region. we ll get a live report from kyiv. this afternoon the house january 6th committee will hold its fifth public hearing on what it has learned so far about the attack on the u.s. capitol. today s hearing will focus on how former president trump tried to use the justice department to help him overturn the results of the 2020 election but failed because of pushback and resignation threats, like this one from former acting deputy attorney general, richard donahue. the president said, suppose i do this, suppose i replace him, jeff rossen, with him, jeff clark. what do you do? i said, sir, i would resign immediately. there is no way i m serving one minute under this guy, jeff clark. donaghue will testify today as well as steve engel. adam kinzinger, one of two republicans on the panel, will lead today s questioning. committee chairman, bennie thompson, says the panel will wait until later next month to hold more hearings because it needs to look through new evidence it
biden wants to ban menthol cigarettes which are favored by black smokers. he wants to legalize weed for white college kids. republicans hope to siphon off some even if a small amount of biden s voters in some of the battleground states like nevada, iowa and pennsylvania. the white house for their part they have not given a clear reason for this delay. it s really interesting and important. thank you for tracking it. and cnn this morning continues right now. i don t have a woman problem. you have a corruption problem and that s what people need to know. nikki is corrupt. it s not worth my time to respond to him. her donors, wall street liberal donors make money in china. they are not going to let her be tough on china and she will cave to the donors. she will not stand up for you. he is mad because the wall street donors used to support him and now they support me. there you is have it. if you watched the debate it was fiery one. good morning. i m poppy harlow
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man who was the government s chief scientific advisor during the coronavirus pandemic, sir patrick vallance, has been revealing more details about what went on in downing street as covid took hold. sir patrick told the covid inquiry that the then prime minister, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. he says he was not consulted on the eat out to help out initiative it was very obvious that the eat out to help out scheme launched by the then chancellor, rishi sunak, would increase transmission of coronavirus. and key measures to stop the spread of covid including lockdown weren t brought in soon enough. here s our political editor, chris mason. it felt like he was on our screens almost every night, sir patrick vallance. . , ., vallance. the evidence i shall give shau vallance. the evidence i shall give shall be the vallance. the evidence i shall give shall be the truth, vallance. the evide
in my view, the seven states have imposed a proper cause standard were not acting in a nonconstitutional manner nor was it overly burden some. as i understand it in new york, for instance, two-thirds of the people who attempted to show proper cause and to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon outside the home were granted that permit. so, it doesn t seem all that onerous. the question now becomes, as states wrestle with how they regulate permitting of concealed weapons outside of the home, what are sensitive areas? so the inquiry moves from whether or not the new york statute, the statute in other states were too onerous. if you can carry a concealed weapon outside the home, can you carry it in a church, in a school, in an airport, in a government building? so, there s going to be a lot more legislating and a lot more litigating to come. right now the supreme court has made easier for individuals to
impeachment, and why, a closer look at that, next. boycott, a labor dispute intends to put a stop in the next democratic debate, the big question will any candidates cross the picket line. michelle obama and melania trump are both responding now after the president took to twitter to attack climate activist greta thunberg. the supreme court source price. the justices agree to tackle three big cases involving president trump s tax returns and their final decision may send a ripple through the 2020 race. developing this hour, articles of impeachment officially moving forward on capitol hill. as the inquiry moves into day 82. the two articles, abuse of power and obstruction of congress, passed along party lines in the house judiciary committee, with 23 yes votes and 17 no votes. next, those articles move to the full house for a vote, and that s expected to happen wednesday. house democrats argue impeachment is necessary to preserve our democracy.