welcome to thursday, it is meet the press daily, the biden administration will release an intelligence report that will conclude what a lot of people already knew, that the saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman known colloquially as mbs approved the 2018 murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. moments ago white house press secretary jen psaki affirmed to reporters that they remain committed to that report s public release. she also said the administration is considering a range of options to hold the saudis accountable for this action. this report s public release by president biden will mark a clear break from president trump s handling of u.s.-saudi relations. he downplayed khashoggi s killing because of the kingdom s lucrative financial ties to the united states not to mention his personal business ties with the saudis. abc news was among the organizations that confirmed the intelligence following the murder. this public release, which will name and shame the crown prince
federal investigation for dealings in ukraine. all four of tonight s subpoena targets are responsible for the big lie that continues to threaten the very foundations of our democracy. together, they pedalled that lie to a mass audience saturating the air waves of conservative media with unproven and false claims that the election was stolen. and so doing that not only rallied the trump faithful to take action but laid the groundwork for more sophisticated plot to subvert the election. that plot was outlined in a secret memo urging mike pence to reject the electors from six states because she falsely claimed their results were in dispute. no surprise the committee has indicated tonight ellis memo will be a subject in her deposition. they re also spels interest will be a subject in her deposition. they re alsoed in a phone call on the morning of january 6th where options were discussed to delay the certification of election results in light of pence s unwillingness to deny ord
hello. we begin in the middle east where israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will undergo surgery on sunday for a hernia his doctors discovered during a routine examination. mr netanyahu will be fully sedated during the procedure his office says that mr netanyahu s deputy, yariv levin will serve as acting prime minister during this time. he s been speaking in the last half hour. my medical statement is transparent, it is known. sure, a lot of people are saying crazy things, but of course no boundaries. my wife went to an appendectomy and people said that she spent a whole week at a villa somewhere, and ijust had the flu, people said that i was where? where was i? that i was in hospital. absolutely no boundaries to the lies. i just went through examination, and thank you to all the people asking for my well being. i promise you that this operation that i m undergoing tonight i will also go through very quickly and i will be back to my duties as fast as possible. be
with about 30% of the vote counted, it was ahead three quarters of the votes have been counted with the main opposition, chp, well ahead of the president s ak party. after securing just over 50% of the vote, the candidate has declared victory. he s viewed as the best place opposition candidate for the presidency in 2028. i m joined now by onur erem, from the bbc turkish service in our london newsroom. it s past 1am in turkey, where do things stand at the moment? you ll make more than 8% of the votes have been counted, and the opposition is still leading and most of the cities opposition is still leading and most of the cities opposition is still leading and most of the cities of the cities 8096. they ve won six of the of the cities 8096. they ve won six of the seven of the cities 8096. they ve won six of the seven largest of the cities 8096. they ve won six of the seven largest cities - of the cities 8096. they ve won six of the seven largest cities i
efforts to beat hamas. he will undergo surgery on sunday for a hernia his doctors discovered during a routine examination. excuse me. mr netanyahu will be fully sedated during the procedure his office says that his deputy, yariv levin will serve as acting prime minister during this time. here s mr netanyahu. my medical statement is transparent, it is known. sure, a lot of people are saying crazy things, but of course no boundaries. my wife went to an appendectomy and people said that she spent a whole week at a villa somewhere and ijust had the flu, people said that i was where? where was it? that i was in hospital. absolutely no boundaries to the lies. i just went through examination, and thank you to all the people asking for my well being. and i promise you that this operation that i m undergoing tonight i will also go through very quickly and i will be back to my duties as fast as possible. jo floto, the bbc s middle east bureau chief, had this to say about the anno