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captions by vitac www.vitac.com the barnes firm injury attorneys breaking news tops the hour. turns out the former president is not the only one with classified documents problem. the current president has one as well, stemming from his time as vice president. they were discovered last fall in a private office in washington, that he used as part of his relationship with the university of pennsylvania, where he was an honorary professor from 2017 to 2019. attorney general garland has asked a u.s. attorney to investigate. republicans are reacting. so far the former president and the democratic chairman of the house committee has called this, quote, a problem and deep concern. evan perez share it is biline of the story. he joins us now. what more do you know about the documents that were found? anderson, we know at least some of the documents were classified at a level tssci, which stands for sensitive compartmented information. this is information that comes from sp
attack on the capitol city. president biden right now in mexico for the first time as president, getting ready to go one-on-one with the mexican leader as the politics over immigration top headlines. we re live in mexico city. also this hour, you ve got the house getting ready to come into session. kevin mccarthy now officially in charge. trying to set the rules and set the tone for his term with the gavel. this hour, not all republicans on board for today s vote. even with some of the concessions mccarthy made. with our new reporting on what is being called an aggressive pace of gop-led investigations. plus, hundreds of people under arrest under violent protests of brazil s congress. supporters have recently ousted jir bolsonaro, storming the capitol building and why presidential extradition could be part of the conversation. i m talking with a top national security official about that later on in the show. we have a ton to get to in the next hour. let s get startsed wit
Managed to fool hsbcs Voice Recognition Security System, designed to prevent fraud. Good morning, its friday, 19th may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Breaking news this morning. Swedish prosecutors are ending their seven year long investigation into the wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, who has been accused of rape. Mr assange, whos a5, has been living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid extradition to sweden. Scotla nd Scotland Yard says it is obliged to arrest him for Breaching Bail Conditions if he leaves the embassy. Julian assange has just tweeted this picture. This is in reaction to that means from sweden. That is the first reaction from Julian Assange, though no statement from him as yet. Lets cfoss no statement from him as yet. Lets cross to the Ecuadorian Embassy in london. Our correspondent, Richard Lister, is there. Richard, so, any expectation we might Seejulian Assange leading that embassy any time soon . I would hav
Heres to you norfolk. A white wine from the broads, beats global competition, to be crowned one of the worlds best. And the legend of king arthur gets the guy richie big screen treatment. Our own knight at the round table mark kermode will be giving it his verdict in the film review at 5 45pm. Its five oclock. Our main story Julian Assange the founder of wikileaks and urged on the belt that prosecutors in sweden have dropped their investigation into Rape Allegations against him. He said in a tweet i do not forgive or forget. He has always denied the charges. The development emerged this morning as the swedish prosecutor announced they would discontinue the investigation into an alleged sex offence committed in 2010. Julian assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy since august 2012. The met police say they would still be obliged arrest him on a lesser charge if he tried to leave. He has now gone back inside the embassy and has not said what he will do next. Victory is howJuli