napping during the day could help preserve brain health. we will speak to scientists who have done that fascinating research. now we can go to the bbc sport centre. update on the final day of the first ashes test match between england and australia at edgbaston. play started after a lengthy rain delay. it has started. england have just taken the wicket of travis head for 16. australia started the day needed 174 more runs to chase down the target of 281. england took the wicket of scott boland. they have now lost travis head. he was out caught behind. you can keep up to date with that on the website. developing story, in france, french police searching the headquarters of the organisers of the paris 2024 olympic games, officials say the raid part of corruption investigations and the bbc understands the probes are in connection with the awarding of building contracts connected with the games. the organising committee said the body is committing fully with the investigation. ste
i believe it is. it remains to be seen if it will hurt him at all politically. he is still the front runner for the republican presidential primary. and trump s campaign is not slowing down at all. today he is on a stump in the south making his first speeches since the indictment in georgia and north carolina. i am simone sanders townsend and i have something to say about it all. what kind of democracy are weak? are we a mature democracy, capable of enforcing its rules and laws? or an immature democracy choosing chaos over the competition. questions after this week s historic federal indictment of former president donald trump. and if you didn t get a chance to read that damning 44-page document, or 45, i highly encourage you to do it. it is all right, because we have got you suffered. on thursday we learned the former president was indicted by the justice department and its investigation of mishandling of classified documents. and yesterday when the indictment was unse
that well because we have people like mitch mcconnell and others that didn t allow them to do well but nobody wants to mention it, so you know what i say if nobody s going to mention it, mention it yourself. because if nobody else is going to toot your horn, toot your own horn and let it out there. that s pretty good, right? 233 out of donald trump in iowa last night praising his impact on the 2022 elections we ll provide a fact check as for the presidential race in 2024, trump had a lot to say about florida governor ron desantis we ll have those comments in just a moment. meanwhile trump s former fixer testifies before a grand jury in manhattan calling for accountability in the hush money case tied to stormy daniels. and we ll have the very latest on the silicon valley bank collapse as the white house and the fed try to ease fears about the u.s. banking system. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 14th i m jonathan lemire. thanks for start
i never want to be in a position where my presence is affecting the team and a negative way. and i didn t believe that was the case. and i didn t believe that was the case. the line up for the women s final of the australian open is complete. as wimbledon champion elena rybakina stays on course for another grand slam title. a storm in a tee peg, problems on and off the course at the dubai desert classic. also coming up in the programme. it s set to be the biggest change in rugby union history but communuity clubs have hit back at plans to lower the height of tackling. and once upon a time in burnley the transfer announcement that united the internet. hello and welcome to sportsday. all that to come shortly, but we start tonight with two time british shot putt champion amelia strickler who d told the bbc that world athletics is betraying women with plans to continue to allow transgender athletes to compete in female track and field events. strickler says she s terrified that
in august of 2011. senate leader, mitch mcconnell, told the washington post exactly how he saw our nations stepmom it. quote, what we did learn is this. it is a hostage that s worth of rain summing. a hostage. that is how republicans view this. that is how we should to. here is what happened, five days after mcconnell s hostage statement. this was a dark day for the nation s finances, and for millions of americans with a financial stake in the market. the very same americans, who are still processing the fact that our country has lost its top credit rating. here is the damage from today. the dow, down 634 points. that is the sixth largest point drop in its history. the worst, since await. nasdaq, losing just about 7% of its total value. s&p 500, losing 6.6% of its value in one day. the president went on television, midday, to reassure americans that the damage was done. the markets continue to drop while he spoke, and the damage continued. it is a bigger systemic problem wi