lecturing the rest of us about equity, meaning that straight white men are bad. yet strangely the person he chose for this job was not a member of a racial or sexual minority, he was instead a highly privileged straight white guy. he was called nick mcwade. he went to private schools, wesleyan, went to colombia for law school. that didn t matter to joe biden. some jobs are too important foray if i remembertive action. his main qualification was being former law partner of hunter biden s criminal attorney. in december of 2020, hunter biden hired a lawyer called chris clark to defend against potential federal tax charges. just a month later, hunter biden s dad hired chris clark s partner, nick mckwaid to oversee the agency to oversee the tax charges. seems like an obvious, glaring conflict. but no, nick mcwade did not recuse himself from the hunter biden investigation. more than two years later not surprisingly, no charges have been brought against hunter biden, not for lack of
died in hospital in spain, he was 79. nearly four decades of power, marred by allegations of nepotism and corruption, his family enormously wealthy. at 10pm, jane hill will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it s adam in the studio. emma here. and it s chris. chris, i m looking at your phone to see if someone s going to phone with, like, a historic message as we re recording this podcast. because ijust, i assume that just what happens to you all the time now. you got to deliver for newscast as well. yeah. no, i m afraid. exactly. nothing other than are you going to ring before bath time is finished at home? 0h, mikejust managed to do that once we finished the other side of chris mason s life. so what was it like standing in downing streetjust before borisjohnson came to the podium? you could see all the staffers and you could see his few remaining supportive mps. they were all sort of hugging each other, looking. wha
fuelled concern about his candidacy. the president is attending back to back fundraising events in two democratic stronghold states, new york and newjersey. it all comes as his campaign says it has raised more than $27 million between debate day and friday evening. these fundraisers and donation drives could help mr biden put his campaign back on track as some democratic lawmakers and party officials are actively considering working to replace him at the top of the ticket. on saturday, chicago tribune editorial urged mr biden to step down. that comes a day after the new york times board said that he should leave the race for the presidency. but campaign officials and the president himself say that he is not going anywhere. to hear more about those calls for mr biden to drop out of the race, i spoke to hugo lowell, a senior correspondent for the guardian. let s first of all start with these newspaper editorials. the new york times editorial board is incredibly influential, cal
the president spent saturday attending back to back fundraising events in two democratic stronghold states, in new york and new jersey. it all comes as his campaign says it has raised more than $27 million between debate day and friday evening. these fundraisers and donation drives could help mr biden put his campaign back on track, as some democratic lawmakers and party officials are actively considering working to replace him at the top of the ticket. on saturday, a chicago tribune editorial urged mr biden to step down. that is a day after the new york times editorial board said that he should leave the race for the presidency. but campaign officials and the president himself say that he is not going anywhere. to hear more about those calls for mr biden to drop out of the race, i spoke to hugo lowell, a senior political correspondent for the guardian. let s first of all start with these newspaper editorials. the new york times editorial board i mean, that is incredibly in
weekend after a faltering performance in a televised debate against donald trump fuelled concern about his candidacy. the president spent saturday attending back to back fundraising events in two democratic stronghold states, in new york and newjersey. it all comes as his campaign says it has raised more than $27 million between debate day and friday evening. on saturday at chicago tribune editorial urged mr biden to step down, one day after the new york times editorial board said he should leave the race for the presidency. but campaign officials and the president himself say that he is not going anywhere. to hear more about those calls for mr biden to drop out of the race, i spoke to hugo lowell, a senior political correspondent for the guardian. let s first of all start with these newspaper editorials. the new york times editorial board i mean, that is incredibly influential, calling for president biden to drop out of the race. what kind of effect do you think this will