chairman benny thompson says no. but you don t, just to be clear, you don t anticipate that the committee, itself, will offer up a formal referral? no, that s not our job. our job is to look at the facts and circumstances around journal 6. what caused it and make recommendations after that. but is ranking member liz cheney saying maybe. she tweeted the january 6th select committee has not issued a conclusion regarding potential criminal referrals. we will announce a decision on that at an appropriate time. all right. the committee laid out a case for the why when the president refused to accept the results beyond just a hurt ego. yesterday, we heard about alleged grit that the trump campaign spent months fundraising off supposed election fraud even as it knew there was no election fraud. campaign aides and lawyers admitted that they did know it under oath and said they told the president the truth as well. all while, all the while, millions of dollars were pouring in. a
And scotlands wait for euros qualification goes on, as they lose in spain, but theres more var controversy. And the newsnight at 10 30, we will go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. Were live injerusalem, five days after the Surprise Attack by the militant Palestinian Group hamas in southern israel, that left over 1,000 dead, and more than 100 taken hostage. Hamas wants the destruction of israel, and is designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. Israels retaliation for last saturdays assault has been heavy aerial bombing of targets in gaza, Killing Hundreds of people. Now the United Nations has described the situation there as dire, with israel cutting off fuel, water and electricity supplies to more than two million people, to force hamas to release the israeli hostages. Americas top diplomat, the Secretary Of State antony blinken, has been i
head. the kidnapping and rape of a 13-year-old girl in new york city stunning the nation. we could see the suspect arrested by the help of good samaritans in court this hour. we re waiting news on that as we say hello. a brand-new hour begins now. i m bill hemmer with my friend and colleague today. martha: great to be with you. i m martha maccallum. we re learning more about this suspect who was accused of assaulting a teenager in a terrifying attack in a park in queens, new york in broad daylight. the 25-year-old migrant from ecuador entered the united states illegally in 2021, crossing at eagle pass, texas, how many live shots and reports have we seen from there? he was one of the individuals who came across there in 2021. it s nearly 2000 miles from this quiet park in queens, new york. but we know that all of these folks are being sent all over the country. every state is now essentially a border state dealing with this problem. there is also the illegal immigrant arrest