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and it's about fairness. come the big race, though, the focus was on the sport's new wonder horse, constitution hill, the hot favourite for the champion hurdle and he lived up to his billing with the most emphatic of victories. but the days most special win was this. rachel blackmore on honeysuckle, the horse's last race before retiring and what a way to go out. for trainer henry du bromhead, whose sonjack died in a riding accident last year, it was a most poignant victory. it is massive. we know jack is always with us and i am sure he was there on rachel's shoulder and, you know, she has been a huge part of our life and hejust adored her. so, i think, she did it for him as much as all of us. andy swiss, bbc news, cheltenham. that's all for now.
the focus was on the sport's new wonder horse, constitution hill, the hot favourite for the champion hurdle and he lived up to his billing with the most emphatic of victories. but the days most special win was this. rachel blackmore on honeysuckle, the horse's last race before retiring and what a way to go out. for trainer henry du bromhead, whose sonjack died in a riding accident last year, it was a most poignant victory. it is massive. we know jack is always with us and i am sure he was there on rachel's shoulder and, you know, she has been a huge part of our life and he just adored her. so, i think, she did it for him as much as all of us. andy swiss, bbc news, cheltenham. a cheltenham. reminder of our top story. washington a reminder of our top story. washington and moscow are giving very different accounts of an american surveillance
during the four days of racing. andy swiss reports. and they're off! the first race of the day, to get through the turnstiles as fans and, of course, horses descended on cheltenham. this quiet corner of the cotswolds one again the centre of the racing world. the cheltenham festival is often described as the olympics ofjump racing. for the jockeys riding here it is always a challenge, but this year, how they ride is under the spotlight. rules on the number of times jockeys can use the whip have been tightened and serious breaches could mean disqualification. ultimately we wanted the jockeys to think more carefully about how they use the whip. it is not a welfare issue, it is about engagement in the sport, and it's about fairness. come the big race, though, the focus was on the sport's new wonder horse, constitution hill, the hot favourite for the champion hurdle and he lived up to his billing with the most emphatic of victories. but the days most
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fire at this point, in part because his information was still limited. seth, however, likely could see the agent reading a text. the husband -- father-to-be, who had answered an emphatic "no" to the question about an affair, then made an admission, perhaps a preemptive strike. >> there was a female from work that i was texting. >> he said her name was rachel mcfarland, but seth immediately downplayed her importance. he said even lisa knew about her. >> but it wasn't seeing her. it wasn't anything. it was just hey, how was your day type of thing. >> would it be considered sexting? >> no, no. none of that. >> what are you wearing? >> no, there wasn't any of that. lisa found out. everything was kosher. i
you just cited. it will, in the hands of the upcoming house republican majority, also become a sort of political weapon. i would not be surprised to see attempts at retribution or punishment or efforts to discredit the work of the january 6th committee once republicans won the house as opposed to the democrats who are on their way out right now. and that is why the release of this report, the clarity of the report, the strength of the findings, the language, the referrals of this report, have to really hit the mark. in the way that a lot of these public hearings, the january 6th committee put out as well did, the report is that the committee's final word and it will be a word that comes before a whole lot of nonsense without a doubt in the new congress is gaveled in. this is the committees last chance to finish telling its story, a story it has been telling for almost two years and to end in the most emphatic and important way possible
>> too many people will not vote for him. >> i agree with -- you don't know if he's really in class. >> you could put anybody next to him and they're going to get it, and that's not good. >> a lot of people think he's mentally unwell, again, if we had a doctor that would tell us that, it would be a different story. i think he's getting a bad wrap because of his age. but i don't think he should run again. i don't think he could beat anybody. >> wow. that was fast and emphatic. >> a lot of the women in that group had voted for president biden and they supported him. we heard a bit of this from other groups too that just questioned, is he simply too old for the job. it's a big question that surrounds the backdrop of biden being in the state, questions about his leadership at this -- during these uncertain times. and so that's why you have not seen him out on the campaign trail with perhaps as many