islands history, who would have ever thought we get to this point? skip a generation they said for a long time, cannot have an adulterous the head of church of england, they said. some still say it. if victorian morality is your thing, maybe it is an issue. times are different, society has changed, he is head of the church of england, head of a blended family as well. what do you expect from him as king? will you learn to love the monarch? whatever love is a thoughtful man, artistic man, a fine watercolourist, literally an artist formerly known as prince, but now he is king. what we know about king charles the man? and what are your hopes for his reign? can he restore the reputation of the monarchy, in the wake of years of rifts and scandal? what image of britain will he portray around the world? are you excited about the dawn of the carolean era? ora or a bitter pill to swallow? will charles be a good king? russia has attacked the ukrainian capital kyiv with missiles and dr
let s turn to ireland where us presidentjoe biden has been meeting with leading politicians and is now on his way to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament it s been an extremely busy day for the president. he set off to parliament from farmleigh house in dublin after meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. while in the grounds of farmleigh, he watched a gaelic sport demonstration by local children. inside, the taoiseach praised american leadership since the russian invasion of ukraine last year. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. there really is an opportunity to make serious progress. notjust because of the accords we have signed, 25 years ago, but in terms of the way you lead ireland and ireland is moving in a way that is taking its place in the world and i think it feels so good to be able to have this merging and stronger relation between the united states and ireland. this mornin
millions face hunger in 31 degree temperatures. it s in! and the marvel of darvel how the sixth tier side felled a scottish premiership giant. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: ten years after she won her last grand slam title, victoria azarenka reaches the semi finals of the australian open, where the wimbledon champion awaits. after the organisers go bust. another borough. good evening. a bbc investigation into abuse and neglect at three children s homes and schools in doncaster has found that more than 100 reports of concern were made before they were closed. leaked documents show that children were said to have been badly mistreated, yet the regulator, 0fsted, continued to rate the homes as good, and there d been a0 separate alerts over three years. 0fsted s chief inspector says she s deeply sorry, and the hesley group, which ran the homes, has also apologised. some of the details in this report from noel titheridge you may find distressing. it has
and if you are not, i m going to be very disappointed in you. joseph r. biden jr. has received 306 votes. donald trump has received 232 votes. the riot ters came close to capturing the vice president and i think that there is very good evidence that they would have done harm to him perhaps even killed him. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is thursday, june 16th. 9:00 a.m. here in london. 4:00 a.m. in washington where in the coming hours the third january 6 hearing will resume in the capital. today s hearing is expected to focus on the white house s pressure campaign on then vice president mike pence to block certification of the 2020 election. lawmakers will argue trump s comments about pence directly contributed to the deadly insurrection and put pence s life in danger. mike pence i ll tell you right now, i m not hearing good stories. i hope that our great vice president, our great vice president, comes through for
unilaterally subvert democracy. also this morning, new photos obtained by abc news show vice president pence and his family in hiding on january 6th, after pence was rushed off the senate floor. you ll remember by secret service as rioters broke into the capitol. i think the public probably is not aware of how close a call this was. the rioters came very close to capturing the vice president and i think there is very good evidence that they would have done harm to him, perhaps even killed him. so this was a close call. that was congresswoman zoe lofgren who sits on that select committee, testifying today, very significant testimony, coming from retired federal judge michael luttig, highly respected conservative judge, once one of justice clarence thomas closest advisers, previously clerked for justice scalia, considered by former president george w. bush as a nominee to the high court himself. that s why his words carry such weight, especially on a day like today. in a