president biden s son hunter is found guilty by a court in the us of lying about his drug use when buying a gun in 2018. hunter biden was addicted to crack cocaine when he purchased that revolver and today is the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a crime. england limber up in germany, ahead of the start of their euros campaign. and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the big challenge for a conservative party trailing badly in the polls is how to persuade voters to give them another five years in power today we got their answer, as they put tax cuts at the heart of their manifesto. among the policies announced was a 2p cut in national insurance, and scrapping the main rate of national insurance for the self employed. they pledged a new help to buy scheme and that they d abolish stamp duty for first time buyers on properties up to £425,000. in a m
the federal government was. asked about the possibility of a pardon yesterday at the first press briefing in 43 days, and here is what she said about that. why hasn t the president ruled out a pardon for paul manafort? the president has made his position on that clear. he ll make a decision when he is ready. that s not a ruling it out, doug. you know, you could make the argument his base would support that. you know they think it s a witch hunt. thatpolitically toxic. nobody is saying it s a good idea politically. legally, there is no real reason to turn around and say, oh, today, tuesday, i am, you know, waiving and i m not going to do it. he is not going to commit to that. i want to go to a couple of other things quickly because the sentencing isn t the only thing twirling around the mueller orbit. yesterday there was an apology to the judge for re-releasing
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judge pastor. that was one individual. and i was at the sentencing hearing. and i believe that that statement was orchestrated for a live television audience. he was quite harsh. i disagree with his per. understandably you disagree but it s record and it would come up in any hearing because it s the judge who originally would hear the application to get a medical license back and dr. murray would have to be cross-examined which means his orders would be on the record and they could come into any appeal. don t you find this a very trickoff wicket to be in? gosh, that s a hard question because a medical board proceeding is an administrative hearing, not a court proceeding. and the sentencing, what happened at the sentencing isn t evidence. that was just the judge s commentary. the medical board proceeding looks at what occurred and we believe that the evidence does not support what the prosecution