coming right up. sandra: begin america reports with the supreme court striking down a new york gun law that could have far-reaching implications for the nation s largest cities. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to be with you, john. john: john roberts in washington, welcome to the thursday edition of america reports. justices ruling 6-3, harder to carry a concealed handgun in public if you live in new york and similar laws in other big states will likely be challenged as a result of today s decision. this as the nation awaits another major ruling on abortion, sparked protests outside the home of conservative justices and attacks on pro life centers across the country. sandra: the latest incident in jackson, michigan, 80 miles west of detroit. congressman says several windows were broken and the front door smashed at the building he shares with a pro life group and the vandals left their calling card in a spray painted message on a sign outsid
they re waiting to see how this is actually playing out before the electorate or whether any opinions let alone potential votes or legislation might actually change. we ve also been waiting for what the person who obviously seems to be at the center, former president donald trump, what he has to say about all the committee s assertions, and there are a lot of them like that he was told his scheme was to overturn the election was in fact illegal, but he pressured his vice president to go along with it anyway. things like he knew that mike pence s life was in arj at the capitol but kept publicly lashing out at him during the attack anyway. well, the wait seems to be over. in his first public appearance since the hearing he didn t deny any of that exactly. instead he admitted he did pressure pence to try and keep him in power, but he did deny one thing. i never called mike pence a wimp. i never called him a wimp. mike pence had a chance to be great. he had a chance to be, fran
it was like on that day as students ran out of the school for safety. tomorrow thousands of people are expected to attend rallies in the country organized by march for our lives. we ll be speaking with a co-founder of march for our lives. inflation rising at its fastest pace since 1981. and we begin this friday morning with that historic hearing into the attack on the u.s. capitol. over two hours the committee outlined how then president trump quote summoned, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. in video testimony we heard from both the president s former attorney general and own daughter. they said they did not believe in the false claims of voter fraud. i made it clear i did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff which i told the president was [ bleep ]. how did that affect your judgment? it affected my perspective. i respected attorney general barr. so i accepted what he was saying. we also heard fr
an unnamed conservative mp, arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault, has been released on bail pending further police enquiries. the evacuation of the steelworks in mariupol continues. ukrainian officials say they are doing everything possible and impossible to save the remaining fighters. nearly half of the new nurses and midwives registered to work in the uk in the past year have come from abroad. industry leaders have questioned whether the levels of international recruitment are sustainable. and, in a huge tunnel has been discovered running under the mexico us border with its own rail track, electricity, and ventilation system. authorities say it was being used to smuggle drugs. welcome to bbc news. the uk s rate of inflation the measure of the rise in the cost of living has hit its highest level for a0 yea rs. and the rate at which it is increasing is the fastest since records began. it reached 9% in april, up from 7% the month before. that means the price