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This is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. our top stories. the congressional inquiry into the capitol riot has begun with dramatic testimony from police officers on duty that day. we are not asking for medals, recognition. we simply wantjustice and accountability. north and south korea have restored a communication hotline after agreeing to rebuild trust and improve ties. parents rejoice! forget square eyes — new evidence says plonking your kids in front of the tv is actually good for them. and he's out of the ballroom and back on the comedy circuit. we talk to bill bailey about his wild year.

Saying that you will laugh, hopefully unless i am in eighth bad mood. more again, will you find you there? >> morgan: no. i do think that the headline is kind of funny, the names, so who knows? maybe it will be funny. he was one of the first people to get canceled effectively during the #metoo movement. as he pointed out, detailed everything that happened to him, which many people i saying maybe this was a little unfair. i just wonder if it was a republican senator, with that person get a new yorker profile saying how sad it is that he had to resign? probably not. >> kayleigh: i would rather s...

Living in for some time. >> jokes are out the door. you can't kid. how do we get over difficult situations? how do we overcome and find connections with people we disagree with? we joke. we make fun of each other and ourselves. it's being pushed further and further out of society. you see it some of the clips you played. you can't do a racy or suggestive song. this is a way in the 1950s that people interacted. it was a way to suggest something without gratuitously hitting you over the head with it. now we are in a gratuitous age where you can't make the quiet sideswipe some of the fun jokes on...

>> jokesme are out the door. you can't kid. and look how do we get over difficult situations? how do we overcome and find connections with people we disagree with? we joke, make fun of each other and ourselves. that is being pushed further and further out of society. you see it in some of the clips you played.ou a little race i or suggestive songs. this was a way in the 1950's that people interacted. it was a way to suggest something without gratuitously hitting you over the head with it. now youou can't make the quiet side swipes, the fun jokes on the side. everything has to be very plain, bl...

Confidence, right? we really saw those numbers jump right after the election, and they stayed high. they haven't had as much of an effect on actual purchasing behavior but the real effect is there. he said be confident, people were confident. and that is having -- that's playing out in trade policy as well. he says expect tariffs. what we're seeing is even though we haven't seen the tariffs yet, we're seeing real evidence that other countries are expecting tariffs to arrive. that great piece by anna swanson today, what she pointed out is that the threat, the jaw boning of these tariffs is caus...