Leading this hour, a new sign of the clear dysfunction in the republican party, right . Right now. I mean, how bad things have to be to turn down two days. All expenses paid at a Luxury Resort well, thats the reality for many many House Republicans and a source says, fewer than half of them have rsvp. Yes. For the annual event starting today, that is meant to build party unity. Republican Congresswoman Name since he made shes doing a tv or parents instead congressman Kelly Armstrong says hed rather focus on his campaign for governor. And congressman tim burchett remarked, quote, i dont retreat i move forward. I got a farm to run. This comes just one day after republican Lawmakers Said hes quitting congress altogether next week because of the fighting and bickering cnns Melanie Zanona is live for us in white sulfur springs, West Virginia where this retreat is taking place. Melanie, nice gig. What are you hearing . From lawmakers who did show up apparently we lost Melanie Zanona as sound
there s an old interview question that the great barbara walters had teed up. what kind of tree would you be? for some reason, i asked martha this question. there is an old interview question. what kind of tree would you be. for some reason i asked this question. martha answered, i am the beechtree. the beach is the mother of all trees. the beechtree has a smooth skin but it s very hard and impenetrable. because i m a mother, all the other trees are underneath me. it is impenetrable. martha started planning the comeback the moment she was arrested. says she is ready for jail now. today in what was one of the more surreal conferences, she said she is ready for jail. thank you for coming here on such short notice. advertisers upset and attorneys telling her what her plans are. it is a long time to eat away at a company. the only way to reclaim my life and quality of life with certainty is to serve my sentence and surrender to authorities so i can return as soon as p
we ve got our own show to make, so let s get on with this episode of newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s james here in the studio in westminster. and it s chris in westminster, too. here we are, and one story that s dominated this week, chris, hasn t it, which has been this post office scandal? but there s one story going to dominate next week, i think, quite likely, in so much as we can forecast. what s that? it is rwanda. so it s the return of the conversation about how you deal with illegal migration. and the government is keen to have this idea of sending folk to rwanda. as newscasters will be aware, it s been getting relatively long in the tooth as an idea, but it hasn t yet happened for a million and one legal reasons. there are also very transparent differences of opinion within the conservative party about how you do it, how you make it work, can you make it work, and what s the best way of making it work? there was a bit of a to do before christmas
this is never a good thing. your dad was shot. i collapsed to the floor. none of it made sense to me. i had to hear the whole story. fences make good neighbors, they say. this was made for a fight. drug private property without permission. we are? big sky country, small by one man. the neighbors felt he was a bully. this man, who refused to be fenced in. praise for this country. a showdown, for shooting, and one man died. on his elbow, he said, he should ve done that. the shooter says it was kill or be killed. what was the truth? it was murder. kieran simple? yes. the man who shot first told his story. him or me, and i shot him. he said he came at me with a gun and i didn t have a choice. did the dead man s body tell a different story? wasn t even looking at him. he was looking the other direction. he got shot in the back. only two men were there and one of them is debt. now, his daughter wants the truth. who is this guy that could just