from hong kong have taken up the british government s offer of a new visa route to start a new life in the uk. the world s fifth oldest zoo, bristol zoo gardens, is set to close its gates to the public for the final time, with the animals on the move to a new location. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has made an impassioned speech in defence of american democracy. he warned that donald trump and what he termed maga republicans represent a form of extremism that threaten the american way of life. he also urged all americans to come together to defend american democracy, regardless of their ideology. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has this report. an historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with each other and with oursel
overtly political theme, rebuking maga republicans without alienating all republicans, and delivering a dark warning tempered with an uplifting vision. listen. as i stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise. so tonight i ve come to this place where it all began, to speak as plainly as i can to the nation about the threats we face, about the power we have in our own hands to meet these threats, and about the incredible future that lies in front of us if only we choose it. maga forces are determined to take this country backwards. backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. they promote authoritarian leaders and fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. and i want to be very clear, very clear up front,
during that search. first though, we do want to begin with former white house counsel pat cipollone. his deputy appearing before a january 6 grand jury today. evan perez is outside u.s. district court in washington. this of course separate from the investigation to the handling of classified documents. this relates to january 6th. how significant is the testimony of cipollone and his deputy? reporter: jim, this is a very important testimony that we re going to get from the that the grand jury is going to get from pat cipollone and patrick philbin. these are two men who are inside the white house counsel. they were in a lot of the meetings that the president was organizing, as he was trying to overturn the election. he was trying to find ways to remain in power. and the importance of this grand jury is that this is the grand jury that is going beyond the 850 rioters who have been brought here and are facing charges for the violence that happened at the u.s. capitol. this
republicans represent an extremism that threaten the very foundations of our republic. the speech featured some hopeful tones, but it made headlines for its dark warnings about what would happen if americans allowed the maga ideology to grow. with more appearances to come in pennsylvania and beyond the president is showing he s unafraid to draw sharp contract not just between himself and trump but between democrats and republicans. not every republican, not even a majority of republicans are maga republicans. not every republican embraces their extreme ideology, but there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. the rnc rejected that distinction releasing a statement saying, quote, joe biden is the divider in chief and epitomizes the current state of the democratic party, one of divisiveness discussed and hostility towards half the country. as for trump he ll hold his own rally in penns
involving the doj s investigation of classified documents at mar-a-lago. the trump team has one more hour now to officially weigh in on unsealing the documents before a judge hears the case this afternoon. the doj is opposing their release. various media organizations including cnn are requesting that they be unsealed. also happening this morning, the trump organization s former chief financial officer allen weisselberg is expected to plead guilty to a 15-year tax fraud scheme. the new york times reports that justice department has subpoenaed white house records in its investigation into january 6th. that s separate from the mar-a-lago search. and in georgia, rudy giuliani appeared before an atlanta-area grand jury for roughly six hours as the target, a target of the probe into efforts to subvert the election there. we want to circle back, though, to the case of the documents obtained at mar-a-lago. short time ago i spoke with donald trump s former impeachment lawyer davi