it s 4:00 in the east. big day of news today. on capitol hill today a brutal collision between reality and delusion, a republican effort to whitewash the ex-president s ties for russia culminating in a veteran prosecutor under oath seemingly unwilling to acknowledge basic facts in service of republican conspiracy theories. just a few weeks after releasing a 300-page report after an investigation that went on for four years, cost the taxpayers $6.5 million, a report the washington post described this way as, quote, landing with a thud resulting in no new charges and none of the widespread abuses trump and his allies have alleged for years now. special counsel john durham testified today before the house judiciary committee. now, despite all those facts durham described his findings sobering and it was left to it democrats on the committee to point out the truth of his own investigation, an investigation that trump and his hand picked attorney general bill barr setup to inves
the deal largely brought an end to the 30 year conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. but political turmoil persists, even if less violent in nature than the past. here s president biden s schedule: on wednesdeay, biden will deliver a speech at ulster university, before travelling to the republic of ireland. there, he ll celebrate his own family s roots, attending events in louth and mayo. there will also be official discussions in dublin, where biden will meet with irish president michael d. higgins. he ll then head back to america on friday. the bbc s lucy hockings has more from belfast. so president biden has arrived and there was a small crowd that came down to the centre of belfast to greet him. they braved the wind and the rain. the weather has truly been atrocious. to welcome him to belfast. and i spoke to one northern ireland politics student and he said the reason he had come was because a visit by one of the most powerful people in the world, a us pres
mr sunak is trying to save his rwanda scheme ahead of a vote in the house of commons tomorrow. we ll talk to conservative mp sir geoffrey cox, a former attorney general, who supports the bill. also tonight: an exclusive report from newsnight discovers that elite afghan soldiers trained by the uk are facing imminent deportation back to taliban controlled afghanistan. the afghans will say, well, you manage to mount a complex, comprehensive manage to mount a complex, comprehensive enduring military o eration comprehensive enduring military operation into comprehensive enduring military operation into afghanistan, - comprehensive enduring military operation into afghanistan, so i comprehensive enduring military. operation into afghanistan, so the fact you cannot help us with this small thing of managing the migration of maybe a couple of thousand, you are either guilty of incompetence or ill will. you can t have it both ways. the full report in a quarter of an hour. and as the
was sentenced for nearly four years for taking home classified documents. he pleaded guilty late last year. kingsbury who worked for the fbi for more than 12 years held a top secret security clearance. she admitted she kept sensitive documents in her personal residence. it is, of course, another instance of the federal government prosecuting the serious crime of mishandleding sensitive government documents. we will bring you any updates on the case as we have them. when we come back, more luxury gifts and really fancy travel being doled out to supreme court justices. we ll be back with all the details after a quick break. don t go anywhere.
four to chinese company called bid, which is famous for its electric cars. electric cars. this trip has been watched electric cars. this trip has been watched very - electric cars. this trip has | been watched very closely electric cars. this trip has i been watched very closely of course here in the us. tell us what it s like being there in shanghai to cover this really important trip. shanghai to cover this really important trip. well, it s been a fantastic important trip. well, it s been a fantastic experience - a fantastic experience actually. it s my first time here in china and there is a lot of anticipation regarding this visit. a few days ago i was reading the newspapers, local newspapers, and they were talking about this trip as a very strategic trip as brazil is considered one of the most important partners for china, in latin america, but also regarding the rest of the world. , ,, regarding the rest of the world. a , world. as we said, you ll be travel being wo