the final two candidates should be known by the end of next week. the government is refusing to let parliamentary time for labour s notion of no confidence. they are choosing to play politics with the wedding of the notion and could be debated as the business of the day. let s speak to steve reid, the shadowjustice secretary. very good to have you here on bbc news. i am curious as to the timing of this no confidence motion, why table this vote of no confidence in the government under borisjohnson after we know that borisjohnson is resigning? why didn t labour tabled this before? we resigning? why didn t labour tabled this before? ~ ., ., , , ., this before? we have only ust found out that the this before? we have only ust found out that the conservative this before? we have onlyjust found out that the conservative party - out that the conservative party intends to prop up in office, for another two months, a prime minister who they have now admitted is unfit for office,
game-changer announcement on student loan forgiveness a [inaudible] for millions of americans. plus, the big lie turned a big rift. how some are profiting off of disproven election fraud claims. goes beyond the former president. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m alicia menendez, in four stephanie ruhle. as if the current day controversies of the former president were not enough, we begin with new insight tonight into how donald trump may have avoided accountability in the investigation that consumed must of his presidency. late today, after a lengthy court fight, the justice department released a document related to the russia investigation. the memo was top secret and now we know why. former presidents attorney bill barr wanted to keep it a secret. in march 2019, bill barr told us before the mueller report was released, that the report had all but exonerated the former president. and therefore, there was no reason to charg
barr s defense of that decision. the memo contends, mueller s report did not establish a case to charge trump with obstruction, who failed to establish any underlying crime related to russian election interference. but, as nbc has reported, mueller s report actually did identify ten episodes that could be considered potential obstruction of justice. as one former mueller prosecutor points out, that is just one a couple of high-level justice department officials were worried about. two senior staff say to bill barr that the reason he should make the decision is because, if the memo comes out, it might be read to imply that the president committed obstruction. this memo makes it clear that the reason that bill barr did not ask robert mueller to simply come to a conclusion is because, as it says here, that report can be read to find that, indeed, he did commit obstruction. as for the ongoing investigations into the former president, tonight the justice department is facing a
a memorable night for manchester united, who lift the mood at old trafford with a stunning win over liverpool. good morning. it isa it is a mild start today. quite a muqqy it is a mild start today. quite a muggy day ahead. some are showery rain in the north and west. drier and brighter in the south and east. details coming up. good morning. it s tuesday, august 23rd. some very sad breaking news this morning. a nine year old girl has been shot dead in liverpool overnight. police are hunting for the gunman after he opened fire at a house in the knotty ash area of the city. two adults were also injured. we re still getting the details on this. we will be hearing from andy gill on the scene as the programme goes on. we can tell you this shooting happened in kingsheath avenue in the east of liverpool, in knotty ash. it happened at about one o clock this morning. the road is cordoned off at several junctions as police make door to door inquiries. we have had a statement from the po
th e a trump ally, but, you know, it really does clarify a lot of things for us including the timeline of how these discussions were going on behind the scenes earlier this year. but the fact that there were 700 pages contained here in these 15 boxes taken back from mar-a-lago earlier this year, again, 100 classified documents, some of them in this special access programs type of things, which, again, even if you have classified clearance, the top secret clearance in the united states government, you need additional clearance to be able to access this. it is something that, you know, we were trying to figure out why would you post this letter that all right. the angle that appears to be coming from the trump side, bianna, is that these shows that the biden white house really was involved in the early discussions here in making sure that it was an investigation. that s not really what the letter shows. if you read it carefully you will see that the biden white house was givi