for mel —— farewell to cardinal george pell. i’m to cardinal george pell.inal george pell. i'm sure we'll be speaking to you again later on in later hours of the programme. but for now you're you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... american football legend, tom brady, has announced his retirement after a 23 year career. this is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian oil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid, and the anc leader nelson mandela is to be set free unconditionally. three, two, one. a countdown - to a critical moment. the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 - of its engines at once. and apart from its power, it's this recycling of the rocket —i slashing the cost of a launch — that makes this _ a breakthrough in the . business of space travel. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to th

these were allegations cardinal pell always denied. of abusing two boys at a cathedral in melbourne. in the mid—19905, he spent more than 400 days in prison before tho5e conviction5 were quashed by australia's high court in 2020. thousand5 by australia's high court in 2020. thousands of mourners have turned up today for cardinal pell�*5 funeral here at sydney's imposing 5aint mary's sandstone cathedral. many other hundreds of people have not been able to get in, such as demand 5eat5 within the cathedral. tho5e outside watching the service on large 5creen5, watching the service on large screens, and for them they have come to say farewell to a man they consider to be a champion of conservative catholic values. i think he had an incredible wey— i think he had an incredible way to— i think he had an incredible way to formulate the truth in a way to formulate the truth in a way that— way to formulate the truth in a way that people could understand it, and he was fearless, _ understand it, and he was fearless, absolutely fearless. yeah, — f

mary's cathedral in sydney for cardinal george pell funeral.queuing up to get into the funeral service. we understand that many of these people will not get in, such is the demand for seats inside the cathedral. there will be a sombre and poignant day for thousands of people here as they remember a man they consider to be a champion of conservative catholic values. i champion of conservative catholic values. ~ . champion of conservative catholic values. ~' ., ., champion of conservative catholic values. ~ . ., . , values. i think he had an incredible abili to values. i think he had an incredible ability to formally _ values. i think he had an incredible ability to formally the _ values. i think he had an incredible ability to formally the truth - values. i think he had an incredible ability to formally the truth in - values. i think he had an incredible ability to formally the truth in a - ability to formally the truth in a way that— ability to formally the truth in a way that people could understand it. and she _ way that people could understa

cardinal pell always denied those allegations.boys in melbourne in the mid—1990s. he spent more than 400 days in prison before his convictions were quashed by the australia's high courts in 2020. and speaking to people at st mary's cathedral here in sydney on a very warm, humid day in australia's biggest city, they believe that the cardinal was unfairly pilloried and persecuted, which led to those initial convictions that were ultimately overturned. and to many people gathered today, thousands inside the cathedral and many hundreds more watching on big screens outside, this was a man who was a champion of conservative catholic values. we can see now some live pictures from inside the cathedral as the service is under way, as we touched on there, highly controversial figure, many survivors angry at the way the church treated the cardinal. do they see this as the end of the road in their quest forjustice? no, i think it, for them will be a very long struggle to get what they consider to bejustice. what we've seen in recent days, man

cardinal pell was an extremely _ figure. cardinal pell was an extremely polarising - figure. an | extremely polarising official of the catholic church in this country and today his funeral in sydney was a day of contrasts, really. thousands of mourners gathered and for them it was a sombre and poignant occasion. in the end hundreds of people could not get into the famous sandstone cathedral behind me because it was full and they heard the feel that mac former prime minister tony abbott eulogised about cardinal pell saying he should be the next saint in australia and he said that cardinal pell�*s convictions for child sex abuse in 2018 that were later overturned by australia's high court were a modern form of crucifixion, outside we saw very noisy demonstrations from lgbt groups who are angry at the way the church addresses homosexuality and also cardinal pell�*s opposition to same—sex marriage. as in life as in death the cardinal was a polarising figure in his home country of australia. and polarising figure in his home country of australia. and many turned out. — country of

the funeral of the australian cardinal george pell is under way in sydney.er heart complications arising from hip surgery. at one point, he was the third most powerfulfigure in the vatican but was also controversial. he spent 13 months injail for abusing two boys while archbishop of melbourne in the 1990s before the conviction was quashed. and a landmark inquiry found that he knew of child sexual abuse by priests in australia as early as the 1970s but failed to take action. well, some protesters have gathered outside sydney's st mary's cathedral where the cardinal will be laid to rest in a crypt. we can speak to our correspondent phil mercer. highly controversial character as we said, what have crowds been saying stop?— as we said, what have crowds been saying stop? tyre nichols was an extremely _ been saying stop? tyre nichols was an extremely polarising i was an extremely polarising figure, australia's most senior catholic, archbishop of melbourne and archbishop of sydney, to his detractors a man who ignored child sexual abuse in the church and did nothing

