first, they were banned, terrible far right group, they were back on twitter, and when you think about the context of the frightful attacks on nancy pelosi s husband, you know, with somebody calling up, where is nancy, where is nancy, which is what the rampaging mob were saying on the 6th ofjanuary, i think one cannot underestimate what happens with hate speech and hate crime when it is, you know, taken up by perhaps vulnerable or slightly deluded people. so, ithink vulnerable or slightly deluded people. so, i think it is very easy to say to just woke it is just a bit of banter, it is just twitter and it is harmless and the police should investigate, but i think it is right, it should be down to the social media companies to take a much more responsible line on monitoring what goes up. it is quite interesting looking at the success that mr watson, the new chief
first, they were banned, terrible far right group, they were back on twitter, and when you think about the context of the frightful attacks on nancy pelosi s husband, you know, with somebody calling up, where is nancy, where is nancy, which is what the rampaging mob were saying on the 6th ofjanuary, i think one cannot underestimate what happens with hate speech and hate crime when it is, you know, taken up by perhaps vulnerable or slightly deluded people. so, ithink vulnerable or slightly deluded people. so, i think it is very easy to say to just woke it is just a bit of banter, it is just twitter and it is harmless and the police should investigate, but i think it is right, it should be down to the social media companies to take a much more responsible line on monitoring what goes up. it is quite interesting looking at the success that mr watson, the new chief
i m the effing president, take me up to the capitol now. when the president s secret service agent, bobby engel, refused to go to the capitol, trump got physical. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr engel grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we re going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. mr trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel. trump has responded, saying this is a fake story that is sick and fraudulent. today is the first time we have heard exactly what was happening inside the white house on the 6th of january, how the president s most senior advisers anticipated the violence and did little to stop it, and then asked trump for a presidential pardon so they couldn t be prosecuted. did white house chief- of staff mark meadows ever indicate that he was interested . in receiving a presidential pardon relating to the 6th ofjanuary? mr mead
you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we re going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. mr trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel. trump has responded, saying this is a fake story that is sick and fraudulent. today is the first time we have heard exactly what was happening inside the white house on the 6th of january, how the president s most senior advisers anticipated the violence and did little to stop it, and then asked trump for a presidential pardon so they couldn t be prosecuted. did white house chief- of staff mark meadows ever indicate that he was interested . in receiving a presidential pardon relating to the 6th ofjanuary? mr meadows did seek that pardon, yes, ma am. first hand evidence from someone who was right at the heart of the white house. sarah smith, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. tributes are paid
and did little to stop it, and then asked trump for a presidential pardon so they couldn t be prosecuted. did white house chief- of staff mark meadows ever indicate that he was interested . in receiving a presidential pardon relating to the 6th ofjanuary? mr meadows did seek that pardon, yes. that pardon, yes, ma am. first hand evidence from someone who was right at the heart of the white house. sarah smith, bbc news. i m joined now by frank bowman, professor of law at the university of missouri and former federal and state prosecutor. frank, thanks very much forjoining us on the programme. some top republicans are downplaying her testimony, but what was your take? of course she added new detail about what was happening inside the white house as well as the shocking indications that the president actually tried to force his way up to the capitol to lead the riot, but