thing, we win the election. i remember hearing the word wimp. he called him a wimp. wimp is the word i remember. it was a different tone than i d heard him take with the vice president before. do you remember what your father called him? the p word. the hearing included testimony that even after trump was informed violence was breaking out on the capitol, he tweeted an insult saying that pence lacked courage which the committee says led to a surge in the crowd. then i remember getting a notification on my phone and i was sitting in a room with roma and ben and we all got a notification so we knew it was a tweet from the apresident and w looked down and it was a tweet about mike pence. it was clear that escalating quickly. the committee also walked through right wing trump attorney john eastman s relentless effort to advance his legal theory that vice president pensz oi pence could on his own block certification of the election. and that theory was rejected by
The bill has passed. Oh, one voting present. This is the moment the House Of Representatives approved a 60 billion package of military aid for ukraine. It was a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation in the binary world of american politics, with democratsjoining moderate republicans to see off opposition from the hard right. Us officials have indicated that deliveries of munitions and air Defence Systems are ready to go as soon as there is approval in the senate. Joining me live from washington is our correspondent helena humphrey. Shes on capitol hill following the vote. It is six months since President Biden first sought approval for this aid package, there has been a bitter row over it over it ever since, what got it over the line today . figs what got it over the line today . Sis you what got it over the line today . Is you say, this is long awaited, high stakes, and what this finally got this over the line was that rare display of bipartisanship which we sell. What you will see w
Newsnight s Nicholas Watt reports from tees valley. An icon of a vibrant industrial past, now out of action, symbolising an area struggling to find its feet. Tees valley, an infant hercules in its days as a World Capital of iron and steel making, is now clearing sites of past glories and looking for new ventures. A painful process with economic decline, alongside pockets of affluence. That has placed this area on the National Political map, and now a mayoral contest with high stakes for the two main parties. A Rumbustious Conservative mayor became the first poster boy of the redwall, after his narrow win here in 2017. Re elected in a landslide in 2021, ben houchen is now hoping to buck the national trend. A local labour stalwart hopes to win back what was once a heartland for his party a win for chris mcewan would ease keir starmer s path nationally. And the lib dem outsider placing the fight of Child Poverty at the heart of his campaign. Over the past decade or so, Tees Valley Felt ne
well, this new it system is supposed to replace that traditional stamp in the passport, and it ll mean that there s basically more oversight of who is entering and leaving the eu. now, for british travellers, it will mean that they ll have to scan their passport at an automated kiosk, where their details will be registered. now, the system is already delayed. it was due to come in back in october 2022, but even so, there are still plenty of concerns about what this will mean amongst the industry, about how these changes will come in and whether it will lead to more disruption and queues at places, in particular like the port of dover, eurotunnel and eurostar, where those border checks are actually carried out by french officials before people leave the uk. this app is being developed by the european commission and it s one of the ways that many people hoped some of these issues could be speeded up and smoothed out. but now the chief executive of eurostar, gwendoline cazeneuve, has conf
the ways that many people hoped that some of these issues could be speeded up and smoothed out. but now the chief executive of eurostar has confirmed to the bbc she is not expecting that technology to be ready by the tiny coming in october this year. some groups have said it may be months until this app is up and running and the director of p&0 ferries has said he would like to see that delayed date of october 2024 west back even further. harper see that delayed date of october 2024 west back even further. how are they preparing 2024 west back even further. how are they preparing for 2024 west back even further. how are they preparing for the 2024 west back even further. how are they preparing for the delays? - 2024 west back even further. how are they preparing for the delays? the - they preparing for the delays? the chi is they preparing for the delays? tie: chip is active of they preparing for the delays? ti2 chip is active of eurostar told us while the app would make things sm