Violent mob against the u. S. Capitol and his own Vice President on january 6th. The Justice Department won the battle and politico reports Special Counsel jack smith obtained an extraordinary array from twitter about trumps account. While it remained unclear what sorts of information the messages contained and who exactly may have written them, it was a revelation that there were private messages associated with the twitter count of mr. Trump, who has famously been cautious about using written forms of consideration with his aides and allies. Hes reportedly sent over direct messages that were sent, received and stored in draft. Politico reports this, quote, u. S. District judge Barrel Howard held twitter, now known as x, in Contempt Of Court in february be fining that company 350,000 for missing a deadline. And he lit into twitter for taking extraordinary and apparently unprecedented steps to give trump an advantage. At one point the judge asking being quote, is it because the new ceo
Ephemeral legislation. Yeah. That went from being the word of the day a couple days ago, to now i think its the word of the week. Ephemeral or malodorous, its one of the two. Its still early. We have a couple hours ahead. Maybe we can find another one. Meanwhile, the Florida Governor is seizing on a potential weakness in trumps third president ial bid. Well show you what he had to say about that, and how he responded to questions about his last name. Is it desantis, is it December Desantis . Did he answer it . He did, and it was unrevealing. Huh. Republicans are still upset with Kevin Mccarthy over the Debt Ceiling Deal. Wah. One calling for a day of reckoning. Are you kidding me . It is a day of reckoning for the extremists, who thought that they were going to be able to hold, not only congress and Kevin Mccarthy and the president hostage, but also hold the United States economy hostage. They werent able to do it. These guys struck a deal, and struck a deal that passed overwhelmingly.
Youre watching bbc news. The best programmes of last year will be honoured at the Bafta Tv Awards in a few hours time. Arrivals are under way at the Awards Ceremony in london. Colin paterson and the team are on the red carpet. Lets join them now. The writing has been phenomenal, the ability to make a drama filled incredibly human and rounded, and i think it wasjust incredibly human and rounded, and i think it was just the fact that you had actors at the top of their game just doing absolutely sublime work, and i think it will mean that it will be remembered as one of the greatest endings of a tv show. Honestly, the ratings were there. The most watched programme last year outside of live events. Outside of live events. Yeah, but also having outside of live events. Yeah, but also having that outside of live events. Yeah, but also having that critical outside of live events. Yeah, but also having that critical acclaim, | also having that critical acclaim, running for over a decade and you