by rmt union. it has meant trains going out of service and millions of passengers going nowhere. my daughter s doing her gcses. i ve got to get her to and from school, so it s a right pain in the neck. i understand they want a pay rise and things change, i get that, but it s not fair for all the commuters. we are going to primarily focus on the two stories this hour, the rail strike in the uk and the hearing in washington, which is where we are going to begin. we start in washington, where the committee investigating the storming of the capitol onjanuary 6 is holding another public hearing. today s focus is on pressure by former president donald trump and his team for individual us states to overturn the election results. central to this are two battleground states arizona and georgia. joe biden won both by a razor thin margin and president trump has kept pushing false claims of electoral fraud. in opening statements, we heard from the republican vice chair liz cheney.
recounted state of georgia, they were all hand recounted and became remarkably close recounted and became remarkably close to recounted and became remarkably close to the first count, and then upon close to the first count, and then upon the close to the first count, and then upon the election being certified, president upon the election being certified, president trump, because he was within president trump, because he was within a president trump, because he was within a half percent, excuse me, could within a half percent, excuse me, could ask within a half percent, excuse me, could ask for a recount, and then we recounted could ask for a recount, and then we recounted them again through these counters recounted them again through these counters and we got markley the same account counters and we got markley the same account. three counts, all remarkably close, which showed that president remarkably close, which showed that president trump did come up short.