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that conviction was overturned and cardinal pell was acquitted . two cardinal pell was acquitted.inal pell's funeral , ministers cardinal pell's funeral, including tony abbott sound, who praised the late cardinal a eulogy. so it in bad taste to protest at funerals regardless of whose funeral it may be. still with me is author broadcaster rebecca reid. and us now is professor or university lecturer . lecturer in philosophy lecturer. lecturer in philosophy of , religion lecturer. lecturer in philosophy of, religion from the university of, religion from the university of cambridge . thank you for of cambridge. thank you for joining us, james. i'll start you since you've just popped on. is it, however appropriate to protest a funeral . good to be protest a funeral. good to be with you, calvin. look, i think that you know the right protest peacefully , anywhere should be peacefully, anywhere should be sacrosanct in any functioning liberal democracy. i mean, i'm i will die on the barricades for that. but that principle. but i think most people would accept that there's something deeply

that's why i co-sponsored the pell act. it will allow students to use pell grants for high quality, short-term education programs. creating even more pathways to the american dream. instead of financing an expensive diploma, students will obtain in demand skills so they can be successful in the work force. this is the right path forward for post secondary education. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from the great state of iowa seek recognition? mrs. miller-meeks: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize annie palmer of indianola who received the grow your future award fright with a farm bureau federation. each year they offer the grow your future award to young iowans who work in agriculture to help grow their businesses. last year annie submitted they are business, hater acr

our friend, the very funny paula pell is back on the show and he is a james beard award-winning chef,is new restaurant, k'far, is now open at the hoxton hotel in brooklyn. we will be cooking with chef michael solomonov. but before we get to all that, you guys, we don't always have enough time to cover everything in the recent news so here with a recap is one of our writers, amber ruffin, in a segment we call "amber says what." ♪ [ cheers and applause >> you guys, things have been crazy. okay, first of all, beyoncÉ announced her "renaissance" world tour, and i was like what? then tickets went on sale, and i was like, what, what so i went online to buy a ticket, and i was like, what these prices were so expensive i was like, "who you think you got, beyoncÉ?" what's that? they do? oh, i'll take 14 tickets sold out dang so then i heard that the kansas city chiefs and the philadelphia eagles were going to the super bowl, and i was like, what but then i heard rihanna is performing at the halftime time show, and i was like, what, what, what, what, what yeah, baby the chiefs and the eagles ar

cardinal pell died last month aged 81 after heart complications arising from hip surgery.e point, he was the third most powerfulfigure in the vatican. the american football player tom brady — thought by many to be the greatest quarterback ever to play the game — has announced his retirement again. the 45—year—old retired last year only to come back and take the tampa bay buccaneers to the play—offs. those are our latest headlines. now on bbc news, bbc wales investigates: welsh rugby under the spotlight. wales�* women on the pitch... commentator: they think they've gone over! - wales score! ..proud to wear the three feathers. you know, it's a wonderful game and it's our national game. it was a dream job. charlotte wathan was hired in 2018 to help transform the women's game in wales. i believed that i could be a force for good. i believed that i could, you know, bring about some positive change. but she quit after four years, telling the wru she was sick of being exposed to bullying, sexism and sexual harassment at work. and that's really sad. um... the women's game had long

in sydney, pell is one of the most senior figures in the vatican when he was found guilty of sexually assaulting choir boys. he spent a year in prison before his convictions were coursed. turkish president bridget type early one says anchor will look positively on finland's application to join nato. but he repeated his opposition to sweden's bid. recent koran burning in stockholm and turkish officials. a missing radioactive capsule that sparks a regional alert in western australia has finally been found. according to officials, the device which contains a harmful amount of the radioactive substance safety and $137.00 went missing more than 2 weeks ago. while being transported along a desert road from a remote mine. the government is now investigating how it happened. it was a surge described is like looking for a needle in a haystack. but after almost a week of scouring the australian out back and hundreds of kilometers of highway, the hunt for a missing radioactive cap till it finally over. authorities releasing these images of the spot where the tiny device was finally found, sittin

