the black sea and tackling the globalfood crisis. if you have justjoined us you are welcome and we begin in the uk with a brace to replace borisjohnson as conservative party leader is gathering momentum. on wednesday evening the shortlist of eight came sex, as former foreign secretaryjeremy hunt and the current chancellor nadhim zahawi were eliminated from the first round. by the end of next week, the list will be narrowed down to two names which will then go to the party boat with 60,000 members around the country for a final decision. the former chancellor rishi sunak got the most votes from conservative mps, he has criticised other contenders for offering fairytales on tax, saying cutting taxes now would stoke inflation. it is saying cutting taxes now would stoke inflation. stoke inflation. it is not credible stoke inflation. it is not credible to stoke inflation. it is not credible to promise - stoke inflation. it is noti credible to promise lots stoke inflation. it
he will meet face-to-face with the king and crown prince, what changed? inside politics, the biggest stories, sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics sunday, i am abby. the top lawyer in the trump white house spent nearly 8 hours under oath with the january 6 committee on friday. pat cipollone is a critical witness to key episodes of the committee investigations, he was in the room during conversations about seizing voting machines, installing a new attorney general, and issuing last-minute pardons, and he was also with the president during the capital riot. january 6 committee member, so, told cnn that pat cipollone was careful, but candid. a committee spokesman, also says that pat cipollone testified about nearly every topic that they are investigating, and that he underscored trumps supreme dereliction of duty . it was videotaped so you can expect to see some of it in public hearings this week. let s discuss all of this and more with our panel, m
john: begin america reports with form president trump under investigation by the justice department as the agency appears slow to act on the current president s son, with one republican senator now alleging a cover-up. john roberts in washington. good to be with you again. sandra: we made it to wednesday. i m sandra smith in new york. washington post reporting the justice department is looking into the former president as part of a criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. the post says phone records of some trump officials have been seized and witnesses have been questioned before a grand jury. john: as iowa senator chuck grassley accuses the fbi and d.o.j. for trying to bury the dirt they have on hunter biden. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house with the latest on the hunter biden investigation. rich edson, how deep does the investigation go? john, the justice department is investigating the attack on the capitol and phony electorat
in the next hour, before conservative mps go into that committee room, and place their votes in a secret ballot we will be talking to some of them in the run up. good afternoon. the prime minister borisjohnson has addressed conservative mps to try and convince them to back him in a vote of confidence this evening. in an hours time, tory mps will start voting on whether they want mrjohnson to be replaced. he s been under increasing pressure following the publication of a report which looked into parties at downing street which broke covid rules. a vote of confidence was triggered after some conservative mps handed in letters calling on the pm to resign to sir graham brady, the chairman of an influential group of backbench mps, called the 1922 committee. for a vote to be held, at least 15% of conservative mps need to write a letter that works out at 5a. let s cross straight to college green in westminster now and my colleague victoria derbyshire: it s been a dramatic day and it
Good to be with you. Im katy tur, the state has called their next witness, rhona graff, Senior Vice President of the Trump Organization and Donald Trumps former long time Executive Assistant. Described as the gate keeper, his right hand by his side since 1987. She just said she is testifying pursuant to a subpoena. And that her lawyers are being paid for by donald trump. She also confirmed she kept Donald Trumps calendar and contacts and most crucially, handled all of his emails. Since he did not use email himself. Joining us now from outside of the courthouse in New York City is Nbc News Correspondent vaughn hillyard. I know shes testifying as we speak, vaughn, and shes talking about having contacts for Karen Mcdougal and Stormy Daniels. What else can you tell us . Reporter right. Karen mcdougal not only physical addresses but also Phone Numbers, and then a Cell Phone Number for, quote, stormy. And this is the most significant here is that she said that she had, quote, Vague Recollect