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ok, so that is the commonwealth bit of the queen's commonwealth trust, but how do you reconcile the bitn". you know there is a live debate in the caribbean, in your own country of origin, where your family are from, jamaica, about whether they should lose the queen as head of state. barbados does at the end of november. caroline cooper says it is high time forjamaica to complete the emancipation from the british monarchy. it's a very tough question to ask me, but i always feel, with myjamaican heritage, thatjamaica is independent any way, thatjamaica is independent anyway. i mean, they have their, they have their independence, but i guess they want to be completely free from the british colony, or colonisation. you know, i feel that it goes into a deeper conversation and i feel that the whole windrush scandal hasn't really helped that situation for them feeling like they were treated fairly in that way, of being embraced. you just mentioned the windrush scandal — the ship of course that brought many immigrants into the united kingdom from the caribbean in the �*505. i can understand, it

commonwealth.lso my heritage country, jamaica. you get to a certain point in your life that you realise that you can use your platform, and you should share your platform. you should make your platform transcend for others. so that is really, i feel, i mean, i haven't been given a particular handbook of how i do this new role, but i feel it'sjust going to be similar been doing, from what i learned from our great madiba. you are referring to nelson mandela, who saw you as his honorary granddaughter, when you mention madiba. you say, naomi campbell, that you want to use this just as a platform to carry on doing the good work that you have done, but is this the right platform for you? let me tell you what philip murphy, director of the institute of commonwealth studies, says about the commonwealth. he says, "it's very good at pumping out those lovely candy floss soundbites about how it's going to solve world peace, save the rainforest and end world poverty, but you eventually ask the question, what ha

with one eye on the commonwealth _ picked up a trophy.h games, - picked up a trophy. with one eye on the commonwealth games, hard . picked up a trophy. with one eye on l the commonwealth games, hard work will have to continue for the roses, but for now they can enjoy the celebrations. lydia campbell, bbc news. warwickshire are county cricket champions, for the first time in nine years. they needed to beat somerset to pip lancashire to the title. and three wickets from craig miles helped take them to the brink of victory. then, liam norwell claimed the final wicket to ensure victory by 118 runs at edgbaston. they will face lancashire in next week's trophy final at lord's. let's have a quick look at some of the other sports stories making the news today. the former rugby league player rob burrow, who has motor neurone disease, will present the man of the match trophy at next month's grand final. burrow twice won the award during a successful career with leeds rhinos. fi championship leader max verstappen will start sunday's russian grand pr

people died including five-year in the commonwealth of virginia.ave a record of creating high-paying jobs. your record at carlyle's outsourcing jobs to foreign countries. don't need that in the commonwealth. create jobs. personal income will go up as it did before. mr. youngkin: can i have 30 seconds? mr. mcauliffe is very comfortable telling lies. his concepts are bogus. he felt so good about the carlyle group that he invested millions of dollars of his money that bill clinton let him scrape off the money he was raising for the clinton foundation. thank you for the big endorsement. if you can trust me with your money come of the rest of virginia can trust me. mr. mcauliffe: ed wasn't you i trusted, because you lost it. it wasn't a good investment, let me tell you that. susan: thank you. i am sorry, your time has expired. these are not rules bob or candace or i made up, these are rules your campaigns negotiated for this debate. [indiscernible conversation] >> we are in a region of virginia this evening that has not shared in the commonwealth's desp

this debate is airing on nbc stations across the commonwealth. nationally on c-span and streaming on nbc washington.com. welcome to you. it's being aired on radio by our news partner wtop. that we know means a lot. we are pleased to be back in person for this debate tonight at the northern virginia community college here in alexander. our audience has followed vaccination and masking protocols to make sure that we can be together safely for this exchange of ideas. let's begin by quickly covering the rules for today's event. the debate will last one hour. and will begin with 90 second opening states. then our panelists and myself will pose questions. these questions are determined by nbc news and the panelists, period. they have not been reviewed by the candidates. or the northern virginia chamber. each candidate will have one minute to respond anti-candidate answering first will get an additional 30 second rebuttal. as moderator i will reserve the right to follow up as needed. we will conclude debate with one-minute closing statements from each c