and sidney pell was one of the most senior figures in the vatican when he was found guilty of sexually assaulting fire boys. he spent a year in prison before his convictions were washed. the scandal had indian billionaire. good tom, donnie has called off a major share sale as his business. empire continues to plunge in value. his sprawling from grammar which stretches from ports to petrol stations, has lost more than 90000000000 euros and market value following allegations of market manipulation and fraud on that story is coming up in our business program in about 8 minutes from now in the united states. now family friends and civil rights activists have said good bye to tyree nichols. the 29 year old black man died from his injuries after being beaten by 5 black police officers in the city of memphis. mourners were joined by us, vice president comalla harris, who echoed calls for police reform. ah, you ah marsh troy. after days of protests over his teeth, mourners gathered to celebrate tyree nichols life, his friends, family, and civil rights activists. attending mister nichols funera

is to authorize the use of pell grants for work force programs. students need the shortest and least expensive pathway to employment and opportunity for advancement throughout their lives. in the last three years our community colleges in louisiana served over 15,000 students who graduated with the credentials and completed these programs and have strong job placement rate above 90% and demonstrated wage improvement well over 20% from the prior year. more broadly in louisiana, we have a recognized earnings premium verse students that complete short term work force programs that's greater than the initial earnings of those students who gain credentials from credit-based programs that are pee lines eligible and they're demonstrating value to employers. yet the shorter term programs are verne served for those with money in their pockets and will not require pell grants to attend college. effectively we're limiting the act of a broad swath of americans to quickly gain the skills needed to obtain a good job. i congratulate you, chairwoman foxx and repr

protesters have gathered outside the funeral of the roman catholic cardinal, george pell.e was jailed for child sex offences before the conviction was overturned in 2020. some protesters chanted "pell, burn in hell". but his supporters viewed him as a champion of conservative values. the american football player tom brady, thought by many to be the greatest quarterback ever to play the game, has announced his retirement — again. the 45—year—old retired last year, only to come back and take the tampa bay buccaneers to the play—offs. now on bbc news, click. this week, we're trying to get to space, which is even harder than it sounds. lara messes up the house... oh, no. i spilled my coffee! ..and then clears up. mind the cat, though. and fancy a drink? we're saving water... cheers. ..and trying to save nick from himself. oh, no, he's getting a tattoo. there's no going back from this. _ it's a pretty spectacular view from earth's orbit. and there are plenty of things that have that view these days. a couple of space stations and thousands of satellites. and more and more compa

the pandemic, about 7% of black college students received pell grant.s could wipe down -- wipe out their entire student debt completely, but the only deterrence is the current suit blocking it. there are the same folks who had hundreds of thousands of dollars in pandemic relief loans forgiven in many congress, many republicans, to benefit the wealthiest people in america. you have got to give me a break. my administration is making it our case in the supreme court and i am confident we have the legal authority to carry the plan. i promise you, i have your back and this is so much more we can do. we have to stand together to protect women's rights to choose. we cut black child property -- poverty in half in 2021 because of the tax credit. we need to make that tax credit permanent now. [applause] i signed the bipartisan reform act to protect the will of the people and the peaceful transfer of power. we must get the congress to vote on the john lewis voting rights act. and the freedom to vote act. i made clear we cannot allow the filibuster to be an obstac

protest outside the handle of a controversial israeli cardinal, who died last month. critics of george pell, were confronted by supporters outside the cathedral. he sidney pell spend more than a year in prison on a child, sex abuse conviction, which was later overturned. it was once the 3rd highest, rankin catholic official in the world. those are the headlines. these continues here. ronald is here. after witness. good bye. ah. with mm. pool miss with with get things back. i would be, i know, i know a lot of people i a miss you know that i had a bad but yeah, if i can, i mean, normally look, you know, you want them to, you know, but you think you get a lot of it but gayly doing up what is it a i mean, what if they want me to leave a lot more, you know, i know about that. well, what i get ok. i don't know what they see, but i mean, they make another way for you to i know my law mauricio not be brought back with a with a lot of that a lot of them, but i'm really theme i get going in for a one without a clinical miami, mit theme, qualifying me, hold a read t well on look is a it want to wait a

