good evening. if you were wondering how long a disgraced ex-president has to wait to be forgiven these days after inciting a deadly insurrection against the seat of democracy in hopes of overturning the election he lost, the answer is three weeks and a day. that s how long it took house minority leader kevin mccarthy to make the pilgrimage to mar-a-lago and pay his respects to the former president. he went on his own initiative to talk strategy about taking back the house in 2022. he also went to try to make sure he would stay in the president s good graces, it seems. the ex-president s political action committee put out a statement that reads in part, president trump s popularity has never been stronger than it is today and his endorsement means more than perhaps any endorsement at any time. three weeks and a day. that s how little time it took for the party to rush back into the arms of the man who egged on the violent mob that descended on the capitol, smashed windows, b
bill muir misspoke there. as for the rest, the notion that former president incited in january was only a dress rehearsal? well, listen to someone who does serious for a living. yesterday on cbs news, former-national security council senior official fiona hill was asked about joint chiefs chairman mark milley s quote in bob woodward and robert costa s new book peril comparing january 6th to, quote, the great dress rehearsal. her answer is chilling. well, you re a russia analyst. you know immediately what that phrase is which is what lennon called an uprising that preceded the revolution. i read that and i said, dear god. yeah. i mean, he the the general is saying that this is a precursor, potentially, to further violence? is is this overstating things in a historical sense? he s not overstating it at all because i mean we all saw, in real-time, what happened on january 6th. at the capitol building. i mean, this is kpexactly the thing that you think of in rev
that was like when al qaeda tried to take down the world trade center the first time with a van. it was a joke. but the next time, they came back with planes. bill maher misspoke there. as for the rest, the notion that former president incited in january was only a dress rehearsal? well, listen to someone who does serious for a living. yesterday on cbs news, former-national security council senior official fiona hill was asked about joint chiefs chairman mark milley s quote in bob woodward and robert costa s new book peril comparing january 6th to, quote, the great dress rehearsal. her answer is chilling. well, you re a russia analyst. you know immediately what that phrase is which is what lennon called an uprising that preceded the revolution. i read that and i said, dear god. yeah. i mean, he the the general is saying that this is a precursor, potentially, to further violence? is is this overstating things in a historical sense? he s not overstating it at
as several commuters are shot on a train during the morning rush hour. tonight with the context, from london, anand menon, director of the thinktank uk in a changing europe and democratic strategist mary anne marsh is in cape cod.. prime minister borisjohnson and the chancellor rishi sunak have been fined for breaking lockdown laws. the metropolitan police have confirmed that prime minister borisjohnson was fined for his participation in a gathering gfx in the cabinet room on his birthday which was onjune i9 2020. it s been reported about 30 people attended the party, organised as a surprise by carriejohnson who has also been fined. at that time gatherings of more than two people inside were banned by law. an exception was allowed if the gathering was reasonably necessary for work purposes. (biv)the fines suggest the police didn t think this event was such an exception. despite becoming the first prime minister to be fined for breaking the law, borisjohnson says he intend
national committee. welcome to the programme. we begin in france, where emmanuel macron has won the first round of the french election. but he still faces a tough battle to win a second term as president. mr macron secured 27.6% of the vote while the far right marine le pen secured 23%. the far left candidate, jean luc melenchon, got nearly 22% of votes. combined they commanded close to three quarters of the vote. but when voters return to the polls in two weeks time for the second round they will be faced with the same choice they had in 2017 emmanuel macron or marine le pen. le duel the papers called it. though this time the race could be much tighter. this is the latest polling mr macron leading his challenger by just two points 51 19. the focus for both will now be on convincing those who voted for other candidates, to pick them on their ballot paper this time around. and it s the far left voters of mr melenchon that could have the biggest sway. he has already b