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americas west coast. now, politicalthinking with nick robinson. hello, and welcome to political thinking. my guest this week shows how one person armed with passion, determination and a mobile phone can force politicians, companies and regulators to listen. kwajo tweneboa tweeted pictures of the terrible state of the flat in which he and his sisters lived in, and which his father died in. it was riddled with damp and mould and infested with cockroaches and mice. he enlisted his neighbo...

to fly to beijing. a winter storm brings rain and snow to southern california, the likes of which hasnt been seen there for more than three decades. there are also flood warnings in coastal areas. you are watching bbc news. now its political thinking with nick robinson. hello, and welcome to political thinking. my guest this week shows how one person armed with passion, determination and a mobile phone, can force politicians, companies and regulators to listen. kwajo tweneboa tweeted p...

at risk. >> the people have won a victory. the right to life has been vindicated. the voiceless will finally have a voice. >> today starts an era of very, very, very big government where government that decides if youre going to have a baby or not. >> some days you get to celebrate and give thanks that you were alive when our prayers were finally answered, and the united states of america finally did the right thing. today is one of those days. >> its unbelievable. i go between despair...

Provides itself - reelection. it definitely provides itself a - reelection. it definitely - provides itself a challenge. the challenge is so unpopular — president biden is supremely unpopular, president trump is supremely unpopular. it is a race to the bottom. people are going to turn off the tv by april. friends are going to be disinvited to picnics because they are going to be on different sides. we live in a very polarised country right now and it is not president trump that made it polaris...

And watching the district nurses come in three times a day to feed him in those sorts of conditions, and just the disgust and horror on theirface, and them asking us questions about the conditions that he was in. even up until today it makes me feel guilty, for the fact that he was in that condition. but now im able to look at it from a bigger picture and see that it wasnt our fault. it was the fact that we were being kept here. 0ur provider knew that these were the circumstances and he was havi...

Day to day routine, to not even being able to swallow his own saliva, never mind eat or walk, so he was completely bedbound. and watching him in those conditions and watching the district nurses come in three times a day to feed him in those sorts of conditions, and just the disgust and horror on theirface, and then asking us questions about the conditions that he was in. even up until today it makes me feel guilty, for the fact that he was in that condition. but now im able to look at it from a...

Testimony were getting, trump pressuring justice department officials, pressuring state officials, state legislators in key statements. instead, we get, you know, is the hearing fair which is perfectly good to talk about, but its a process question, and do most people care? the answer may be now -- no, but thats a political question. your thoughts on that. >> well, howard, and i have to agree with brian, it was a huge tactical error on the part of kevin mccarthy. there were three members that he...

On people, you not only keep more, but you earn more. david: all right. let me switch gears a little bit for you, jessica, on the recession talk because theres been a lot of recession talk, not just by democrats, but in the media itself, also by people on wall street that are concerned about. you saw the market drop yesterday. >> right. david: most of that was china concerns, but a lot of it was this underlying concern about how that might affect the overall economy. how is that going to be play...

>> sean: i hate being tested on my own show. are you acting like tucker carlson, doing a quiz show? >> throughout the campaign "the washington post" news pages have become noticeably more partisan, "the new york times" pages were anti--trump, as where the post, some headlines in "the new york times" obtaining raw opinion as to some of the stories that were labeled as news analysis. but the more anti--trump, "the new york times" has perceived to be, the more it was mistrusted for being biased. wh...

This. >> sean: i hate being tested on my own show. are you acting like tucker carlson, doing a quiz show? what is this? >> throughout the campaign "the washington post" news pages have become noticeably more partisan, "the new york times" pages were anti-trump, as where the post, some headlines in "the new york times" obtaining raw opinion as to some of the stories that were labeled as news analysis. but the more anti-trump, "the new york times" has perceived to be, the more it was mistrusted fo...