in sydney. pell was one of the most senior figures in the vatican when he was found guilty of sexually assaulting choir boys. he spent a year in prison before his convictions washed. what scandal had indian billionaire gout? him? a donnie has called off a major share cell as his business empire continues to luncheon value. danis, sprawling conglomerate, which stretched from fort petrol stations, has lost more than 90000000000 euros in market value. following allegations of market manipulation and fraud, us is to expand its military presence in the philippines. defense secretary lloyd austin confirmed the move after a meeting with the president of the philippines for mann marco's junior us troops have been granted access to more military camps in the country. but general austin fed, the u. s. wasn't looking to have a permanent face. there are permanent basis there. now the port of ad for in belgium has become the number one gateway for latin american cocaine destined for europe. the trade is controlled by powerful international gangs and comes with high levels of violence and corruption

protesters have gathered outside the funeral of the roman catholic cardinal, george pell.e was jailed for child sex offences before the conviction was overturned in 2020. some protesters chanted "pell, burn in hell", but his supporters viewed him as a champion of conservative values. the american football player tom brady, thought by many to be the greatest quarterback ever to play the game, has announced his retirement — again. the 45—year—old retired last year only to come back and take the tampa bay buccaneers to the play—offs. those are our latest headlines this our stop. that's all from me. sally is here at five o'clock. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. here's the good news. the proportion of the world's population living in extreme poverty has declined sharply over the past 30 years. here's the bad news. still close to one in 20 of all the world's people relies on humanitarian assistance for survival. with many nations cutting their aid budgets, international ngos remain a linchpin of the global aid system.

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federal pell grant recipients could see up to 20,000 wiped clean.nd this group plans to be out here all night hoping the first 100 get inside to see those argument glimpleghts though from the justices will come late june or early july at the latest. bret, back to you. >> bret: david spunt outside a boisterous supreme court. thanks very much. lloyd austin facing immediate deadline to provide information to house republicans on what they call the unauthorized release of some military records to a group associated with the democratic party. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel tells us where things stand with that tonight. >> facing a deadline today, the pentagon is asking two powerful house republicans for more time to dig into the unauthorized release of military personnel records of republican veterans run for congress. armed services chairman mike rogers and oversight chairman james comer wrote to defense secretary lloyd austin two weeks ago demanding to know if this was more than just an air force problem. rogers responding, quote: dod has

[ cheers and applause >>> seth: i want to thank my guests, reese witherspoon, paula pell, chef michael solomonov. i want to thank fred armisen and the 8g band. stay safe. get vaccinated get boosted. we love you. [ cheers and applause ♪ >>> now at 11:00, president biden provoking strong reactions in the state of the union. cheers, jeers, standing ovations as he addressed the nation. >>> rescue crews in turkey and syria working around the clock, searching for survivors. a call tonight from bay area organizations to help those in need. >>> more concerns about the millennium tower. how will the leaning high rise hold up in an earthquake? we investigate. >>> good evening, the state of the union address may be one for the ages. touting his accomplishments from his years in office, president biden called out republicans, many responding with jeers or worse. the press faced a divided congress the first time, democrats controlling the senate but republicans now in charge of the house. he spoke about an hour and 15 minutes, the economy, prescription drug prices, police violence and banning assau

and people who got pell grants could make $20,000 forgiven. a decision is expected by the end of the current term in late june. >> president biden first announced this plan in late august. the lower courts and put it on hold. at the supreme court, nicole dantonio, cbs news, bay area. >>> more users are deleting tiktok from their smart phones. new guidance >>> welcome back. harish your money watch report. u.s. stocks rebounded yesterday after losses last week fueled by recession fears. looking at the canvis if it will continue this morning, it is now down in the red 157 points. >>> the white house is not giving government agencies 30 days remove tiktok from all federal devices and computer systems. the office of management and budget says the move is aimed at protecting your estate up. officials suspect that china is using the app to spy on americans. the band does not impact the more than 100 million americans who use tiktok on nongovernment devices. >>> back to our first alert weather day covers. heavy snow in the forecast for millions of cal

