outrage. now, there is virtually no facet of american life immune from politics and partisanship. it s in a tiny example of what i mean. some friends invited my wife and i to the essence festival concert last saturday night at the superdome in new orleans. it should have been a fun time. 50,000 people there to see janet jackson patti labelle. just before the headliners took the stage, this well-known warm-up act wandered out. we are in the middle of a critical time. they are trying to take women s right to choose. they are trying to take voting rights. raymond: the reverend may have gone may have well is gone to a chump rally. nobody wanted to hear that political message. at that point miss jackson hit the stage. no. hello, essence festival, this november we will be electing folks who make critical decisions in our community. decisions about our health care, very personal decisions we make about our bodies. stay on with black approval of the president biden below 50%
supporters of donald trump who may have been and attendance at the rally. we are going to need to say something. and you have a clue as to why [inaudible] the white house? if i recall, i told kayleigh that i think we needed to encourage individuals to stop, to respect law enforcement, and to go home. although president trump was aware of the ongoing riots, he did not take any immediate action to address the lawlessness. instead, a 203, he called rudy giuliani again and that call lasted for over eight minutes. moments later, at 2:13, rioters broke into the capital itself. one of the proud boys charged with seditious conspiracy, dominick pezzola, though used officers shields to smash the window and rioters flooded into the building. [noise] as rioters were entering the building, the secret service held vice president pence in his office right off the senate chamber for 13 minutes as they worked to create a safe path to a secure location. now, listen to some of that radio
good evening. earlier this week i received a positive covid diagnosis. pro cdc guidelines i have received the initial two shots and all of the boosters. thus far i have been blessed to experience very minimal symptoms. because i am still quarantined i cannot participate in person with my colleagues. i have asked vice chair miss cheney to preside over this evening s hearing, including maintaining order in the room and swearing in our witnesses. over the last month and a half, the select committee has told a story of a president who did everything in his power to overturn an election. he lied, he bullied, he betrayed his oath. he tried to destroy our democratic institutions. he summoned a mob to washington. afterward, on january 6th, when he knew that the assembled mob was heavily armed and angry, he commanded the mob to go to the capital, and he emphatically commanded the heavily armed mob to fight like hell. for the weeks between november election and january 6th, donald tr
you can t keep approaching the problem, you know, by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another conservative mp calls on the prime minister to resign over downing street lockdown parties. and former cabinet minister andrea leadsom criticises him for unacceptable failures of leadership. mega chippy. and the once humble chip shop in coventry, that s now at tiktok sensation. there are calls today to give more children in england free school meals to help tackle the cost of living crisis. teaching unions say all children from families on universal credit should be eligible forfree meals as part of an urgent expansion of the scheme. the cost of food, fuel and other goods has surged in recent months, pushing inflation to a ao year high. here s our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. more children than ever are coming through the doors. at capacity. we opened 11 minutes ago, we ve only got a small room, we are going to be busy. at this free half term