after becoming the first black american woman to take home a gold medal in wrestling. unlike some other who have used their platforms to protest america she has no problems praising our country. she s saying i love the u.s. i freaking love it there. i m so happy i get represent usa. she then went on to give this emotional response at a press conference. i m very happy and i keep trying not to cry but it keeps happening. what does this mean for the popularity of the sport and for all the young girls out there that will see you and feel inspiration? it means that they see someone like themselves on that podium. just because you re a female doesn t mean you can t accomplish the biggest of goals and being an olympic champ is one of the hardest things i have ever done in my entire life. and i can say it s well worth it. greg: so obviously, the sheer positivity coming from that young woman is welcomed relief. and we all know it s that attitude that will carry her througho
hello and welcome to the programme. the richest person on earth has decided that earth itself is not enough. earlier todayjezz bezos blasted into space, accompanied by both the oldest and youngest ever astronauts. the amazon founder was launched from the texan desert on a rocket developed by his own firm, blue origin. the craft travelled at nearly three times the speed of sound, reaching a height of nearly a hundred kilometres above the planet on a flight that lasted little over ten minutes. the bbc s sophie long begins our coverage. boarding his 60 foot suborbital rocket. he was not nervous, he said, just excited. this was notjust about realising a lifelong dream, but expanding his ever growing empire beyond the grip of gravity. with him on this first fully autonomous flight, three other civilians. his brother, mark, 18 year old dutch student oliver daemen, and 82 year old trailblazing aviator wally funk. one of mercury 13, a group of women who went through astral testing an
from the national archives to the january 6th committee. plenty of reading to be done and new details coming in almost by the minute with new reporting from our capitol hill team about just what s in these documents and what those lawmakers specifically wanted to see. including, they hope, draft speeches from january 6th for then president donald trump. they asked for a never enacted executive order on election integrity and a memo on a potential u.s. lawsuit against president biden s 2020 win. also breaking this afternoon the nationwide pause on a federal vaccine mandate with a judge blocking enforcement on president biden s requirement for federal workers. the white house press secretary just asked about it, we will have that coming up. and right now in texas the first court appearance for a man arrested just hours ago charged with threatening elections workers and other officials in georgia, including the governor and secretary of state. the prosecutor saying this guy
committee. a letter isn t by his attorney reveals a treasure drove of documents detailing the inner workings of the trump white house in the run-up to the deadly insurrection. it includes discussions about alternate electors on the same day that president bidenways declared the winner of the 2020 election. those documents were provided to the committee by meadows include, quote, a november 7th 2020 email discussing the appointment of all the mat slates of electors as parts of a direct and similarly attack after the election, a january 5th, 2021 emailrd ring a 38-page power point briefing entitled election fraud, foreign interference, and options for january 6th that was to be provided on the hill. among others, a january 5th 2021 email about having the national guard on stand by. it is in light of those documents being in the hands of the january 6th committee and the disgraced expresident s rage over revelations about his shall we say sickness in mark meadows new tell-all bo
president biden met with his military advisers, voicing the pressing need for the u.s. to constantly adapt its response to the ongoing russian invasion here. russia attempted some very public sabre rattling today, showing off the test launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile. in a televised address, putin called it, quote, food for thought, to those who might threaten his nation. the pentagon down played the test, noting the u.s. was warned in advance and monitored that launch closely. what does remain a very real threat though is a new russian offensive, ai big one, in the bonn das in the eastern part of this country. i ll have new reporting on how russian forces appear to be faring days into this new phase of the war. we do know they had a strangle hold on mariupol, where ukrainian troops and hundreds of civilians remain surrounded, taking refuge at a steel plant, as they make desperate public pleas for help. and jim, i know an evacuation it s unbelievable to