trump s tenure in the run up to january 6th, particularly a meeting that occurred on december 18th, 2020, roughly six weeks after election and a few weeks below before january 6th in the oval office between donald trump and his most conspiracy obsessed outside advisers lawyers. it was just one of trump s last-ditch efforts to cling to power and overturn the election. on friday, december 18th, this team of outside advisers paid him a surprise visit in the white house that would quickly become the stuff of legend. the meeting has been called unhinged, not normal, in the craziest meeting of the trump presidency. they brought to the white house a draft executive order that they re prepared for president trump to further his ends, specifically they propose the immediate mask seizure of state election machines by the u.s. military. take a second to think about how that would ve gone over. the immediate massacre of u.s. voting machines by the military. what would that mean? what
the rise, is it possible to reverse the growing support of lies and deceptions? and speaking of lies and deceptions, move over george santos, there is another gop fabulist in town. we are going to explain and our worst of the week s segment. i am ayman wilkie dean, let s get started. we begin this hour with breaking news on former president jimmy carter. carter will begin receiving hospice care at his georgia home following a series of hospital stays. the news was confirmed in the statement by the carter center saying he has decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family. carter s grandson, former georgia state senator jason carter tweeted out, i saw both my grandparents yesterday. they are at peace and as always their home is full of love. thank you at 98 years old, carter is both the longest-living and living president, as well as the post presidency era. after he defeated reagan in 1980, he worked tirelessly to provide advance democracy, human, rights an
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let s start here in the uk, where, in a few hours time, the chancellorjeremy hunt will unveil his first budget, where he will outline the government s big decisions on spending, and plans for raising or lowering taxes. among the measures he s expected to unveil is a significant expansion of free childcare provision. it s part of a strategy to get more people back to work, given the shortage of staff in some key sectors. the chancellor is also expected to announce a rise in the tax free limit for pension contributions, to encourage people to stay in work for longer. the latest economic figures underline the challenge facing the government, as well as the pressure on household and business budgets. here s our economics editor faisal islam. it is back to work budget, that s a promise, and it was centre on one of the biggest ever expansions of childcare for england with equivalent funding for other nations. parents of one and two year olds will get the same 30 hours of support a
kenned , perhaps even mystical event. duncan kennedy. thank perhaps even mystical event. duncan kennedy, thank you. time for a look at the weather, here s louise lear. this programme continues on bbc one. hard questions for rishi sunak tonight on the election day bet allegations. how is he handling them and how much is he damaged? good evening, welcome to newsnight, every weeknight, home of lively interviews and electric insight. joining us throughout: david yelland, the former editor of the sun, jo tanner, who wrangled borisjohnson s comms, and top pollster luke tryl. in our sights tonight, the bbc question time show which has just ended on bbc one, in which rishi sunak has had to defend two candidates and a close aide as the gambling commission look into allegations about betting on the date of the general election. inexplicably, someone at tory hq thought it was a good idea to put a spinning roulette wheel in a tory election video. before we dig into that, here s a fla