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and the lord has resigned over the handling of the scandal. over the and a special report into the accusations made against the boss of brewdog. he denies all the allegations. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin tonight with further allegations made against boris johnson about social events in downing street during the first covid lockdown back in 2020, this time an event to celebrate his birthday. itv news reported this evening that on the 19th ofjune in 2020, 30 people, including staff members at downing street, gathered together in the cabinet room at number 10 to mark the premise to s birthday in a surprise event organised by his wife, carrie. downing street issued a statement saying another of staff who had been working that day gathered briefly after a meeting and the prime minister stayed for less than ten minutes. there is also talk of a second gathering, this time with family and friends in the evening in the prime minister s flat. those allegations have be ....
life. in a chilling detail the gunmen reportedly kept shooting at the two officers even as they lay motionless on the ground. in texas, a manhunt is underway for a suspect who murdered a deputy during a traffic stop near houston. and in washington, d.c., a police officer shot and wounded, but was thankfully released from the hospital. democrats in new york being pressed for solutions and here is how they are responding. we have to do more to fight the scourge of the illegal guns on our street. illegal guns is an important first step but we must also adjust a bail reform. new york is the only state in the country that does not allow a judge to detain and defendant who poses an immediate threat to the community. dana: and the white house confronted over how it plans to keep americans safe. does he know that after a year in office, people do not feel safe in this country? we seen a surge in crime of the last two years, would you agree with that? the murder rate ....
we talk a lot on this show about democracy being in peril, and after the week we ve just had, make no mistake, american democracy is certainly in grave danger. but sometimes it feels like we re talking about all of this in an abstract way. so let s talk about specifics tonight. let s look at arizona, a swing state that helped joe biden win the presidency. a state that democrats hadn t won at the presidential level since 1996. a state that in 2020 got two democratic senators for the first time since 1952. so how have arizona s republicans responded to these democratic victories? by trying to make it harder to vote, of course. meet gop state senator kelly townsend, who as chair of the senate committee on government, has broad discretion over which bills get to advance out of that committee and which get to die a slow and painful death. she s behind four of the more than two dozen bills that arizona lawmakers have submitted to make significant changes to the state s voting ....
good evening. i m mehdi hasan. we talk a lot on this show about democracy being in peril, and after the week we ve just had, make no mistake, american democracy is certainly in grave danger. but sometimes it feels like we re talking about all of this in an abstract way. so let s talk about specifics tonight. let s look at arizona, a swing state that helped joe biden win the presidency. a state that democrats hadn t won at the presidential level since 1996. a state that in 2020 got two democratic senators for the first time since 1952. so how have arizona s republicans responded to these democratic victories? by trying to make it harder to vote, of course. meet gop state senator kelly townsend, who as chair of the senate committee on government, has broad discretion over which bills get to advance out of that committee and which get to die a slow and painful death. she s behind four of the more than two dozen bills that arizona lawmakers have submitted to make significan ....
and conservative attorney george conway. we will be getting to his recent column nor the washington post entitled the supreme court s order against donald trump is even worse for him than it appears. but first, joe, even i know we will be talking football first. you all look so tired. and we should be talking football first. it was the most extraordinary weekend of football, mike barnicle, that i think any of us have seen. i think by the end of last night everybody agrees that in all of the history of nfl playoff games, back-to-back nights starting with lambeau actually, starting with the bengals game but then that all-time classic from another century, the 9ers and green bay, zero degree weather, snow. the 9ers figure out a way to come back. and then brady finds a way to come back, but unfortunately he can t play all 11 positions on the field. then last night there are no words. four touchdowns in two minutes. patrick mahomes drives the chiefs 75 yards in 13 ....