mike pence were questioned in front of a grand jury about the scheme to use fake electors to overturn the 2020 election. that includes the role of trump lawyers john eastman and rudy giuliani. washington post and new york times report that the prosecutors asked directly about former president trump s involvement. daniella diaz is on capitol hill for us. this would be a big step asking insiders directly about trump. what is the attorney general saying about this case? reporter: the justice department will not comment directly on this grand jury testimony, but look, merrick garland making it clear that no one is above the law. he said that they will not hesitate to prosecute former president donald trump if they find evidence in their investigation that he stood in the way criminally of that certification of the 2020 results of the election. look, he spoke to nbc last night in an interview where he commented on this. take a listen to what he said. look, we pursue justic
translation: thisi is a complete farce. the united states is violating china s sovereignty under the guise of so called democracy. those who offend china will be punished. there are reports several chinese fighterjets have been entering taiwanese airspace. we ll have the very latest. also on the programme.. parched gardens and lawns will have to wait. a hosepipe ban is coming to parts of southern england. the hospital treating archie battersbee awaits a european court ruling, before withdrawing his life support. and tributes are being paid to roy hackett, one of the country s most influential civil rights campaigners, who s died at the age of 93. and coming up on the bbc news channel. commonwealth gold for england s evie richards in the cross country mountain biking after leading from the start. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. one of america s most senior politicians, the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, says her controversial trip to t
commitment to taiwanese democracy. our delegation, of which i m very proud, came to taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. but china sees taiwan as a renegade province. it s armed forces are on high alert. this is a complete farce. the united states is violating china s sovereignty under the guise of so called democracy . .. those who offend china will be punished. we ll have the very latest live from washington and taipei. also tonight. the european court refuses an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support. parched gardens and lawns will have to wait. a hosepipe ban is coming, to more parts of southern england. to secure its energy needs, germany considers keeping its nuclear power stations open to thwart a russian threat to suppliers. she s going to emulate her mum. eilish mccolgan is the commonwealth champion. and, keeping it in the fam
in a major victory for pro choice groups the conservative state of kansas votes to keep its abortion services. and how countries adapt to climate change and how countries adapt to climate change. new zealand s plan to deal with the change. new zealand s plan to deal with the impact of global warming would with the impact of global warming would lead to coastal communities being would lead to coastal communities being abandoned as the sea level rises? welcome to bbc news. we begin in taiwan and the continued fury from beijing after the visit from the us speaker nancy pelosi. in the last few hours taiwan s defence ministry says it scrambled jets to warn off twenty seven chinese warplanes in its defence zone. nancy pelosi has said her delegation s visit was intended to make it clear that the us won t abandon the island. taiwan is self governing and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as
eastman i don t remember why he called me, or he texted me or called me, wanted to talk with me. and he said he couldn t reach others. and he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia preserving something, potentially for appeal. and i said to him are you out of your f-ing mind? i said i only want the hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on. orderly transition. i don t want to hear any other f-ing words coming out of your mouth no matter what other than orderly transition. repeat those words to me. what did he say? eventually he said orderly transition. i said good, john. now i m going to give you the best free legal advice you re ever getting in your life. get a great f-ing criminal defense lawyer. you re going to need it. and i hung up on him. in just a moment, we ll be joined by maryland democratic chairman jamie raskin who serves on the committee. right now we want the take a closer look at another key item the committee highlighted