ThIs an amerIcan nIghtmare. WIth just four months to go untIl the presIdent Ial electIon. Is It tIme for the democrats at the very top to speak truth to power . Can stand by for a specIal trIbute to our Loved KIrsty who tonIght Is presentIng herfInal newsnIght to our Loved KIrsty who tonIght Is presentIng her fInal newsnIght wIth the help of some well known faces. Good evenIng. Welcome to newsnIght and to my very old frIends, Alan CummIng, who has just arrIved from a very jIttery amerIca, and the Today Programme presenter, the marvellous martha kearney, who leaves her show next thursday. Here too Is the Enfant TerrIble LewIs Goodall who started out on newsnIght before he flew the coop for the News Agents and lbc, and as always our very own nIck watt. FIrst, lets remInd ourselves of those IncIdents from presIdent bIden last nIght. Now I want to hand It over to the presIdent of ukraIne, who has as much courage as he has determInatIon. LadIes and gentlemen, PresIdent PutIn. PresIdent putI
Her taser but instead grabbed her handgun when she shot wright. Potter is charged with second degree manslaughter. Ahead of the funeral today, Wrights Aunt spoke with cnn. Her pain still so raw. Today we close that casket on my nephew. This is the last day that we kefer touch, with he can ever see him. We want to make sure that other families dont have to go through this. I mean, come on. Why do we have to keep going through burying our babies . I sat up all night staring at the ceiling thinking oh, my god. This is really happening. Why do we have to keep going through this . Miguel marques is joining me this morning. What you are hearing there this morning . Look, this city, this state has just been a whipsaw of emotion. You have the verdict in the Derek Chauvin Meurder of George Floyd earlier this week. The federal government announcing a Practice And Policy investigation into the metropolitan Police Department here in minneapolis. So theres just a wide range of feelings and emotion
this sunday derek chauvin is in a prison cell awaiting sentencing and will likely spend years behind bars. but as the ap reports in this striking new headline, within 24 hours of the chauvin verdict, at least six people across the country died at the hands of law enforcement. that includes 16-year-old ma khia bryant killed by columbus police who were responding to a 911 call about an attempted stabbing. and 42-year-old andrew brown jr., shot and killed in elizabeth city, north carolina, by sheriffs deputies serving an arrest warrant. on saturday, the county sheriff said he wants to release the bodycam footage of brown s death but says he can t without a court order. amid the ever-multiplying tragedies, the senate has yet to pass the george floyd justice in policing act but negotiations between the two parties seem to be making progress. i think we are on the verge of wrapping this up in the next week or two depending on how quickly they respond to our suggestions. joining
former trump aide and long time loyalist steve bannon is expected to turn him receive over to law enforcement officials and appear in court after being indicted for not complying with january 6th committee subpoena. that comes as the select committee looks to probe multiple members of president mike pence s inner circle. the panel is believed to be interested in looking into what took place during the time when pence was whisked to safety as a mob of trump supporters called for him to be hanged. joining me now is olivia troye, the director of the republican accountability project. and a reporter at the washington post and msnbc contributor. i want to start with you, first, olivia. i think one thing i find shocking is that despite all of these revelations that we re finding on the, you know, on the special committee, that there still seems to be a tendency by republicans, the trump administration not to come forward, not to heed to those subpoenas. what do you say of that, o
what to do with myself. and we ll be looking back at the life of the man behind these lyrics. burt bacharach one of pop music s greatest composers has died aged 94. and coming up on the bbc news channel. despite protests from fans there are now revamped plans for a new look european super league with no permanent members and based on sporting performance. good evening. they re digging mass graves in turkey and syria as the death toll climbs rapidly. nearly 20,000 are known to have died in the earthquakes on monday. who knows how many more are still buried under the rubble, but time is running out to save them. the great fear now is for the survivors who are living on the streets with very little food and water in freezing conditions. the un secretary general has promised more help is on its way, but warned that the full extent of the crisis is still unfolding, with people facing nightmares on top of nightmares . we ll hearfrom quentin sommerville in antakya, close to the