citizen s arrest. hearing number four the attack on the capitol marked by testimony of violence and threats against elected officials who refused to help donald trump overturn the election as well as against election workers targeted in the former president s big lie. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday it snot monday. it is wednesday, june 22nd. i m jonathan lemire. it s been a long week. we re glad you re here. the fourth public hearing into the january 6th capitol attack examined what s described as former president s donald trump personal and direct role in pressuring state officials to help overturn the to 2020 presidential election. the committee demonstrated how trump and his team leaned on state officials to throw out biden votes, find trump votes or to replace biden electors with fake trump electors. rnc chairwoman mcconnell, mark meadows, senator ron johnson and congressman andy biggs were also mentioned with helping with this scheme.
the european union will respond this morning to the uk s decision to publish legislation allowing ministers to unilaterally override parts of the agreement governing post brexit trade in northern ireland. as temperatures are set to reach 33 degrees celcius today that s around 91 degrees farenheit, a weather alert is issued for friday and saturday. people with a worrying cough, problems swallowing or blood in their urine can soon be referred for scans and checks by a pharmacist, rather than having to wait to see their gp. the home secretary, priti patel, says she won t be deterred from implementing her plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda, despite a series of legal challenges that prevented the first flight from taking off last night. the plane was grounded when the european court of human rights ruled in favour of an iraqi man who was due to be on board, triggering fresh appeals tojudges in london. ms patel says she s disappointed but says preparations for the next flig
hayfever sufferers, be in the low 20s. not good news for hayfeversufferers, it be in the low 20s. not good news for hayfever sufferers, it is the peak of the grass pollen season with high levels across many parts of england and wales. heading into the weekend, and wales. heading into the weekend, and that low pressure will slowly pull away from the uk, the winds will ease. it will still be quite windy for many of us on saturday, probably the windiest of the next couple of days with gales in the far north of scotland. again some sunshine and showers, most of them again in scotland and northern ireland, and the temperature is again reaching 22 degrees. the second half of the weekend, the winds won t be a strong and it will be a dry day in scotland and northern ireland. may stay completely dry for much of england and wales. if anything it is cooler with highs of 21 celsius. with highs of 21 celsius. darren, thank yom that s all from the bbc news at six so it s goodbye from