investigation. after three years, millions of dollars, special counsel john durham finally releases his report into whether the fbi had a legitimate reason to investigate trump in 2016. so what did he conclude? plus, a congressman s staffer and intern on her first day both attacked today by a man with a metal baseball bat. details we re just getting in from police. the florida culture wars continue. this time a fifth grade teacher says she s being investigated for showing her class a 2022 animated disney movie rated pg-13. the alleged offender is ethan, an animated gay teen character. welcome to the lead. we start with breaking news. the year s long investigation is over. john durham, the special counsel investigating whether there was any misconduct by the fbi in the trump-russia investigation just released his findings. for years donald trump and his supporters pinned their hopes on the investigation by the former u.s. attorney for connecticut. john durham named spe
multiple crimes, neither dropped by the republican party. have the gop no shame? plus, the texas father who lost a son in the uvalde massacre kicked out of the state capital this week for demanding some action on gun reform. he will join me to share his story and his message. and elon musk, lisa styled free speech absolutist caves to an authoritarian government demand that he censor his tweets. actions speak louder than words, elon. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. on wednesday, the house was debating an unemployment benefit fraud bill, legislation to help incentivize states to recover funds stolen during the coronavirus pandemic. the stunning case of cosmic irony, that bill being debated on the same daisy that one of its co-sponsors found him self indicted for that very same crime. yes, that s right. justice finally caught up with now infamous serial liar and fabricator george santos. on wednesday, federal prosecutors in new york announced a 13 count indictment against the rep
with republicans like hannity finally realizing that the party s toxic, regressive, authoritarian policies have sparked a voter backlash. also tonight, new reporting that donald trump almost certainly knew that a president cannot declassify documents just by stuffing them in a box and hauling them to the old golf resort, as repeatedly has claimed. plus, elon musk s off the rails interview. the man who runs one of the biggest social media sites raises alarms with toxic comments about george sorros and the texas mall shooter among other things. but we begin tonight with the republican s toxic brand. remember the 2022 midterms the red wave felt more like an orange trickle? that keeps happening. last night was another really bad night for the republican party, several key races in florida, colorado underscoring how the right wing grip on our politics is slipping. in florida, democrat donna deegan won the mayor s race in jacksonville. which had been the largest city in the u
now on bbc news, the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello and welcome to this week s edition of the media show. in a minute we would talk about spotify, the was most popular music streaming platform, spending almost $1 billion on podcasting as well. but also the different developments coming out of spotify at the moment and its ceo is saying perhaps they got carried away with new investments. we will try to unpack what is going on and what it means for making money off music streaming and podcast. first of all, would talk about the fallout from a new bbc documentary about the indian prime minister, narendra modi. it is on iplayer at the moment and it explores tensions between narendra modi and the indian was minority and specifically look for claims around his role in the 2002 riots in which over 1000 people died. the programme was not broadcast in india but it has caused a few were all there. first of all, let s watch a short clip from the doc
has died in hospital at the age of seventy nine. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello, and welcome to this week s edition of the media show. now in a minute, we re going to talk about spotify. it s the world s most popular music streaming platform. it spent close to $1 billion on podcasting, too, but there are all sorts of different developments coming out of spotify at the moment. and its ceo has said that perhaps they got carried away with new investments. we ll try and unpack what s going on and work out what that means for making money off music streaming and off podcasts, too. first of all, though, we re going to talk about the fallout from a new bbc documentary about india s prime minister, narendra modi. it s on iplayer at the moment, and it explores tensions between mr modi and india s muslim minority. it also specifically looks at claims around his role in the 2002 gujarat riots, in whi