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in criminal contempt. and after a diversity row can this year s nominations help the golden globes restore its reputation? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme key information about the severity of the latest covid variant has begun to emerge from south africa. the country was the first say early indications are the number of deaths and people needing intensive care is lower than at the same stage in previous waves of the virus. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, reports. behind their masks, south africans have watched the omicron variant sprint through this country. but although hospital admissions are climbing here, the early data is now being widely interpreted as encouraging. take the number of people needing oxygen or intensive care in the city where omicron was first detected. in the past three weeks, about two out of every three patients admitted were cases of severe disease. and righ ....
the cards right now. but what will happen is there will be severe consequences. i am absolutely confident he got the message. a first for us, a big and important new legal salvo from the january 6th select committee. the panel will now move ahead with a criminal contempt charge against mark meadows. the former trump white house chief of staff skipped his scheduled deposition this morning. the contempt news comes with a juicy twist as meadows now tries to show loyalty to trump, the panel publicly detailed some of the emails, texts, and other documents he already turned over to the committee before changing his mind about cooperating. ryan nobles on capitol hill, a big development. reporter: no doubt about that, john. based on this letter, it seems clear that the select committee has had enough with mark meadows and are now ready to move ahead with a criminal contempt referral. this is a pretty abrupt aboutface from meadows, especially when you consider the thousands ....
good evening, and welcome to ayman. tonight, all about that base. listen to what south carolina just told him, then he should give a dam about more than just the maga faithful. and if trump gets back to the white house, get ready for a country run by christian nationalists. again, that s the voters allow it. plus, they were born into war, but where they now? an exclusive report on the premature babies at al-shifa hospital and the ongoing fight to save their lives. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s do it. there s no two ways about it. former president donald trump won big last night, cruising to a comfortable 20 point victory over nikki haley in the south carolina gop primary. the margin was so great that the coke network has reportedly halting spending on haley s campaign. trump crashed his sole remaining republican rival in her home state, no less. but you wouldn t necessarily realize that if you only watched his relatively insult free remarks last night. in his victory spe ....
house republicans about a bribery scheme that s already been debunked. a mix-up too wild to make up. hunter biden s lawyers accusing the special counsel of confusing sawdust for cocaine. what might that mean for his case? plus, the american ballerina accused of treason by russia. did a simple donation to ukraine get her locked up? and are mitch mcconnell s days in leadership numbered? what donald trump is saying about that. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin on capitol hill with republicans questioning the president s brother. julie tsirkin is there. what s going on? reporter: exactly. they have been questioning him behind closed doors for the last few hours, only breaking for lunch, and little breaks here and there. for james biden, the brother of the president, he did read as part of his statement to the panel, again, behind closed doors, but we were able to get our hands on it. he pointed out four points, i know they ....
pete: this is fox & friends in new york city, that s glendale, arizona. that was the independence high school patriot brigade, and this is an immersive graphic s and you can t see us but now you can. [laughter] you can t see us, now you can. [laughter] this is why we can t have nice things, because i just want to play with them. joey: so rachel s back here with the pom-poms, and she s a better cheerleader than either of us are football players. pete: that s true. a. rachel: i was a cheerleader in high school. pete: you had the beats going. rachel: yes, i did. pete: brian kilmeade live in glendale, arizona, ahead of the matchup, the philadelphia eagles against the kansas city chiefs. brian, good morning. backup. brian: good morning. that was awesome. good morning to you. service everybody in the vicinity is now up and ready to go because we booked one of the best bands in the area. this is flora, by the way. how good is your band? really good. brian: i second that. ....