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today sworn in as the nations 116th justice, and the first black woman ever to serve on the high court. her husband, dr. patrick jackson held two bibles on which she swore a family bible, and the courts harlan bible. a court federal appeals judge, jackson replaced justice stephen breyer, who stepped down today after three decades on the bench, justice breyer hired ketanji brown jackson as a clerk in 1999, making it a full circle moment when he administered the judicial oath to her toda...

d.c. conventional wisdom. the summer beginning with democrats almost fatalistic about losing the house. here are todays headlines. a shift in trends showing democrats daring to dream, the "times" reported on the rebound. the post reporting democrats showing momentum in these recent special elections, which is hard data. the d.c. website axios reports on the democrats now stunning turnaround. now, first, this is classic washington -- a narrative zigs and zags. everything gets exaggerate...

more urgent. my guest is boss of the international energy agency, fatih birol. will the much—vaunted transition to clean energy be derailed by a short—term energy panic? fatih birol in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, thank you very much. let me start, if i may, mr birol, with words of yours. not long ago you said, "what the world is going through today is a major, it might be the first, global energy crisis in terms of depth and complexity." with words like that, a...

2020 election results and did not want trump to go to the capitol after his incendiary speech on january 6th. but hudson also told the public this baloney had the year of mark meadows that day and wanted him to convince the former president to stop the insurrectionists. now, as the january six committee gears up for more hearings this month, the panel says its prepared to investigate efforts to intimidate witnesses. we now know that, before testify, hutchison was urged by a text messag...

the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britains train services are running — many areas having no services at all today. the red lines he...

live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. its 7am in singapore, and 7pm in washington where a potential visit to taiwan by us house speaker nancy pelosi is stirring alarm in presidentjoe biden�*s administration. they fear the trip may cross red lines for china — and that there is no exit path. beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island, has already issued harsh warnings — even suggesting a possible military response. against this backdrop, president...

should be repealed. the committee was reviewing hong kongs human rights record for the first time since the security law effectively shut down pro—democracy protests there. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejenny kleeman who is a journalist and broadcaster, and olivia utley, assistant comment editor at the telegraph. welcome back to you both. the mirror leads with energy prices — it says bills could rise to £500 per mo...

good morning. its saturday, july 2nd. im boris sanchez. >> right now hundreds of flight vs been cancelled or delayed across the u.s. threatening to spoil the july 4th holiday for many people. arms are being put to the test and pushed to the brink as the number of people traveling by plane climbs to near pre-pandemic levels. staffing issue, cancellations and summer storms have caused headaches for airlines and travelers. >> we got to get home. we got a flight. it is going to be cancelle...

world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news our sunday the supreme court is asking maryland officials to stop a protest outside of justices houses. in a letter to gary governor larry hogan, the court-martial says maryland law prohibits assembly quote, with another in a manner that perception a persons right to tranquility in a persons home. demonstrators have been ongoing since the decision to end roe was leaked in may. it comes as the...

our other main stories: swimmings world governing body effectively bans transgender competitors from elite womens events. we have to protect the rights of all our athletes to compete but we also have to protect competitive fairness. irefill but we also have to protect competitive fairness. will it be farewell _ competitive fairness. will it be farewell to _ competitive fairness. will it be farewell to the - competitive fairness. will it be farewell to the queen? l whyjamaica is pushing...