bret: but breaking tonight, a pair of journalists who were permitted to see through sources internal communications at twitter testified today before a house committee on the so-called weaponization of the federal government. republicans who control that committee are trying to show a link between censorship of conservatives, the biden administration, and the fbi. democrats today tried to pushback in a fiery hearing. correspondent david spunt takes a look tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. good evening to you. today s hearing delivered on a promise from house republicans to expose what was going on at twitter behind the scenes leading up to and after the 2020 election and, as we expected today, things got tense. can discuss. no one has yielded the gentle lady is out of order. and she is out of order because he interrupted. gentle lady is not recognized. you are not recognized. he has not said that. the new house subcommittee on the w
this train was almost 1.8 miles long and had 158 cars, 38 cars ultimately had derailed. 11 were containing hazardous material and there were some five toxic chemicals on board, including vinyl chloride. that s the one that has a lot of folks worried right now because even though it s colorless and you almost wouldn t know it or sense it or smell it, some can. and that was the one that would have normally alerted people along a path of the train carrying it that you ve got a train coming into town that s carrying it. now, there are different interpretations of the laws and requirements around that. be that as it may, norfolk southern has promised to provide whatever help the town needs. better that and million dollars has been distributed thus far and we don t know the details of that, but more money was coming. a lot of lawyers, some of whom i have been talking to, who are pondering class action suits saying that s a drop in the bucket with the obligation that norfolk souther
Montego bay are warned to stay in their resorts as violence on the streets leads to a state of emergency. A bespoke brexit trade deal is on the cards insists french president Emmanuel Macron but he warns access to the Single Market will come at a price. You cannot by definition have the full access to the Single Market if you dont tick the box. Pope francis sounds a stark warning about the future of the amazon while on a visit to peru, criticising big business for exploiting the region. While in sport they may have won the Australian Open title just two years ago but jamie murray Australian Open title just two years ago butjamie murray and bruno soa res ago butjamie murray and bruno soares are out of the doubles, beaten in the second round as the slump inform beaten in the second round as the slump in form continues. Philip as the weather. Good morning, its a damp start for england, Northern Ireland, parts of england, Northern Ireland, parts of england and wales. It is brighter further
As Manchester United eased to a 4 0 victory at huish park last night. But League Two Newport have the chance for an upset this evening when they host tottenham. My my daughter, angela, was murdered. The multiple oscar nominated film three billboards outside ebbing, missouri well hear from its british writer and director. And susan has the weather. Good morning. We are going to be up against the cloud this weekend, some pretty great prospects and rain for most of us today as well. A windy story. More details coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. All current rape and Sexual Assault cases in england and wales are being reviewed as a matter of urgency. The announcement from the director of Public Prosecutions follows the recent collapse of several high profile trials, after vital evidence had not been shared with defence lawyers. Its believed a number of cases could be stopped as a result, as Adina Campbell reports. In a move seen to help rebuild trust in the Justice System, ever
Week. Hello, this is breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Motorway speed limits through roadworks could be raised to 60 Miles Per Hour. It follows trials which show motorists are less distracted and feel safer driving at higher speeds. Good morning, its saturday, 21st october. Also this morning, more tensions over the future of catalonia. Iam tim i am tim willcox live in barcelona. Over the next few hours hundreds of thousands of people here are expected to take to the streets after hearing what direct rule from madrid will mean for them. Battening down the hatches as storm brian threatens to bring flooding and winds of 70 Miles Per Hour. Storm brian is here and will give many of us a very windy and occasionally wet start to the weekend. Improving tomorrow, but still blustery. I will have all the weekend weather and the very latest on what we can expect from storm brian, in the next half an hour. In sport. The sound every football manager dreads. Booing. Boos ring out afte