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Properly serving the people . Sir lindsay hoyle, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You are about to celebrate four years in thejob of speaker of the House Of Commons. And it has to be said that during your tenure, the public trust in politicians appears to have plumbed new depths. Why is that . I think we inherited a situation where the country was divided, but notjust a division of the country north south far from it. What we saw was Division Within families, which you dont normally see, and brex...

would anyone make such a claim today? in recent years, british politics has been characterised by chaos and crisis. through brexit and covid, prime ministers have come and gone with alarming frequency. public trust in politicians has plumbed new lows. my guest is speaker of the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle. on his watch, is parliament properly serving the people? sir lindsay hoyle, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are about to celebrate four years in the job of speaker of the...

sir lindsay hoyle, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are about to celebrate four years in the job of speaker of the house of commons and it has to be said that during your tenure, the public trust in politicians appears to have plumbed new depths. why is that? i think we inherited a situation where the country was divided. but notjust a division of the country north—south — far from it. what we saw was division within families, which you dont normally see, and brexit was so toxic...

Death is nothing short of an american tragedy. more now from abcs scott goldberg. morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, rob and sunny. some people, including robert champion jr.s parents, were hoping for more serious charges like murder or manslaughter. but prosecutors said the evidence for pinning that kind of charge on somebody just wasnt there. its been almost six months since the famous florida a&m university marching band went silent. suspended indefinitely while authorities investigat...

>> robert champion died last november after suffering a gauntlet of kicks and punches from fellow band members. the lead prosecutor says his death is nothing short of an american tragedy. more now from abcs scott goldberg. morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, rob and sunny. some people, including robert champion jr.s parents, were hoping for more serious charges like murder or manslaughter. but prosecutors said the evidence for pinning that kind of charge on somebody just wasnt there. its ...

11 participants, thats one of them with hazing. in convicted the maximum anyone could face would be six years in prison. again, the question is why not murder or manslaughter charges? one answer says state prosecutors is that it would be tough getting convictions with the evidence that they have. >> the testimony obtained to date does not support a charge of murder in that it does not contain the elements of murder. we can prove participation in hazing and a death. we do not have a blo...

"ac 360" starts now. piers, thank you. good evening, its 10:00 here on the east coast. we begin tonight, keeping them we begin tonight keeping them honest with the question that seems to have no simple answer. how can someone be fatally beaten, kicked and suffocated, allegedly by more than a dozen people, and yet none of those people, not one, face murder or manslaughter charges. thats one key question in the killing of florida a&m band member robert champion. he died from a brutal h...

while bandmates hit him. today florida prosecutors charged 11 alleged participants with whats called felony hazing. they charged two others with misdemeanors. if convicted, the maximum anyone could face for beating someone to death would be six years in prison. again, the question is why not murder or manslaughter charges? one answer, say prosecutors, is that it would be tough getting convictions with the evidence that they have. >> the testimony obtained to date does not support a cha...

today florida prosecutors charged 11 alleged participants with whats called felony hazing. they charged two others with misdemeanors. if convicted, the maximum anyone could face for beating someone to death would be six years in prison. again, the question is why not murder or manslaughter charges? one answer, say prosecutors, is that it would be tough getting convictions with the evidence that they have. >> the testimony obtained to date does not support a charge of murder in that it ...