resolve of the men and women of the united states capitol police. in the past year our focus has been implementing improvements that would provide of officers with the resources that they need to fulfil their responsibility safely and effectively. on thursday here on bbc news we will mark that anniversary with a special programme presented by my colleague christian fraser. but ahead of that there s a radio series you might want to check out on bbc sounds. the coming storm looks at the conspiracy theories which motivated some of the people who stormed the capitol including qanon and some other false conspiracy theories that came before it. a year on from the capitol insurrection in washington dc on 6january 2021, gabriel gatehouse journeys into the dark undergrowth of modern america. he s looking for the origins of the story that drove the crowds to storm the heart of us democracy. when i was glued to the tv watching the scenes you played last year inside the capitol building,
furs. it s so soft and waterproof. we used to make gloves and hats out of them. and millions were slaughtered and their pelts exported to the u.s. and europe. many banned the import stopped that slaughter, literally saving their skins. now we see koala numbers starting to slowly recover, and that s been replaced by a new threat which is habitat loss, i m afraid. so the government is going to spend $50 million over four years to try to help the population recover. for a start, is that nearly enough of an investment? and as you were talking about there, how effective are these plans going to be? there is some fundamental things that need to change. yeah. the international fund animal welfare, any funding towards the protection and recovery of the species. but i m afraid all the money in the world won t save koalas, unless we address the root cause of habitat change and climate
ukraine-russia tensions. what should we expect today? yikes is right, john. the dow jones posted its worst daily performance of the year, worst daily performance since november 2021, in fact, and those russia listen ukraine tensions front and center and seem to weigh on sentiment it was an overall risk off session meaning we saw a broad-based selloff and investors instead looked to the more defensive parts of the equity market so that s the likes of the consumer staples names and also gold which saw increased demand yesterday. today, though, a different story in u.s. u furs are pointing to a rebound. still a couple hours away but it looks as though investors will be putting a little more money back to work today. we will certainly be following the ramifications this have standoff. we will see if there s any diplomatic breakthroughs in the coming days. shifting gears, walmart yesterday reported stronger sales over the winter holiday shopping season. how was it able to navigate throu
perry s role in former president trump s push to overturn the election, specifically perry s alleged attempt to install ally jeffrey clark. the committee has cited text and other communications per he with former chief of staff mark meadows at the time as well, and the new york times is reporting that the committee is planning to hold public hearings early in the new year. let s discuss with cnn senior legal analyst elie honig who is also a former federal and state prosecutor. furs, elie, your reaction to congressman scott perry refusing this invitation to sit down for an interview and how do you see this playing out. what comes next? well, my first re, a an, is this guy has something to hide. he says he s all for the rule of law. why not come far and answer questions then. it s important to understand scott per s role in this. he was a middle man between the white house on one hand and doj on the other. he tried tone list doj in this plot to steal the election, and
it, process it, and then we can move on. while some families know what happened to their loved ones, others never had an inkling that anything was amiss until decades later. this portion here is the older part of the cemetery. joe connor grew up hearing stories about the heady times of the 1920s, especially about his stylish aunt, cybil bolton. you could see her in her high heels, ankle bracelets and furs. she was quite the fashion plate. it was the roaring 20s, and like so many during this time, cybil was all about fashion and flare. when she turned 21, she treated herself to a mink coat that cost $1,200. today that would be a $14,000