almost a0 people are dead after a passenger train and a freight train collide head on. and the singer ed sheeran opens up about using music to cope with depression last year after his pregnant wife was diagnosed with a tumour. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the long awaited disciplinary hearing following azeem rafiq s allegations of racism in yorkshire cricket club has begun in london. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. fresh questions have been raised about the judgement of the former health secretary matt hancock during the covid pandemic after a collection of his whatsapp messages were released. the messages, dating back to april 2020, published by the daily telegraph, cover issues such as care homes, schools and testing. in one of the most serious allegations the paper claims the messages show mr hancock ignored advice from senior medical officers to test everyone going into care homes in england, something he strongly denies. here s our political ed
congress. plus, the ohio governor is visiting the site of this toxic train derailment in east palestine at this hour just as there s news of another train crash that s killed dozens of people overseas. and tiktok taking what it considers a major step to limit daily screen time for young people. how far does it go? this is what we re watching at this hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. we begin on capitol hill where attorney general merrick garland is testifying before the senate judiciary committee at this hour. he s facing questions on everything from gun violence and social media regulation to the fentanyl crisis and that s just in the first few minutes. he is also expected to be asked about the special counsel investigations into president biden and former president trump and their handling of classified documents and there s more already facing questions about the ongoing investigation into president biden s son hunter that republicans are pushing on. paula reid is
congress. merrick garland answered questions about everything from gun violence to tech giants to child labor and much more. he gave an early sign that he would not go into detail about some of the justice department s most politically fraught investigations. that includes the classified dork found at the home of current and former president it requires as much as possible we speak to our work and our filings in court so we do not jeopardize the viability of our investigations and the civil liberties of our citizens. as expected, the attorney general received his toughest questions from republicans. texas senator ted cruz slammed garland for failing to arrest any protester opposed to the overturning of roe v. wade who demonstrated outside the homes of some supreme court justices. in my judgment, the department of justice has been politicized to the greatest extent i ve ever seen. i vigorously disagree. i believe the men and women of the department pursue their wor
o er the ramparts we watched were so gather lently streaming and the rocket s red glare the bomb s bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave pete: beautifully done, america. thank you for sending in your photos, always at friends and fox.com and you share your life with us and we re grateful for that. year of the lord 2023, april 22. come on in. we re glad you re here. we don t know how much sleep will cain got because he forgot to book his hotel and showed up and there was no rooms at the inn. will: i stayed in the manger. pete: somewheres e. he was regaling us with aat the present times to find a hotel room. will: i m not going to belabor this. if i show up to a hotel and speak, they should book me a room. it s not appropriate to see go to the couch and see if you can book it on your phone. i m talking to you. there s five people there
call one eight hundred, eight million former house speaker, paul ryan, is facing questions about being on the board of fox news parent company. well several fox hosts pushed election lies. here s what ryan said in an interview with commentator charlie sykes last thursday, days before the explosive filing about dominion voting systems that revealed more fox if you are on the board of directors of the company that is pumping toxic sludge, racism, disinformation and attacks on democracy, if you don t stand up now, then when? so, what do you really think? well, and i m sorry it got lost in the mail do you have any response to that? i have responsibility of my opinion in perspective when i do that, i don t get on tv and do it. so, i have a responsibility do you? i do. i offer my perspective in my opinion often. i ll just leave it at that. so, you have raised these particular i ll just leave it at. that is their red line for you at any point where yo