abuse young girls. bowel cancer campaigner dame deborah james, host of the bbc podcast you, me and the big c, has died at the age of a0. and, the 7 time wimbledon champion serena williams suffers a shock first round defeat. she was playing herfirst singles match in a year welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the inquiry into the riot at the us capitol last year has been hearing dramatic testimony from a former white house aide. cassidy hutchinson said donald trump knew supporters had weapons when he urged them to march to congress. she also said senior officials had warned repeatedly that mr trump s rally on that day to try to overturnjoe biden s victory could spiral out of control. our north america editor, sarah smith, has more. do you swear on. a surprise witness. her appearance, kept secret until today, delivered explosive testimony. describing how trump had been informed that many in the crowd on 6 january were carrying weapons. yet, he was furi
tried for the crimes ofjeffrey epstein. how much do you think the fact you cannot stand trial has influenced this case? i think it meant a light in sentencing and thejudge think it meant a light in sentencing and the judge came out and said that he was not sentencing if anything we could not do too jeffrey sentencing if anything we could not do toojeffrey epstein but the fact is if he was there at sentencing as well, the lawyers for ghislaine maxwell would have pointed to him and said he was the leader, he was the organiser, he manipulated maxwell and surely that would have come out and then they would have said she was not as culpable as epstein was and i think that was reflected in the sentence. i stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a shock first round defeat for the seven time wimbledon champion serena williams in herfirst singles match in a year. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong