inaugurated. i can t say it anymore clearly of what it means for washington, dc to be a sank taker city and be shire that people who live here feel free to call on their government for help. and call on the government dor help she did. red straight governors like abbott in texas and doozy in arizona have been sending illegals to our nation s capitol by bus for the last few months. some even arrived as recently as this morning. this is a very small, little, tiny portion. we re talking about 4,000 people out of millions who have crossed our border. and now that bowser is seeing what border states have been dealing with since biden and harris came into office, it s not in my backyard. the department of defense of course is jumping all over this saying, quote, the secretary takes this request for assistance very seriously. the question now becomes, if it s so easy for bowser to call in the national guard and get legitimate, immediate response from the department of defense,
plus community over the last 50 years? get in touch with me on @annitabbc or using the hashtag bbc your questions. and, two british hopefuls, cameron norrie and heather watson, will both be in action today at wimbledon. the mp chris pincher has resigned as government deputy chief whip, after a newspaper alleged he groped two men at a private members club. he has apologised to the prime minister and said he had embarrassed himself and others. the role of the government whips is to enforce party discipline. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. chris pincher had been deputy chief whip, responsible for discipline among tory mps, since february. but now it s his own conduct that has fallen short. there were complaints about his behaviour on wednesday night at the carlton club, a private members club in central london, where he is reported to have groped two men. in a letter to the prime minister yesterday, mr pincher said. as things stand, chris pincher won t face
impressive for earlyjuly, 17 19. we finished the day with persistent rain across in northern ireland. that s going to be affecting northern ireland through the evening, then spread into parts of central southern scotland, northern england and western parts of wales as we go through the night and into tomorrow morning. not a desperately cold night, temperature is around 9-13 to cold night, temperature is around 9 13 to start the weekend. here s the chart for the weekend. saturday, we ve got this hawk of weather system pushing slowly eastwards across the country, a bit more breeze on it than today. we ll see one when the front stretching from yorkshire down towards cornwall with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. that pushes slowly southwards and eastwards. east anglia and the south east staying dry until the evening then sunshine and showers for many although northern parts of scotland more in the way of persistent rain and cloud through the day. the winds lightest year, more of a