battleground goes bionic? the lead starts right now. one of the most anticipated debates of the year. john fetterman versus mehmet oz as this political season kicks into overdrive for candidates nationwide. plus, distraction for democrats. the anger and outrage over a letter to president biden now retracted. and moscow shuts down an appeal to release brittney griner from a russian prison. is there any hope left to bring the wnba star home? welcome to the lead. we ll get to the midterms in just a moment. first, a significant step for the justice department and its investigation into the january 6th attack. sources tell cnn the doj is trying to force the testimony of pat cipollony and patrick philbin, the top two lawyers from donald trump s white house, and hear about their conversations with the former president. this is exclusive new reporting, so let s get right to cnn s sarah murray. this is an attempt to break through a firewall of sorts trump has used to avoid scr
if it keeps happening i m good at change this show to the ten. i don t need those people. tonight i want to talk about something might not be on your radar but will be soon, affirmative action that s right and college admissions which has advanced more unqualified people in the last name biden. on monday the supreme court heard of two cases to challenge the policies at unc and harvard are as i called them my safety schools. the unc case argues using race in admissions violates civil rights law and the constitution or what the dems refer to as that pain in the ass scrap of paper, harvard is accused of terminating against asian students, the school that produced joy reid, liz warren, chuck schumer, barack obama, all of whom love to call other people racists. they are more obsessed with color than a bomb tech cutting red and blue wires. i m so glad you got that. i was going to cut it out. while the left loves to defend all minorities from perceived racism with asians, they don
us financal watchdogs target two more big names, the exchange genesis, and the crypto lender gemini. plus, pack your bags, travel is back. but where are people going? we ll hear from the boss of hotel booking site trivago. we start here in the uk, where we could get confirmation, in the next hour or so, that the economy is heading into recession. figures for november are expected to show a fall in britain s gdp, gross domestic product or economic output, after growth ofjust 0.5% in october. we already know the uk economy shrank in the three months to september, two quarters in a row of negative growth means a recession. businesses and consumers are feeling the pressure of soaring energy bills and rising interest rates, as one company owner has been telling the bbc. from our point of view, we can feel that yeah there is probably a recession coming on. people are finding it difficult, they are kind of worried about their basic of heating and fuel and all the rest of it in the w
who s died at the age of 5a. royal mail customers still can t send letters and parcels overseas after a cyber attack on the company, with criminals believed to be demanding a ransom. and wales are in the men s hockey world cup for the first time and england are their first opponents. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the problems keep piling up for chelsea manager graham potter, with new loan signing joao felix facing suspension following defeat for the blues at fulham. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news that one. in the last half hour manchester city footballer benjamin mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent danny savage is there. explain what has happened? this trial started explain what has happened? this trial started back explain what
the same sentiment is echoed in the times who report that the prime minister fights for survivial . the daily mail asks how much more can she and the rest of us take with the paper calling her 38 days in charge, so far, as some of the most shambolic in uk political history. a day of chaos is the simple headline in the guardian. and finally the sun go for a different lead the death of the actor and comedian robbie coltrane. so let s begin. kevin, front page of the guardian? yes, a day of chaos, summing up what the past 204i was has been like. i cannot remember a day quite as mad as this, even the downfall of boris johnson wasn t as bad as this. i don t think we quite full so when we got up this morning how chaotic it would actually be. we did thing a u turn on corporation tax was in the offing, but sacking kwasi kwarteng was out of the blue, really. it was only yesterday he gave an interview to the bbc in which he said he would be around, absolutely 100%, he was