proposal coming up. bill: we begin with the d.c. senate council reversing course on its controversial crime overhaul. after president biden signaled that he would join republicans in blocking the measure. i m john roberts in washington, good monday to you. gillian: good monday to you, john, is it monday, tuesday, i don t know anymore. there are so many days. and they just keep going. john: it feels like one day leads into the next. gillian: we are almost at that point around here. can you believe it. all right, i m gillian turner and first sandra smith today, this is america reports, that crime bill has become a source of some conflict, democrats in washington over the last few days quite a few house dams are upset with the white house were not given them a heads up that the president plans to veto the bill. john: senior correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill and he has the latest on this about-face. chad. john, good afternoon, the d.c. city council is tr
It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t
Are we now . Its been a busy few hours. Where are we now . Yes, The Big Story so far this afternoon are we now . Yes, The Big Story so far this afternoon is are we now . Yes, The Big Story so far this afternoon is from are we now . Yes, The Big Story so far this afternoon is from the far this afternoon is from the capital, london, where sadiq khan is in a really good place. Let me show you the latest up to date numbers, which show that the incumbent is on 560,000 votes, just about. Susan hall, the conservative, is on 386,000, thats about half the constituencies having counted. That is a big lead. I should say that the areas weve had in, some of them are very proud labour. But the thing that really matters here, that makes us think it is a slam dunk for sadiq khan is this. The swing that we are seeing across london from the conservatives to labour. Its been slightly different in different parts of the city, but overall, the average at the moment, 3. 7 swing from conservative to labour.
lab, so we continue to gain a function research in the united states, but even worse around the world in europe and the netherlands and china where we don t even know what they are doing this for, what the end point is a very scary stuff. gillian: i am terrified, if you are not terrified, i don t know what will get you. but thanks for laying it all out to chew over, dr. siegel, we appreciate it. great to be on with you, thank you. john: the chairman of the house judiciary committee accusing the fbi of being weaponized against private citizens. and he says he has whistle-blower accounts to prove it. so what exactly are they saying? gillian: plus a new workplace trend that helps employees beat the monday blues, don t let your boss catch you participating in it.
safer place in strategic talks. both are going away feeling i m important, my adversary knows and we will try to work together where we can and where we can t, we agree to disagree. can and where we can t, we agree to disauree. ,, . can and where we can t, we agree to disauree. , . ., ~ can and where we can t, we agree to disauree. , . ., disagree. lyse doucet, thank you very much- disagree. lyse doucet, thank you very much. perhaps disagree. lyse doucet, thank you very much. perhaps the disagree. lyse doucet, thank you| very much. perhaps the watchword disagree. lyse doucet, thank you i very much. perhaps the watchword out of this instability, perhaps security. certainly a lot for us all to chew over. much more on the bbc news website. thanks for being with us here on outside source. hello. for those southern and eastern parts of the uk where today was so warm and so humid, the weather is now beginning to break down. let me show you the satellite picture from earlier o