those job would be throughout the entire a commonwealth the -- the entire commonwealth of virginia, the welders, the electricians. we will be the hub when i am governor. i believe in clean energy. when trump pulled us out of the paris climate accorded was bad for america. >> we see challenges in getting to the goals set in the original virginia economy act. my opponent wants to accelerate them and destabilize our entire grid. we have seen what happens in california when you do not have a reliable energy grid. if you like what you just heard from my opponent, get ready for blackouts and brownouts and an unreliable grid. we can do this with common sense. we should embrace all energy sources. yes, when, yes, solar. but, we cannot dismantle reliable, natural gas. >> virginia law now bans abortions in the third time mr. -- trimester in a pregnancy unless three doctors certify the pregnancy would kill the woman or impair her health. some critics say this puts an undue word and on those in rural areas where dr. -- burden on those in rural areas where doctors are scarce. there has been a propos

and then to reduce waste and direct funds to projects all across the country as a former commonwealthttorney to defend kentucky from a wide array so before the rest of america was painful attention to discourage substance abuse he launched the anti- narcotics initiative with 32 kentucky counties then to remove billions of dollars worth of illegal drugs from the streets. much too long and economic distressni the appellation can counties around the region initiative to have a concerted effort to bring development to the region to revolutionize southeastern to bring new water treatment centers to our state to champion flood protection measures to wrangle federal funding which he described and then to bring the fine arts and the locals are so appreciative with the state-of-the-art center from one of the initiatives from the taj mahal in his honor. that isn't the only place that commemorates is service if you visit southeastern kentucky you will drive around the rogers parkway and then part of the scholars program. and the even name the home of the kentucky splash waterpark the entertainme

it's time to pay people $15 an hour in the commonwealth of virginia. interesting is how quickly he moved off his statement when he was governor that the robert e lee statue and stonewall should be left alone. teaching our children about racism in our school is a challenge. there are chapters that are abhorrent and also great chapters we need to teach our children real history to have dreams they can aspire and go get. and then pit them against one another so that their dreams are in fact stolen from them. we are going to get education moving and establish expectations of. our children are falling so behind in the commonwealth of virginia 62% cannot pass in eighth grade equivalency test. we are going to go to work and fix that on day number one. the bill we passed in the education reform republican legislature. guess what it passed which is republican, 420. forty-five out of 100 in the house of delegates. you are attacking your own party. i will build up education and that's what we need to do and i'm excited about it but his plan will cut 43,000 teache

, the commonwealth of virginia, the commonwealth of massachusetts and the commonwealth of pennsylvania were created because they knew we needed common wealth. they needed, they knew they need to put their money together to do things that none of them could do individually. and that's what they did. and that's what we still need to do. we need common wealth, we need americans putting their money together. and that's the we have a word for that. it's called taxes. to do things that we can do individually and to provide for the rest of americans. we actually need to help our shelves get rich. i need middle class people who can afford to buy expensive shoes and expensive telephones and expensive ice cream and all those things in order for me to get rich by investing companies to make shoes and ice cream and telephones and things like that. i'm not purely altruistic. i'm looking out for what i think is the best interests of my self and my family and my society. and i think all american should do that. obviously a little native americans killed in that origin story. of course, you say you ne

the queen's baton for next summer's commonwealth games in birmingham has been unveiled.glory, the queen's baton, symbol of the start of the commonwealth games in birmingham. the city of 1,000 trays we wanted something artisanal and handmade but also show the modern side of the region and the fact that it is stacked full of modern technology to really tell a story as it travels the world. to the meeting of old and new, really. the world. to the meeting of old and new. really-— new, really. designed and created in the west midlands, _ new, really. designed and created in the west midlands, it _ new, really. designed and created in the west midlands, it is _ new, really. designed and created in the west midlands, it is a _ the west midlands, it is a collaboration which fuses art, technology and science, headed up by a coventry based artist who has taken her zimbabwean heritage and artistic skills to design the baton. it was about authenticity in the response — it was about authenticity in the response to materials and it was about _ response to materials and it was about wo

as a former commonwealth attorney, hal used his law enforcement credentials to defend kentucky from a wide array of threats. hal launched operation -- the narcotics initiative covers 32 kentucky counties and has been on theou front lines in the figt against opioid epidemic helping to lock up thousands of criminals and remove millions of dollars' worth of illegal drugs from the streets. hal is the lead promoter of investment in southeastern kentucky which for too long has suffered economic distress and seen indifference from washington. he united kentucky's appalachian counties around the shaping our appalachian region, or s.o.a.r., initiative to create a concerted effort to attract jobs and development to the region are. he revolutionized south eastern kentucky's water infrastructure bringing new water treatment centers to our state and championing flood protection measures. he wrangled federal funding for the -- in bell county which he described as the most significant thing that has happened there since daniel boone began to bring settlers through the gap. he helped bring the fine a

