The hearing will come back to order. And for the outstanding work you have done, thank you this has to be one of the hardest jobs in government to be the impartial watchdog and with those Government Agencies as important as department of justice and fbi i want you to know how much we appreciate your work and your teams work likewise it is important even though we are critical of the leadership of the fbi during the last administration the way they mishandled this counterintelligence investigation and the colleagues need to know that we are there for them and support them in the faithful discharge of their responsibilities. I served that there is no more ardent supporter. And i believe that general hayden when he wrote his book had it right it is called playing to the edge not over the line but up to the edge so that also makes it important for us to root out the illegality and the exercise of those that are given to the Intelligence Community. So let me ask you about that. Because i ca
And we will succeed and we will be tough on crime. We will make sure police have legal power and political backing do you stop and search because it may be controversial. Believe me, when a young man who is invariably a young man is equipped wi a bladed weapon there is nothing kinder or more loving or more light saving you can do then ask him to turn out his pockets and produce that weapon. And when people are found guilty of only for the protection, we also do everything we can. And not just academies for a crime. And the best possible antidote for the criminal instinct. And to expand opportunity for every kid a good superb education. [applause] we are leveling up Education Funding across the country. Schools have fallen further behind not behind the biggest increases. Every child has the chance they deserve to express their talents so they can get the job we are creating and get the fantastic jobs we are creating and improving connectivity, investing in transport, projects to Norther
One of lifes most underappreciated talents is to know when its time to move on to lifes next chapter. So i stand before you today, mr president and my colleagues, to say this will be my last term as republican leader of the senate. For more on mitch mcconnell s stepping down and the spending deal, heres our North America correspondent gary odonoghue. After repeated attempts to get a spending agreement, it does look like leadership in congress from both sides have at least reached a partial agreement on some other Spending Bills that they have been arguing about. It looks now in the next couple of days that resolutions were put through senate and the House Of Representatives to extend one of the deadlines until next friday, by which time they will pass Spending Bills on six separate departments. Now, they havent reached an agreement on the other six departments, but they are going to push the deadline for that back until march 22. So in some ways, this is progress being made and in some
Leeds at Stamford Bridge, to reach the quarterfinals. Well have all the results. And on newsnight at 10 30. Well go deeper behind todays headlines and speak live to key players in todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. Police scotland have apologised forfailings in a long Running Investigation that left a killer on the loose for almost 20 years. The hunt for the murderer of emma caldwell, who was 27 when she was strangled in South Lanarkshire in 2005, was one of the longest in scottish history. Today, iain packer, whos 51, was found guilty of her murder and jailed for life with a minimum of 36 years. He was also convicted of 11 charges of rape and multiple sexual assaults, against 21 other women, making him one of scotlands most prolific sex offenders. Lorna gordon has our top story. Emma caldwell, a vulnerable young woman who was murdered in terrifying circumstances. Her killer was this man, iain packer, who for a quarter of a century carried ou
thahello and a warm welcome our viewers. i m bianca nobilo. max foster is off this week. just ahead on cnn newsroom life- president biden is trying to walk back remarks he made tuesday. he is running and i have to run. we re getting a preview of special counsel s playbook. they are ready to describe to the jury how he encouraged the violence on january 6. tuesday afternoon an apparent israeli airstrike dem molished this building. people have been forced to run from place to place seeking shelter. it is simply chaos at this point. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, december 6, 9:00 a.m. in london and 4:00 a.m. in washington where u.s. president biden is walking back a candid remark about his possible rationale for seeking re-election. he told democratic donors at an off camera fundraiser if trump wasn t running, i m not sure i d be running. but a few hours later when pressed by reporters, mr. biden s