one person who will not be in the room? yeah, that s committee chairman congressman bennie thompson. he s announced that he has covid. it s not clear if the chairman will appear virtually, but he says that his covid diagnosis will not disrupt the committee s plan. members say this eighth hearing will focus on the 187 minutes the former president trump failed to intervene as his supporters marched on the capitol, swarmed the halls of congress, and did this, took over the building there. also today, a jury has now been seated in the trial of trump s chief strategist, steve bannon. bannon is facing two criminal counts for failing to comply with subpoenas from the house january 6th committee. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins us now from capitol hill. so, what is the committee hoping to learn from these witnesses, matthew pottinger and sara matthews? reporter: victor and alisyn, they re firsthand witnesses to what was happening inside the white house on janu
Kelvin mackenzie, and the former adviser to Jeremy Corbyn. James schneider, as always , i want to schneider, as always, i want to hear from you. You know what an important part of the programme it mail it is. Email me. Mail gbnews. Com. But now its time for the news of the day with polly it. Polly middlehurst. It. Jacob, thank you and good evening to you. Well, we start this bulletin with the news that a 15 Year Old Girl has died after being stabbed on her way to school in south london. An Emergency Services were called to wellesley road in croydon at around 8. 30 this morning. One eyewitness describing seeing a bus driver and a passer by trying to resuscitate her. She was a student at the private girls school old palace of john whitgift. But a 17 year old boy whitgift. But a 17 year old boy has been arrested. Police say he was known to the victim. Was known to the victim. This is every parents Worst Nightmare and i know the officers who responded this morning, along with our Emergency
Dwellers in marble halls or ivory towers. Moreover she merely reiterated what David Cameron , Angela Merkel and cameron, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy all said about ten years ago. Where was the outrage then . William gladstone , a liberal, once said that money ought to fructify in the pockets of the people rather than be taken by the state. But the labour party has announced that it would extend vat to private schools in its first yearif private schools in its first year if elected. But is this just the same old class warfare that weve always seen from the socialists . Plus has anyone ever visited the great city of glasgow and thought what it really needed was a special zone in which the laws set by parliament were suspend, did and individuals were free to take Illegal Drugs. Well thats exactly whats happened. And well be debating it shortly. State of the nation starts now. State of the nation starts now. And ive got a particularly pugnacious panel this evening. The former editor
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Already hit by flooding. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Three more patients in the uk, including the first in Northern Ireland, have tested positive for coronavirus, caught while they were in italy and tenerife. That brings the total number of cases in the uk to 16. With more cases expected to emerge, the government are set to launch a new Public Health campaign. Our health editor, hugh pym reports. An empty school in derbyshire closed for a deep clean because a parent had returned from tenerife having caught the coronavirus. A local gp practice also asked patients to stay away because of the case, one of two newly diagnosed in the uk today. All this with the public keen to know more about the virus and getting tested. The nhs is expanding the options, including this drive through facility. We were given the first look at how it works. Laura here is a member of nhs staff. She is going to demonstrate what actually happens. She stays in the car, she winds down the window and then