d. c. rob. what else can you tell us about this decision? well, the trial itself involved was fairly shorted and it resulted in the acquittal of bred hankinson on all 3 of those charges hankens and took the stand himself or he wept at one point. when describing his, ah, what he called his distress over these events. but just to recap, what happened nearly 2 years ago in louisville, kentucky. brianna taylor, a 26 year old black woman who had study to be a, an emergency medical technician, was in her own home, her own apartment when police broke in using a battering ram. there are conflicting reports from neighbors and police as to whether the officers actually identified themselves as police officers before smashing down the door. they were not in uniform, they were in plain clothes. so miss taylor's boyfriend, kenneth walker, who said he believed the house was being invaded by criminals, or someone with ill intent, fired upon the police officers. they then responded by with a, with a fuselage of $32.00 gunshots, several of which hit brianna

we d need rob a c stuff and involvement of the international community festival in order to seize their bottles and to restore the piece id. hope that you are taken over those days in the countries of these region contributes to get there. we are the visits of some other high ranking officials to the peace and foods of the cream. this is what we all want. this is what we all deserve, especially the crating of we are. we're looking actively now. at the question of airplanes, the poland may provide a to, to ukraine and looking at how we might be able to backfill should decide to produce those to supply those plants can't speak to a timeline, but i can just say you were looking at it very, very actively like nasty to virtual ortho, he's the director of the open society foundation. 0 been re eraser program. he's joining us from london. welcome to al jazeera 1st on the issue of refugees. and although, i mean we just heard from secretary blinking that there are some promises and pledges to mold over regarding assistance. but how are authorities in moldova, dealing with the refugee crisis? and

d. c. what did the presidency landscape tell the congress or rob? he made an impassioned and emotional plea for a no fly zone to be established, but he already knew what the answer would be in that hasn't changed. the u. s. with its nato allies are in lockstep on this, they do not want to engage russia in it, in combat, and they see that enforcement of any no fly zones would only require that. and that still remains a red line that the u. s. congress and the white house are both unwilling to cross . as for the appearance of president zalinski today, in this video conference call, he reportedly was not angry in his tone, but he was clearly exhausted from people who attended the meeting. they say he asked for the no fly zone. he also asked for other forms of military assistance on that front. the u. s. congress is more than willing to oblige. in fact, there is a $10000000000.00 aid package that is pending. now it has bipartisan support, the majority that money is for military assistance to ukraine, and that will likely pass congress and be signed into

continue driving around the maryland d c area this week hoping to disrupt traffic and rally people to their cause, which is the truckers claim vaccine and mask mandates a robbingir freedoms during the protests today, there were no reports of any major disruptions to traffic in the area. state legislators in florida are still reviewing the parental rights in education bill to scribe by opponents as the. >> don't say bill. the supporters say that it will give parents more control over what their children learn about lg b t q issues. opponents claim it ould have a chilling impact on youth. this proposed bill has sparked a walkout and demonstrations at schools all across that state. olivia sheen reports now from one high school that wanted to join in on the fight. >> with signs and flags, students at river ridge high school made their stance known organizer esa cache of a lot. he says they do not want to see the proposed parental rights in education. bill passed by the florida legislature is going to affect people directly. it can affect their families, their home situations. it could leave so certain children home was it could leave them like a serious danger. th

rob, thank you. so let's take a closer look at this decision with eminem. and he's a ceo and found of a center for countering digital haiti joins us live from washington, d. c, a image of metal platform, santas, making allowances for forms of what it called political expression that would normally violate its rules on violent speech. how significant is this step by meta and is setting up perhaps a dangerous precedent? do you think? well, let's look 1st of all the impact of it at the moment. mess her by their own admission and the written documents. which frances, how going leak to the whistleblower from facebook. they only deal with 0.6 percent of all violence and intimidation on their platform. so $99.00 out of a 100 times if you wrote something which was inciting violence and or intimidation, it wouldn't be dealt with on any journalist. for example, in the united states would laugh hollowly if they were told that mattered as a marvelous job of cleaning up the violence and intimidation on their platform. any politician would to. so in reality, they're saying we're, we're losing a policy that we barely managed to enforce to even one percent anyway. but i th

rob reynolds al jazeera. let's bring in henry olson. he is a senior fellow, the ethics and public policy center, and he joins us now by noon from washington. d. c. thanks for your time. how do you think president bond and we'll address the war and ukraine and the american physician on it in his address? i think he's going to present it as a war law and democracy against tyranny and aggression. i think he will call on american traditions to unders gird, our response in our defense of the crane, while at the same time making clear that under no circumstances will engage in behavior that will risk a direct war with russia. i think you'll be strong and resolute and tie it to the best of americas international traditional. how do you think people, american, people think that president biden has performed both given sort of the domestic challenges that he's faced and the, the international foreign policy challenges he's faced in his time. your polls are pretty unanimous on that that anybody except the democrats, loyal democrats, are pretty much unhappy president. right. and they don't think that he is talking about the issues domestically that they c

is rob dawson has a look now at how these we'd alternatives are made and the controversy behind them. where cannabis state where a grower state michigan is one of 18 states, including washington, d c, where recreational marijuana is legal with 38 states in d. c. also legalizing medical marijuana. and for licensed growers across the country. many invest millions of dollars into their crops and face steep taxes and regulations. but now those farmers are facing growing threats from synthetic marijuana alternatives. honestly i'm terrified. thc is the compound in marijuana that gets people high, but scientists say people are taking hemp, the non psychoactive part of a cannabis plant used to make cbd products and altering it. heating it up and adding different chemicals to transform cbd into a synthetic thc compound. you start with, um some basic building block molecules, which are then converted in a laboratory using chemical reactions. but the end product is really the same. these synthetic strains are growing in popularity because they're cheaper to produce. but besides posing potential health risks, licensed marijuana growers say synthetic thc is encroaching on their profits, making