hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, welcome to verified live. it s been described as the uk s most widespread miscarriage ofjustice the post office scandal, where hundreds of sub postmasters and postmistresses were prosecuted for stealing money because of incorrect information provided by a computer system called horizon. the scandal has made headlines across the world and now, a draft report uncovered by the bbc shows the post office spent 100 million pounds of public money fighting sub postmasters in court despite knowing its defence was untrue. the document reveals the post office was shown evidence by 2017 that losses could be due to errors in the horizon it system or remote tampering. but it kept arguing until 2019 in the bates v post office ltd trial that theft or mistakes by sub postmasters must be to blame. the case was portrayed in the recent itv drama mr bates vs the post office. the lead barrister for the sub postmasters in the case said th
not a matter of if but when and they want answers why these documents may have already been drawn up and posted before a grand jury vote. we begin tonight with correspondent jonathan serrie in atlanta outside the courthouse. good evening, jonathan. good evening, bret. the case appears to be moving rapidly with at least two witnesses originally scheduled to testify on tuesday being called to the court house this afternoon. one of them, former lt. governor jeff duncan, a republican who has been highly critical of the former president trump and george cheaty, a chils who says he walked in on a meeting of alternate electors who attempted to certify georgia s 2020 election for then president trump after his narrow loss to joe biden. earlier today, the grand jury heard from two former democratic state lawmakers including former senator jen jerry continue attended a post election hearing with trump s personal lawyer. in that meeting critics say rudy giuliani tried to convince geor
bitter conflict among house republicans. former minority leader kevin mccarthy is being opposed by landful of lawmakers who are refusing to support him. a number that increased by one on the last balloting for speaking. chad pergram has been following this all day minute by minute. he tells us where things stand tonight from a chaotic capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret, as you say. the most chaos for the beginning of a congress in 100 years. it marked a foreboding start for a g.o.p. majority which promised big things in the midterms. the house voted all afternoon. kevin mccarthy lacks the votes to become speaker. mccarthy and his allies are determined to keep voting and wear down his opponents. are you going to stay in the race, leader mccarthy. yes. i m not going anywhere. look, i have the record for the longest speech ever on the floor. i don t have a problem getting a record for the most votes for speaker, too. there were only five g.o.p. members officially opp
as i speak. plus one dead and seven critically injured after a boeing triple seven hits, man passive turbulence wasn t just the edges of a thunderstorm that causes deadly dropping out to 2d. we will take you inside boeing simulator and we are five in tehran just arriving on the ground thousand spilling into the streets extensively to mourn the death of their president has conspiracy theories grow louder tonight? let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. the battle behind closed doors for more than two hours to trump legal team debated with prosecutors over instructions to the jury and these instructions are obviously the key to the verdict. they are going to explain to the jury what those individuals have to do, specifically to find trump guilty or innocent, or to convict him on 34 criminal charges. trump s team pressing the judge to instruct the jury that hush money is not illegal. well, that s true, but prosecutors firing back saying well,
a thunderstorm that caused this deadly dropping out to 2d. we will take you inside boeing simulator and we are live in tehran, just arriving on the ground thousand because in spilling into the streets extensively to mourn the death of their president as conspiracy theories grow louder tonight let s go out fine and good evening i m erin burnett outfront tonight. the battle behind closed doors for more than two hours, the trump legal team debated with prosecutors over instructions to the jury and these instructions are obviously the key to the verdict. they are going to explain to the jury what those individuals have to do specifically to find trump guilty or innocent, or to convict him on 34 criminal charges trump s team pressing the judge to instruct the jury that hush money is not illegal. well, that s true, but prosecutors firing back saying, well, that s your job accusing the defense of wanting the judge to make their clothes using arguments for them outside of court a