no better example of that and this week s conservative political action conference, cpac, once a platform for leading conservative thinkers, now a extremism. cpac attendees are doubling down on trumpism ahead of the 2024 race for president. this afternoon, trump got to the cpac florida governor ron desantis trailing with just 20% of the vote. results fueled by cpac s growing devotion to the former president. a columnist for the washington post writes, quote, year by year, cpac has become less and less of a wonky conservative movement networking event and more and more of a circus. the guest list features fewer and fewer policy experts debating the correct path for conservatives and more and more telegenic faces who usually populate the fox news green room. one after another, at cpac, serving up red meat. the tone is now indistinguishable from one of trump s campaign rallies. in a set of talk for a economic solutions to help american lives, cpac mainly focus on a politics
presidency, also new details in how fast the trump administration did intel on the current president. as you expect, democrats are fuming. plus, immigration and child labor, the latest in the msnbc exclusive investigation into how and why migrant kids were forced to work and slaughterhouses across this country. and later, tending to the whole flock. we ll speak to a bishop working to make sure that lgbtq community has a home in his church. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the story of donald trump and how he transformed the republican party into his own image. no better example of that and this week s conservative political action conference, cpac, once a platform for leading conservative thinkers, now a extremism. cpac attendees are doubling down on trumpism ahead of the 2024 race for president. this afternoon, trump got to the cpac florida governor ron desantis trailing with just 20% of the vote. results fueled by cpac s growing devotion to the former pr
up in their face. new reverend revelations that representative jim jordan s quote, weaponization committee, heralded by those in the right as a way to bring down the so-called, as they re calling it, deep state. this is the tinfoil hat committee. there is nothing here. they are trying to do whatever they can to lay the groundwork for donald trump to come back to the white house. these are trump loyalists. the only reason, jonathan, this subcommittee was formed was so that kevin mccarthy could become speaker. this is the deal he made. i m going to speak to jordan s democratic colleague, congressman raja christian murphy, in the moment. also this hour, alec murdaugh gets a quick introduction to a new reality as begins serving a life sentence for killing his wife and son. this hour, we re going to delve into the twisted world of the murdaugh family. we also have the latest on the huge decision on insulin prices, which impacts millions of americans as well. and later on thi
nicolas cruz pleaded guilty to gunning down 17 people, at his former high school. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in western france which is facing what experts are calling a heat apocalypse , as extreme temperatures continue to hit much of europe. they say temperatures could reach record levels in 15 regions of the southwest, with firefighters battling wildfires and thousands forced to evacuate. wildfires in spain, portugal and greece have forced thousands more to flee. our europe correspondent jessica parker has the latest. into the forest and the front line of an exhausting battle, and one that, today, we were given special access to. up in the woods, you can see guys tackling the fires. there s a huge amount of activity down here, and it is hot, it is smoky just look at the haze in the trees. the smoke thickens the further in we go the flames sudd
portugal and greece. up in the woods you can see guys tackling the fires. there is a huge amount of activity down here and it is hot, it is smoky. just look at the haze in the trees. we ll have details from france, and the uk, including flintshire which recorded the highest ever temperature in wales. one other main story tonight. the race to be conservative leader and next prime minister is down to four, with rishi sunak still in the lead. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: simply the rest ben stokes will retire from one day international cricket after tuesday s series opener with south africa. welcome to bbc news at ten. the intense heatwave affecting many parts of britain has triggered an extreme red weather warning for most of england, meaning an actual threat to life. it s putting the health service under pressure and it s caused disruption for many travellers. the heatwave is due to reach its point of greatest danger tomorrow afternoon. wales has exp