joggers archipelago home at that she goes to san diego garcia, the largest island in new york and pell ago is now the location of a very large u. s. military base. you could give a med, geez, i to the u. s. government to make a military base and just defaulted, or chunk of some people from their country. so they call it, returned back on the island. no, but we are fighting. that's why i'm real fighting for the right. so i, we do not consider that the right to self determination actually applies to the trickle students. i don't the question of self determination. the legal advice we have received is actually the trickle. since we're not at all, not a people for me, it's time to move on and see what we can do for the child said community to return back home, knowledge support from the united nation. i commission, african united nish. i don't care about chug or send people i look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings except where such order is a conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should

include nursing truck drivers and technical workers like welders. >> lawmakers say by expanding what a pell grant can be used for job seeking americans could learn new skills. it's hard to hire people. one of the ways we're going to solve this problem is by equipping more and more people with the skills to get these jobs, democrats and republicans behind the legislation say students looking at trade in vocational programs deserve the same help as those planning for college helping people, you know, pursue the career path they want. but it's also kind of a fundamental matter of fairness and look what they'll end up with. none of the college debt. >> and if they're guided properly to these high demand. >> highway jobs, supporters of the legislation say something like this is over. do what we're talking about is very big change and how we administer federal financial aid that it's time similar legislation failed in the past. but if congress can make this work, i think it will transform lives. this legislation has the support of 36 senators still not clear, though, whether there's enough suppor

in life and in death. mourners square of the protesters at a funeral for australian cardinal george pell and sport. even the very best have nights to forget find out what went wrong for killian bob a later on in the r ah, investigators and pakistan say the suicide bomber who attacked a mosque and pasha, one on monday, was wearing a police uniform security footage shows and pulling up on a motorbike, after passing through the gates of the police compound unchecked, at least a 100 people were killed and more than $220.00 were injured in the explosion. most of the victims were police officers who had gathered for prayers more cycle. the suicide bomber was creating a drama, dragging his bike on the side of the road and being and police uniform. yes, he was in police uniform. i admit this was a security lab. so they my men could not me stop it. so i concede that it is my faults, do not, there's what they are going across now to us, i beg, whose live for us and push our the key question throughout all of this so far has been how the attacker got into such a secure area. it seems now we're begi

borrowers who had aderholt pell grant's for low income students to receive an additional $10,000.y people would qualify for that because many of those who have gone to college in the last few decades have fewer resources than in generations past. john: without this program, when will the crunch, when will the crunch come for these borrowers? danielle: the department of education has said payments will start to resume 60 days after a decision is made. certainly no later than june of this year. keep in mind, borrowers have not made payments on their loans for nearly three years at this stage. there is a lot of concern, and this is the reason why. the administration says this policy is needed. that many of those borrowers will struggle to make payments on their loans, they will become delinquent, or potentially default on their loans. john: in january, the administration unveiled a new income based student repayment plan. how does that work? danielle: this plan pretty much updates an existing student loan repayment plan by assuring borrowers pay less of their discretionary income for

pell grant recipients who demonstrate financial need would get $20,000 forgiven. here's a time line of significant events. back in 2019, then presidential candidate senator elizabeth warren proposed for getting up to $50,000 worth of student loan debt. president biden, then candidate biden, now president, suggested doing so back in 2020. a minimum of $10,000. then remember the pandemic hits, then president trump signs the c.a.r.e.s act, that pauses federal student loan payments and no interest is acued from the meantime. the official forgiveness proposal is announced in august 24, 2022. then we see lawsuits coming. graduate students sue, a group of states sue, and a federal judge rules it needs to be blocked for the time being. that leads us to today in oral arguments at the supreme court. mortgages makes up the lion's share. what's next? student loans. and we also see the trajectory here of how much student loan debt has aggregated, how much it's increased over the last few years. this is a graph from the white house. this is the argument that they're giving on w

