the inquiry looking at the uk s response to the covid 19 pandemic starts hearing evidence today. it s expected to last at least three years, with witnesses including borisjohnson and matt hancock. police in nottingham say they ve closed a number of roads in the city as they deal with what they re calling an ongoing serious incident. officers have been called to several locations. trams are also suspended. figures show regular pay not including bonuses were 7.2% higher in the three months to april, helped in part by the rise in the national living wage. but despite the surge, pay continues to be outstripped by rising prices. the american actor, treat williams, has died in a motorbike crash in vermont he was 71. in a 50 year career, he had more than 130 on screen credits, including the musical hair and tv series everwood. yes, the covid inquiry. what do you want? it starts today. remember all those five o clock faces, rishi sunak, chris whitty, patrick vallance and the
reaction on the glitches and on desantis himself. good evening. reporter: governor ron desantis remains confident. he did his first tv interview as a presidential candidate tonight on fox news. he explain what his top three priorities would be as pres president. there s a lot you can do, ripping out biden s anti-american energy policy, which you probably could do most of that executive. and then reconstitution leising the administrative state. reporter: also, desantis who was already called ron desantis money is by former president donald trump said he is not fazed by nicknames. he says he is ready to take on his republican challengers. i don t mind being called different things. i have been called everything but a child of god as it is. it does not faze me. make sure you call me a winner because that is what we have done in the state of florida and that is what we would do nationally. reporter: the governor s video on twitter to announce his presidential run during
race? what his staffers are saying about his political future. so we have a lot going on and a lot more music to introduce. lucas tomlinson introduces live from washington without any music for you. just give us the facts, lucas. you got it, brian. good morning, after months of anticipation trips to iowa, new hampshire and abroad, it s now official. governor ron desantis will enter the presidential race tonight. florida s first lady teasing the announcement in this 30 second video. d do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. elon musk offered a preview of the highly expected announcement take place tonight at 6:00 p.m. we ll be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and we ll be it will be the first time something like this is happening on social media. and with real time questions and answers. not scripted. president trump s super pac responding to the announcement this is one of th
and i do. it s insane. you knew what life was like, i assume, before. oh i did. do you feel like that s where we re headed once again? i m deathly afraid that s where we re headed. and that s why had to come out here and put my voice against it. and hope that lots of other people will join us. and supreme court will hear. as what concern do you have for the future for your children in a world without row? just everything. i m sorry. your fine. i feel like this could be a turning point. this is so, so very important to me personally. there are so many more issues that i feel, this is just a floodgate. and i am terrified for them. interestingly enough, much different than yesterday we were out here reporting, it seems like today is much more of unemotionally response. a quiet response. people really sharing their personal stories as well, coming together as families. here to protest a decision made by the supreme court. democratic lawmakers hearing these calls
Here. You know the name. Lanny davis joins us tonight as we track what could become a verdict that could hinge more than anything else on mierk call cohens testimony. Al sharpton is here more than anything else weve tried on the beat before. You see us with james brown. The rev is here. An artist making his beat debut harry mack. Our top story shows why a verdict is on the way in trumps criminal trial. His Defense Lawyers resting their case today telling the judge theyve completed their mission without ever having to call Defendant Trump to testify as is their right to call or not call. So they finished after less than two days in control. Trumps lawyers called two witnesses compared to the 19 witnesses the da called. Some of whom you can see right here. The star witness cohen, former trump aides like hope hicks, Stormy Daniels, tabloid chief and an array of many different important people. Now legally youre looking at the typical mismatch. The da the the prosecution calls more witness