he thinks the commonwealth made a mistake. >> this is an overreach of the prosecution. i sit here, i don't think a crime was committed. >> reporter: massachusetts has no law against encouraging suicide. >> right. and so it's troubling that they would bring a manslaughter. >> reporter: that was the basis of his whole argument, prosecutors misinterpreting massachusetts' law. to him this was clearly a suicide. that's why he wanted a judge, not a jury to hear the case. >> i thought the judge would apply the correct law on the facts and that conrad roy was just so suicidal that michelle carter did not cause his death. >> reporter: and that's how he began his opening statement. >> michelle carter was not present. michelle carter had been texting with him. she did not physically see this individual for over one year. >> reporter: and to bolster his case, michelle's lawyer introduced a set of text messages that the prosecution had not mentioned, ones where she tried repeatedly to help conrad. >> have you thought about getting professional help? like i think i'm gonna go away to

we experienced a historic storm here all across the commonwealth. many people had to deal with rare weather events that don't normally affect them, their families, their communities. a lot of pennsylvanians will be dealing with very hard emotions today. they're going to be dealing with hard emotions tomorrow, and dealing with hard emotions in the near future. if you are struggling with stress from the storm, help is available. you can call or text our disaster distress help line at 1-800-985 -5990 at any time, day or night. that's 1-8 00-98 5-5990. we all have a long road ahead of us. it will take time to complete damage assessments and make assistance and resources available. but we're going to continue to share information about assistance as it becomes available in the days and weeks ahead. right now my administration is continuing to do everything in our power to support local emergency officials as they begin to assess the damage the storm has caused in their communities. while we all need to have some patience as we move forward, the response

almost on the heels of that the commonwealth of virginia who had been sitting on the fence on whether or not to stay under the protection of the united states are joined to confederacy finally made a decision and that decision was indeed. they would join the new confederate government and invite the national capital to be removed to the city of richmond, virginia. butler takes command, virginia leaves the union during all this three individuals three brave individuals baker townsend mallory would steal a ship? row across the chesapeake bay present themselves at the gate of the american soldiers and say we're run away slaves seek be refugees and protection. they were invited into the fort the very next day major general benjamin butler interviewed the three individuals and he found out that these individuals were being used for the use of the confederate army to build trenches and to do chores around the confederate camp. that same day the owners of these individual slaves came to retrieve them citing the fugitive slave act, which was the law of the land of the united states saying tha

and on behalf of the commonwealth club i want to say to everybody our thanks alexander benjamin for joining us and discussing the book. you're right matters. there's much more we didn't get into during this conversation and i like to thank the audience for watching and sending in questions and if you'd like to watch more programs or support the commonwealth club efforts in making virtual programming, please visit commonwealthclub.org /online . tomorrow, thank you. stay safe, go tigers. will see you all. television fo serious readers. >> joining us is anthony davies, he is the co-author of cooperation and coercion. professor davies, in your book you write that early on, children learn a word for people who tell others how to live their lives. busybodies. why is thatincluded, why is that important to the theme of your book . >> it is the subtitle for the book is how busybodies became busybodies and what that means for economics and politics and a busybody of course we all know from children up to our aunts who stick their noses in our business at thanksgiving but when you pair busybodies with

commonwealth games, world championships and european championships.to defend all these titles. i also have all these other commitments, so it's very, very busy. it's very important that we take a rest of average two weeks. i'm exhausted. i5 we take a rest of average two weeks. i'm exhausted-— i'm exhausted. is that also doing something _ i'm exhausted. is that also doing something different _ i'm exhausted. is that also doing something different for - i'm exhausted. is that also doing something different for you? - i'm exhausted. is that also doing something different for you? we | i'm exhausted. is that also doing - something different for you? we know you're going to be in strictly. just to get your mind to think about something different. i to get your mind to think about something different.— something different. i think a different stimulus _ something different. i think a different stimulus is - something different. i think a different stimulus is very - different stimulus is very important. if you do the same thing your whole life, it becomes v

