thank you so much for letting us in your homes during these extraordinary times. the beat with ari melber starts right now. happy monday. happy monday, thanks, nicole. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. the civil case against donald trump over defamation and battery, nicole was discussing that earlier. we have that later in the hour here on the beat. our top story tonight is a topic that could be the top national story on most nights by many metrics. america s gun epidemic and the ongoing threat and reality of a highly armed nation with easy access to some of the most dangerous guns in the world and a gun-related death toll that exceeds every other country per capita in the world. that can look like this. [gun shots] that was the harrowing scene at a recent little league baseball game in south carolina. you can imagine and feel how all the kids and parents felt and that is the kind of story that may not even make what we call national news, that you may not have
israel s due to the source system. the critics say it threatens israel s democracy. occupying the west bank and raising questions over the strategic direction of netanyahu s orchard nationalist neta nyahu s orchard nationalist government. netanyahu s orchard nationalist government. my guess simcha rothman is an architect of those judicial reforms. rothman is an architect of thosejudicial reforms. it s israel plunging into chaos? simcha rothman in jerusalem, welcome simcha rothman injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. simcha rothman in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk.- simcha rothman in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for havin: welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a pleasure i for having me. it is a pleasure to have it for having me. it is a pleasur
at the same time, thousands of israelis took to the streets for a day of protest against a planned judicial overhaul. their president says the government should abandon its controversial plan. now on bbc news: it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. something extraordinary is happening in israel. military reservists, former security chiefs and politicians of different stripes have alljoint a mass protest movement aimed at thwarting the netanyahu plan to radically overall israel s judicial system. the critics say it threatens israel s stability. this as violence in the west bank raising questions over the strategic direction of netanyahu s nationalist government. my guest simcha rothman is an architect of those judicial reforms. it s israel plunging into chaos? simcha rothman injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. would it be fair to say that you have been preparing for years for this opportunity tha
that he really wished he had said something to somebody at a particular time, something to somebody at a particulartime, but when something to somebody at a particular time, but when you say the director general visited him yesterday, obviously the director general can express out the bbc is failing, but he can t get him to do anything in terms of resigning. to do anything in terms of resigning- to do anything in terms of resiuanin. , , , ., resigning. exactly, this is not the bbc issue, resigning. exactly, this is not the bbc issue, this resigning. exactly, this is not the bbc issue, this is resigning. exactly, this is not the bbc issue, this is the resigning. exactly, this is not the bbc issue, this is the gift - resigning. exactly, this is not the bbc issue, this is the gift of - resigning. exactly, this is not the bbc issue, this is the gift of the i bbc issue, this is the gift of the government and it has been since the very beginning in 1922 and pretty much eve
lowers the price cap for gas and electricity but bills are still expected to rise because of less government support. i think it is time that members of this house grew up. betty boothroyd the first woman to be elected speaker of the house of commons has died at the age of 93. and a former love island star takes on a youtuber in boxing s most anticipated contest between two novices. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a moment to remember for 16 year old mia brookes, becoming britain s first snowboard slopestyle world champion in georgia. good afternoon. a deal could finally be agreed today on post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, after more than a year of negotiations between the uk and european union. talks will begin shortly in windsor between the prime minister rishi sunak and the european commission president ursula von der leyen it s thought the two leaders could sign off a deal in the next few hours. ursula von der leyen says she is looking