congress all about it. that s where we start on thursday morning as we get rolling here. i m bill hemmer live in new york. dana: good morning, i m dana perino. there is a lot of news. bombshell allegations come from an unnamed i.r.s. supervisor asking congress for whistleblower protection so he can tell them how the administration is mishandling the hunter biden tax probe. bill: that investigation started back in 2018. white house repeatedly promising to stay out of it. this agent says it has done anything but. according to his lawyer, he has receipts to prove it. my client wants to come forward to congress. he is ready to be questioned about what he knows and what he experienced under the proper legal protections. would you find any evidence or allegation of a political agenda? no. to him the truth is one truth. he wants to come forward with it. the things he has been through are very well documented in emails and other communications with the department of justice
president biden is taking on a policy issue that republicans have been trying to turn into a dangerous political. weapon the president sending to the southern border this morning and then on to mexico city. we have a live report from el paso coming. a plus, what history tells us about what might be next in a bitterly divided u.s. congress, and why the speaker fight is not democracy at work. i somewhat have you. believe she received one of the highest civilian honor in the united states on friday, for her role in protecting democracy in the aftermath of the 2020 election. but today, the michigan secretary of state tell me about the bottles that still lie ahead. the book club creature has stories, a police brutality, and white allyship. which one suggests should be taught alongside the classic to kill a mockingbird. others wanted. band will talk about why this book is so, important in the incredible story of how it is two coauthors met. velshi begins now. good, morning it is
the first hosepipe ban in wales for 30 years comes into effect, as drought is officially declared in parts of the country. apple has released an urgent security update for its iphones, ipads and macs after two serious vulnerabilities were found that could allow attackers to gain access to someone s device. good morning and welcome to bbc news. i m samantha simmonds. four out of ten young people in the uk signing up for new private tenancies, are spending an unaffordable amount of their income on rent, new figures suggest. housing experts say spending more than 30% of income on rent is unaffordable, and the proportion of young renters grappling with high housing costs is at a five year high. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. no one likes paying rent, but right now, people under 30 like mia are paying through the nose. my tenancy is ending soon and looking for new tenancies is just more and more expensive. it s disheartening because it feels like you
he thanked his legal team and he said he was looking forward to getting back to his family and his work in the uk. it s a stunning reversal for mr lynch, who has been involved in legal battles over autonomy ssale for more than a decade. he and autonomy s former finance chief lost a civil trial in the uk two years ago, which also focused on allegations that they inflated autonomy s revenue before the sale to hewlett packard in 2011. workers at samsung electronics are going on strike today for the first time in the company s history. a union representing about 20% of the workforce has called the one day protest over pay and holidays. the company is one of the world s largest maker of smartphones. mark newman is founder of an investment firm and worked at samsung for six years. he told me about what impact the strike is likely to have. i think most likely there will not be any impact. it is a fifth of the workforce. in fact, what is quite different about this as it is not a stri
forward to getting back to his family and his work in the uk. it s a stunning reversal for mr lynch, who has been involved in legal battles over autonomy ssale for more than a decade. he and autonomy s former finance chief lost a civil trial in the uk two years ago, which also focused on allegations that they inflated autonomy s revenue before the sale to hewlett packard in 2011. workers at samsung electronics are going on strike today for the first time in the company s history. a union representing about 20% of the workforce has called the one day protest over pay and holidays. the company is one of the world s largest maker of smartphones. mark newman is founder of an investment firm and worked at samsung for six years. he told me about what impact the strike is likely to have. i think most likely there won t be any impact. it is a fifth of the workforce. in fact, what is quite different about this is it is not a strike as we would normally expect it in the west as employe