Administration leading up to the january 6 attack on the capitol. I m going to take you inside what we now know about this stunning 24day period between the electoral college vote and the january 6 certification of that vote. When our democracy, yes, was hanging on by a thread. I want to start on the day of the electoral college vote, december 14. That s when the deputy attorney general at the time, jeffrey rosen, gets an email from the white house with the subject line, from potus. Attached to the email are materials alleging that voter fraud in michigan, where trump lost, with talking points alleging a coverup there. That email hits rosen s in box right before the president announces that bill barr is out as attorney general and that rosen will now be the acting attorney general at doj. Bill barr leaves officially on december 23rd, putting rosen in charge of the department on that day. I want to go a few days later. Six day of him acting attorney general. He gets another email from t
problems to emerge since brexit its impact on northern ireland. it s over three months since britain left the eu s single market. in an effort to honour the good friday peace accord, and keep an open land border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, britain agreed to the northern ireland protocol. this effectively moved the relevant customs checks to the irish sea. however this has led to trade friction. logistics uk, which represents the freight industry, calculates that since january around half of its members sending goods from great britain to northern ireland have had their exports delayed or cancelled due to the new border changes. joining me now is roger pollen, head of fsb northern ireland how has this affected your members how bad is the situation? we ve just mentioned that one statistic from logistics uk. there is all sorted evidence to show how hard this transition has been. show how hard this transition has been- has been. that s right, ther
the uk s biggest airport, heathrow, records losses of nearly £2.11 billion and passenger numbers down 90% due to the pandemic. more medical aid is due to arrive in india as the country reports nearly 380,000 new covid cases, the world s highest single day total. we ll take a look at how helpless the british indian community are feeling. let me know your thoughts on any of today s stories on twitter, it s @annita?mcveigh or #bbcyourquestions. also coming up this hour. a return for parkrun, the volunteer led initiative is hoping to restart its weekly 5k runs onjune the 5th. good morning. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. president biden has set out plans for a vast expansion of government and said it s time for the wealthiest americans to begin paying theirfair share. in his first speech to congress marking 100 days in office, the us president unveiled a sweeping investment plan forjobs, education and social care. 0n the coronavirus pandemic, he hailed the success of
media at its worst . hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. supporters in russia of the opposition leader alexei navalny are demonstrating across the country, in defiance of warnings by police not to join protests demanding his release. in the last hour the team for the detained kremlin critric says that his wife yulia navalnaya, seen here accompanying her husband earlier this month before his most recent detention, has herself been arrested in moscow. there are a large number of arrests in moscow where demonstrators have come out in large numbers despite a heavy police presence in the capital. monitors say at least 1,000 people have been detained across the country. there are reports that demonstrators are marching towards the prison where navalny is being held. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford is in central moscow. huge is in central moscow. numbers of arrests not only i moscow huge numbers of arrests not only in moscow but around the country,
demonstrators. dozens were arrested here. thousands across the country. in vladivostok, the city square was closed off by the security forces, several protesters went out onto the frozen sea ice to continue the demonstration, there were arrests here, as across russia, but still people turned out to protest, knowing the risk they faced. translation: i was here last week, i came again today because i want alexei navalny today because i want alexei navalny to be released, i want the country to be released, i want the country to be released, i want the country to be free, i wanted be pleasant to live here. ., ., , ., live here. either i have to come out now or be live here. either i have to come out now or be afraid live here. either i have to come out now or be afraid the live here. either i have to come out now or be afraid the rest live here. either i have to come out now or be afraid the rest of- live here. either i have to come out now or be afraid the rest of my -