we speak to the swedish company aiming to make freight more electric and looking to the uk market. the sacked boss of the cbi has told the bbc that he has been made the fall guy for the crisis engulfing the business lobbying group. tony danker apologised to anyone at the organisation that he had upset or made uncomfortable, but said his reputation has been destroyed as the public have wrongly connected allegations against him of sexual harassment with separate charges of serious misconduct that occurred before he joined the cbi. he has been talking to our business editor simonjack. first, simon, iwant first, simon, i want to apologise to anyone at the cbi and i made upset or uncomfortable. that is on me. that is on me. but i ve had a week of coverage saying that tony danker sacked in rape scandal. these stories have been about rape and sexual assault and cocaine and bullying. none of that was anything to do with me and it was all before my time. so, the first thing that has h
i m a bit slow with this. i d be in terrible trouble if there was a person punching. and is that. both: a flying elvis? as thousands of tech companies descended on las vegas this month for the consumer electronics show, we ve been bringing you some of the highlights. but this week, we re getting away from the show floor. i ve been made to work up a sweat and he s been sent to freeze. but first up, we re going below the bright lights of the strip with james clayton, as he checks out an unusual way to get from a to b. las vegas convention center is huge. it can take half an hour to walk across it. however, there s a new way to get around tunnels with teslas in them. this is what elon musk claims is the future of transport, so we re here in las vegas to check it out. the station looks like a cross between a taxi rank and a subway. i ve never been here before, and it s very pleasant. it kind of feels quite cool. but the most obvious thing that you notice is that there aren t fu
we need to take some action because there should be no other child that should suffer the way my son and all the other parents here have lost their children. we need to get that bill passed. the parents of tyre nichols calling for action as their son is laid to rest. we ll have much more from yesterday s service and the push to pass police reform. plus president joe biden and house leader kevin mccarthy take the first step to finding common ground on the debt ceiling. and also ahead, another day, another scandalous headline for one george santos. this one involves the fbi. we ll tell you what the feds are investigating. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 2nd, ground-hog day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with the investigation into president joe biden s mishandling of classified documents in another consensual search of one of the president s homes by the fbi. a personal attorney f
the wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich is appearing in court in moscow for his appeal hearing against his detention. mr gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges in yekaterinburg last month. more than a0 countries led by the united states have called for the release of the journalist. the statement condemned moscow s efforts to limit and intimidate the media. us ambassador to russia visited mr gershkovich at lefortovo prison. these are the latest pictures of him, behind the glass, inside court. we have had a live feed up until the last few minutes from inside and outside, if you look at the outside of the court as well. this is an appeal hearing against the charges on which he is being held. of course, we cannot predict or know what the outcome proceedings will be, but many observers and washes of court proceedings in russia points to the fact that most of the time, once people are in the judicial system, very little changes, so most verdicts, when it comes to c
Florida from Hurricane Ian. Majority in lee county where officials face questions whether Evacuation Orders should have been issued earlier. This morning Fort Myers Beach is closed entirely, even more residents, so crews can search for survivors. Power could be out for a month. Theres been nearly 2,000 rescues in southwestern florida since Hurricane Ian hit the state. A man in naples says he swam nearly a mile to save his wheelchairbound mother. Feels like im swimming forever. Were arriving at grandmas. Or im arriving at grandmas. Whats the time . 5 41. When he arrived he found his another neck deep in floodwaters. Needless to say, thrilled to see him. It was a sigh of relief. As i was approaching the house, i couldnt get through the front door. Water up to the windows, and i heard her screaming inside, and she was actually on the phone with my youngest son who was giving status updates to her, and it was, it was a scare and a sigh of relief at the same time. Scared thinking she might