speaker kevin mccarthy left the meeting sounding optimistic about how things were developing. biden told reporters that he was confident about reaching a deal, and that all parties were in agreement that default was not an option. mccarthy had even said that it, was, quote possible to get a deal for the end of the, week but signs of renewed discord svelte back out on friday. republican aides pause the discussion, and saying that it was, quote, not productive. democrats and republicans remain far apart on a number of issues, including spending cuts, and work requirements for federal benefits, which mccarthy has said is a red line for him. talks between congressional republicans in the white house have yet to, presuming yesterday, mccarthy s made his dissatisfaction public. tweeting, quote, president biden does think that there was a single dollar of savings to be found in the federal government s budget. he d rather be the first president in history to default in the death tha
into monday some thunder storms in france and they could move up across the uk. at this stage still far ahead, so some uncertainty about the timing and the detail of any rain, but we are crossing our fingers and hope things turn cooler and wetter next week. you had stornoway on 16 degrees and that is very tempting, although it is a long way from here. thank you. and that s bbc news at ten on tuesday 9th august. there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight, which is just getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. but from the ten team it s goodnight. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are miatta fahnbulleh, who s the chief executive of the new economics foundation a left wing economics think tank, and baroness ros altmann, a former pensions minister in david cameron s conservative gov
conversation in november, 2020, in which he claims that you told him that the election was rigged and that he had won arizona. to quote the former president, during the conversation he told me the conversation he told me the election was rigged and i won arizona, quote. did you have such a conversation with the president? i did have a conversation with the president, that certainly isn t it. there are parts of it that are true, but parts that are not, sir. the part that i read you. is that false? anywhere, anyone, any time has said that i said the election is rigged that would not be true. and when the former president in a statement today claimed that you told him that he won arizona, is that also false? that is also false. mr. bowers, i understand that after the election. i don t know if this is a conversation the former president is referring to, but after the election you received a phone call from president trump and rudy giuliani, in which they discussed the
trump electors. we are going to hear from four witnesses this afternoon, including the secretary of state for georgia, brad raffensperger and his chief operating officer, gabriel sterling, big public figures in the wake of the november election in 2020. the committee says it s going to show evidence that former president trump put undue pressure on legislatures to try to put forward alternative slates and electors. for president trump, the strategy did not work, legislatures did not go along with it. you see betty thompson taking it there, much of the questioning will be handled by california congressman adam schiff as he questions the witnesses and makes the majority of the presentation. liz cheney there seated to betty thompson s left-hand side, adam schiff on the right-hand side. we expect the hearing will last at least a couple of hours. let s pause now while chairman thompson gavels in today s hearing. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the u
was white supremacy terrorism, all say that white, terrorism. and it was racism at its worst. and president biden echoing those sentiments in appearance at a police memorial where he and once again fingers are pointed at congress and the inability to get anything done. to fight the kind of shooting and the growing threat of domestic terrorism that represents. we re going to talking about that ahead as well. on the ground, i spoke to some of the areas residents who had gathered at the scene of the shooting. here is what some of them told. me you guys need to teach your children and your family to love one another. the thing that the murderer that took place yesterday was because of learned behavior at home, at his dinner table. that s the hate that his mother and father fed him. we as a people, as a community, we are fed. love we love one another, i don t care how many times we fight and argue, we still love one another. you don t see us coming to your communities, killing