president spending the weekend at his vacation home in delaware as many questions remain unanswered with george washington university law professor jonathan turley is standing back with analysis but we can with lucas tomlinson live at the white house with the latest. the president chief of staff expected to resign in the coming days according to multiple reports including the new york times who first reported the story. this comes as democrats want to see the investigation into president biden s handling of classified information ramped up in. i want the facts, the department of justice to be completely thorough and honest and i want the facts. we need to know who knew, when did they know and why did they choose to seek it keep it secret for the american people for more than two months and right before an election? now to democratic senators tim kaine and joe manchin said they want to seek classified documents investigated with urgency. senator manchin telling colleag
here in the studio are. the french author and journalist, agnes poirier and adam raphael, who has been commentating on british politics since the 1970s. and jef mcallister, an american lawyer, who was london bureau chief for time magazine. thank you very much for being with us. adam, let s start with the british conservative leadership contest. in effect the beauty contest for britain s next prime minister. it s been 1 on 1, blue on blue in some of the attacks. how revealing or interesting has it been? well, it s an odd election as you rightly pointed out. 0nly 160,000 in the electorate, we think anyway, nobody knows what the conservative membership is. 97% are white, half live in london or the south east, half are over 65, i know i m even older than that, but there you go. itjust is not a representative election. there are 1a million conservative votes in the last election. you have this tiny number who actually decide not only who the party leader should be, who the prime m
Opportunism. It is very clear that the Prime Ministers announcement todayis the Prime Ministers announcement today is all about the narrow interest of her party, not the country overall. Nicola sturgeon cant have a referendum on independence before 2020 because it would create uncertainty, she said. A general election creates more uncertainty. We will fight it hard. And at 11 30pm we will look at how the front pages cover the call for a Snap Election Withjoe Watts the front pages cover the call for a Snap Election with joe watts from the independent and laura parents, conservative commentator. Good evening to you and welcome to bbc news. The pm took everyone by surprise to date, announcing her intention to call an election on the eighth of june, three years earlier than the date set down by law. Theresa may says it is about certainty and stability before the brexit process. Her opponents accuse her of breaking her word and pursuing a cynical plan for Party Political advantage. Laura ku
Opportunism. It is very clear that the Prime Ministers announcement todayis the Prime Ministers announcement today is all about the narrow interest of her party, not the country overall. Nicola sturgeon cant have a referendum on independence before 2020 because it would create uncertainty, she said. A general election creates more uncertainty. We will fight it hard. And at 11 30pm we will look at how the front pages cover the call for a Snap Election Withjoe Watts the front pages cover the call for a Snap Election with joe watts from the independent and laura parents, conservative commentator. Good evening to you and welcome to bbc news. The pm took everyone by surprise to date, announcing her intention to call an election on the eighth of june, three years earlier than the date set down by law. Theresa may says it is about certainty and stability before the brexit process. Her opponents accuse her of breaking her word and pursuing a cynical plan for Party Political advantage. Laura ku
Opportunism. It is very clear that the Prime Ministers announcement todayis the Prime Ministers announcement today is all about the narrow interest of her party, not the country overall. Nicola sturgeon cant have a referendum on independence before 2020 because it would create uncertainty, she said. A general election creates more uncertainty. We will fight it hard. And at 11 30pm we will look at how the front pages cover the call for a Snap Election Withjoe Watts the front pages cover the call for a Snap Election with joe watts from the independent and laura parents, conservative commentator. Good evening to you and welcome to bbc news. The pm took everyone by surprise to date, announcing her intention to call an election on the eighth of june, three years earlier than the date set down by law. Theresa may says it is about certainty and stability before the brexit process. Her opponents accuse her of breaking her word and pursuing a cynical plan for Party Political advantage. Laura ku