mr. hernandez saying in his defense?the essence of his defense is that he is an ally of washington bravely leading the charge against drug trafficking and he was working alongside the dea and this is all been orchestrated by disgruntled crimals. it will be interesting to see how far that is the legal strategy, but it looks like they call upon presidents trump, obama, and president biden as well. a bold strategy,o say the least. laura: good luck getting them to testify. the u.s. authorities could not arrest him while he was president so they waited until he was out of office. are there other reasons why former u.s. presidents might turn a blind eye to what he is doing? >> there will be a political dimension to all of this. the thing that seems to matter most to washington and centr america is stability. particularly stabilityhen it comes to immigration and the trump administration in the first of all. the last thing they wanted was moreigration coming from honduras, ifically, by removing a head of state for drug trafficki

mr. hernandez. mr.underwood you are recognized for five minutes. >> i first want to thank the chairwoman jackson lee and the ranking member and members of the subcommittee for holding this hearing today for sharing the space to hear stories about the importance of second chances for families like me and mine. my name is lee underwood, e68-year-old fellow with the project campaign to end of life and imprisonment. 50 years ago i was a teenage father in harlem that needed to provide for my family and that there was one way to make fast money to ensure my child didn't go hungry like i did. the impact on the war on drugs and beyond my community and at the racial injustice at its heart i was sentenced to life without a possibility of parole for leading a violent drug operation now in the 70s and 80s. during my incarceration i committed myself to growth and had no infractions in the years. my children became steadfast advocates for my release and in the fall of 2014 president obama announced the clemency initi

mr hernandez, who governed from 2014 to january this year, was arrested in february.d from honduras to the us last month. he is accused of having accepted millions of dollars in bribes during his eight years as president, in exchange for protecting drug traffickers from investigation and arrest. an international donors conference has raised more than $6.5 billion to help war—torn syria and its neighbours. the news was announced on the second day of a un—backed conference in brussels. earlier the un's high commissioner for refugees, filippo grandi warned that the humanitarian situation for syrians was catastrophic. russia has targeted the black sea port of odesa using what the ukrainians say were hypersonic missiles, which fly at five times the speed of sound. one person is reported to have died. it comes as the united nations has estimated that the number of civilians killed in the conflict far exceeds the officialfigure ofjust over 3,000. from odesa, caroline davies reports. as russia celebrated victory day, odesa burned. this was one of the city's shopping centres,

mr hernandez, who governed from 2014 to january this year, was arrested in february. his eight years as president, in exchange for protecting drug traffickers from investigation and arrest. the high court in london has begun hearing a defamation trial brought by rebekah vardy, the wife of the former england footballerjamie vardy, against coleen rooney, who's married to the former england captain wayne rooney. the court heard that ms vardy felt she had to establish her innocence, after being accused of leaking personal information about mrs rooney to the media. colin paterson reports. coleen rooney arriving at the high court, accompanied by her husband, wayne rooney, for the start of a much anticipated trial, which a legal team have summed up as being about betrayal. one minute later, rebekah vardy, who is suing herfor libel, strode in. both women very used to cameras, but not the courtroom. inside, coleen rooney sat next to her husband. at one end of the front bench. no more than ten feet away was rebekah vardy. there was almost zero eye contact between the two former

mr. hernandez-gil? thank you. >> so, begin the fact that there has been a couple of references very specific references to the letters and the 1100 letters that we received from china town i will take the opportunity to read it. i think it is very important for the public it hear this. to the members of the redistricting task force. i was made away the bound easier of d3 may be reconfigured as a result of the census. i'm concerned of had will happen to china town in 10 years. china town, are community of common interested tied by small businesses. they should be included in the updated district 3. in bold letters ooem against the proposal to add the tenderloin to d 3. combine thanksgiving area with china town would stretch resource thin and strain resources would be arc lued toward neighborhood revitalization and small business. chien town businesses suffered from the pandemic, antiasia hate. crime and property damage adding the tenderloin would add more problems. i fear the tenderloin with problems wil

faces three criminal counts, including conspiracy to import cocaine and weapons possession and mr hernandezotection from drug traffickers for protection from drug traffickers for investigation. he denies all wrongdoing and former congressman is also served a life sentence in the us for drug trafficking. meanwhile, the police chief has also been extradited on drugs charges and so, there are a lot of stories about this. and washington, dc. first of all, the timing of the extradition and the arrest so soon after the term in office suggests that there was some coordination between this and the political dimensions of the story in the us. and the political dimensions of the story in the us-_ story in the us. ultimately, the trump administration _ story in the us. ultimately, the trump administration had i story in the us. ultimately, the trump administration had seen | trump administration had seen hernandez as an ally and i think with the biden administration came in but they were keen on was perhaps not uprooting the stability that he brought to the central american nation, they needed his sup

