do something violent himself. he told the fbi his father was planning to, quote, do some serious damage. that was christmas eve 2020 when that young man submitted that tip to the fbi. he didn t hear back initially. it took a couple of weeks. it took until after the january 6th, 2021, attack on the u.s. capitol building. then the fbi decided maybe that tip deserved some follow-up. by the time the fbi got in touch with the son,th the son s fathe had not only traveled from texas to washington, d.c., to take part in the january 6th attack on the capitol, he had come back home to texas afterwards and showed his staged kids c stad kids video of the attack. he told his kids in texas, that, yes, he participated in the attack, and yes, he definitely hadat a loaded gun with him durg the entire thing. he also threatened to kill his kids if they told anyone. he told his 18-year-old son and his 16-year-old daughter, quote, if you turn me in, you re a traitor and traitors get shot. it wa
right now, two weeks of seismic supreme court decision starting with a reversal a federal abortion rights have left america s political fault lines even deeper. on one side of the divide are blue states racing to codify abortion rights and offer safe haven to women who may now have to cross state lines for the procedure on the other side. on the other side are mostly red states that have already seized upon this moment to ban abortion with some conservative lawmakers in those states contemplating punishment for those that seek the procedure elsewhere. if not just an outright national ban. of course, rose reversal was just one ruling of the court s conservative majority. it has also issued a full slate of decisions on guns, the environment and voting rights. that illustrate just how conservative the supreme court usually is. by all accounts will be for sometime. is america being remade by the rulings? that is the big question on politicsnation. and another big question, just h
for nearly five hours as rioters overwhelmed the capitol, looking, chanting, to hang him. we were told they came within 40 feet of the vice president s evacuation route and we re also learning new details about a heated phone call between trump and pence on that morning of january 6th. this is what witnesses include ing ivanka said about trump s demeanor on the call. i remember hearing the word wimp, he called him a wimp, i don t remember, he said, you are a wimp, you ll be a wimp. it was a different tone than i d heard him take with the vice president before. also a major new piece of evidence revealed by the committee, john eastman, the conservative lawyer central to the plans to overturn the election results asked for a pardon after january 6th. and new this morning, the new york times obtained a copy of a letter sent by the house select committee to ginni thomas, the way of supreme court justice clarence thomas. they want to speak to her next month. they have emai
just a few hours. his remarks coming after a harrowing 24 hours in america yesterday when one gunman shot and killed four people inside a hospital in tulsa, oklahoma, before turning the gun on himself. the shooter whom officials say purchased his ar-15-style rifle just hours before he barged into the facility looking for a doctor he blamed for ongoing pain after back surgery. the tragic attack in tulsa was not the only one to take place. a prison inmate in dayton, ohio grabbed a security guard and fatally shot him. outside in los angeles, a student was shot outside a high school. that incident now among the two dozen acts of gun violence near schools that have taken place since the start of 2022. according to one count there have been 20 mass shootings just since the rampage in uvalde, texas, last week, which of course, became the country s deadliest mass shooting this year, just ten days after a white supremacist murdered ten people and wounded three others in a supermarket
in his leadership following reports into lockdown parties in downing street. pressure on the scottish government over fairies as a fat head of the network says services are deteriorating. a feast fit for a clean, preparations and pulsing for next week and s platinum jubilee celebrations. a feast fit for a queen, preparations and pulsing for next week and s platinum jubilee celebrations. hello, welcome to bbc news. texas is where we began this hour. police say it was the wrong decision to delay entering the classroom in a school in the city of uvalde, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on tuesday. salvador ramos who was 18, barricaded himself inside the room, shooting 19 children and two teachers. it took 53 minutes for armed police to eventually go in. as the local people come to terms with tragedy, grief is turning into anger. here s our north america editor, sarah smith. the police broke windows at the school to get children out after the shooting, carrying some of t