in 2020, oscar nominated actor elliot page announced via his instagram that he is a transgender man. star of the x men series and hit filmsjuno and inception, as well as netflix super hit the umbrella academy, page has enjoyed the career heights actors could only dream of all the time crushed under the weight of a secret identity battle. now he s ready to share even more about his life, and he s invited us for a sit down chat to talk about his gender, his mental health and his career in hollywood. elliot page, welcome to the bbc. thank you so much for speaking to us. thanks for having me, for wanting to talk. how are you doing right now? i m doing pretty good, yeah! so we re here to talk about your book, pageboy. yourfirst book, your memoir. what made you want to write the book now? gosh! well, one of the reasons was that it really felt possible for the first time. in the past, before stepping into my truth, being in this body, there s no way i could have sat down and been
to all the palestinians that were killed are terrorists, in this case terrorists, but children. the israeli forces are happy to kill children. you know, it s quite remarkable that you d say that because they re killing us now, if there s a 17 year old palestinian that s shooting at your family. and jonah, what is he? under your definition, you are calling them terrorists, the un are calling them. i m actually asking you what would you call a 17 year old person with a rifle shooting at your family and murdering your own family? that exchange elicited a furious reaction from viewers such as mark benson. the outrageous suggestion that israeli forces are happy to kill children was scandalously inappropriate for a supposedly impartial news presenter. you have intentionally demonized one side in this awful conflict while portraying the other as defenseless and pitiful victims. in doing so, you demonstrate a disdain for the history of the conflict and the truth itself. as an avid v
statement that trump had the irs and other federal agencies investigate two federal officials involved into the case of his campaign ties to russia. quote, president trump questioned whether investigations by the internal revenue service or other federal agencies should be undertaken into mr. strzok or ms. page. i do not know of mr. trump ordering such an investigation. it appeared, however, that he wanted to see mr. strzok and ms. page investigated. kelly s statement was filed thursday in connection with lawsuits, lawsuits we have covered on this program, brought by mr. strzok who was the lead russia investigation and lisa page against the justice department for violating their privacy rights. that s when the trump administration made public text messages between them. like so much of what we now know about the trump presidency, this revelation was found, where do you think? in notes taken by one of his own staffers, likely sitting in front of the resolute desk, listening to
people off to the insurrection or lied and defamed people in ways that damaged them or their companies. now, the people who have sued aren t always fox haters or critics, the voting company that got over half a billion dollars out of them didn t have longstanding grievances with the company. they were just able to get so far in their punishing lawsuit that they got over half a b out of rupert murdoch and tucker carlson was fired. i say that before i bring in james carville because this comes from a trump supporter, ray epps. he says that tucker carlson, the former fox host, ousted after a different lawsuit, was at an illegal or defamatory level, peddling knowingly false conspiracy theories, specifically against him. he says, quote, carlson was telling a fantastical story in which epps was some sort of undercover fbi agent responsible for the actual mob that broke into the capital. so what you re about to see is what we warned you before, not offered as true, not offered as
we will begin with the latest in the white house, cocaine investigation. it s now been over a week since the illegal drug was found in a common area of the west wing, and the secret service has been sweeping the area for any clues leading to a potential culprit, and that investigation could conclude as early as today. the contradictions in the location of the cocaine, the white house s timeline of events, and the incident has raised serious congressional concerns about the level of security be maintained at the white house. but, president biden does not appear to be at all concerned. he spent the weekend sunbathing near his delaware beach house. and, he has since headed off for meetings in europe, without publicly addressing that bombshell discovery, of who left the coke out. meanwhile, his press secretary think it s irresponsible to ask. secretary reporter: one fo, whether the white house want to the president. secretary jean-pierre: this question has been asked for t