about that election, and the riot, itself, which is now apparently required for anyone who wants to survive in this republican party. this is congresswoman elise stefanik on steve bannon s radio program talking about the latest cause for the far right, some believe could overturn the results of the election in arizona, a state which went for biden. i fully support the audit in arizona. we want transparency and answers for the american people. what are the democrats so afraid of? the voters in arizona and the state senate in arizona pursued this audit. i, fully, support it. transparency is a good thing. we need to fix these election-security issues, going into the future. now, for the record, this really has nothing to do with election security. there were no-widespread security issues. no-widespread voter fraud, at least not according to the republicans. again, republicans, who run the state s largest county, where the audit in arizona is being held. and not according to
as plans for the european football superleague collapse in spectacularfashion. survivors of the fishmonger hall attack tell the inquest about the dramatic moment they stopped usman khan. india ravaged by a second wave of covid record numbers of daily deaths and infections hosptials are overwhelmed as oxygen supplies run out. and coming up later in the hour seeds for the sea bed. how restoring an underwater meadow near plymouth, could fight climate change. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president biden has described the conviction of the former police officer derek chauvin for the killing of george floyd as a a giant step forward in the march toward justice in america . chauvin was found guilty of all charges last night. he ll be sentenced in 8 weeks time. today the us justice department announced a sweeping investigation into policing practices in minneapolis where george floyd was murdered. our north america correspondent nick bryant reports. guilty! cheering.
for work for 15 years. and still they paid him. until they noticed he wasn t actually there. hello, i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. derek chauvin is spending his first full day in prison, in solitary confinement, for his own safety. yesterday he was found guilty of murdering george floyd, today authorities released a new mug shot of him after he was transferred to a maximum security prison in minnesota. he will be sentenced injune, lawyers say he will spend at least 12 years in prison. the us attorney general has announced a broad investgation into the minnepolis police department and its practices. notjust over its policing, but how it manages protests too. for many in that city the verdict is still sinking it. a victory notjust for supporters of george floyd, but for all those who have been denied justice over the years. as our correspondent nick bryant reports. guilty! applause there wasjoy in applause there was joy in the moment of justice. a v
waking up on this sunday, april 25th, we are so grateful to have you. hey, boris, how are you doing? good morning, christi, how is it going? as good as it can be. some of that wicked weather is right here. i saw more hail yesterday than i have seen in a while. we re going to get that soon in d.c. hunker down. this week, president biden is set to hit 100 days in office. he s going to get to tout what he has done so far, and what he wants to do when he addresses a joint session of congress for the first time. meantime, a new abc washington post poll out this morning shows 52% approve of the job he s doing. his handling of the pandemic getting the highest marks, though a majority of americans also say they want the president to aim for republican support and make major changes to his proposals. the newest item on his to do list, by the way, is the american families plan. in his address, he s also expected to pitch an infrastructure overhaul. there are also those te
session of congress president biden pushing a sweeping agenda to reshape the u.s. economy to work for the middle class. the president called for higher taxes on the wealthy to help fund family leave, child care, tax credits, health care, preschool, college education and an infrastructure plan he says will put americans back to work. american jobs plan is a blue collar blueprint to build america. that s what it is. good guys and women on wall street, but wall street didn t build this country, the middle class built the country and unions built the middle class. we have to prove democracy still works, that our government still works and we can deliver for our people. it was a historic night in other ways as well. for the very first time the president flanked by two women at a joint address. the vice president and speaker of the house behind him there. cnn s jeremy diamond is live at the white house for us this morning. jeremy, good morning to you. take us through the presid