already 18 states have established restrictions on the pell.and texas -- donald trump could make a decision that would up and access to -- nationwide. which means, nationwide. that includes blue states, like california and new york. it includes states that have recently enshrined access to abortion and their state constitution. like michigan and vermont. no matter where you live, this could impact you. a conservative group called alliance defending freedom, which by the way the poverty law center considers a hate group, that group brought a case against the fda, november, to challenge the approval of -- which, again happened 20 years ago. the group claims the fda lacked the authority to approve the drug. it didn't study its safety and efficacy. they -- want judge cuts merrick to issue an injunction blocking all access to -- and revoke the fda's approval of a. tomorrow is a deadline for brief from the plaintiff adding to the fda, once those briefs are earning just as american make the decision to block access to -- swiftly as soon as tomorrow if

this is how pell grant values have relatively remained stagnant then what real people are saying.have lisa brown of north carolina, i'm going to struggle until the day i die with this debt. another one, brianna, how am i supposed to plan on having kids and pay for their future but then the opposition, senator john thune saying not one penny is being canceled or forgivening, it's being transferred from the 13% of people who don't have debt to the 87% that does not. >> you have people arguing, i paid off my debt. why should somebody else get it forgiven? that's part of the argument for the republicans here, we're just going to have to wait and see. fascinating stuff, lindsey. jonathan, the implications of this ruling from the 2024 race. let me start on the democratic side. what would a win mean for joe biden for his administration and if the court rules against this, could it energize the democratic base that's concerned for a lot of other reasons, frankly, about a conservative supreme court? >> yeah, the white house is, of course, watching today's hearing, arguments with extreme in

it offers $20,000 for pell grant recipients and $10,000 for other federal student loan borrowers who make less than $125,000 a year. according to the white house, more than 26 million americans submitted applications. 16 million of them were approved before lower courts paused the program. the congressional budget office says the plan, which has been widely criticized by republicans, would cost almost half a trillion dollars. >> i think the legal justification for it is highly questionable. >> reporter: this morning the nine justices will hear a challenge from six republican states who say the president's plan is a, quote, breathtaking and transform active exercise of power and another from two borrowers, one who doesn't qualify for the program and the other who's only eligible for partial relief. >> the justices will be considering whether both the states and the individuals even have the legal authority to challenge the plans as well as whether the biden administration has its legal authority to forgive student loans. >> we're confident in our legal authority. we're going to see wh

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loans for individuals earning less than $125,000 a year and $20,000 if they were also recipients of pell grants. an ambitious campaignprishe president is trying to fulfill using his executive authority under the pandemic emergency student loan program is designed to give just a little more breathing room. but separate lawsuits filed by two borrowers and a group of republican led states argue the president's plan is an illegal abuse of power, and it's unfair to some borrowers. people knew what they were doing when they signed it, and they should pay it off. but the latest quinnipiac poll shows a majority of americans support the student loan forgiveness plan. roughly one in six adults carry some debt. collectively according to the federal reserve. americans owe more than $1.6 trillion in student loans, many hoping the justices will allow biden's plan to move forward. it's not everything, but it would certainly help a lot and relieve a lot of that burden and andrea luis, lower courts have decided or have actually cited with the states, but it's unclear at this point how the justices will r

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the funeral of the controversial australian cardinal, george pell, has just begun in sydney — we'll beew tate will remain in police custody until february 27, after a romanian court rejected his detention appeal on wednesday.

while she did not attend the funeral of a cardinal pell and as well as the inside 100 people inside, we had those outside, but they were protested. as we mentioned, who the honey political and highly divisive character on a national platform here, a strong yes. he fight. so to start child abuse allegations. back in 2017. he was convicted of those allegations. in 2020, he was clear, or donnelly had by the highest course in australia, but despite being directed you still, there are too many people who are highly critical of his past and to believe that he was guilty of those allegations. so those quotes that confronted some of those motors we had the protest holding signs signed to help with pills. that wasn't just the to bother the child abuse which led the rally view had activists 2 opposed to a candle, george pills, opposition to thank marriage and abortion. right. so we had those purchases. i tied ribbon round the church now trying to add to the voice of the to by the child abuse . i should know also that some kind of pill he did to 406 days of that 6 year conviction or sentence. b

