classified documents. the special counsel found evidence that president biden, quote, willfully retaineds classified materials found no reason to press criminal charges. drew distinction between the criminal probe of handling of documents and his findings regarding president biden. the long standing justice department priniple that you cannot indict a sitting president does not apply and would not bring charges even if joe biden were no longer president. we ll have more on that later in the program. we begin with a hearing at the nation s highest court. an historic hearing for some very big questions about the constitution. the future of our democracy and at the heart of the case, a request from voters for some accountability for an unprecedented insurrection. first up, jonathan mitchell, the attorney for donald trump, argued among other things, that january 6th was not an insurrection. it was a riot. he also argued that the president is not technically an officer of the unit
this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. ivote democrat or you re aou r racist. that s the focus of tonight s angle. a now, have you noticed a growing trend in america? growhite supremacist organizats are popping up alltion over nor, south, east west. racist groups are gaining traction. now, i m talking about white supremacist book clubs, white supremacist bowling leagues,t gn white supremacist garden clubs, even edgy new fashion trends, for white supremacist spring breakers. there are white supremacisr tit daycare centers where the snacks are obviously white rice, milk, yogurt, potatoes. you gee supry t the point now, f you believe any of that turn off the tv, go to bed and call your doctor in the morning. of course, all this is ridiculous. true white supremacists, real racists have been thankfully evunted to the extreme fringes of society. but to listen to the democrats messaging heading into 2020 four, you think our nation is about to be taken ove024 do n by m
likely see and it could be quite promising, but that north easterly breeze will continue to push in some cloud off the north sea and a few scattered showers come running down to east anglia. cool, 13 or 1a but up to east anglia. cool, 13 or 1a but up to the west 17 or 18 the tip the start of the week and looks a bit more promising, that high pressure continues to build, dry, settled and sunny and there could be more showers, i m afraid, on sunday. thanks, louise. and that s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it s goodnight. and what does that tell us about the state of the criminaljustice system in england and wales under the party that claims to be the one of law and order? tonight, exclusive figures reveal h
and the response to such calls from the republican stat legislature, in the republican governor has been thus far t just keep getting rid of law around guns, to keep getting them more and more prevalent and more more places, giving them to more and more people who previously, under othe laws, would not have bee allowed. to have them and that was the context a wee and a half ago, when three democratic state legislators some middle aged white women and two young black men, the three of them got wowed on the floor of the state legislature essentially, cheering on kid in the gallery who had come to peacefully, but very loudly, protest. that state legislature, only acting to make things worse, i terms of gun violence. even after that elementary school massacre in nashville you see the three stat legislators there, in th front. you see them there that picture, political headline as the whole country now i well aware, the republican dominated tennessee stat legislature that vot
is it freedom for kids to go t school and tried to socialize, and try to learn, and be scare to death that they might die that day well, that groups will fix i because it s gonna double th number of cops in schools. that s what he wants to do well, that will create a great environment. is that freedom? or is it freedom to have a congressman who can make a postcard with all his family holding rifles, includin ar-15s or whatever, is tha cool is that cool for republicans that is freedom. that s more important than protecting the kids? i don t get it coach gregg popovich take us off the air tonight and on that note, i wish you all a very safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i will see you at the end of tomorrow thanks to atone for joining us this hour really happy to have you here. on a new state like today, i will admit it is hard to kno we are to begin. but today is yet another day 1 place to begin is with