newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s paddy in the studio. and it s laura in the studio. and henry is having a week off, so we are graced with the journalist of the moment. hello. who are you? nick watt, how is that? nick watt, the political editor of newsnight, he has been making some news if you are viewing this week. since we last spoke yesterday we have just broke the news that lee anderson the tory mp has been booted out of the party for making what a lot of people believe were racist and unpleasant islamophobic comments, and there has been a statement from anderson himself and also overnight a statement from the prime minister too condemning extremism and anti semitism but not condemning islamophobia. remind ourselves what lee anderson actually said before we get into the furore around it. i don t actually believe that the islamists have got control of the country but what i do believe is they have got control of khan and they have got control of london, and they
transcripts his testimony by donald trump jr.. and remarks about what he believed was a, quote, sophisticated legal rationale to overturn the election. as an overturn the will of the people. one nearly identical to what his father s allies would soon attempt. and there is also some rather unflattering testimony involving first lady millennia trump s opinion of trump junior and others in her husband s inner circle. also tonight, new details of a reported conversation involving senator lindsey graham who said he would become a champion of the most baseless are election fraud claims if the presidents allies could, quote, just give me five dead voters. it is a lot to unpack, so let s start with cnn political correspondent sara murray who has been digging through these transcripts all week for us. sarah, what more can you tell us about these new details from donald trump jr. s testimony to the committee? well, pam, i mean this is interesting because we have of course previously
People say he won t do it because it could jeopardize him the speakers job. well that is kind of nonsense actually. if kevin mccarthy were to come out and say, look, what this guy did was reprehensible. assuming that he doesn t have deep behavioral problems, pamela, no one is talking about that. i wonder about that. but what mccarthy ought to say is, it is reprehensible and he is going to be immediately referred to the ethics committee. and through that process, he could face expulsion. and then people would take another look at mccarthy and say, you know, sometimes you need to put the institution and principles ahead of your own personal gain. and if he did i think he would be admired for and will probably get to be speaker if he were to win. and so of course he should be out condemning. it is absolutely outrageous. and the party should do it. there is no reason to be hiding behind things like this. the country needs leadership. and sometimes leadership
She lacks the necessary majority to win the speakers job, needing 17 democrats who are opposed to her. that is where her tough political reputation may come into play. and experienced members alexandria ocasio-cortez join the climate sit in, they find themselves with offices in the outer reaches and committee assignments no member wants. it may be republicans control the senate and the white house, ensures the death of almost all democratic legislation that does not seek generous compromise. ed: time for tonight s power panel. former clinton pollster doug showing, editorial director of the daily caller and senior writer at the washington free beacon, liz harrington. nancy pelosi, what a skilled negotiator she is, the great stuff she did for barack obama when he was president yet she
The race for the speaker s gavel. live in washington the details. reporter: the soon-to-be democratic run house has an age problem, old against young. jim clyburn is 78, steny hoyer is 79 and the woman likely to win back the speakers job, nancy pelosi, is 78. there are younger democrats eager to unseat her. sometimes you just need a different kind of a vision. i want to be clear. i have not said anything negative about nancy pelosi. reporter: marcia of ohio, one of the democrats challenging nancy pelosi for the top job of house speaker, they met behind closed doors which afterwards nancy pelosi issued a statement,