however to interpret it. lori lightfoot, the chicago mayor who has days left in office is now complaining that prosecutors are going easy on criminals. they re making it tough for the police. listen closely to her and to these other mayors. this is enlightening. if we say yeah, the police department is spending this time to put a case on and the judges and the prosecutors say we re going to let you out on electronic monitoring to wreak havoc again. if somebody musters the courage to come forward and identify the person that just shot up their neighborhood and sees them walking bold as day back on the street two days later, what does that say to them? you can t just allow our law enforcement agencies to decrease. we know what the consequences of that will be. we have about 2,000. they get out monday. they re doing the stickup on tuesday. and they snub their nose at the criminal justice system. they re violent. they re dangerous. some of them are dealing with real mental
on biden s classified documents, the white house has begun to construct its stonewall. the lead starts right now. i m going to refer you to the department of justice. i m not going into any specifics from here. i would refer you to the white house counsel office. the white house refusal to answer questions is not going to stop them from mounting. why did the biden white house wait so long to acknowledge classified documents have been found at biden s private office and home and garage and who has access to those rooms. plus a rising death toll after tornados sweep through alabama and georgia. today the search for even more victims as homeowners sift through piles of debris. and body cam footage caughting the family member of to end up tase and dead. what went so terribly wrong. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper and we start with the politics lead with the white house on defense amid the growing probe into president biden s handling of classified documents which
some made their way through the narrow alleys of an arab neighbourhood, waving flags and chanting slogans. the palestinian red cross said more than 70 people were injured in clashes. now on bbc news stephen sackur is in washington with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from washington. i m stephen sackur. the received political wisdom here is that economic issues pretty much decide elections, and that may be true in this midterm election year because of a dramatic spike in the cost of living. and yet, there is a sense here that right now, values and culture are at the centre of the political argument. my guest today is danica roem, a democrat and the first transgender person to take a seat in a state legislature. what does her story tell us about america s culture wars? danica roem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. it s good to see you. it s great to have you on the show. now, when you won your election back in 2017 to become a state legislator in virginia. mm hm. ..you we
my guest today is danica roem, a democrat and the first transgender person to take a seat in a state legislature. what does her story tell us about america s culture wars? danica roem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. it s good to see you. it s great to have you on the show. now, when you won your election back in 2017 to become a state legislator in virginia. mm hm. ..you were seen across america as a trailblazer. do you still feel like that trailblazer? well, so, here s the thing. i don t try to put, you know, that title to myself. when other people ascribe it to me, that s fine. that s their interpretation. myjob is to make sure that i m fixing route 28, that i m taking care of health insurance for my constituents and really taking care of those day to day basics. and, while i m doing that, if i m able to inspire other trans people to step up and run for office, great. and when i was sworn in to the virginia house of delegates onjanuary 10th, 2018, for my first of w
i was like, should i ask her about mike johnson learning on the job with a cr bill that gets shut down by five minutes of it coming out. you had to kind of appreciate the hubris and go, no, the last guy couldn t do it, but i ll be the one that is that the fundamental problem, is that the republicans have not address the ideological divides within their party? so you can rotate the speaker out as much as you want, the next guy comes in, he may have a lot of bluster, but once he s in that position and has to actually put forward a bill, they realize that they still have that extreme maga wing in the party that s going to shoot it down. the democrats are probably not going to go along with it. you really haven t solve this fundamental problem. the fundamental problem and or just understanding fundamental math. yeah, exactly. that s the reason. it s great to see you, as always, my friend, great show, enjoy the rest of your evening. good evening to you, welcome to