following evidence that it s now entering the human food chain. hello and welcome to the programme. meta is to reinstate the facebook and instagram accounts of former us president donald trump. he was suspended two years ago over posts praising people who stormed congress in an attempt to overturn his election defeat. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, has more details. the attack on congress when supporters of donald trump tried to stop the certification ofjoe biden s election of joe biden s election victory. ofjoe biden s election victory. while it was going on the then president positively on facebook and instagram expressing his support for the riders and in another post repeated false claims about fraudulent voting during the 2020 election. initially was banned from the platforms indefinitely. facebook later said it would have decision after two years. if i said it would have decision after two years. said it would have decision after two years. if i run and
mccarthy. the current republican leader has sent the new proposal to his colleagues to try to overcome significant resistance to his ascension. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill tonight. hello, chad. the math. there are at least five g.o.p. members who oppose mccarthy for speaker and, perhaps, more. kevin doesn t have the votes. what we ll do, we ll block kevin. there will be 10 to 15 members vote against him on the first ballot tomorrow that will vote for andy biggs. mccarthy can only lose four votes and still prevail. mccarthy is desperately making concessions. do you think the rules package you released last night has moved any votes to yes. yes. and what will you do if you don t have 218 on the first ballot? mccarthy finally agreed to one demand. he would lower the bar to hold a new confidence vote for speaker if members don t think he s doing a good job. but that didn t satisfy mccarthy detractors. there is nothing
With the biggest gambling losses. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And, as the likes of facebook, twitter, google are grilled about extreme content on their platforms, were asking how should these Companies Police the web, or should they be regulated . Join in the conversation, send your comments to hashtag bbc the briefing. The Catalan Parliament opens today for the First Time Since the regional separatist government was dismissed in october last year for attempting to break away from spain. Three separatist parties are now attempting to re form a Coalition Government following the snap elections in december. On the eve of the scheduled opening session, thousands of people attended a rally in barcelonas city centre in support ofjailed catalan separatists. Our europe reporter gavin lee reports from barcelona. The Catalan Parliament where the only official business for the last two months has been clearing the cobw
Ay ay. I dont. Here it sank three i had all of those that you were watching from around the world that friday april every year and so i need to pay them sean meme thingy so much for joining us. We begin with an emergency meeting held by Un Sanctions Committee in washington on north koreas latest prosecution at the fashion of the International Committee discussed to redeem its Missile Launches and ways to curb further provocations on the Korean Peninsula christensen and reports a clear violation of human resolutions. That was the conclusion that the humans north Korea Sanctions Committee came to me during an emergency meeting on thursday local time. The meeting was the first is kind and launched two mid range Ballistic Missiles late last month a new Light Sources say the panel agreed to come up with countermeasures to deal with the fact. As for land the sources see the comedian will wait until may to hold further talks after a report from the north Korean Special it is finalized. To no
From Rex Tillerson coming up. Prosecuted in the first place. There was an overwhelming bias in the justice department. The Obama Justice department. Here you go, everyone, hello, im alex witt at msnbc headquarters in new york. It is high noon in houston. We have all this breaking news in texas at this hour. Taking a look at the catastrophic flooding in houston. The Emergency Responders have been answering callings for water rescues around the clock. Houston mayor Sylvester Turner announced late this morning the city has received more than 2,000 calls from people who have needed help since last night. Hes now opening the george r. Brown Convention Center for people in need of shelter. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm harvey is not letting up. With rainfall nearing historic levels as the National Weather Service Warns that the situation is expected to worsen. Flash flood emergencies are in effect for multiple counties across Southeast Texas as the storm threatens to dump up to another seven inc