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we might have an answer as we go looking today. good morning, it s wednesday. i m bill hemmer. dana: this is dana perino. a story like this with a new development every day insures the next day you ll talk about it again. the justice department reportedly considered sending agents to monitor the search of the president s home but according to the wall street journal officials decided not to in order to avoid complicating the investigation. bill: that s what we re told. the search was left to the president s lawyers and that revelation inspiring this headline in the new york post. nothing to seize here. dana: the post is on a role this week. it has put the white house on damage controller. reporters aren t buying their i have been forthcoming and clear about being prudent from here. guys, you guys can ask me this 100 times, 200 times if you wish. why is it the matter of this white house counsel to deal with documents from two administrations ago? we re no ....
this midterm election cycle has been unlike any other. historically the party of the sitting president intends to lose seats during midterm elections. and that would appear to be bad news for democrats. who only have a slim majority in congress. but the relative factors at play this year and that has made the outcome of this election cycle very difficult to protect as the supreme court s aggressive decision to overturn roe v. wade for months ago created a sudden radical intangible change to reproductive rights and health care access and the unpopularity of that decision has helped democrats gain a political advantage. the january six committee and its public findings hat could also factor into november s elections and even though the committee has presented plenty of documentary evidence and testimony from witnesses about the central role that donald trump played in spreading the big lie implementing a coup it has not really effective support for the republican party. t ....
royal mail apologises to customers as a one day strike by postal workers halts deliveries. powering over a million homes. the world s largest offshore wind farm goes into operation near the yorkshire coast. and big disappointment for emma raducanu as the defending champion is beaten in the first round of the us open. and coming up on the bbc news channel. with one day to go until the transfer window deadline, five teams are playing in the premier league tonight, with liverpool and manchester city both in action. good afternoon. mikhail gorbachev was one of the most consequential leaders of the 20th century, and now preparations are being made for his funeral. the last leader of the soviet union died yesterday at the age of 91. but thoughts on his death vary wildly. many russians including vladimir putin blame him for what they believe was russia s loss of prestige and respect after the fall of the iron curtain. yet in the west, he s lauded for ending the repression of c ....
good afternoon. mikhail gorbachev was one of the most consequential leaders of the 20th century and now preparations are being made for his funeral. the last leader of the soviet union died yesterday at the age of 91. many russians, including vladimir putin, blame mikhail gorbachev for what they believe was russia s loss of prestige and respect after the fall of the iron curtain. but in the west, he s lauded for ending the repression of communist rule with us president biden calling him a man of remarkable vision who created a safer world, and borisjohnson saying that his courage and integrity remain an example to all at a time of russian aggression in ukraine. with his assessment of a remarkable life, here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. the world had never seen anyone quite like mikhail gorbachev a soviet leader who actually smiled. and who achieved almost pop star status in the west for ending the cold war. before he came along, soviet leaders didn t tend to ....
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the contest to become the uk s next prime minister is reaching its climax tonight with the last leadership hustings in london. for the last six weeks conservative party members who will have the final choice have been listening to the contenders, foreign secretary liz truss and former chancellor rishi sunak. the voting closes on friday and by next tuesday the queen will appoint one of them as herfifteenth prime minister though in a break with tradition this will take place at balmoral and not at buckingham palace. in the past hour the two candidates have been setting out their stall to party members at tonight s event hosted by lbc. we all know that we face difficult times. we have the appalling war in ukraine perpetrated by putin, we have an energy crisis, we have the aftermath of covid. and we have had two decades of relatively low growth in this country. so what we can t have is business as usual. we need to be bold and we need ....