liable for the sexual assault of a 16 year old girl at the playboy mansion in 1975. jurors in the civil trial ruled against him, and awarded his victim half a million dollars in damages. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. after a painful divorce, you never know if the ex partners will be able to build an amicable relationship. for britain and the eu, it seems the brexit break up has left a legacy of mistrust and bitterness, which is overwhelming any desire for cooperation. northern ireland is currently what they re fighting over. the uk is refusing to stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador.
the lead in testifying against the former president in yesterday s hearing, including the speaker of arizona s house, who says he told trump in late december 2020 that he would not go along with the scheme to steal joe biden s win in his state. you re asking me to do something that s never been done in history, the history of the united states, and i m going to put my state through that without sufficient, and that s going to be good enough for me? i do not want to be a winner by cheating. incredibly powerful testimony. also new this morning, president biden aiming to help americans out, at least a little bit at the pump during the summer travel season. the white house expected today to call on congress to suspend the federal gas tax, three months. we have details on how much that would help reduce prices at the pump, and downsize to it as acknowledged by some members of the administration. more on that in just a bit. begin this morning with cnn s manu raju on the hil
we re going to start at the top and clean house. parents of the uvalde school shooting victims are vowing change following the release of that report into the massacre. their demands and what we re learning about the fate of the district s police chief. and mother nature is cranking up the heat. where we could see dozens of heat records and when things might start to cool down . it is saturday, july 23rd. thank you so much for waking up with us. great to be back with you, amara. great to be with you, alex. we begin this morning with the latest from the fallout of the january 6th committee hearing. they gave a minute-by-minute account of president trump s refusal to call off everyone. lifelong republicans outlined how for 187 minutes then president trump watched televised coverage of the carnage of capitol hill while refusing pleas from everyone around him to call an end to violence. we saw and heard new disturbing video and audio that showed the danger that was fa
him, all of it caught on cellphone video obtained by cnn from calloway s girlfriend. we want to warn you that what you are about to see is disturbing. [ screaming ] stop! stop! brandon, brandon, brandon! stop hitting him! stop hitting him! stop it! stop it! stop it! stop it! stop! stop! stop it! stop! why are you taking him and hitting him? he has no weapon! he has no weapon! why are you taking him? he s beating him and taking him, he has no weapon, sir, he has no weapon, they re being aggressive. i m getting this on video. no, don t put your harndnds on . do not put your hands on me. bring your iphone, i need to call my mom. i need to call his mom. get on the ground! i didn t do nothing! get on the ground! ow! look how they re doing him. i m bleeding! stop hitting him! stop resisting, brandon, stop resisting, just stop. just stop. no. just get on the ground. get on the ground, brandon. get on the ground. get off of his neck! all right, this happening in o
hitting him?! reporter: disturbing video showing the violent arrest of a young black man following a failed traffic stop. they re using force. they re using a taser. they re wrestling him. they re using a baton. i m definitely having nightmares. reporter: and new russian air strikes on a ukrainian port, just one day after both nations approve a grain export deal. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. summer swelter. some 85 million americans have spent the day under heat warnings and advisories. blistering temperatures are baking much of the nation, from its midsection to the northeast, many are seeing triple-digit highs. extreme heat is helping fuel a wildfire near yosemite national park in california. the oak fire has raced across 6,500 acres in two days. there is zero containment and some rural community have said evacuated. and the northeast is taking the brunt of the oppressive heat. tomorrow s boston triathlon has be