Head of the office of special council. Without objection so ordered. Additionally i would ask unanimous consent all back and forth letters between the white house and either staffs of the house of the senate be placed in the report. Without objection. So ordered. Office of special counsel thank you. The office of special counsel independent Agency Charged with investigating the hatch act violations. It is the same office that investigated White House Officer Political Affairs under Bush Administration. Which record now entered into the record, which all members should have explains special counsel reviewed all correspondence between chairman issa and white house new office of political strategy and outreach which was established six months ago. Based on that review special council as follows. Appears special counsel adheres to osc in the scope of activity for odso, opso to be operating in a manner that is consistent with the hatch act restrictions, office of special has not received an
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In hospitalisations and deaths, as the Prime Minister set out. And it was right that we acted. Its back to remote, Online Learning for millions of school pupils. But questions remain about how those were facing exams will be assessed. The vaccine rollout ramps up as the government pledges to vaccinate 13 Million People by the middle of february. Welcome to this bbc news special ahead of the latest Coronavirus Briefing from downing street in half an hours time today its led by the Prime Minister borisjohnson. And it follows the introduction of a Third National lockdown for england joining scotland who went into lockdown at midnight. Wales and Northern Ireland started their lockdowns in december. It comes as the uk posts a Record Number of infections in a day with 60,916 new cases. A further 830 people have also died within 28 days of a positive test. Lets take a look at todays latest developments. People in england and most of scotland are being told to stay at home except for a handful
Of this second american being killed. Over at the white house the administration suggested that the issue of americans and other westerners joining the ranks of this terror group poses a serious risk. There are thousands of foreign fighters from more than 50 countries or up to 50 countries who have traveled to syria to take up arms alongside isil. We are very concerned about the risk that those individuals pose to the 50 countries from which they traveled. In many cases these are individuals that have western passports. They have some freedom of movement in our modern transportation system. And we are working cooperatively with interpol and other Law Enforcement agencies as well as the Homeland Security agencies in countries throughout the west and in the region to try to monitor the movement of these individuals and to mitigate the threat that they may face. Our chief intelligence correspondent kathrine herridge is live for us tonight in washington. Megyn, tonight a senior Law Enforce