good to be with you, i m katy tur. the 118th congress is in a league of its own when it comes to legislating. i would call it little league but even toddlers get a lucky swing or two. this group of lawmakers is on track to become the most unproductive in history. in the year it has been in power, only 35 bills have been passed and signed into law. the fewest since the great depression. it s been particularly bad in the always somewhat unruly house, but the republicans with their divergent interests and painfully slim majority have been especially unproductive, and yet last night, the lawmakers in the lower chamber did something extraordinary. they passed a tax bill that benefits both families and businesses with a giant bipartisan majority. 357 to 70. more than 3/4 of the house. democrats and republicans, all of them together. expanding the child tax credit, and restoring a set of expired tax breaks for certain corporations. and yet the senate is now saying, nar, not the
the presenter what next? here is the news from bethan holmes. the bbc director general tim davie is to face questions for the first time since an unnamed bbc presenter was accused by the sun newspaper of paying tens of thousands of pounds to a teenager for explicit photos. mr davie will answer questions at the unveiling of the corporation s yearly report. a lawyer representing the now 20 year old at the centre of the story says the allegations are rubbish but the sun says it s seen evidence to back the claims made by the young person s mum. mortgage costs have hit their highest level for 15 years after the rate on a twp year fixed deal surpassed the peak in the aftermath of the mini budget. the average rate on such a deal is now over 6.6% a level not seen since august 2008 and the financial crisis. mps are to vote on changes to the illegal migration bill. amendments put forward by ministers include limits on the detention of unaccompanied children who will be gr
jeffrey epstein court documents have been released. bill clinton is described as a key person in the case of jeffrey epstein and gisele bundchen. that is not the biggest revelation about the former president thchl is a busy thursday morning, i m todd piro, carley shimkus has the day off. many people named have not been accused of wrongdoing, but the list is answering some questions about associates and friends. what else are we learning from them? brooke: a judge releasing nearly 200 names from a lawsuit brought by ghislaine maxwell. the documents detail personal relationship with epstein including four trips clinton took on the convicted sex offender private plane in the early 2000. one victim was asked if epstein ever talked to her about bill clinton. she answered, he said one time clinton likes them young, levering to girls. other people named are donald trump, michael jackson, alan dershowitz. here is alan dershowitz responding. documents will reveal that she did misi
all right. dana, thanks. dana: have a great show. bret: gogood evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, we are following two major stories, first former president donald trump is appealing a decision by maine s democratic secretary of state barring him from primary ballot in his role january 6th, 2021 capitol riot. expecting a similar appeal over colorado s decision to remove the decision from that state s ballot. we begin with claudine gay s resignation as the president of harvard university. the departure comes amid several plagiarism accusations criticism over her december congressional testimony where she was unable to say unequivocally calls on campus for the genocide of jews violated the policy. gay is the second person to resign following the testimony along with former upenn president liz magill. mollie lyon has that story from our boston unit tonight. good evening, bret. harvard president claudine gay making it official announcing her decision with heavy hear