to make sense of the latest news that burst out this weekend. everybody in the world trying to figure out whether russia may be falling apart again, whether vladimir putin may be teetering at long last after 23 years of n increasingly consolidated, increasingly dictatorial power in russia. david remnick will be joining us live on that story in a moment. we are also keeping eyes tonight on our own supreme court where in the midst of their own serious and expanding ethics scandals among conservative justices on the court, that court is nevertheless expected to issue yet another round of hard right, very controversial,e possibly very unpopular rulings. we ve got more on that ahead tonight ahead of what is expected to be a big day at the court tomorrow. we are also watching one rr particular federal court in south florida. tonight the trump appointed judge who will apparently be tr overseeing the federal criminal trial of former president trump issued an order about witnesses in
which would be a breach of the uk data privacy code designed to protect young people. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has denied claims he failed to follow covid testing advice during the early days of the pandemic. thousands of whatsapp messages leaked to the telegraph show mr hancock was advised in april 2020 to test everyone going into care homes. but a message reportedly from mr hancock to an aide said he would rather commit to just testing those going into care homes from hospitals. lord bethall was a junior minister in department of health and social care back in 2020. this morning, he was asked whether matt hancock should have taken the advice of the chief medical officer to test everyone going into care homes. no, ithink no, i think the key phrase here is this is obviously a positive step. it was absolutely crystal clear that we wanted to test everyone who went into social care. that was the ambition. gettin
welcome to this special edition of hannity . happy veterans day. i m kayleigh mcenany. and for sean.teran and we begin tonight with newsse from the whitean house. joe biden is set to meet with xi jinping next weeouse. k, but only after china s dictator decided to snub the leaderee of the free world. do you remember this story? march? biden aide speaks with china marcterpart as tensions spikes. here s a quote the biden is looking to arrange a phone call between joe biden arran and china s president, xi jinpingetween prg. u.s. officials had hoped that that would have happened by nowficials , but china at ths so far rebuffed to arrange a conversation. that s right. the dictator china ignoringng the leader of the free world. in fact, it s been almost a year since biden she met. the last time that happened was in bali, indonesiaet. , last november, two months ago. listen to this. ident bi president biden trying to explain away why tryit of china has no time for him. th my m
morning, i m randi kaye. we start with the stand-off near seattle, a man accused of murdering his wife and daughter is holed up in an underground bunker. a swat team pumped in tear gas to force peter keller out. police are being cautious and patient. one friend of his wife is not being deliberate. i hope he resists. i want him to know what a bullet feels like. i can t stop being angry. now more from jim foreman. if this takes a day, month, week, we ll wait it out. most important is officer safety. reporter: as sunset nears, another swat team moves in to take up positions. first units have been at it since 5:00 a.m., commanders want fresh people. deputies now all but certain peter keller is in his deep underground bunker, a lair that could be bobby trapped. this isn t a whole in the ground, this is a large structure, hidden, took time to find it and in fact our tactical team smelled the wood smoke before they saw it. the break in the case comes straight out of csi.