Michigan primary. With President Biden facing the possibility of a significant protest vote over the situation in gaza and nikki haley hoping for something, anything positive with donald trump expected to easily win the republican primary and the nomination. Well get to all of that shortly. But first, we want to set the stage Just A Little Bit for where things stand when we talk about the Republican Party. So we begin the reidout tonight with the freak show. The weekend was the annual conservative Political Action conference, cpac, a showcase of just how extreme the once grand old party has become. How extreme, you ask, well, as nbc news is reporting, nazis mingled openly at cpac, spreading antisemitic Conspiracy Theories and finding allies. Yes, you did hear me say nazis. Nbc news noted in previous years, conference organizers have ejected well known nazis and White Supremacists such as nick fuentes from cpac. This year, racist Conspiracy Theorists didnt meet any perceptive resistance
biden s plea deal. was it a sweetheart deal as republicans claim or was it tougher than what the average person would have received for the same offenses as biden supporters say. and her reaction? i m proud of my son. why would i let these people , 1 to 2% to be hitting me with questions all night? i don t think it s fair. and desperate hours for crews in the atlantic ocean as the five passengers inside that missing submersible approach the end of the supply and a new report uncovers major safety concerns around the company that will the craft. good day everyone. diplomatic flareup is breaking out between the white house and china, one day after the secretary of state had a historic meeting with president xi . biden has created a furor in beijing over the off-the- cuff remark , it was at an off- camera political fundraiser in california. biden called president xi a dictator and suggested the chinese leader was embarrassed because he did not know in advance that the
know of agents faced immense pressure that day, protecting the president from himself and the vice president from the mob his boss sent to the capitol. secret service agents feeling fearing for their own lives and they rush to get america second in command away from those chanting to hang him. the secret service acknowledging records were purged as part of a systemwide update. but today, based on a letter review by the new york times, dhs inspector general has informed the secret service to, quote, halted internal search for purged texts sent by agents around the time of january 6th so that it does not interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation. that s right. an ongoing criminal investigation. all of these developments coming to light thanks to the house select committee s quest for accountability. a number of these bombshells dropping during the panels primetime hearing thursday night. the committee, taking nearly three hours to trace what the associated press calls, q
lee zeldin shockingly attacked at a campaign rally by a man who tried to stab him, and the very brief stint in custody for the man arrested has zeldin and others sounding off. proceeding with caution. could the optimism in one american city inspire us all to think big and more positively about our inflated economy right now? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start with our politics lead and a clear sign from the january 6th house committee they believe it is time for attorney general merrick garland to charge donald trump with a crime. this morning, republican congressman adam kinzinger from illinois, one of the republicans on the committee, told cnn that the timeline laid out by the committee is not just damning of the president but leaves trump with clear criminal culpability. we have proven different components of a criminal case against donald trump or people around him in every hearing. and i think taken in totality, this represents the greates
submerging homes and roads, in the capital seoul. at least eight people have died. the south korean president has called an emergency meeting now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. according to research in the us and the uk, roughly one in 100 people is transgender. but the fact that the debate about transgender rights has become a political and even health care battleground isn t driven so much by the numbers, but more by conflicting ideologies. my guest today has a prominent voice in that debate. shon faye is trans, a writer and a former lawyer. is all this attention on issues of sex, gender and identity making it easier to be trans, or not? shon faye, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure to be here. thank you for having me. it s great to have you here. i also have a copy of your book, the transgender issue, which you wrote. published last year. it s described on the cover as a landmark bestseller. it has done well. and in the