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it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are t ....
anyway, also want to thank the leadership for hosting us. you know, i m here to talk about what we re doing to invest in america and i mean invest in america. all of america. starting here in south carolina. the talk about the progress we made in building an economy from the middle out and bottom up, not trickling down. w that trickle down economy not a lot dropped on my dad s kitchen table growing up. i came to office determined to change the economic direction of this country. to move trickle down economics and get rid of it for everyone from the wall street journal, financial times called the program bidenonomics. our plan is working. one of the things that i m proudest of it s working everywhere, not on the coast and big cities, this time investments is working in plants being built. communities that have been left out and hollowed out, this is what it looks like across the country. over 13 million new jobs since i ve been elected to office. more jobs than any o ....
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon fought back tears at the uk covid inquiry in edinburgh, admitting that at times she d felt overwhelmed during the pandemic. she rejected claims that the decisions she made were politically motivated to try to advance the cause of independence. ms sturgeon also admitted deleting whatsapp messages from her phone. outside the inquiry some of those bereaved during the pandemic accused nicola sturgeon of crocodile tears. our scotland editor, james cook, reports from edinburgh. in the darkest hours of the pandemic, many people in scotland turned to nicola sturgeon. now, the country has questions for her. i do solemnly. the former first minister described the early days of covid to the inquiry in strikingly personal terms. i was the first minister when the pandemic struck. there is a large part of me that wishes i hadn t been. but i was, and i wanted to be the best first ministe ....
be, and could they make or break some campaigns? let s ask gop fundraiser noel thanks for being here, appreciate it. you know, some people are paying their own bills, or at least a lot of them, like vivek ramaswamy. of course, he s got a couple hundred million of his own spend to on that, not everybody has that personal cash, but with could we see the race diminishing as a result of these figures? absolutely, david. hanks for having me on. thanks for having me on. you cannot get your message out if you don t have money. so it s very is, very important to the watch these fund raising polls. and the other thing i will tell you is i am more interested in how much these candidates are raising, even more so than the general polls on how they re doing because if you raise more money than min, you have power to advertise, get messages out and saturate with your message so that you can attract new voters and new people that want to join your campaign. so i really, really ....
life. how are democrats responding? biden cabinet secretary pete buttigieg and congresswoman alexandra ocasio-cortez join me next. and holding court. as republicans celebrate conservative rulings, trump takes credit. is that enough to make voters overlook their concerns? he s getting cornered. we need leaders that are willing to be bold, that are going to be honest. republicans candidates chris christie and will hurd join me to respond in moments. plus, justice for whom. new attacks from top gop candidates on minority rights. instead of taking children to church, they believe in taking children to drag shows. but are they out of step with voters? our political panel will discuss. hello. i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is divided, 6-3. key decisions by the supreme court this week once again upended american life, with a trio of sweeping rulings that divided americans and moved the country to the right, prompting far-reaching cons ....