ch change. the types of things you re looking for change. is austin the right person to handle rooting out extremism for the military? he absolutely is. secretary austin is someone who because of that experience and because he came up through the ranks and served as an officer, first african-american secretary of defense, he does have a unique understanding of the challenges that we face here. i think there s some very specific things that he needs to do and i think he understands that. i think he understands that he needs to be more intrusive. we need to be more intrusive into the lives of our service members. i think he understands we need to be absolutely sure we are using the uniform code of military to prosecute people on active duty who engage in these activities. and i think he gets we need to fully understand the full nature of the problem. s important to point out the vast people in the military are not interested in this. they want to do the right thing. secret
that question is actually more difficult than you might think. they embraced the ones about the election. not to mention, of course, the many deranged conspiracy theories pushed by president trump about ted cruz s dead, muslims and much, much more. marjorie taylor greene is not the only republican office holder who has been pushing but the only one republicans are contemplating admonishing. senator thune, i regret to inform you when it comes to embracing conspiracy theories and dangerous lies in general, house republicans have already made their decision. ryan nobles is on capitol hill. let s start with congresswoman liz cheney. what are you learning about how this meeting might go? might she have enough support to hold on to her leadership position? reporter: right now that is an open question. it is very difficult to find a republican in the house of representatives who is willing to predict the outcome of what is expected to be a very tense meeting behind closed doors.
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. counting is under way in the first elections in hong kong since beijing increased its control over the territory. turnout has officially been announced as the lowest ever in its electoral history just 30.2%. pro democracy activists called for a boycott because every candidate had to be vetted for their loyalty to beijing. almost all prominent opposition figures who could have taken part have either been jailed or have fled. for more on this, i m joined now by nathan law, a hong kong pro democracy campaigner who now lives in the uk where he has political asylum. it s wonderful to have you on the programme, nathan. ijust want to start by reminding viewers that you ran as a pro democracy candidate in 2016, and you won at that time. it was a very emotionally charged election in hong kong in 2016. when you look at the election today, what does it make you think about the state of democracy in hong kong?
a rebrand for facebook s parent company, after a series of damning revelations about the online giant. and after heavy rains, flood warnings for some in scotland, well into the weekend. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel there s a tasty tie to look forward to as england and northern ireland are drawn in the same group for next year s women s euros finals. good evening. researchers say millions of people are set to be financially worse off next year, despite wage increases and benefit changes announced in yesterday s budget. analysts from the independent body the institute for fiscal studies say inflation and higher taxes will cancel out small wage increases for average earners. and those who aren t in work could feel real pain , as the cost of living rises faster than benefit payments. with more, here s our economics editor, faisal islam. 1.50, raspberry or blueberry. in doncaster, south yorkshire, the market s busy, but what the chancellor calls his new ag
the former president is facing a whopping 91 charges in four different cases and it might not stop there, believe it or not. brian? brian: just take them one at a time. that s what they say. griff jenkins joins us live in washington. he will break down all 91 point and then we will toss to break. griff, break it all down for us, will you? good morning, brian, ainsley and steve. hard to break down because it s so complicated. the former president is firing back on latest indictment saying he has new proof that will absolve him from the georgia criminal charges writing this on truth social saying the report on the presidential election fraud which took place in georgia is almost complete and will be presented by me at 11:00 a.m. on monday based on the results of this conclusive report, all charges should be dropped. there will be a complete exoneration. but, georgia s governor, brian kemp, who often clashed with trump, we tweeted aim the at him saying this the 2020 election