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but fresh talks tomorrow between the rmt union and rail bosses. and later in the programme — well find out more about this live feed of a owls nest in yorkshire has gone viral around the world. tonight with the context, scotland editor at the spectator alex massie, and democratic stragist mary anne marsh. welcome to the programme. we start in washington, dc. the us committee investigating the january 6 capitol riot has just wrapped up its fourth public hearing. it was focused on the ...

electors. presumably designed to create so much confusion the congress would kick the matter back to republican-led state legislators as to overturn joe bidens win in the states. it will explore the broader pressure campaign aimed at subverting the will of the american people. the first witness is the arizona state house speaker. aides say bowers will share critical new details about trumps demands and even harassment as the president sought to decertify bidens legitimate and legal win...

trump electors. we are going to hear from four witnesses this afternoon, including the secretary of state for georgia, brad raffensperger and his chief operating officer, gabriel sterling, big public figures in the wake of the november election in 2020. the committee says its going to show evidence that former president trump put undue pressure on legislatures to try to put forward alternative slates and electors. for president trump, the strategy did not work, legislatures did not go ...

threats to her safety after being accused of being part of a conspiracy theory involving fake ballots, debunked, by the way. >> most of the discussion heading into todays hearing surrounds brad raffensperger who won a primary earlier this month. raffensperger was facing deep discontent from some trump supporters for pushing back on donald trump in the days before the january 6 insurrection, refusing the former presidents request to, quote, find the votes trump needed to win that state....

targeting officials and election workers, in ways that threaten and ruin their lives. >> do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states to target you? >> new evidence unearthed in the investigation about the bizarre forgery scheme, to create fake electors for trump, and how the trump campaign and his lawyers knew it was illegal? >> i said, what would you have me do? he said, just do it, and let the court sort it out. >> evidence on tape of the former presidents dir...

>> do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states to target you? >> new evidence unearthed in the investigation about the bizarre forgery scheme, to create fake electors for trump, and how the trump campaign and his lawyers knew it was illegal? >> i said, what would you have me do? he said, just do it, and let the court sort it out. >> evidence on tape of the former presidents direct personal pressure campaign against key low-level officials in georgia. >> whatever...

bizarre forgery scheme, to create fake electors for trump, and how the trump campaign and his lawyers knew it was illegal? >> i said, what would you have me do? he said, just do it, and let the court sort it out. >> evidence on tape of the former presidents direct personal pressure campaign against key, low-level officials in georgia. >> whatever you can do, francis. >> and, new testimony about the violence unleashed against the people that the president targeted. >> some people broke ...

day. we expect to hear two live witnesses that day, caroline edwards one of the first to respond to the attack. she was injured that day, as well as the documentaryian who was embedded with the mailitia group, the proud boys. they have been diving deep into this topic, and promising a lot. >> manu, tonight is just the first of several hearings in 2022. what can we expect in the days and weeks to come? >> we expect this month to be filled with hearings. two are expected next week. as fa...

the biden administrations repeatedly denied that theres a crisis at the border despite the commander in chief requesting backup. >> john: texas governor greg abbott will join us live for an exclusive interview later in the show to talk about what he is seeing in his state. >> sandra: in just a moment we will be speaking about joe bidens policies pushing the district he represents to the breaking point. >> john: greg, whats the latest from where you are? >> reporter: were here at the po...

Donald trump and his campaign tried to put pressure on them. when state executive officials refused to certify the winner of the states he lost, he applied more pressure. when state legislators refused to go back in the session and appoint trump electors, he amped up the pressure yet again. anyone who got in the way of donald trumps continued hold on power, after he lost the election was the subject of a dangerous and escalating campaign of pressure. this pressure campaign brought angry phone ca...