this was Constance Marten and Mark Gordon Injanuary last year, as they tried to evade the authorities following the birth of their newborn baby, victoria, who they were worried would be taken into care like their previous four children. On the 1st of march last year, police found victorias body in a shopping bag in a shed on a brighton allotment. Today, Constance Marten gave evidence in the witness box at the old bailey, are weeping as she said she and mark gordon love their children more than anything in the world. Asked if she had been crawl to baby victoria, Constance Marten said. Talking quietly and with a very well spoken accent, she described how she became estranged from her wealthy family because of a traumatic event in her childhood, arguments over her grandmothers will and beca
in that room. darrell issa will be here shortly. i knew that joe would always be the education president. i want to just say for a second what you and what the president has done, it is more than any other president since fdr and maybe more than fdr. you have a direct number to director walensky. yes, i have director walensky s direct number. let s give public school teachers a raise. we begin this tuesday with american students falling further behind in the classroom and new evidence that lockdown learning loss may be permanent for millions of kids. hello, i m john roberts in washington. you like the new digs, sandra? we are renting it renting it from bret. sandra: looks great. great to be with you, john, kicking off a brand-new hour, i m sandra smith in new york and this is america reports . despite billions of taxpayers dollars to help students recover from the unprecedented disruption they face, a brand-new study says progress in reading and math is stall
forecast. the stormy weekend ahead for early holiday travelers. definitely one more thing to worry about during a stressful time. norah: new hope for a morning sickness cure, the discovery that could help hundreds of thousands of pregnant women. this is the future. 35 miles here off the coast of new york, this giant wind turbine is now generating electricity. but the industry is also facing major headwinds. snow falling in florida. absolutely magical. norah: an army of volunteers brings holiday cheer to families of america s fallen heroes. it s like the entire country is cheering for us. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west i m norah o donnell and thank you for being with us on this thursday night. and we begin with the fresh warnings from president biden to israel that it is time to scale back the war in gaza and be more careful to protect civilians. we ve got more on that new message in just a moment, but first the world is on alert. amid gro
now, for the business news, i m victoria valentine. we start in the us where there is more evidence that, after tens of thousands ofjob cuts, big tech is pulling out of its post pandemic slump. amazon is the latest to reveal it s making much more money than wall street was expecting. sales hit more than $127 billion in the first three months of the year, and the online retail giant says that figure will be higher in the current quarter. it comes after alphabet, the owner of google and youtube, and meta, which owns facebook and instagram, both surprised investors with better than expected results. samira hussain reports from new york. this over the last year and is on has been aggressively cutting costs to help with profitability. it has already laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. currently about to eliminate another 9000jobs. it currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. it would appear that some of those measures are already pay