one of them was huw edwards. tonight at 10 thousands of police officers deployed across france. he speaks welsh his career, from reporting on politics for bbc wales, to being made a lead presenter of bbc tv news saw him become one of the most familiar faces on british television. welcome to windsor. the great royal events, the coming and going of prime ministers. tonight at 10, we are live in downing street. the one voice that links it all, huw edwards. the serious, reliable, dignified presence for those era defining moments. here, the minutesjust before the announcement of the death of the queen. and then suddenly, a newspaper headline changed everything. a tv career of almost a0 years that had taken him to the very top of bbc news, one of the corporation s highest paid and highest profile
stories, for more than two decades, as our media correspondent, david sillito, now reports. a very good evening. for the fourth time in the space of five years. when huw edwards took the helm of the bbc s tv election coverage of 2019, it was the first change of presenter in a0 years. there are 650 mps. when millions are watching at the important moments in british life. 10 seconds. ..it needs someone who can project reliability, trustworthiness, dignity. presenting the news is just a part of it, it s the great state occasions, and over the years, only a handful of names have been entrusted with such a role. one of them was huw edwards. tonight at 10 thousands of police officers deployed across france. he speaks welsh his career, from reporting country. we on politics for bbc wales,
his career, from reporting on politics for bbc wales, to being made a lead presenter of bbc tv news saw him become one of the most familiar faces on british television. welcome to windsor. the great royal events, the coming and going of prime ministers. tonight at 10, we are live in downing street. the one voice that links it all, huw edwards. the serious, reliable, dignified presence for those era defining moments. here, the minutesjust before the announcement of the death of the queen. and then suddenly, a newspaper headline changed everything. a tv career of almost a0 years that had taken him to the very top of bbc news, one of the corporation s highest paid and highest profile figures, was off air. and while the guessing game about the bbc presenter at the centre of the week s headlines is now over, there is still much to resolve.
of some of the most important news stories of the last more than two decades, as our media correspondent david sillito now reports. a very good evening. for the fourth time in the space of five years. when huw edwards took the helm of the bbc s tv election coverage of 2019, it was the first change of presenter in a0 years. there are 650 mps. when millions are watching at the important moments in british life. ten seconds. ..it needs someone who can project reliability, trustworthiness, dignity. presenting the news is just a part of it, it s the great state occasions, and over the years, only a handful of names have been entrusted with such a role. one of them was huw edwards. tonight at ten thousands of police officers deployed across france. he speaks welsh. his career, from reporting
that was well received by the audience. he referred to a study talking about some people who worked in media gave more money to hillary clinton than donald trump, but we want to give context for folks. that study only looked at 480 people in media, most of whom were not involved in reporting on politics. we checked this here, 54,000 people give or take work in the press. so this was an example of a number that might be technically accurate that was cheered there and yet according to fact checking doesn t reflect anything about an overwhelming number of people giving money to hillary clinton. that was the claim. having done the fact check, i want to bring in madison who joins us from ohio. you have worked on behalf of the trump campaign. you re watching it from out there also in a heartland. what did you see tonight? i thought he gave an incredible speech. this is where he feels most at home, with the american people. i don t think there s a problem that he feels more comfortable