And when parties have to report it. This is one of the many problems that we have in our system. It appears to be born out of historical reasons rather than anything else. We do have, for what is supposed to be a very transparent system, quite a complicated one in which there are various different registers updated at various different points. The electoral commissions register is only updated every quarter and i think this story has sort of renewed questions about whether thats really appropriate in this day and age when websites can be updated at the drop of a hat. That was the conservative Party Response so far when it came to frank hester s donations, that they have reported everything that needed to be reported in the public sphere. You have looked into this closely, could you tell us how big a donor frank hester is, how important he is to the tory partys treasure chest, essentially . Sure, i would say first of all, for many people, even political obsessives and conservative figur
p.m. the cnn newsroom continues the cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. new today, a member of the january 6th committee weighing in on what would happen if former president donald trump ignores their promised subpoena. here s congressman adam kens ger. do you believe that the justice department, if the president refuses, should hold him in criminal contempt? look, that s a bridge we cross if we have to get there. you know, look, we well-recognize the fact that because of the committee only being able to exist until the end of this congressional year because that was the mandate, we re in a bit of a time limit here. and as we re wrapping up the investigation, we re also pursuing new leads and facts. and we want to speak to the president. look, he s made it clear he has nothing to hide is what he says. so, he should come in on the day we ask him to come
I m wondering, are there times when it sinks in for you maybe more than others that you are the first woman to hold this office. this is a photo that i just think speaks to the fact that for these kids there, that must be a thing that s hard to fathom. i said to her, you know, you can be anything you want to be. and this kid looked back at me in my eyes, and she said, well, i intend to be everything. that was vice president kamala harris talking to late night s seth meyers about how she has inspired young girls of color. the vice president is featured prominently in a book entitled black women will save the world in anthem. my colleague holds the distinction of being the longest serving black female white house correspondent. so, a trailblazer herself. she s using her unique perspective to highlight the many ways black women have
Of the journalists a little later this hour about those threats around the world. i want to ask you, april, the folks that watched last night saw a standing ovation for you, recognition of you. it was in january, you april, became the longest serving black female in white house correspondents dinner history. here s the moment. tell us what this was like for you. ooh, i m getting chills as you show this. i am the longest serving black woman journalist to ever cover the white house 25 years. wendtal golar, the late wendtal golar, is the longest serving at 28 and working at the real, we will pass one another. but the beautiful press association they had last name and lifted up the names of ethyl payne and alice donigan, two of the first black reporters to cover the white house and be credentialed and the racism, the
Are they okay with sharing the stage with a bigger celebrity in april ryan? you know, jim, it is humbling. i grew up in baltimore, a place where so many people have said failure is built in your very existence. for me to become a woman to question five american presidents and for them to call me by name well, four i know called me by name. the other one, it s a whole other story. had his own way, yeah. yeah, he had his own way. it s humbling. it s humbling. i just reported and along the way 25 years came, being the longest serving black female journalist at the white house. it s not by coincidence or ha pen stance, i m just blessed, humbled and so thankful. tonight i m going to have tears. i don t know, i m tearing up right now. to be able to be trusted, to be able to give the news to people