prosecuted for murder, in the states, and prosecuted federally, for the civil rights. i will remember in minneapolis for that verdict, and i remember people saying to me, it s not just us everywhere, is accountability. justice would be if george floyd was alive. and a number of people who had been killed by police were alive. but it s a step toward justice by at least holding police accountable for what they do. it is that. and it s a big. one thank you. ali have a good show. thank you. and it s a big today, the most clownish british prime minister of our lifetime announced his humiliating resignation pending the choice of a successor and thereby demonstrated once again, the superiority of the british parliamentary system, over the system chosen by our founders, who believed they were smarter. and deciding to lock the country into fixed four-year terms, of presidents, who we now know, for partisan reasons, cannot be removed no matter what crimes they are caught comm
out among enforcement, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. the investigation into how we came this close to not having a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election is about to enter a critical phase. tomorrow, the committee carrying out that inquiry sets down with a key witness. trump s former white house counsel, pat cipollone. testimony for the last week s hearing revealed that he raised red flags about the efforts to try to keep trump in office were dangerous. also, there are reports that a week from tonight, the committee will hold what is expected to be the final hearing and primetime tv. but so far, the committee members are not officially confirming this. and hearing scheduled for tuesday, lawmakers will focus on far-right groups that attacked the capitol on january 6th. we will be connected the dots as people now, and as mr. raskin is indicated publicly, we are looking at the connections betw
wants a long sentence for his son. he claims he did not see a lot of signs of his son s troubles, but police reports prove otherwise. but first, moments from now, president biden will present the medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor, to 17 recipients. the prestigious list includes olympians, actors, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, and the first american to receive the covid vaccine. cnn s phil mattingly joins us now from the white house. what do we expect from today s ceremony? reporter: it s a buoyant moment to some degree. this is a particularly difficult moment for this white house, but the opportunity to present the highest civilian honor to an array of individuals from former lawmakers, olympic athletes, civil rights kind of people at the highest level of the civil rights movement, is something i think the president enjoys and i think the white house looks forward to, to some degree. yes, there are definitely celebrities here. denzel washington will b
us on that topic and a lot more coming up in just a few moments today. sandra: we begin, america reports with a shake-up across the pond as prime minister boris johnson announces officially that he is resigning amid a string of ethics scandal. and look who came back for more, hello, welcome, everybody. i am sandra smith in new york. happy to have you. i am bill hemmer and for john roberts today, the outgoing prime minister acknowledging defeat after months of defiance with 50 senior lawmakers left office in a revolt against their leader, the final straw for some members of parliament coming after report saying that johnson knew about an investigation of sexual misconduct to a lawmaker that he had promoted. sandra: protesters gathered outside tenth avenue to give the prime minister a noisy send-off as they look for a replacement to lead the conservative party in the country now begins. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live on this from london for
colleagues it would be eccentric to change governments when we re delivering so much. i regret not to have been successful in those arguments. and there s big breaking news from moscow. appearing at her trial today wnba star center brittney griner has pleaded guilty to drug charges but said it was accidental, just one day after president biden spoke with her wife cherelle by phone. her plea to perhaps accelerate the end of the trial, perhaps lead to negotiations to her release. we ll have more coming up this afternoon at the white house. the president awarded the medal of freedom to 17 americans for their dedication to the nation. denzel washington, gold medal ayes simone biles, gabby giffords, simone campbell and steve jobs and john mccain post posthumously. we begin with keir simmons, doug has worked with johnson in the past and welcome to you all. sir peter is also author of they call it diplomacy. and now a big welcome to all including keir, first of all, boris johnso