will respect breyer s timeline for any official announcement. we re coming on the air with breaking news. nbc news learned stephen g. breyer will step down as a justice on the supreme court. there s been no announcement from justice breyer. let him make whatever statement he s going to make and i will be happy to talk about it later. the president saying he won t talk specifics yet, a matter of respect and decorum, but news this big waits for no one. the u.s. senate gearing up for a major confirmation clash going into the mid-terms. a senator with a vote on the matter joins our special coverage later on tonight s show and white house staff already outlining some of the likely plans. breyer expected to announce his retirement as early as tomorrow officially. reports are he would leave at the end of this term, giving the white house plenty of time to select and push a nominee. now, is that breyer s way of also shaping the timing of his own replacement process? i actually
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in the morning in singapore and midnight in london, where the metropolitan police is now investigating multiple events since 2020 at downing street and across government to see whether there were breaches of covid restrictions. the commissioner of britain s biggest police force confirmed that her officers are now looking into potential rule breaking after civil servants who are also compiling a report on what happened passed on information. the bbc understands the met police has no objection to that report, by sue gray, being published while their investigation is ongoing. here s our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the law applies in every town, every city, every road and every house, and in the sm postcode of number 10. and the police have concluded they ve seen enough about what happened behind closed doors when the law was lockdown that it merits a full and proper look. i can confirm th
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. it s 9:00 in the morning in singapore, and 1:00am in london, where the metropolitan police is now investigating multiple events since 2020 at downing street, and across government, to see whether there were breaches of covid restrictions. the commissioner of britain s biggest police force confirmed that her officers are now looking into potential rule breaking after civil servants, who are also compiling a report on what happened, passed on information. the bbc understands the met police has no objection to that report, by sue gray, being published while their investigation is ongoing. here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. the law applies in every town, every city, every road, and every house, and in the sm postcode of number 10. and the police have concluded they ve seen enough about what happened behind closed doors when the law was lockdown that it merits a full and proper look. i can confirm tha
in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 11pm in the evening in london, where the metropolitan police is now investigating multiple events since 2020 at downing street and across government to see whether there were breaches of covid restrictions. the commissioner of britain s biggest police force confirmed that her officers are now looking into potential rule breaking as a result of information provided by civil servants who are also compiling a report on what happened. the bbc understands the met police has no objection to that report, by sue gray, being published while their investigation is ongoing. here s our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the law applies in every town, every city, every road and every house, and in the sm postcode of number 10. and the police have concluded they ve seen enough about what happened behind closed doors when the law was lockdown that it merits a full and proper look. i can confirm tha
grand jury has been given the green light? well, you know, this investigation has gotten as much attention as january 6th in washington or the manhattan district attorney, but this is a very serious criminal investigation, and the fact that the district a grand jury has been impanelled means there will be subpoenas and possibly search warrants, and this is a big problem for the former president because it all starts with that highly incriminating tape where he appears to be trying to coerce the secretary of state of georgia to commit the crime of election fraud. part of the initial investigation was centered on that phone call, which took place january 2nd. now that a special grand jury has been granted, i mean, do they go wider than that? do they still focus on that? are there other investigative avenues they go down? well, there it has to be broader. because there have to be other people who have talked about the effort that the president made to corrupt the elect