Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that firestorm on capitol hill. The former special counsel robert hur testifying about his investigation into President Bidens handling of classified documents. The special counsel was defiant, standing by his conclusion that no charges are warranted. You may recall, though, it was his final report that angered the white house. The report included personal assessments about the president s age and memory, mentioning his son, zelenskyys death. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle usually hearings to use head of the president ial election. Republicans blasted hur for not charging the crime while democrats aims to point out the differences between the current president and donald trump, facing charges for him him its only because my document saying trump up obstructed all investigations. White house the matter is over and says the case is closed. Cbss ed okeefe is going to start us off tonight
If successful, new legislation would force tiktok s chinese owner, bytedance, to find a new non chinese owner or face removal from us app stores. Ahead of a house vote on the bill on wednesday, lawmakers received a classified briefing from intelligence officials on the administrations worries about the video app and how it could potentially use data it collects from americans. Democrats said the stakes couldnt be higher. My concerns is they will try to influence the election and elect donald tiktok trump. Among those opposing the ban, president ial hopeful donald trump. Still, republicans backing the bill largely dismissed concerns about trumps backlash weighing the party from getting the legislation done. Trumps comments actually, you can square them with what the bill does, to put differently, to put a finer point on it, the bill doesnt shutdown tiktok and force all of tiktok s users onto facebook. What we are after is a separation from tiktok from its Parent Company, bytedance, and
Firsthand look at the ships and the troops who will build it. Reporter once more families say goodbye as u. S. Troops depart for the middle east. This time to deliver relief supplies to gaza. President biden has said there will be no american boots on the ground, but there will be hundreds on the water. The need in gaza is dire, and it is urgent. At this base in virginia is more than 6,000 miles away, and these ships are not built for speed. And how long before you start delivering food . Sir, were estimating 60 days. Reporter Brigadier General brad hinson says the army would build a floating dock off the coast of gaza and a causeway connecting to the shore. Civilian ships would haul aid from cyprus to the floating dock, where it would be picked up by army watercraft, ferried to the causeway, and driven ashore. Tempting targets for enemies. We are looking at all the Protection Capabilities that the army has and that the joint military has in order to protect all of our assets. Reporter
Please welcome mr lee anderson. In other news, the government has pledged over £117 million to safeguard mosques , muslim safeguard mosques, muslim schools and Community Centres over the next four years. The funding, unveiled today , follows funding, unveiled today, follows the prime ministers promise to allocate more than £70 million to protect jewish communities sites. The government condemned a recent rise in reported anti muslim and anti jewish hatred. Ministers say they expect the police to fully investigate all hate crimes. Investigate all hate crimes. Donald trump will not give any money to ukraine if he wins the election in november. Thats according to the hungarian prime minister. Viktor orban met his longtime ally in florida on friday. He said the former president s claim that the war would end within 24 hours of his re election is true because, he said it was clear ukraine couldnt win without us support. Leaders across the European Union are concerned, though, that a Trump
Lester. Oh, and it wasnt a happy mothers day in liverpool. Happy mothers day in liverpool. Get ready britain, here we go. A stark warning for the future of britain. Next. Of britain. Next. Patrick. Thank you and good evening. The top stories from evening. The top stories from the gb newsroom. Lee anderson says he would still have defected to the reform uk party, even if he hadnt been suspended from the conservatives. He became the partys first mp this morning after he lost the tory whip for claiming that islamists had got hold of the london mayor as recently as january. Mr anderson said it was not a proper Political Party. He now says reform will allow him to speak out on behalf of millions , speak out on behalf of millions, as Party Leader Richard Tice says reform would aim to build a red wall in traditionally conservative constituencies. Conservative constituencies. Im delighted to announce that i have found that champion of the red wall for reform uk. Hes also, coincidentally going