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hello, welcome to the programme. the white house says "there is no evidence" a cyberattack was behind the computer glitch that led to the grounding of every domestic flight this morning that was not already in the air. it caused huge disruption across the united states, with thousands of delays, as the federal aviation authority attempted to reboot it. the problem was discovered within the notice to air missions system. known as notam. it alerts pilots to important safety information t...

And democratic strategist mary anne marsh. welcome back. now that they have control of the us house of representatives, republicans are revamping the all powerful committees. their first move, which gained support across the house last night, was to set up a new select committee to investigate the strategic competition between the united states and china. next a new subcommittee on the "weaponisation of the federal government". republicans argue the fbi and thejustice department have overreached...

What conversations were you having with him at the time and was it uncomfortable for you both that he was a personally involved in the story? i think was very upsetting to him what happened to her, she was clearly very upset. but the strength of james is notjust through allegra but through other sources. he has amazing contacts in government. he can tell readers what he thinks is going on and the general drift of the party, what ministers say. theyll talk to him extensively off the record and is...

The news, for them to make up their own minds not for us to tell them what to think. you have a columnist, james forsyth whose wife allegra stratton was central in the partygate story early on, just to remind the audience, she was downing street press secretary and she resigned after a leaked video showing her being asked about a now infamous cheese and wine event during lockdown. what conversations were you having with him at the time and was it uncomfortable for you both that he was a personal...

Overtly, we dont roll against a politician. you may find a paper like the mail or the sun can be much more vehement and vitriolic against a leader than we can. i think our readers like that and they want us to present the news, for them to make up their own minds not for us to tell them what to think. you have a columnist whose wife allegra stratton was central in the partygate story early on, just to remind the audience, she was downing street press secretary and she resigned after a leaked vid...

That he was so personally involved in the story? i think it was very upsetting to him what happened to her, she was clearly very upset. but the strength of james is notjust through allegra but through other sources. he has amazing contacts in government. he can tell readers what he thinks is going on and the general drift of the party, what ministers say. theyll talk to him extensively off the record. and is very cosy with rishi sunak. and hes close with rishi sunak. he has a real insight, its i...

Event during lockdown. what conversations were you having with him at the time and was it uncomfortable for you both that he was a personally involved in the story? i think it was very upsetting to him, what happened to her, and she was clearly very upset. but the strength of james is not just through allegra but through other sources. he has amazing contacts in government. he can tell readers what he thinks is going on and the general drift of the party, what ministers say. theyll talk to him e...

Has been able to command such strong support from african-americans? >> well, a few reasons. hes been intimately familiar with the issues that have driven african-american culture over the last 30, 40 years and you know, regardless of the kind of difficulties that joe biden has encountered some of the statements hes made, some of the positions hes taken, black people look at the overall trajectory of joe biden over these last few decades. they look at the box course, the average of his career, n...

Less. i think the areas of inquiry fall into three categories, number one, what did the secretary know before the september 11th attacks about requests for enhanced security. you know, the general drift of the secretarys defense has been, you know, the state department is a big place, a lot of diplomatic and consoler posts. and what did she know before september 11th. second, on september 11th itself. we need a minute by minute from the time she learned of the attack, what she did, who did she t...

Boggling. then he goes on the radio show yesterday and says, well ive been consistent. ive been a conservative. >> well, i think that is not going to help him in the primary, that ad with nancy pelosi. and i, too, think you could go back to what i was saying in kindergarten and it would be quite consistent with what im saying now. yet, and still, i dont think consistency is such a great value. i mean, id rather have people -- cain was consistent. id rather have people -- we have romney and gingr...