His son passed away. Cnns evan perez, he read that transcript. Hes joining us now. Evan talked to us more about what you saw on this transcript and what it shows you know, that that episode that interaction between rob hur and the president is the one one that really made all the headlines from that 388 page report. There was released a few weeks ago and what we got to see from looking at this transcript is a bit of the context of how this came to be. And so what we know is that there was a discussion between the president and the interview youre worried about where he kept papers that he was working on when he left the Vice Presidency. And as he was trying to melt and he was mulling his future, including any political future sure and he is the one that brings up. He says a timeframe is 2,017. 20, 18. And then ill read you just a part of what he says. He says, remember, in this timeframe, my son is either deployed or die. Again, hes the one that brings up beau biden, and then he says,
main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. controversy rages over rape trials withoutjuries in scotland. could a new pilot scheme improve convictions rates in rape trials, or undermine the principles ofjustice? we ll be speaking to a former snpjustice minister, who is implaccable opposed and the head of rape crisis is scotland who backs the principle. also tonight. the afghan interpreters and their families promised safety in britain, but stuck, some now for a year, in hotels in pakistan, under effective house arrest. now i m stuck here. the taliban are threatening me. i can t go to afghanistan, and i can t go to the uk. i m stuck in the middle of things. fresh momentum for donald trump as the fbi is heavily criticised for its handling of its investigation into alleged ties betw
adviser says he resigned last night because the prime minister put him in an impossible and odious position over an issue he believed would amount to a deliberate breach of the ministerial code. interest rates up again to one and a quarter per cent, the highest in more than a decade. a man confesses to killing a britishjournalist and his local guide in brazil, and leads police to where he buried the bodies. hot and getting even hotter britain s heatwave is expected to peak tomorrow with temperatures of 3a degrees celsius. an independent investigation into allegations of mistreatment in british gymnastics has found that physical and emotional abuse was systemic . the whyte review, which extends beyond 300 pages and was co commissioned by uk sport and sport england, found that gymnast well being and welfare had not been at the centre of british gymnastics culture during a 12 year period up to 2020 and that there was a coach led culture of fear. let s talk to our spor
Russell brands channel, whats happening there . Well, in recent years Russell Brand has perhaps dropped out of the Mainstream Media a little bit, but that doesnt mean that he doesnt have a huge following on social media, in particular onjujube. He has 6. 6 million followers for his channel where he posts videos almost every day, giving his opinion on all sorts of things. He is able to make quite a lot of money out of that because there are adverts at the beginning of those videos and at the end and he is also able to promote things as part of those videos and provide links in the comments and Description Section of the youtube page to various products. However, he is no longer going to be able to make money from that because google has come out with a statement this morning saying we have suspended monetisation of Russell Brands channel for violating our greater responsibility policy. No response to this movie yet from Russell Brand, although i was looking at his site this morning and
breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with a breaking news, cnn exclusive. the special counsel investigating hunter biden is now using a los angeles grand jury as part of the investigation into the business dealings of president biden s son. that is according to sources that tell cnn that president biden s brother, james biden, is among the people who have gotten a subpoena in recent weeks. this major development comes just as sources tell cnn that a separate special counsel, one raiding the handling of classified documents, is not expected to bring any charges in that case. paula reid is breaking had news for us. walk us how this grand jury in los angeles is being used. reporter: jake, multiple source tell cnn that multiple witnesses have been subpoenaed to provide testimony and documents for the investigation into hunter biden s personal finances. one of the individuals that has received one of these subpoenas is his uncle, james biden. t