Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Imelda ‘on path to recovery’ after hospital confinement, says President Marcos
- 4 more senators join Padilla in move to overturn Quiboloy contempt ruling
- China ships in Benham Rise ‘bit of an escalation,’ says Marcos
- Nikki Haley ends White House bid, clearing path for a Trump-Biden rematch
- Jury finds armorer guilty in fatal 'Rust' shooting
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-7-2024/
- Imelda ‘on path to recovery’ after hospital confinement, says President Marcos
- 4 more senators join Padilla in move to overturn Quiboloy contempt ruling
- China ships in Benham Rise ‘bit of an escalation,’ says Marcos
- Nikki Haley ends White House bid, clearing path for a Trump-Biden rematch
- Jury finds armorer guilty in fatal 'Rust' shooting
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/march-7-2024/
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00:00 Today on Rappler.
00:14 President Marcos says his mother Imelda is on the path to recovery from pneumonia.
00:18 Four more senators joined Robin Padilla in seeking to reverse Apollo Kibuloy's contempt
00:22 ruling.
00:23 President Marcos says Chinese research vessels in Benham Rise is a bit of an escalation of
00:28 the ongoing territorial conflict with Beijing.
00:30 Nikki Haley ends her bid for the White House, clearing the way for a Trump-Biden rematch.
00:35 And a jury finds the armorer of the movie Rust guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
00:42 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his mother, former First Lady Imelda Marcos, is feeling
00:47 better, days after she was admitted to the hospital for slight pneumonia and fever, thus
00:52 refuting rumors the Marcos family matriarch had died.
00:55 The chief executive paid his mother a visit after arriving in Manila from Melbourne Wednesday
01:00 night, March 6.
01:01 He posts on Ex Thursday, "His mother's fever is gradually subsiding and she is on the path
01:06 to recovery."
01:07 He adds the matriarch will stay in the hospital until she finishes her prescribed course of
01:12 antibiotics.
01:13 The president's sister, Senator Aimee Marcos, first confirmed on Tuesday, March 5.
01:18 Their 94-year-old mother was brought to the hospital after bouts of coughs and feverishness.
01:23 The widow of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos has had numerous health issues.
01:27 In May 2023, she underwent a successful angioplasty.
01:33 At least four more senators signed an objection letter seeking to reverse a Senate panel's
01:37 decision to hold embattled preacher Apolo Kibuloy in contempt for snubbing a hearing.
01:42 Senator Robin Padilla was the first to object the ruling and identified the others with
01:46 him as Senators Bongo, J.V. Ejercito, Cynthia Villar, and Aimee Marcos.
01:52 Senator Ejercito later withdraws his signature on the objection.
01:55 Ejercito says he withdrew after careful review of the facts, witness testimonies, and additional
01:59 information.
02:00 Padilla says he personally calls on other senators to sign the objection.
02:04 He claims his position has nothing to do with his friendship with Kibuloy but says he considers
02:09 Kibuloy an ally in his advocacy against the communist rebellion.
02:12 Padilla has five more days starting March 7 to convince four more senators to object
02:17 and prevent the Senate from ordering Kibuloy's arrest.
02:20 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says reports of Chinese research vessels in Benham Rise
02:27 was a clear intrusion into our Philippine maritime territory and an incident that caused
02:32 great concern.
02:33 The Philippine president is in Australia for the ASEAN Australia Special Summit.
02:37 There is a suspicion that they are not only research vessels.
02:40 So again, this is a bit of an escalation of the tension that is present in the West Philippine Sea.
02:52 The president confused different areas of the Philippines in his statement.
02:55 Benham Rise is in the eastern seaboard facing the Pacific Ocean, while the West Philippine
02:59 Sea is on the other side and is part of the South China Sea.
03:03 Benham Rise is an underwater plateau believed to be rich in natural gases.
03:07 In 2012, the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf confirmed
03:11 Benham Rise is part of the Philippine continental shelf.
03:17 Nikki Haley ends her long-shot challenge to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald
03:21 Trump on Wednesday, March 6.
03:23 Haley, the former South Carolina governor and Trump's ambassador to the United Nations,
03:27 says, "The time has now come to suspend my campaign," adding, "I have no regrets."
03:32 Haley's strong showing among moderate Republicans in independence highlighted how Trump could
03:37 be vulnerable in the November 5 election.
03:39 The rematch between Trump 77 and Biden 81, the first repeat U.S. presidential contest
03:45 since 1956, is one that few Americans want.
03:48 Opinion polls show both Biden and Trump have low approval ratings among voters.
03:53 The election promises to be deeply divisive, with Biden casting Trump as an existential
03:57 danger to democracy.
03:59 Trump's camp says he'll continue to focus on immigration, economy and foreign policy.
04:04 Biden has his own baggage, including widespread concern about his age.
04:09 A New Mexico jury on Wednesday, March 6, finds Rust Armorer Hannah Gutierrez guilty of involuntary
04:15 manslaughter.
04:16 The Rust incident is Hollywood's first fatal shooting on set in nearly 30 years.
04:21 Ten days of testimony focused on whether the inexperienced armorer endangered fellow crew
04:25 and cast members in her handling of firearms.
04:28 A juror told reporters after the verdict that it was her job to check those rounds.
04:32 In October 2021, Gutierrez mistakenly loaded a live round into a reproduction Colt .45
04:38 revolver that actor Alec Baldwin was using.
04:42 After the actor cocked the gun, a live bullet was fired, killing cinematographer Halina
04:46 Hutchins and wounding director Joel Sousa.
04:48 Gutierrez faces up to 18 months in state prison.
04:52 Baldwin denies having pulled the trigger.
04:54 His own manslaughter trial is set for July 10.
04:59 And that's today's wrap.
05:00 I'm Nina Liu.
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