so when minds grow, opportuni s follow. coming back on the second hour of a man, how trump is already calling the shots for the republican party while on the campaign trail. and how he s trying to capitalize on a fani willis scandal to get himself off the hook for election interference. plus, a super sized addition of worst of the week, who is going to hang their head in shame tonight? and a look overseas to a doctor fighting to save patients at the last remaining major hospital inside gaza. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s do it. this, week donald trump finally reclaim total control of the republican party. now, some, perhaps, many would argue this was inevitable, that america s grand old party has become nothing more than a vicious stick cult of personality. but let s not forget, red wine elites tried even halfheartedly to exile the tribes impeached four times invited former president to the political wildness. from late 2022 through the first half of 2023, fox news i
senator chris murphy and ben o rourke, the current candidate for texas governor. we have a lot to ask both of them, but first. one revelation that we got yesterday about donald trump s attempt to overturn the 2020 election did not come from the big public hearing yesterday about the january 6th investigation. rather, it came from mother jones magazine, which contained leaked audio of this guy, steve bannon, former white house advisor, and double layered buttoned down shirt aficionados. the audio is from a few days before the 2020 presidential election. rewind a little bit, and remember with me. a couple months earlier, he had been arrested on charges that he had been milking unexpected donors out of their money by telling them that their nations would go towards building a wall on the southern border, when in fact the money was going into steve bannon s pockets! bannon was arrested on this luxury yacht off the coast of connecticut. it is a yacht belonging to an exiled chinese
my guest is fiona hill, former us national security council expert on russia. how dangerous is this new world disorder? fiona hill, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. as we speak to each other, the world s headlines are being made by the conflict in the middle east between israel and hamas. undoubtedly, too, it has sucked up the attention of the biden administration. what effect do you think it is having on america s wider national security and strategic interests? well, clearly, this is having some considerable effect. and we ve seen, of course, that president biden has linked the two together, both ukraine and israel not just for the purposes of trying to get military support and financial aid through the us congress, but also because he does see a linkage here. and i have to actually underscore that there is one and it does come in the form of russia, but also of iran. i mean, i think perhaps stepping back from all of the horrors that we re seeing on the gr
australian surfer laura enever paddled into this huge wave, which was over 13 metres high, beating the previous women s record by just a foot. you re all caught up now. see you later. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the us is still the world s most powerful nation, but its ability to shape geopolitics, to suit its own interests, is under severe strain. president biden portrays america s backing for ukraine s war against russian aggression and israel s war on hamas as a twin defence of a values based international order. but much of the world isn t buying it. inside america, too, there is significant pushback. my guest is fiona hill, former us national security council expert on russia. how dangerous is this new world disorder? fiona hill, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. as we speak to each other, the world s headlines are being made by the conflict in
surfer paddled into this huge wave which was over 13 metres high, beating the previous women s record byjust beating the previous women s record by just a thought. beating the previous women s record byjust a thought. you re all caught up byjust a thought. you re all caught up now. see you later. this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the us is still the world s most powerful nation, but its ability to shape geopolitics, to suit its own interests, is under severe strain. president biden portrays america s backing for ukraine s war against russian aggression and israel s war on hamas as a twin defense of a values based international order. but much of the world isn t buying it. inside america, too, there is significant pushback. my guest is fiona hill, former us national security council expert on russia. how dangerous is this new world disorder? fiona hill, welco