demonstrations since the coup last month . u.s. president joe biden is kicking off a nationwide messaging blitz to promote his newly passed covid relief package. it starts today with a speech at the white house. and as our john harwood reports, the president wants people to know there s more to it than the checks already arriving in bank accounts. reporter: last week congress passed president biden s $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. this week president biden and his team hit the road to promote the legislation. it s already broadly popular in the polls. it won t hurt that those $1,400 per person covid relief checks have already started hitting americans bank accounts over the weekend. but president biden wants to make sure people understand other benefits in the bill including expanded child tax credits, aid to state and local governments, expanded health care subsidies, and also aid to small businesses that didn t qualify for previous rounds. the sales job will include
And 50 years after pink floyds debut album the new exhibition at londons victoria and Albert Museum celebrating one of the worlds most famous rock bands. And coming up in the sport on bbc news england are handed a tough draw for the 2019 rugby world cup. Theyll play france and argentina in the tournament in 2019. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. President trump has defended his decision to sack the head of the fbi without warning, saying hed lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. James comey learnt of his fate last night when he was handed a note as he briefed fbi agents in los angeles. Mr comey had been leading an investigation into alleged links between mr trumps Election Campaign last year and russia. But the white house insists he was dismissed for mishandling an inquiry into Hillary Clintons emails last year. From washington, heres aleem maqbool. Absolutely explosive news out of washington tonight. This is a fox news alert. Fbi Directorjames Comey
Was that officer specifically targeted . The manhunt right now. The medevac helicopter, crashing into the woods. The search. The discovery. And, what went wrong . The controversial video. The Officer Firing through his windshield at a suspect on the sidewalk. And tonight, the Consumer Warning. Now nearly 100 sick. More than 20 states. The lettuce they want you to throw out. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on this friday night. We begin with the moment in court, the former police officer, a suspected Serial Killer. Joseph james deangelo, suspected in 12 murders and at least 50 rapes. Believed to have left chilling Phone Messages for victims after the attacks. Tonight, his apparent state in the courtroom, and what he then said to the judge. Whit johnson was in the courtroom. Reporter Authorities Say this is the face of the Golden State Killer. Joseph deangelo handcuffed in a
wheelchair, listening to the litany of charges in a haze. Two counts of murder in a special circumstan
collect the 20,000 scott had promised her and go. except. scott never gave you no money? but of course dawn didn t keep her mouth shut about why she and scott had done. do from what i can tell, he was just a coward. he wanted a divorce, but he did not want to live with the responsibilities that accompany a divorce. in other words, he did not want to pay her alimony, or child support. evil as the only thing you can use to describe that man. evil. in on may 19th 2011, almost four years after teresa mayfield was gunned down on that lonely dirt road. her mother, sister, and daughter sat in a courtroom in listened as dawn and scott,
but i think the feeling throughout the league is they ve said their piece. they ve expressed their disappointment. now that ron desantis has flipped this around and he is publicly criticizing the nba and the players association for this statement, he s actually using parts of the statement in fund-raising text, i would not expect the nba as a league or the players themselves to take the bait here. they know exactly what this game is, and they re not going to give him any more oxygen on this is my prediction. i think you re right. we should note the orlando magic spokesman joel glass described the check as supporting desantis in his role as governor because it was writtenn may 19th, days before he formally launched his presidential candidacy on may 24th. they re saying in part it was given as a florida business in support of a florida governor for the continued prosperity of central florida. rachel, you can take that for what it s worth. it did go to a super pac. we do know what super