political landscape. a landscape in which the former president has developed a cold like following that was willing to storm the u.s. capitol in order to demonstrate its loyalty. one in which a major political party, the gop, is still reluctant to condemn that following it despite the clear risk it poses to our democracy. there have been few times that a president or presidential candidate has been bold enough to outright condemn a segment of the electorate. obama in 2008 call that some republican working class voters for voting against their own self interests and it s the clinging to quote guns and religion, and of course that was a private event. still, those comments, as you may recall, prompted immediate backlash. hillary clinton in 2016 said half of trump s followers belonged in a quote basket of the portals. her comments were really against her for the rest of her presidential campaign. and now, joe biden 2022 says trump and his supporters of maga republicans threaten
and japan declares war on retro technology after discovering almost 2,000 government processes are still carried out using mini disks, floppy disks and cds. hello and welcome to the programme. in the last couple of hours, police in argentina have arrested a man. the country s vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, was threatened with a gun outside her home in the capital, buenos aires. a gun was held just inches from her head, but no shots were fired and she was unharmed. argentina s economy minister has called the incident an attempted assassination. with me is our bbc reporter louisa pilbeam. tell us what happened. what we know is that video has emerged, and absolutely terrifying video if you are watching this, terrifying for anyone in public office for any politicians, and what happens in this video is that a gun is literally put to cristina fernandez de kirchner s face, her head, and it clicks as if somebody is pulling the trigger. so she then puts her hands to h
the dying act of his career. anyone quitting now, after defending all that, hasn t got a shred of integrity. mr speaker, isn t this the first recorded case of the sinking ships fleeing the rat? and in other news, a ukrainian mother picks through the remnants of her son s life. we have a special report on russian atrocities and a war crimes investigation. and japan plans to pump waterfrom the fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific. we hear from the fishermen protesting the move. welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world. the british prime minister borisjohnson is clinging on to power in downing street, despite the resignations of more than a0 of his own mps from their government roles. he s continuing to defy calls for him to step down from some of his most senior colleagues. they believe he has clearly lost the confidence of most of his party. with the latest, here s our political editor, chris mason. the front pages, the photographers, the rep
he will meet face-to-face with the king and crown prince, what changed? inside politics, the biggest stories, sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics sunday, i am abby. the top lawyer in the trump white house spent nearly 8 hours under oath with the january 6 committee on friday. pat cipollone is a critical witness to key episodes of the committee investigations, he was in the room during conversations about seizing voting machines, installing a new attorney general, and issuing last-minute pardons, and he was also with the president during the capital riot. january 6 committee member, so, told cnn that pat cipollone was careful, but candid. a committee spokesman, also says that pat cipollone testified about nearly every topic that they are investigating, and that he underscored trumps supreme dereliction of duty . it was videotaped so you can expect to see some of it in public hearings this week. let s discuss all of this and more with our panel, m
anyone quitting now, i after defending all that, hasn t got a shred of integrity. - mr speaker, - isn t this the first recorded case of the sinking ships fleeing the rat? - and japan plans to pump water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific. we hear from the fishermen protesting the move. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the british prime minister borisjohnson is clinging on to power in downing street despite the resignations of more than a0 of his own mps from their government roles. he s continuing to defy calls for him to step down from some of his most senior colleagues. they believe he has clearly lost the confidence of most of his party. with the latest, here s our political editor, chris mason. the front pages, the photographers, the reporters, all asking the same thing. is it all over, prime minister? the lenses tilt towards boris johnson leaving downing street, heading for parliament at lunchtime and prime minister s question