of motors inside marys cathedral, that was loyal, the faithful, the supporters of cardinal george pell. we also had hundreds of people outside and they would also see with a device of character, as you noted. and he was not controversial and high ranking. and he would open the national debate here in australia, and that could be pot hill pipes, satori a child sexual be charging over a number in 2017 allegations were good and he was convicted. but in 2020, he was exhilarated in pledge bus daily. it's high court despite exoneration. those critic remained in today we had on tuesday and you had those protested rally outside the mary's to sign saying he'll go to hell. they still angry about to pass . it wasn't just those survivors of child sexual be who died the day. it was also those opposed to candle jewels pills opposition to abortion. ringback and to gay marriage as well. so those people gather to support those projects. we had some clashes between the morning to as long as you know, she denied, grabbed, and those those quotes and they were faithful and supported, held to death. but the

and it's why it's wonderful to is it so concentrated the amount of energy in uranium pell it? the size of a gummy bear, tiny little thing has the same energy as a ton of coal. and also a lot cheaper than a ton of coal. if we didn't do things the way we do to make it, make it expensive. but it means that instead of a sprawling operation of a coal plant with mines and trains in the coal plant itself and then the pollution in the air, the health effects of coal smoke which are just terrible around the world. all that's wiped away and you have a tiny little nuclear plant producing that energy. now wind, solar and hydro are all much more intensive on the landscape. hydro is great from a climate change point of view, because if it's reliable, you can, you can turn the dam on and off when you need electricity. so it's good that way and it's cheap, but it does flood valleys and destroy ecosystems. the whole may con, river watershed, in se asia is being just wiped out now by all the hydro being built. so that's that sad. and then wind and solar are also very sprawling and take a lot of

those with pell grants could get $20,000 erased. but that comes at a cost. trillion dollars. critics say on an issue this big, congress has to sign off. missouri attorney general andrew bailey is one of the state republican leaders urging the court to kill the program. >> asked someone who pay for my school in blood, sweat, and tears in service to my nation, t is a service near and dear to my heart to be a prime cop in the court will reach the right decision. >> reporter: a confidence bolstered during three hours of arguments as conservative justices seemed skeptical that president biden could single-handedly forgive student debt for 95% of borrowers. >> i think most casual observers would say, if you're going to give up that much amount of money, if you are going to affect the obligations of that many americans on a subject that is of great controversy, they would think that is something for congress to act on. >> reporter: but liberal justices said the law gave the administration power to act during national emergencies like covid. >> there are 50 million

and cancel up to $20,000 for pell grant recipients. while millions of americans applied for the program, it was met with immediate backlash and blocked by a federal appeals court in november. the supreme court will hear two different challenges starting today. one is from a group of six republican-led states that sued last sent. they argue the president overstepped his authority by taking the action without approval from congress the other challenge comes from two student borrowers who claim that they would be excluded from the plan they argue that the biden administration deprived them of their procedural rights by not allowing the public to weigh in. president biden acknowledged the challenges during an event for black history month at the white house. >> my administration is making ourcase in the supreme court, and i'm confident the legal authority to carry that plan is there. i promise you. i have your back and this is so much more we can do >> reporter: the supreme court also agreed to take on a case over the constitutionality of

the funeral of the controversial australian cardinal george pell begun in sydney a few minutes ago.rew tate will remain in police custody until february 27 after a romanian court rejected his detention appeal on wednesday.

which means that when colon pell gave his presentation to the united nations security council in february of 2003, it wasn't just misleading. it was deliberately misleading. he knew what he was saying was false. and as a result, we went to war 5 years after the beginning of the iraq occupation by us forces. then president george w bush proudly visited baghdad. but didn't get the welcome. he expects it as burst, had to dodge a pair of shoes thrown in his face by an iraqi journalist. ah ah phone. and if you looked at his face yellow and twitching, you could see the embarrassment he was so scared from. so i don't think his smile was normal as for the shoes, i demanded them when i was with the investigating judge. i told him you can do whatever you want with me, but i want my shoes. the next day he told me that the shoes had been destroyed in case they contained explosives. but when i was transferred to court for my trial, ordered by an iraqi army division, the divisions commander sat beside me. he asked me, do you know why they destroyed the shoes? i told him i heard they did so because they