good to be with you. i m ayman mohyeldin in new york. thursday s hearings of the january six committee was basically the mike pence show, revolve around the pressure campaign by donald trump s allies to get the vice president to use his constitutional, ceremonial role, on january the 6th, to change joe biden s electoral votes, or set them aside for donald trump. the panel may know about painting pence as a man of courage, who stood up against trump s plan. we are fortunate for mr. pence s courage on january 6th. our democracy came dangerously close to catastrophe. that courage put him in tremendous danger. when mike pence made it clear that he wouldn t give into donald trump s scheme, donald trump turned a mob on him. thanks in part to mike pence, our democracy was stood on trump s scheme and the balance of january 6th. all right. the committee wasn t alone. in fact, an article in the atlantic last week hailed pence as a national hero for turning back the threat t
he was 18 years old, he worked part-time at the drive-through at a local wendy s, yet police said he had at least $4,000 of brand-new weapons, including two ar-15 rifles, 1600 rounds of .556 ammunition, a ballistic vest, and 60 magazines. one of his rivals was a high-end model manufactured by a company called daniel defense. according to a receipt that he posted in private message, that gun cost $2,000 and he paid in full. he could have bought effectively the very same rifle at any one store for a third of the cost. but apparently to him, price was no object. that s pretty weird. if police know where he got the money to buy one of the most expensive ar-15s on the market, they are not telling us. nor for that matter have they explained why they lied about the most basic facts of the shooting. for the first 24 hours they told us that a school resource officer fired at the government. he engaged. but they must ve known at the time they said it that that was not true. they must
deadly insurrection and that threatens to unravel our democracy, well, it s on the ballot in several states today in gop primaries that are just as much a measure of the trumpification of the republican party as they are a test of the disgraced ex-president s political power. in georgia, governor brian kemp and secretary of state brad raffensperger are facing primary challengers entirely because of their refusal to overturn the results of the 2020 election there. trump s conduct in georgia is notably under criminal investigation now. a pair of trump-backed candidates, that would be former senator david perdue and congressman jody hice are hoping to unseat republicans kemp and raffensperger. new york times reports this, quote, along with representative jody hice, david perdue is running a campaign that s almost single mindedly focused on trump s baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, and in true trump style, perdue is ending a campaign that is staked
those named have until 5pm to respond ahead of its long awaited publication. energy company, eon, is warning that unless the government intervenes the number of its customers in fuel poverty could reach 40% by the autumn. it s a very, very significant impact and that s why we ve called upon the government to take more action. we do need more intervention in october and it has to be very substantial. the ukrainian government says it won t agree to a ceasefire with russia, that involves giving up territory in an apparent hardening of its position. a government medical adviser tells the bbc that cases of monkeypox are rising in the uk on a daily basis. professor of experimental medicine paul hunter explains why it s significant. the issue is that it is spreading between people in the uk, which we haven t seen in the west before to any great extent. and the last round of premier league games starts in half an hour s time. manchester city play aston villa, liverpool play wolves.
united states have found a tunnel linking mexico to a warehouse in san diego in california. it s equipped with a rail track, electricity and a ventilation system. six people have been arrested. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. for the last decade, the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, hasn t known freedom. first he was holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london. for the last three years, he s been in belmarsh prison outside london. his lawyer is making a last ditch attempt to stop the uk government extraditing him to the us to face espionage charges. my guest is stella moris, the lawyer who worked on his defence team, became his wife, and is the mother of two of his children. why hasjulian assange become such a polarising figure? stella moris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you in the studio. over the next few days, the british home secretary, priti patel, is going to make a very big decision on w