Have made a range of allegations about brands controlling, abusive and predatory behaviour. Live now to our correspondent lizo mzimba. Just talk us through the allegations. As you say, this joint investigation by the sunday times, the times and channel 4 dispatches safe for women amid allegations of Sexual Assaults by him between the 2006 and 2013. Russell brand is probably one of the best known celebrities in the country. He was presenting a bbc radio channel 4 and many other places. He was also acting hollywood films. His fame had spread across the atlantic. The investigation says around ten years ago, brand met businesswomen, he says they had consensual sects, she said brand wanted to kiss her and join another friend in the bedroom. She said she tried to get away from him, she tried to get away from him, she tried to get to the wall and he had her under where in his hands. He said she said he raped her. Another woman is saying she met Russell Brand at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
-my wife, laurel, was on the shuttle. she was a scientist primarily involved with life sciences. one day during the mission, i was reviewing the notes, and then here s this foam issue. during launch, a large piece of foam had come off the external tank and impacted the left wing. me and my colleague had this discussion of, hey, you can use a family conference to talk to laurel and find out what she knew. -oh! -you got to remember the hat you re wearing is your flight-surgeon hat, not your family hat. it would have broken protocol for me to bring up an issue to a crew member, even though it s my wife. -i remember a certain sense of relief like, it s almost over. she s almost back. -i didn t talk to laurel about the foam issue. that conference was for iain and laurel, and i was a bystander. -i knew she was going to come back. you know, i never had a question in my mind. -given the fact that you may have lost a little bit of tile during lift-off, i m wondering
She was sobbing and crying. And she looked at me, and she said, theres nothing we could have done. And all my pentup Frustration And Anger just came out, and i said, ive been hearing that Damn Stuff all week, and im sick and tired of it. I think i was more angry than sad, thinking this didnt have to happen. It didnt have to happen
also had fake electors. those states include pennsylvania, georgia, arizona, wisconsin, nevada, and new mexico. that is seven states that had fake electors. so, this just didn t occur by happenstance. these phony electors were just step one of trump and his allies overall plot to destroy american democracy as we know it. what was the second step? the pressure campaign on then president mike pence. according to the new york times, pro trump lawyers, state republican officials, and then white house aides quote strong upped pence into considering a pro trump slate during the session of congress on january 6th. the goal was to persuade pence to say that election was somehow flawed or in doubt. sure. i know folks like to play some responsibility of this entire plot on people like rudy giuliani and john eastman, but i am not buying it. because this is just so much bigger than them. the scheme was not an act of two loan wolves or even one