in alabama at the birthday party. new flash points in a fight fo abortion rights, it s a more disturbing revelations about supreme court justice clarence thomas we will dive into those issues during our exclusive interview with senator bernie sander coming up first. plus, the daily shows jordan klepper knows a thing or two about emirate conventions an maga republicans i will get his thoughts on the culture of guns and the people who still support donald trump and, i spent the day wit congressman jamal at the school he founded in ne york a spoiler, alert he does not think the teachers should carr firearms it feels a lot like the ne cycle is spinning really quickly but we cannot leas fight of the fact that eac major story this week coul have a direct impact on both our country and our lives. on our health, the court syste continues to battle over acces to a key abortion pill and in the shadow of that figh florida governor ron desanti quietly signed a six-wee abortion ban into
was watched by 2.58 million tv viewers on bbc one. today, in coverage of the women s super league, there was no bbc in house commentary and there were no pundits to talk about the game either. this report from steffan powell. here now is the best of the day s action. a match of the day like no other, not even a theme tune. just football and fan noise. i am going to walk my dog and do my shopping. would you mind letting me do it on my own? but this disagreement between gary lineker and bbc bosses is now much more than one programme. he went on to say that he could not comment on decisions about his future just yet. and one former director general is calling for calm. we have lost a couple of sports programmes so far, which is obviously disappointing for match of the day fans who got a much truncated version of match of the day, but walking into the bbc this morning, for a place which is meant to be in complete crisis, is its usual rather boring, solid self. for others, though,
two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire. now the police are extending their search downstream. and 10,000 tickets to a concert to mark the king s coronation in may are on offer via a ballot. the uk saw no economic growth in the final three months of last year according to the latest official statistics released this morning. it means the country narrowly avoided what s defined as a recession two consecutive quarters when the economy shrinks. the government says it shows the uk was more resilient than expected, after the bank of england had warned of a long period of stagnation. but the economy did shrink by 0.5% in december, and business leaders warn that firms are still struggling. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, says there is reason for optimism. well, the fact that we have avoided a recession, in fact we were the fastest growing major country last year, shows there is underlying resilience in the uk economy. but we are not out of the w