tonight, we speak live to the real alan bates, the man who dedicated years to bringing the post office scandal to light, and to the woman whose dramatisation for the small screen got a very big reaction. and to gwyneth hughes, the woman whose dramatisation for the small screen has had a very big reaction. wrongful convictions, more than 700 of them prison sentences, reputations trashed, bankruptcy, and now new cases. the post office scandal is only deepening. as we go on air, the petition to strip the former post office boss paula vennells of her cbe is well over a million and the prime minister has said he would support a review of it. it doesn t help the hundreds upon hundreds whose lives were all but destroyed and, in some cases, actually destroyed who will pay their compensation and when? we speak to the subpostmaster at the heart of itv s drama and the writer who s reignited an issue that had slipped from the public consciousness. and we ll be joined by the former
first, in nebraska, on the floor was a bill to ban abortions at six weeks. but the republicans who have a 32-17 seat majority over the democrats could not pass it because one of the cosigners of that bill ended up abstaining. we re going to tell you why he did that in a moment. then in south carolina, a near total ban also failed. it s the third time the gop has tried to pass this bill down there since roe was overturned. this time, all five of the chambers female lawmakers struck down the quote human life protection act, including three republicans. here s two of them. maybe i m confused about this legislation. or maybe the men who wrote it know more about pregnancy than the women in this chamber or across this state or the country who can actually get pregnant and give birth. women don t have sex just so they can go have an abortion. just like men, i don t think, have sex to get pregnant every time. abortion laws have always been each and every one of them about control
the country is on fire, what can i do to reduce the heat? that picks up on everything we see from the donald, that s classic trump. the former president is not somebody that will reduce the heat simply because he can or should, as a leader, an elder statesman. instead, trump back channels a nefarious message that sounds like a threat and a transaction. he was saying, in effect, according to this report, i m going to make him an offer he can t refuse. only it seems that merrick garland did refuse trump s offer, and since thursday, he has done nothing to reduce the heat with predictable consequences. on thursday, unarmed trump supporter who attacked the fbi field office, in cincinnati ohio was killed after a six hour standoff. and just this morning, a man that crashed his car into a barricade outside of the u.s. capitol before firing shots into the air from his burning car, and then turning the gun on himself. he turned the gun on himself. and breaking tonight, a new joint inte
Lila rose, in southern california, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, stephen. Its a great pleasure to have you on the show. Ijust wonder if, right now, you feel you are wrestling with the law of unintended consequences. You welcomed that Supreme Court decision to overturn roe v wade, but since that happened a couple of years ago, its become clear that most americans do not want to see a womans right to choose an abortion to be outlawed and overturned. Thats become a big problem for you, hasnt it . Well, to be clear, the majority of americans actually support abortion restriction, stephen, which is not the case for pro abortion activists in this country. So those that are bewailing the overturning of roe v wade and Planned Parenthood are some of these very activistic, pro abortion groups, they dont want any Abortion Restrictions. And as you know, even in most european countries, abortion is largely restricted after the first trimester. Thats not so in the United States. In fact
Lila rose, in southern california, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, stephen. Its a great pleasure to have you on the show. Ijust wonder if, right now, you feel you are wrestling with the law of unintended consequences. You welcomed that Supreme Court decision to overturn roe v wade, but since that happened a couple of years ago, its become clear that most americans do not want to see a womans right to choose an abortion to be outlawed and overturned. Thats become a big problem for you, hasnt it . Well, to be clear, the majority of americans actually support abortion restriction, stephen, which is not the case for pro abortion activists in this country. So those that are bewailing the overturning of roe v wade and Planned Parenthood are some of these very activistic, pro abortion groups. They dont want any Abortion Restrictions. And as you know, even in most european countries, abortion is largely restricted after the first trimester. Thats not so in the United States. In fact