but support pers, me surging forward offer hernandez. mrs. moon is campaigning as a 3rd way, anti corruption candidate. and sergio for gerardo is polling forth, he is a mathematician and former governor. he missed the 2018 run off by only 2 points. so let's meet nato on to ramp here to joins us live from bogota, alessandra, what can we expect from this final debate that yes, nick, we're here waiting for their candidates to some of her at their close allies. they're just walking in as we speak. what's important here is that this debate will start just 36 hours before paul's open in columbia. so this is truly the last opportunity for the candidates to try and seduce them. many undecided voters that remain her poles that are now a week old and say that around 10 to 15 percent of voters are actually still on that side of them that those voters were probably at this site who to vote for in the last 48 hours before, before sundays are paul and this is very important for many candidates is very important for the front runner, gustavo petro, who as

mr petro would become the first left—wing president in the history of colombia. his unexpected rival is an independent 77—year—old businessman, rodolfo hernandezuefa to open a formal the ukrainian band members who won this year's eurovision song contest, kalush orchestra, have sold their trophy at auction for $900,000 to raise money for the war in ukraine. the sale coincided with the band's appearance at a charity concert for ukraine at berlin's brandenburg gate. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: thousands of sri lankan students storm the president's home, demanding a greater say in how the country is run. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter. he fought all the way to the . end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in

mr petro, who has promised huge economic and social changes in colombia, took 40% of the vote and will face right—wing populist rodolfo hernandezkaty watson has the details. well, colombia is no stranger to political violence, the elections on sunday took place peacefully. but the results were a break with the past. people here made it pretty clear they are fed up with traditional politics and they want something different, something that works for them. translation: i’m something that works for them. translation:— translation: i'm completely sure that the _ translation: i'm completely sure that the boats _ translation: i'm completely sure that the boats will - translation: i'm completely sure that the boats will be - translation: i'm completely sure that the boats will be in l sure that the boats will be in favour of the real change colombia needs. we have been asking for it for over 60 years, and we can have the hope of a better future for beloved country. of a better future for beloved count . ~ ,, �* of a better future for beloved country-_ the i of a better future for beloved - country._ the truth country. translation: the

hernandez, has seen his popularity surge in the last month. he has the support of ingrid betancourt, a colombian politician who was kidnapped by farc rebels in 2002 and held captive for six years. mrs ten days before the election, the polls, i decided to move and not to wait for the others to do the unity of the centre. so, i decided to back down from my candidacy and to support rodolfo hernandez, which is from the centre, the candidate that has the best options to go to second round and to beat both or one of the two extreme options that i consider could be very bad for our country. but the other major issues in this election, we've seen the pandemic has pushed more than 3 million colombians into poverty, hasn't it? this is one of the major issues that every candidate needs to be talking about, isn't it? yeah, and i think that rodolfo has the best way to deal with the problem. the problem in colombia is corruption. colombia, it's a rich country. we have a good economic and sound economic environment. but everything goes into corruption. all our taxes, the national budget goes into corruption. we need to stop that in order to serve the poor and to end poverty. we shouldn't have poo

hernandez-gil. >> present. why member pierce. ia present. >> member castillon. >> present. >> chair townsend. >> present. >> member ho. >> present. >> member cooper. >> present. >> member chasel lee. >> present. >> vice chair reiner. >> present. >> all are present. >> thank you, mr

mr. thompson: i yield an additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for an additional minute. d.m. anand: i acknowledge again this shooting incident of geraldo hernandez whos what the first officer killed in the line of duty. and the machete attack at the new orleans airport that resulted in injuries. it is breaking news. and i stand with t.s.o.'s and t.s.a. and long overdue. and they saved us after 9/11. they came in and stood in the gap. and we must fix the moralee and get rid of the allege of mismanagement and wasteful procedures and retaliation of whistleblowers and low moralee within the agency. i'm on the budget committee and this is paid for and this is the pathway of professionalism at the airport, saving lives, protecting the public and making sure we have this young and growing team that is part of america's front lines. i ask my colleagues to support it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. mr. thompson reserves. mr. guest. guest: i yield to the gentleman from texas mr. gooden. mr. gooden: i thank what the gentleman has said and that's the t.s.a. agent, the men and women who work for the america cap people at t