in the faulkner focus. today s hearing comes after the twitter files exposed execs conversations around the hunter biden laptop story and the biden family business dealings. lawmakers looking to those witnesses, among them twitter s former deputy general counsel james baker to explain how the true story on hunter biden s laptop was censored by social mead and dismissed by media outlets including the new york times and washington post as disinformation. the republican and democrat leaders of the committee are already clashing from the jump. america witnessed a coordinated campaign by social media companies and intelligence community to suppress and delegitimize the existence of hunter biden s laptop and its contents. now mainstream media outlets have verified the laptop. the damage has been done. silly does not begin to capture this obsession. the conspiracy theory have gotten what they want, an apology. what more do they want 57bd why does congress have to be involv
job vacancies in the uk fall for the eighth time in a row, according to latest figures published ahead of wednesday s budget whether government is expected to encourage more people back to work. a state of emergency s been declared in malawi, after tropical storm freddy struck the country for a second time, killing nearly 100 people. hello and welcome to bbc news. the leaders of the us, britain and australia, meeting in california, have unveiled details of their plan to create a new fleet of nuclear powered submarines, aimed at countering china s influence in the indo pacific region. under the aukus pact australia is to get its first nuclear powered subs at least three from the us. beijing has strongly criticised the significant naval deal. our political editor, chris mason, has more from san diego. military band plays. a packed and democracies coming together to tackle a new and growing adversary, china. , . . . china. australia and the united kinudom china. australia
the decision was made for both of us to work behind our mother s koppen, and there is absolutely no way i would let do that by himself, there is no way would let me do that by myself, if it was role reversal. president biden visits america s border with mexico for the first time since taking office as the area struggles to cope with record numbers of illegal crossings. and emotional reunions at airports in china as its borders reopen for the first time since the start of the pandemic nearly three years ago. thousands of protestors have stormed government buildings in brazil s capital, brasilia, including the senate, the congress, supreme court, and the presidential palace. most seemed to be supporters of jair bolsonaro the right wing former president who lost power in last year s election. security forces fired tear gas as they moved in to re take the buildings making dozens of arrests. brazil s president lula, who was not in brasilia when the violence broke out, has prom
those are on southwest. the airline now apologizing, but as you can imagine that s little comfort for people who may miss out totally on seeing their loved ones this holiday season. i m beyond frustrated. and hurt. because i can t see my dad. my mom is in the hospital and i wanted to be there for her once she like got discharged. unfortunately because of the situation they are saying that the closest flight is the 29th. are you going to make it home today? no, likely not. i mean, i heard someone say over the intercom not to expect to get a flight within the next four days. that s definitely not what i wanted to hear. people just missing their family and loved ones. the log jam starting with the powerful winter storm that hit western new york the hardest. look at that. this morning people in buffalo struggling to get food, water, medicine, after days of driving bans and closed stores. we are going to take you live there in just a moment. let s go first to our team co