house floor for trying to stop the law. and the host of the hottest party in washington, funny man, roy wood junior, offers a preview of tonight s white house correspondents dinner. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. i can say when i ran for president four years ago i said i would battle for the soul of america. and we still. our question we are facing is weather in the years ahead we will have more freedom or less freedom. more rights or fewer. i know what i want the answer to be, and i think you do to. this is not a time to be complacent. that s why i m running for reelection. and that video, announcing his 2024 reelection campaign, president biden echoed the rationale for his candidacy that he made exactly four years ago, then, as images of charlottesville played out, he said he was in the race because it was a battle for the soul of america. today, with violent images from the january six insurrection in the background, biden called on the nation to resis
Choices. Hollywood. Dont go anywhere. Bret baier has a big exclusive with House Speaker john boehner. Special report is up next. Welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Were coming to you from capitol hill. This is actually House Speaker boehners ceremonial office. First to get you up to date on the top head lines of the day. Jordans government says it is ready to comply with the demand from isis terrorists and release a female prisoner involved in deadly hotel bombings for a jordan pilot. Isis holds a japanese journalist. President obamas pick to be the new attorney general Loretta Lynch is defending the administrations decision to shelter millions of immigrants from deportation even though
they live in the country illegally. She answered questions today from lawmakers. Lynch is in line to succeed the controversial eric holder. House democrats say Hillary Clinton is eager to testify on the benghazi terror attacks representing a change of heart from her defiant appearance in 2013. The re
The death toll in china from the coronavirus rises to 26, with 800 people infected. People in ten chinese cities are being stopped from travelling, but the virus has spread to other countries like japan and the United States. In london the cobra commuting is meeting this lunchtime. Well have the latest from downing street and from our correspondent in beijing. Also this lunchtime. A coroner says the death of this baby at a Maternity Unit in kent was wholly avoidable. A denial ofjustice britain condemns the United States for refusing to extradite the woman accused of killing teenager harry dunn. Prince charles makes history
with a visit to the occupied palestinian territories. And every little helps tesco scraps the Plastic Packaging on its multipacks of tins. And coming up on bbc news, 15 year old coco gauff knocks out the defending champion at the australian open, beating naomi osaka. Serena williams is also out. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The governments Cobra
Youre watching bbc news at nine with me, Carrie Gracie the headlines chinese authorities confirm the coronavirus deathtoll has climbed to 26 people and there are more than 800 confirmed infections worldwide. In the uk, m people have been tested for the virus with five testing negative and an Incident Team has been set up in scotland to deal with the threat. The us has rejected an extradition request for Anne Sacoolas but the dunn family says they will continue to fight. This extradition request hangs there forever, it is never going to go away. This administration will go away. This administration will go away and we will wait if we need to, for the next five, ten, 15 years. The Government Spending watchdog says no one took full account of the risks and complexity of the High Speed Rail which could now cost 106 billion pounds. Huge crowds in the iraqi capital call for us forces to be expelled from the country Boris Johnsons brexit Withdrawal Agreement is signed by eu leaders a week bef
Lets look looking to react to that. Lets look ahead to the next four days of play there. It was brilliant for warring mcelroy to 12 months ago but hes looking to make history because no player has successfully defended that title. Lou no, its extraordinary, given the long history the great champions that have one that no one has successfully defended the title. Have one that no one has successfully defended the titlem his favour is the fact that his build up to this year is very similarto build up to this year is very similar to last year, a string of near misses on the pga tour. Finishing in the top five in every event that hes played this year, but not challenging on sundays which isa but not challenging on sundays which is a source of frustration for him. This champions is so difficult to predict. Last year mcllroy was the winner but by only a single shot. It can suit any different way of playing the game and that makes it extremely difficult to predict whos
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