yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far and we will see more hot sunny weather across united kingdom and again the risk of heavy and thundery downpours and we will have all the details throughout the programme. it s sunday the 11th ofjune. our main story: manchester city s long awaited mission to win the champions league ended in victory last night after they beat inter milan 1-0. it means the team are bringing home the historic treble, lifting all three major trophies in one season. john is in istanbul for us this morning. john, what a night! good morning. what a night indeed! yes, this is the first european cup for manchester city in their 143 year history and long time coming but at long last they can call themselves the kings of europe. the players are still celebrating inside the team hotel in istanbul this morning. what a long night it was, notjust for the morning. what a long night it was, not just for the supporters morning. what a long night it was, notjust
witness pressure in the january 6th investigation. plus, the supreme court closes out its term with more key decisions, and makes history with justice jackson s swearing in. and promises a new legal debate over states influence over elections. nearly one week since the reversal of roe v. wade, the president endorses and into the filibuster to codify abortion rights, as legal pressure mounts across the country, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, i am alicia menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. there are new developments tonight, in the ongoing investigation for january 6th. the new york times reports that donald trump s political organization and allies have paid for or promise to cover legal fees for more than a dozen witnesses, raising questions about whether the former president may be trying to influence their testimony. the times points out, there is nothing illegal about a third party covering the legal fees for a witness. it says, the is
minister quit as an mp over the commons committee s investigation into lockdown parties in downing street, which is due to finalise its findings tomorrow. we re joined now by our political correspondent, leila nathoo. theyjoin us from our central london newsroom. good morning. so many different layers of everything involved in this story but one of them, for sure, involved in this story but one of them, forsure, is involved in this story but one of them, for sure, is it is all rather awkward for rishi sunak, the prime minister? ~ ., awkward for rishi sunak, the prime minister? a, , , ., , awkward for rishi sunak, the prime minister? , , , minister? morning, yes, he has been t in: to minister? morning, yes, he has been trying to keep minister? morning, yes, he has been trying to keep a minister? morning, yes, he has been trying to keep a lid minister? morning, yes, he has been trying to keep a lid on minister? morning, yes, he has been trying to keep a lid on tensions - trying t
to look at is whether or not he told the truth to parleiment to the best of his knowledge about number ten s compliance with those covid 19 rules and guidance. it is about the truth and that is why this inquiry goes to the heart of the trust on which our system of accountability depends so truth the essence of the committee s investigation, and during the hearing mrjohnson repeatedly denied he set out to deceive parliament and what he said was in good faith. your first concern is that i may have knowingly or recklessly deceived parliament on the first and 8th of december and it said that the rules is not been broken and the guidance have been followed completely in the guidance have been followed completely number ten. when i said those words, i was not trying to cover up or conceal anything. i said what i said in good faith based on what i honestly knew and reasonably believed at the time.
investigation is over. he will quote, emphasize what biden believes is at stake, should former president donald trump or his allies return to power in washington, drawn revelations from the committee s investigation, to make a vivid case against voting for republican candidates in november. is the scene, eugene, as a shift in strategy, as to how the current president responds to all of this? i think from the very beginning what they wanted to do was that the committee kind of do its work. they didn t want to and we reported this at politico. they didn t want president biden to be out front, talking about what was happening every single day. you weren t gonna see tweets from his account, you are not gonna see him on tiktok talking about that, that wasn t going to be their strategy. you weren t going to see aides in the background giving a sense of how the white house is doing that. because one of the reasons that we are in this position having