a clean athlete who s never broken the rules, after new allegations involving his coach alberto salazar. hello. great to have you with us. film stars and celebrities have gathered for this year s oscars ceremony at the dolby theatre in los angeles. the favourite for the big award, best picture, is the musical, la la land, while denzel washington is a leading contenderfor best actor. the first big award of the night, best supporting actor, went to mahershala ali, in the coming of age film, moonlight. well, for more, the bbc‘s peter bowes is in los angeles. really exciting. we are half an hour into the oscars. we are getting a sense of the mood of, not only the host, jimmy kimmel, but i suspect others who will get on the podium and say other words. mahershala ali, as you said, is the first winner, with best supporting actor for moonlight. i am with best supporting actor for moonlight. iam beginning with best supporting actor for moonlight. i am beginning to understand the m
mother with an ironing board was the norm. if this inquiry is capable of opening some of that truth, this is a good thing. cash for some schools in england looks likely to be tighter than even according to head teachers who are warning of bigger class sizes and cuts to staff. the government says school funding is now at its highest level on record. can they both be right? hello. welcome to the programme. we re live until 11 this morning. we are going to talk late in the programme about disability benefits, in particular personal independence payments, and whether they should go to, quote, really disabled people, not those taking pills at home. those are the words of one conservative mp who is being urged to apologise. norman smith will look in detailfor you at to apologise. norman smith will look in detail for you at the further cuts planned at what it might mean for you. do get in touch about those stories today. if you are texting you will be charged at the standard network
further evidence about the manner in which of supervision and after care of child migrants, and the debates and grounds are concerned within volu nta ry and grounds are concerned within voluntary organisations. during that hearing you will hear from representatives of the key institutions and organisations involved in the child migration programmes. we expect you will hear further evidenced in part two from oliver cosgrove and david hill and octagon free is, who will give further evidence about what she has described as early warnings and missed opportunities and doctor humphreys. the experts will also impart to provide more evidence about reports of sexual abuse at several specific institutions, about issues of knowledge and response more generally. turning briefly to some logistical issues about the evidence, as you have said it is anticipated some evidence will be live, someone will be read, someone will be by video link. it is anticipated the majority of questioning of
And jill. all these interviews are up right now. at msnbc.com/mavericks. that s msnbc.com/mavericks. that does for all of us here on the beat. we want to wish you a merry christmas, very happy new year and we hope to see you next year. it s the 2018 hardball awards. /s good evening. i m chris mathews in washington, and tonight we re celebrating the good, the bad and the infamous of the past year with the hardball awards. and over the next hour we ll celebrate the people, the moments and, of course, the tweets that define 2018. including the award for the most inglorious exit from trump world this year. the best concession speech, the trumpiest thing said by someone not named trump, and the big award of the night, the odd est moment of the year in trump
If lemt lemonade, faces off against adele and others. expect some big collaborations. lady gaga with metallic can an and the weekend with daft punk are a few of the duets set to hit the stage. that s just an idea. you know what else you can probably expect is some tribute to prince. remember, we lost the iconic musician last year. so expect that on music s biggest night, that there will be something to remember him by. if you want to just take a look again at the big award of the night, album of the year, just to give you an idea, again, you ve got beyonce with lemonade, you ve got adele, you ve got justin bieber, and sturgill simpson. most of those titles are one word this year.