. >> welcome to today's virtual program at the commonwealth of california, i'm tim noah and i'm analyst for msnbc and i'm excited to be here with you all today and i am honored to be joined by lieutenant colonel alexander benjamin, a friend of mine and american hero. >> .. about how it ended up at the center of this firestorm. we will be discussing that and more in the next hour. i want to hear your questions so if you're watching along with us please put them in the text chat on youtube and we'll get into that later in the program. i also have a question from his wife that obligate them to at the end of the i'm very excited about. sir, thank you so much. how has the book two of them going. how has the response been and what is been your biggest take away from all this? >> thanks, tim. i need to figure out who that musicals go with bike. victor john williams, quite the introduction. i need to get some of that, the future. but it's been going pretty well. this is a very short morning, something i really frankly never thought i would be doing. i thought eventually i would probably do some

facing off against patrick and the first governor and a great hero of commonwealth. in madison it was a brilliant tereus. but he was a little too awkward and dirty to really be well-liked. marshall on the other hand wasn't sensible man who shows the delegates over his favorite richmond tavern in marshall managed to persuade just enough delegates to the constitution past by a slender margin of ten votes. and without marshall, there is no question that virginia might not have ratified the constitution and without virginia and there's no question that there would be no republic. in any defense marshall a few others and then the gerrymandering, and charles. and on a secret mission to persuade revolutionary friends, to stop the u.s. ships counting goodness caring the superintendent partial power in 1797 amy seven the french prime minister. a notorious man who is a addition to any association, bribes and the equivalent to about $6 million plus a $400 million loan to finance the french war against britain. they refuses to pay him anything and they retaliate by ceasing the m

it's down there, staunch ally of america and britain in the commonwealth. so it's normal that they work together in the pacific. just say there is a pole in europe being reported on today that says that most europeans believe that america is in a new cold war with russia and china. so presumably that must follow then the people in europe must consider nature has got a wider robi on the north atlantic. well, if you listen to what the secretary general, the federal of the last 23 years, mr. bolt america said repeatedly that we should enlarge our vision any desperately look to something to do. that's the reality. you know, we are in, i mean maint. what's in the scanner is in iraq to train you, not the forces? that's the limits of the extension. this is not the north atlantic anymore, is it? i mean, of course, they date, date, russian navy, in the black sea, you could still say that it's european defense, north atlantic and the extension, but not the pacific. so we should not be counted by mr. biden into this will to show for us to china, to say, to me and just

and junior ministerial level and throughout the, the, the entire civil service of the foreign commonwealth and development office. it is a significant problem. and i rather hope this develops and i will certainly be campaigning for it. there is a very close scrutiny of how the foreign office actually works because it needs needs a kick. do you think it needs to be more transparent? i mean, it does, they were very sensitive things, but from what you're saying, you know, we're allowing another paper to tell us what happened, not necessarily the foreign secretary himself. i mean, just the question as to whether the foreign secretary himself knows which relates to what i've just been saying. i don't believe that in the field of national security defense, foreign affairs should be too much transparency. it's very important, for example, in the diplomatic discussions and negotiations to, to be very tight lipped about what's actually being said and done. but, but i think in this particular case, dominant rob needs to be able to answer certain questions. and i, you know, there's a question as to w

i hope that home ou the commonwealth games. i hope that home you can — the commonwealth games.elsius. we could get close to that for some and is of the top of the heat yesterday a bit cooler today, that is a sign of a change because after the hot and sunny weather to start this week the second half of the week, expect more cloud and increasing shower and a gentle slide in how things will feel out there. at the moment we have approaching from the south—west, this is what will bring the change. release thunderstorms for one or two later, the risk of some flooding from that but for most it is dry, some mist and fog around, that were clear. work hard for northern ireland, wales, south—west england and the channel islands and still cloudy the final for scotland. away from that, lots of sunshine, hazy and faces and temperatures peaking around 27 degrees in western scotland, in 30 degrees to the south east corner. compared to the 30 degrees we saw yesterday, channel islands, south—west england, wales, generally around the low 20s. not rising much from the temperatures we have at the m

