shocking abuse of power by the nation s premier law enforcement agency. according to house republicans, who examined material from whistleblowers. the fbi, they say, targeted for investigations pro-life groups, catholics, and parents attending school board meetings, all in this clandestine effort to inflate the sense that they were a domestic terrorism threat. if you re a parent and you attend a school board meeting, there could be an fbi agent in the parking lot scribbling down your license plate number. this is not a conspiracy theory. this is actually testimony that these brave whistleblowers have given us. shocking allegations. still, house democrats were absolutely indignant at the suggestion that hearings like the one that took place on capitol hill were part of the intel community to give whistleblowers free reign to level wild accusations and to keep democrats in the dark in the process. i m not aware that you re able to withhold information from the minority th
boss of a growing bookshop empire, is a leader of this counter revolution. he s made buying physical books cool on both sides of the atlantic. how? james daunt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i used to use paper cash. i pretty much don t anymore. i used to write checks in a checkbook. i certainly don t do that anymore. why are you so convinced that iwill, still, continue to use ink on paper, physical books, for years to come? books remain, i think, by far and away the most pleasurable way, and most memorable way, to read most books. you can read on an e reader, of course, and that will have some advantages, particularly for some sorts of books. and millions and millions of people across the world. and millions of people happily do. and the numbers are growing. and the numbers are not growing, actually, within developed markets. in the uk, the us, for example, i think, pretty much, it reached a peak and then came down to a level and is now steadied out. lots of people enjoy d
of mariupol has been condemned by ukraine. an aide to president zelensky called the russian president, a criminal returning to the crime scene. it was the first time mr putin had been to a newly occupied ukrainian territory. now on bbc news hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in a world fixated with the unstoppable march of the digital revolution, it s kind of refreshing to look at what s happening in the old school business of selling books. ink on paper has not been eliminated by the rise of the e book, and the good old bricks and mortar bookshop hasn t been wiped out by online shopping. my guest today, james daunt, boss of a growing bookshop empire, is a leader of this counter revolution. he s made buying physical books cool on both sides of the atlantic. how? james daunt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i used to use paper cash. i pretty much don t anymore. i used to write cheques in a chequebook. i certainly don t do that anymore. why are you so convince
surrounding the nightmare that is joe biden at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. 8:57 a.m. they called the lid on the day, joe was done. he was tired. he had a busy vacation. today marks the 100th day that kevin mccarthy has been speaker. we will remind you of the promises he made to become speaker and the promises he has kept. we are going to hold elected officials accountable. plus, we will talk to the great one, any mark levine fans here not just hunter who turned a profit by selling access to pops we have few developments tonight that are huge. we ll break that fews. also, jimmy, kaley, they will be here in studio with more on the panic, the full blow panic at budweiser and anheuser anheuser busch has sales now plummet even further. full analysis, we ll have tucker s interview with elon musk. listen to this shocking revelation the degree to which various government agencies effectively have full access to everything was going on in twitter blew my mind. they had full access
a formal apology. and a new opinion poll suggests support for the monarchy is waning, especially among the young. this, i think, is a problem for charles. how can he, as it were, recruit the young to support of the monarchy? the uk s very different today from when the king s mother was crowned 70 years ago. can he, and will he, change the monarchy? bells ring. cheering. charles and camilla are on a walkabout at york minster. it s exciting. the atmosphere s lovely. jack wants to see the king. big crowds have turned out to welcome them. i think they make a lovely couple and i think they re very dignified. amazed. really privileged to see that, yeah. god save the king! there s a small but noisy protest here, too. chants: not my king! all: not my king! republicans who want to get rid of the hereditary monarchy and have an elected head of state instead. across the country, there are millions of people who want the monarchy abolished. they spend so much of our money on their lives