the lead in testifying against the former president in yesterday s hearing, including the speaker of arizona s house, who says he told trump in late december 2020 that he would not go along with the scheme to steal joe biden s win in his state. you re asking me to do something that s never been done in history, the history of the united states, and i m going to put my state through that without sufficient, and that s going to be good enough for me? i do not want to be a winner by cheating. incredibly powerful testimony. also new this morning, president biden aiming to help americans out, at least a little bit at the pump during the summer travel season. the white house expected today to call on congress to suspend the federal gas tax, three months. we have details on how much that would help reduce prices at the pump, and downsize to it as acknowledged by some members of the administration. more on that in just a bit. begin this morning with cnn s manu raju on the hil
What was a marginal seat, with the victorious labour candidate notching up a majority of more than 9,000 votes, his party describing it as a seismic and historic win. They said that we couldnt change the labour party, and we did it. They said that we couldnt win in the south of england and the north of england, and we did it. They said, youll never beat the snp in scotland, and, rutherglen, you did it. From the partys leader to activists working the streets, labour poured resources into this constituency and their win was much, much bigger than many had expected. Michael shanks, Scottish Labour party, 17,841. Labour winning double the votes cast for the snp. The party of power at holyrood faced challenges going into the vote and had been managing expectations of a win, but even so, this was a bruising result for them. I do recognise that we have a big challenge on our hands and as a party, we need to come together collectively to right the wrongs that have happened in the last few mont
Narges mohammadi has been arrested 13 times, convicted five times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison. The Committee Said her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Irans state News Agency Says the decision is politicising the human rights issue. Caroline hawley reports. In iran last year, spearheaded by women, an extraordinary Rebellion Set off by the death in Police Custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her veil properly. The nobel Committee Said this award was for the hundreds of thousands of iranians who have stood up against the theocratic regimes policies of discrimination and oppression against women. Narges mohammadi is irans most prominent human rights activist. Here she was several years ago, criticising the regime for forcing women to wear the hijab while allowing corruption to run rampant. Shes currently serving a ten year sentence. Her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Altogether, the regime has arrested
Scotlands labour leader anas sarwar echoed these thoughts, saying his country would be key in delivering a uk wide labour victory, but the party must continue to work hard to regain voters trust. I am very clear that actually, scotland will lead the way in delivering uk wide labour government. And i think what you have seen happen in scotland over night is people move away and reject the politics of division, of chaos and incompetence and instead express a desire for a fresh start, express a desire for change. And they can now see that Scottish Labour is the vehicle for that change and that scotland will lead and that scotland will lead the way in delivering a uk wide labour government. A disappointing night for the snp. This is what humza yousaf had to say. A disappointing night. A tough night for the snp. Very difficult, of course. Theres a number of factors that played into that, we were told time and time again on the doorstep that margaret ferrier s reckless actions counted agains
Only note, please behave if you go see beetlejuice this weekend. Thanks so much. Wow Everyone Needs to leave the room when that video comes on. Thanks. Have a good weekend. Good evening, everyone. Im pamela brown in for abby. The feds are asking for a gag order on donald trump and the former president is daring the judge to give him one. The Special Counsels team wants to make restrictions on what trump can say about the election interference case, accusing him of telling lies, and threatening prosecutors. It is a pretty extraordinary move given the circumstances of trump being a president ial candidate, and trump for his part wasted no time firing back. He called jack smith deranged. Just moments ago, accused the feds of trying to silence him during a campaign. Did you see today that deranged jack smith . Hes the prosecutor. Hes a deranged person. He wants to take away my rights under the First Amendment. He wants to take away my right of speaking freely and openly. Keep in mind, trum