in the hour. but we start with the first public hearing of the january 6th committee. which is set to be a primetime hearing, next thursday. the bipartisan panelists interviewed about 1000 people, and received tens of thousands of pages of documents. they have the attempts by the president and his allies to overturn the election, and the attack on our democracy that culminated in the deadly insurrection. we have talked a lot on the show about how close we actually came to you losing our democracy that day. how the threat to our democracy is not over. but is in fact growing with republican efforts to subvert future elections. the key question is whether this committee, and in their hearings, will be able to breakthrough the noise and get the americans attention. in the watergate scandal, 70% of america reported watching the harry. the january six committee is unlikely to get that many viewers in today s polarizing environment. but can they get americans to pay attention for wh
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of its programme making out of london, over the next six years. a remarkable collection of handwritten letters from diana princess of wales to a friend are being sold at auction to raise money for arts charities. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. ministers have sought to reassure people about the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, amid a reduction in supply which means most people in their 40s will now have to wait till may for a jab. the government insists it will still offer all adults their first dose by the end ofjuly but in the commons earlier today the health secretary confirmed supplies would become tighter in the weeks ahead. the bbc understands a delay in the delivery of 5 million doses of the oxford astrazeneca jab from india is one factor. but matt hancock said no vaccine appointments booked would be cancelled and people would still get their second dose as planned. katharine da costa reports. this vaccination centre in south west london is one of hundreds