Theres a question of what point does amending a testimony become straightup lying or perjuring one self . One said that the testimony of other witnesses helped to refresh their memories and see in new light their own experiences and will be instructive to see what volcker has to say for himself on the two key questions, quid pro quo, bribery plot, and what he was doing with Rudy Giuliani. His testimony was that he Rudy Giuliani as being a nuance and more helpful to bring Rudy Giuliani in and help him understand that he was promulgating the debunked conspiracy scenarios instead of freelance out there in ukraine. Jeff bennett on capitol hill for us, thank you very much. Joining us is democrat congressman jim himes from connecticut. Congressman, your questioning of
control knell vind man was one of the more emotional moments this morning. I wonder if you could look back to that for us this morning. Yeah. Well, it was a pretty tough moment for me. We had gotten word and sort of saw on soci
it comes to guidance on this says that he did not tell borisjohnson that he did not tell borisjohnson that no overt guidance was broken in number ten. there are different accounts on this evidence of what exactly went on and it feels likely that something that could come up indicating this afternoon, this question of if the legal rules were not broken, was the guidance broken? we know the legal stuff was broken because boris johnson we know the legal stuff was broken because borisjohnson was eventually fined, but his team and some of his advisers seem to have been drawing a distinction between the two things. as i say, there are other parts of this if few pages back where different aids, some of them mps, a parliamentary secretary to boris johnson at the time for example saying mrjohnson was told that meetings before the key prime minister s questions session is that rules had been followed, so he will have that line of defence later but thatis have that line of defence later but
of parliament by misleading the house. , ., , , . , house. just to pick up the example which about house. just to pick up the example which about that house. just to pick up the example which about that with house. just to pick up the example which about that with nick, - house. just to pick up the example which about that with nick, for - which about that with nick, for example, if he says it s a matter of judgment, whether allowing some drinks at your desk is a party or not. how in terms of parliamentary and legal procedure do you decide that? ~ ., , ., and legal procedure do you decide that? ., , ,, ., , that? what is to publish morning is a bundle of that? what is to publish morning is a bundle of documents that? what is to publish morning is a bundle of documents that - a bundle of documents that include the regulations that were made during lockdown that set the rules. what the exceptions were for work, social distancing, what was worked out monthly committee is not real
migrants, tens of thousands of whom could be left in limbo in the uk. the home office has said it doesn t recognise the figures. the united nations is warning of an approaching global water crisis because of pollution, global warming and over consumption. it s published a new report on the issue before the first dedicated water summit in more than a0 years. consumption of water keeps rising, and the report says about 10% of the world s population live under water stress where the ratio of water use to water availability is considered high or critical . at the last assessment in 2020, over a quarter of people around the globe still lacked access to safe drinking water, while 3.6 billion lacked access to safely managed sanitation services. the report says the water crisis is worst in low income countries for example, an estimated 70% of the population of sub saharan africa lacks safe drinking water services. aru na iyengar reports. humanity s lifeblood, water, is increasingly at
our political correspondent, nick eardley, joins us from westminster. we are expecting an afternoon here of political theatre, but there are really serious question is at stake here, and there are a really serious question is at stake here, and there are here, and there are a yes, fundamentally here, and there are a yes, fundamentally whether . here, and there are a yes, i fundamentally whether boris here, and there are a 7 fundamentally whether boris johnson misled parliament, ithink fundamentally whether boris johnson misled parliament, i think we know the answer to that, he has admitted the answer to that, he has admitted the comments he made misled parliament, and then the question is why today was it an accident and that he was talking from a genuine belief the rules had not been broken, he said for example that his aides had assured him that was the case, that will be his defence. there is a question about whether borisjohnson should have known more and should have been more