against pre trial detention. after six months of bird flu restrictions, poultry will shortly be allowed out again heralding the return of free range eggs. and coming up on bbc news, after protesters disrupted play last night, the world snooker championships resumed today but with heightened security checks at the crucible. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the treasurer of the scottish national party, colin beattie, has been arrested by police investigating the party s funding and finances. it comes two weeks after peter murrell, the snp s former chief executive who s married to nicola sturgeon, was arrested by officers who searched his home in glasgow and the party s headquarters in edinburgh. mr murrell was later released without charge, pending further investigation. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has the latest. colin beattie has been the snp s treasure for almost the entire duration of his party s climb to dominance in scottish politics. its r
for help investigating the mysterious illness. what they are asking for in a cnn exclusive. they are democrats, republicans, business leaders and moms. the historic year for women on the ballot in 2022. hello and welcome to the lead. i m casey hunt in for jake tapper. we begin with president biden getting a firsthand look at the damage caused by hurricane ian in florida. he made it clear the federal government is committed to helping the state, which he predicts will take years to recover. earlier in his visit, he met with ron desantis who briefed him on the destruction. the two men on opposites ends of the political spectrum. biden s visit comes as the u.s. death toll from hurricane ian rises again to at least 110 people killed. search and rescue teams are working nonstop to find survivors. for first time, residents and businessowners from sanibel island are allowed to return. only to survey the damage. they can t stay. local officials warn that conditions on the islan
country s pre pandemic preparations before 2020. north korea fires a suspected missile overjapan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of tokyo and washington. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the first preliminary hearing of the uk covid 19 inquiry is about to begin. there will be an opening statement by the chair of the inquiry, baroness hallett, followed by a minute s silence. the session will focus on how prepared the uk was for a pandemic before 2020. joining us now from the inquiry is our health correspondent, jim reed . hello. just tell us a little more, if you would, about this first phase of the inquiry? of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by boris - of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry| was announced by boris johnson of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry - was announced by boris johnson back was
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to canceled and delayed flights, a look at the chaos for holiday travelers across the country. we ve got a lot of news to get to this morning, but we ll start with the january 6th investigation and the possibility that former president trump could be referred to the justice department for criminal prosecution. here s an interview with vice chair of the committee, congresswoman liz cheney. so the committee will or will not make a criminal referral? we ll make a decision as a committee about it. there is possible there will be a criminal referral. yes. which would be effectively the committee saying he should be prosecuted, and this is the evidence we ve the justice department doesn t have to wait for the committee to make a criminal referral. there could be more than one criminal referral. i have greater concern about what it would mean if people weren t held accountable for what s happened here. i think it s a much graver constitutional threat if a president c