Bipartisan panel is set to return for a Blockbuster Presentation this wednesday at 1 pm eastern. Weve been telling the big story, which is this was a unorganized, premeditated, deliberated against the Vice President and the congress to overthrow the 2020 president ial election and i think the public understands the basic elements of the story what were going to do on wednesday spill in those details that have come to the attention of the committee over the last five or six weeks. Earlier this week, chairman Bennie Thompson said, quote, unless Something Else develops, at this point, this hearing is the final hearing. Just last, Night Committee vice chair liz cheney told a crowd at the Texas Tribune festival that she doesnt think this weeks hearing will in fact be the last. She shared new information about what the committee obtained from the Secret Service around the time of the insurrection. We have received very significant production of information, material from the Secret Service.
i always had a few questions about it. reporter: the campaign, pretending to be your chief of staff. you know, i didn t know about that. it happened i was not notified about that until a later date. reporter: did you speak to him about it at all? yeah, i didn t know about it until a later date unfortunately. house speaker kevin mccarthy thought george santos resume was questionable before revelations about his lies were discovered and there are so many lies. some of them. others, like the fact that his political person pretended to be mccarthy s chief of staff. there s so many. i m sure he s not thrilled about that at all. as for santos, have we gone from ridiculous lies to russian ties? the bizarre saga takes another turn with new reporting that links him to the family of a sanctioned russian oligarch. hold on now. meanwhile, republicans remain focused on president biden. they re laser focused on biden and his handling of classified documents. the
thank you for staying with us. i m alex within new york. this hour we ll have an update on the cancellation crisis that s frustrating customers and flight crews trying to get passengers back home. the pilots did show up. we were there to work and willing and able. southwest just can t match us to the aircraft. that s the problem. also this hour, a closer look at the political strategy for both president biden and former president trump as both men the plot their approaches to 2024. and hopes for a peace agreement in the war in ukraine are weakening as russian officials dismiss president zelenskyy s latest plan after major disagreements over who controls four key regions. we begin this hour with two big stories, weather and trvl. it s the same story for southwest airlines customers today as they see another wave of cancellation ace cross deparn buffalo where the weather is preventing residents from leaving their homes. joining me is blayne alexander at jackson airport in
welcome to the programme, we begin in london. borisjohnson has announced that he will not stand in the contest to choose the next conservative leader, and prime minister. he insisted he had enough support among mps, but said that putting himself forward was not the right thing to do . nominations close on monday afternoon, with former chancellor rishi sunak and cabinet minister penny mordaunt the only declared candidates. our political editor, chris mason, has been following the day s developments. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: throughout the day, the public support for mr sunak among tory mps has continued to tick up. this minister reckons borisjohnson would be a guaranteed disaster. what we can t do is h
says his party hasn t got complacent, and repeats calls for a general election. these people are so fed up. they are entitled, they want a say in this. there is a choice to be made. we need a general election. let the public in to decide. do they want to continue with this utter chaos? elsewhere, headteachers in england say 9 in 10 schools will have run out of money by the next school year due to the cost of living crisis. good afternoon. rishi sunak has formally entered the contest to become the next conservative leader and prime minister. the former chancellor says he wants to lead the country with integrity, professionalism and accountability . he already has the required backing of more than 100 fellow tory mps. this afternoon suella braverman, the former home secretary became the latest high profile mp to endorse him. writing in the telegraph ms braverman says the tories all need to compromise but that rishi is the only candidate that fits the bill to deliver unit