commonwealth games and glasgow 2023, net to paris. ,, ._ ., commonwealth games and glasgow 2023, net. staying on the bike, love it. an inspiration to - get to paris. staying on the bike, love it. an inspiration to us - get to paris. staying on the bike, love it. an inspiration to us all, l love it. an inspiration to us all, dame sarah storey, thank you very much indeed. that's all the sport for now. studio: lovely to have dame sarah storey with you, thank you, sally. a charity is urgently calling for more foster carers after the number of children referred to its fostering services rose by 36% over the last year. barnardo's says it particularly wants to hearfrom people who would foster sibling groups. the number of sibling groups referred the charity over the last year rose by 31%, but a yougov survey showed that siblings are less likely to be fostered together. with me is brenda farrell, head of fostering at barnardo's. also i'm joined by trishun and matt, a couple who began fostering in 2020. good morning to you all and thank you so much for your time. brenda, please explain if you

not just in the commonwealth. what are the clear and consistent standards. and as we move towards a closer conversation around equity and inclusion, we see a lot of things bubble up where people are uncomfortable with talking about what is the full panoramic sort of contribution of different people across communities. >> michelle maldonado, thank you so much for talking with us. we will be looking to november to see what happens >> thank you very much. >>> and "new day" continues right now. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm john berman with brianna keilar. it is thursday, september 30th on this "new day". it is 7:02 a.m. speaker pelosi, do you know where your party is? the answer to that question could help determine the success or failure of the biden presidency. will there be a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure plan today, one of the key pillars of president biden's domestic agenda. >> is there any chance you pull the bill tomorrow? . >> the plan is to bring the bill to the floor. >> are you worried that you

>> well, i would expect that the commonwealth and our attorney general, josh shapiro, and the city of'm only one member of the board of elections here, but i would expect that they would resist this effort because not only is the information everything that you would need to commit identity theft or open a credit card or take out a loan in someone's name with their birthday, with their social security number, with their driver's license number, but it's really very unclear where this information would wind up. what third party would be provided with this information to do this so-called investigation? >> listen, we know that at least two of these lawmakers went to observe the arizona audit, which turned out to be really a clown show or a fraudit as i've been calling it. are they planning to use that as a model? >> i don't know. you know, i'm a big fan of the movie "charlie wilson's war," and there's a good quote in it that says, hey, we're going to keep doing this political tradition of saying one thing and doing something totally different. so it's a little bit difficult for us to fi

doing it again will serve the best interest of our commonwealth.he kind of explosive interactions we have seen in other schools sort of districts that people are concerned. the myth that needs to be debunked it critical race theory is not taught in pre-k. it is done at graduate levels and some things as it becomes more well-known at the undergraduate level. i am a former practicing attorney, and i never saw it as a course in law school. >> a legal thoer. >> when i knock on doors, our candidates knock on doors across the direct, how do we bridge this divide. think about how do we create one community, one commonwealth, to address the complex issues. . >> does that help what he said? >> the schools and the parents have to be in partnership. they have to be teachers and parents have

england are using the series to help them prepare for next years commonwealth games in birmingham.g career in the best possible way, helping the german team win the mixed relay team time trial at the cycling road world championships. great britain were fifth. an excellent combined effort from the germans saw them beat the dutch to the title — enabling 36—year—old martin to retire from the sport wearing the rainbow stripes of the world champions. and finally... there's been an update to some cricket terminology — as �*batter�* will now be used instead of batsman in the laws of the game. the mcc, which is recognised as the sole authority on cricket's laws, say the changes will take immediate effect. they say the new gender—neutral language will "help reinforce crickets status as an inclusive game for all". and that's all the sport for now. wednesday wasn't a bad day at all for the greater part of england and wales. but, quite a significant but they're just different wales. but, quite a significant but they�* re just different kettle wales. but, quite a significant but they're just di

. >> it's going to appeal to the commonwealth court. the commonwealth court has a significant republican lean. in fact, if i'm not mistaken, that was out of court cases the trump administration prevailed in was a ruling from the commonwealth court. ultimately i think it will be appealed for the supreme court because i think this kind of information turned over to some random vendor. republican or democrat should be outraged and deeply concerned of an identity theft catastrophe that the pennsylvania gop is courting by subpoenaing in information to, again, audit for the third time a pennsylvania election result that fox news called for joe biden over ten months ago. it's utterly bizarre and illogical. furthermore, this is an election they're claiming was rigged but it's the same election that brought them back into office, too. it's bizarre and illogical. >> and that's the story of the last ten months. the ex-president was behind in every poll. it would have been more suspicious, i think, if he'd won. president biden was ahead in every po