my guest today is the leader of the biggest opposition party, the democratic alliance, john steenhuisen. could he become south africa s first white leader since apartheid? john steenhuisen, welcome to hardtalk. great to be with you, stephen. well, it s great to be here in cape town. let s start with a very simple question. when you said not so long ago, there is a changing of the guard coming in south africa, the anc s decline is terminal. it s just a matter of how fast, did you really believe that? of course i believed it then. i think it s a fair assessment about where the anc find themselves, in the last local government elections, in 2021, they, for the first time in post democratic south africa, lost their majority and fell below 50%. this obviously allied with the fact that our economy s not growing, we ve got 30 million people living in poverty, 12 million people unemployed, and loadshedding, rolling blackouts, which have reached into every home and switched off the
everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin this morning with the mass shooting over the weekend at an outlet mall in allen, texas. a source telling cnn investigators now believe the attack that killed eight and wounded at least seven hours was connected to right-wing extremism. in addition to this audio, disturbing video of the initial moments of the saturday attack captured on this rear view cam. you can see the gunman get out of the vehicle, we ve frozen the image at the moment the shooting begins. we basically turned to watch. and as we were watching, the shooter goes right across he s not running, but he s in a deliberate assault-type move. and he either had an m-16 or an m-4, he was firing, and shot about four or five shots as he proceeded towards the hamburger place. i don t know who will he shot. a few moments later, we saw a police officer come across in front of us, like he was in pursuit of the indi
that case in just a moment. also on capitol hill republicans and democrats are sticking to their demands on the debt ceiling despite a fast approaching deadline. we ll look at the fall back options being discussed at the white house. and the latest from donald trump s civil rape trial as jurors yesterday watched more of the former president s video deposition. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the scramble to avoid a first ever government default. with the clock ticking both republicans and democrats are still refusing to budge when it comes to debt ceiling negotiations. according to new reporting in the wall street journal the white house is weighing potential fall back options. people familiar with the matter tell the newspaper administration officials and lawmakers are considering alternatives like a short-term increase in the borrowing limit that would buy them time to f
historical responsibility. a jury in washington finds four members of the far right group the proud boys guilty of seditious conspiracy for plotting the january 6th attack on the us capitol. welcome to bbc news. here in the uk, preparations are well under way for the coronation of king charles. not long to go now. joining me live covering every moment of the lead up to the coronation is our correspondent christian fraser. enjoying the sunshine here on a lovely day in front of buckingham palace. the royal standard flying above the palace which tells you the king is in residence and the lucky ones who were here a little earlier would have seen him drive down the mall to westminster abbey, where they went through a short dress rehearsal. and going through the final preparations ahead of the big event on saturday. you will see the seats are here, the amphitheatre has been set up for the veterans and nhs workers on saturday, so the stage is set really ahead of the big ceremony. of
report concludes that is likely how the pandemic first began. in a house select committee heard testimony today from a former top u.s. intel official that a chinese lab leak is the only explanation. our money to a lab in china that wasn t up to code that was doing gain of function research and that s where this thing came from. that s what they didn t want us to know. do you agree with that mr. ratcliffe. i do agree with that. communist china the target of bipartisan criticism in washington on tuesday. china has not been forthcoming. where a house select committee held a hearing on the origins of covid-19. i can very well argue the lab leak theory because, you know, china cannot cooperate. former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe, who began his term two months into the pandemic, also pointing the finger at china. a lab leak is the only explanation credit dibly supported by our intelligence, by science, and by common sense. the chinese embassy