life from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning here in singapore and 6pm in washington, where president biden is in isolation after testing positive for covid. the confirmation came hours ago first in a statement from the white house, then in a tweet by by the president then in a tweet by the president and finally in this video message, released on social media. so, that s president biden suffering from covid, and these are the last moving pictures of him before he tested positive. they were filmed as he flew back to the white house on wednesday evening, by way of comparison to how he looked a few hours ago. dr ashistha is the white house covid 19 response coordinator. he says the president is only experiencing mild symptoms, and he s started a course of pfizer s antiviral pill called paxlovid which reduces the severity of covid 19. because the pres
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in washington in the united states where it s a crucial night for the committee investigating the january sixth capitol riot, when supporters of former president donald trump stormed congress, while lawmakers met to certinyoe biden s election victory last year. this will be the committee s eighth hearing, and maybe the final televised hearing before the report is published in the autumn. let s hearfrom two insiders who were in the trump white house onjanuary 6th. matthew pottinger, the deputy national security adviser. he s one of the few senior officials to have been there, throughout the trump administration. as countless others left, he stayed. until the afternoon of jan 6. at 2:24, the president sent this tweet attacking mike pence at the very moment his supporters were in the capitol search for the vice president. at tha
i ve helped to get this country through pandemic and helped save another country from barbarism, and frankly, that s enough to be going on with. mission largely accomplished. for now, i want to thank you, mr speaker, and all the wonderful staff of the house of commons. i thank all my friends and colleagues and i thank my right honourable friend opposite, mr speaker. i want to thank everybody here, and hasta la vista, baby. thank you. hear, hear! you ve been watching newsday. stay with us. just time to tell you about a special programme on bbc news tomorrow, starting at 23.55 gmt on thursday the 21st ofjuly, we ll have live coverage of the us congressional inquiry into the january the 6th invasion of the capitol building. do try to join us for that, live from washington.
getting heavy criticism. senator tim scott tweeting what is biden talking about? the rising gas prices reached historic price way before the war in ukraine. just last thanksgiving gas prices were 60 percent higher than they were the year before. that was three months before th invasion. right outside of our studio tonight a regular gallon of gas is going for $6.09. today fox news talk to people i la, trying to avoid paying five or six talent five or $6 for a gallon of gas. i beverly hills and that was like $7.50. i drove over here and i said well i save $3 per. i need to find another place more cheaper. that s all we need to do it. we re going to have to get to a point where people just can t afford the price and then we have to make a change because nobody can afford the gas trade. white house press secretary told peter ducey today that there are 9,000 unused drilling permits here in america but