who investigated president biden s mishandling of classified documents, a man named robert hur is grilled by house members on the capitol. concluding nothing president biden did was worthy of prosecution, but that did not stop republicans in congress from making a four-hour circus out of mr. hur s testimony today. that s because today s hearing wasn t actually about matters of law. it was about scoring political points. the only reason joe biden accidently taking classified documents with him when he left office, and the only reason that matters at all is because donald trump woefully, willfully, purposely took documents with him when he left office and then tried to obstruct justice to cover it o all up. these two cases are not the same, but just don t take my word for that. here is special counsel hur reading from his own rt on the matter. unlike the evidence involving mr. biden, the allegations set forth in the indictment of mr. trump if proven would present serious alig
felt like, okay, i m going to read the article. but do i really have to? i m just gonna find out the name of the rich guy who paid for him. senator sheldon whitehouse is gonna join us with his reactions to the latest turn in the road, so to speak, for clarence thomas. the supreme court ethics thing, i feel like it s a banking your head against the wall, because the more on planetary and consequential the ethical like, literally, financial, ethical conflict of interest issues are exposed, just the clear it gets they don t feel they need to answer anybody, they don t feel constrained by any rules, no matter what you expose, they re never gonna do anything about it. i feel like sheldon whitehouse is the one member of the u.s. senator was consistent consistently optimistic that something can and should be done. so, i m glad you ve got him. i will ask him how his head feels. [laughter] very good. thank you, rachel. thank you. well, we ve had a flurry of motions filed t
now on bbc news: the arts interviews: christopher nolan. christopher nolan almost needs no introduction. the acclaimed director is behind blockbusters, including the dark knight trilogy and interstellar. the futuristic science fiction epic which blasted matthew mcconaughey and anne hathaway into space, as well as historical films like dunkirk, which brought the story of the evacuation of allied soldiers in 1940 to a wider audience. nolan delivers box office successes, and the movies have won 11 oscars from 36 nominations. but the director has never clinched the coveted best picture or best director award. perhaps his latest, oppenheimer, will change that. starring cillian murphy as theoretical physicistj. robert oppenheimer, it charts the invention of the first atomic bomb, which was tested by scientists in the desert in new mexico in 1945, and then dropped controversially on hiroshima and nagasaki, ending world war two. i sat down with christopher nolan ahead of the film s p
tested by scientists in the desert in new mexico in 1945, and then dropped co ntroversially on hiroshima and nagasaki, ending world war ii. i sat down with christopher nolan ahead of the film s premiere in london. well, christopher nolan, thank you so much for talking to us at the bbc. your actors speak very highly of you. i ve seen that cillian murphy hails you as a genius, that emily blunt says you ve singlehandedly changed cinema for everybody. you were named back in 2015 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by time magazine, then the likes of steven spielberg, martin scorsese. they all praising yourfilmmaking. without embarrassing you, how do you do it? gosh, that s a that s a long list of of accolades. some deserved, some probably not. how do i do it? i just love making films. i started making films when i was a kid. i borrowed my dad s super 8 camera, sort of making super 8 films when i was seven or eight years old. and i ve never stopped. it sjust som
christopher nolan almost needs no introduction. the acclaimed director is behind blockbusters including the dark knight trilogy and interstellar the futuristic science fiction epic which blasted matthew mcconaughey and anne hathaway into space as well as historical films, like dunkirk, which brought the story of the evacuation of allied soldiers in 1940 to a wider audience. nolan delivers box office successes, and the movies have won 11 oscars from 36 nominations. but the director has never clinched the coveted best picture or best director award. perhaps his latest, oppenheimer, will change that. starring cillian murphy as theoretical physicist j robert oppenheimer, it charts the invention of the first atomic bomb, which was tested by scientists in the desert in new mexico in 1945, and then dropped controversially on hiroshima and nagasaki, ending world war ii. i sat down with christopher nolan ahead of the film s premiere in london. well, christopher nolan, thank you so