so, somebody like short is there at key moments, is always getting reports from pence in in our book if you just look under mark short and pence, you see they are together at critical moments. so this opens a big door. and, david, i mean, you know, as bob was saying, pence short has been incredibly loyal member of the pence team for years going back to the congress congressman pence s days in the house. is it i mean, it s not just, david, potentially you know his opinions that that he has access to. it s documents. yeah, there is no doubt about that. and and and at critical junctures in this timeline that the committee is putting together. i mean, who more is going to have firsthand knowledge about the pressure campaign from trump onto pence than mark short who witnessed it firsthand? i will just note your i m
saying i have fought the good fight. i have finished my course. i have kept the faith. so, somebody like short is there at key moments, is always getting reports from pence in in our book if you just look under mark short and pence, you see they are together at critical moments. so this opens a big door. and, david, i mean, you know, as bob was saying, pence short has been incredibly loyal member of the pence team for years going back to the congress congressman pence s days in the house. is it i mean, it s not just, david, potentially you know his opinions that that he has access to. it s documents. yeah, there is no doubt about that. and and and at critical junctures in this timeline that the committee is putting together. i mean, who more is going to
well, the key takeaway is that this judge and i think most reasonable judges would have the same view, she does not believe in the convenient overbroad assertions of executive privilege because it is not based on law, it is not based on precedent. i think she has the view and she stated it very plainly at the hearing in various junctures that she thinks the argument is overstated. the other thing that i think is clear from her comments is that she doesn t think that every single thing asked for by the 1/6 committee is fair game. there are two things going on here. what happened on january 6 and the planning of that event that led to the insurrection on 1/6 and then the committee s view, it seems, and the democratic view at least, is that all of that a culmination of things going on for many months part of the big lie and the plan to challenge the election but in her view, the further back you go in time, there is more of a question about whether or not documents from eight, nine, ten
and so far, so good. and joining me is monica alba and jake sherman from punch bowl. and so, monica, the president has been coveting this bipartisan support, and he said it was critical to get the infrastructure through the senate, and what role is the white house going to envision as it is moving through the house next? well, the president was a key player in all of this, garrett, and speaking repeatedly about this infrastructure bill both here at the white house and on the road, but a lot of the conversations also happened behind the scenes of course. we saw maybe some more of the public display from vice president harris who did go to the hill on occasion and have these conversations with the lawmakers in person at some of the critical junctures, and so i think that we can expect more of the same continue as this isher
started off at mount fuji and is now winding its way around the various streets around tokyo, looking down at the screen, you can see plenty of people out on the streets, that is an outdoor event that people may get a glimpse of it. they have been encouraged not to do that but in some junctures, people three or four that but in some junctures, people three orfour deep people three or four deep watching that. let s head into the centre of tokyo and speak to the bbc s mariko oi who was there for us. we had the opening ceremony and the mixed reaction from the japanese public and some people as we were just saying, out on the streets watching some of the events. how do you feel the mood is at this saturday morning here at tokyo as the games have got under way? sarah, this is where rupert was last night, jampacked, without much social distancing, i must add. this morning as well, there is a long queue of people waiting for their turn to take a picture with the olympic rings. last night, dur