Keeps rearing its head. When will the general election be . And its not going to be on the 2nd of may because in an interview with itv in the west country on thursday night, rishi sunak said there will not be a general election on the same day as the local mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections, which are happening that day. Now, whether you love or hate speculation about the general election campaign, the fact that there is so much and the way its been going, actually, it is quite revealing about whats happening in politics. So we will kick off with that on this episode of newscast. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its adam in the studio. And it is chris in cardiff today, because theres a splash of democracy and voting going on here, with a new Labour Leader being elected on saturday who will become the new First Minister next week. And talking of other stories that have occurred today, michael gove, the levelling up and communities secretary, unveiled the governme
and some elsewhere, was that should this have ended in death. and protesters say no. despite of course what may have preceded beforehand. his defense, however, penny has argued that he was doing this to protect the safety of those on the passenger car, though witnesses said neely hadn t attacked anyone yet. but again, it s what passengers were feeling prior to that that will likely play a big part in this case. for our part we have reached out to attorneys for daniel penny on this particular on these particular details about the charge and turning himself in and i haven t heard back at this point. but obviously a significant development in this case. and again, tomorrow morning is when he s expected to turn himself in. we should note that this death not only has sparked protests but it also has prompted some very serious conversations about how society deals with people with serious mental health struggles in this country. yeah, jake. this was someone who by all account
dozens of people were kill and injured in greece when two trains collided head on at high speeds. what we know ahead. and we begin on capitol hill, where right now attorney general merrick garland is fielding questions from the senate judiciary committee. as the justice department investigates classified documents found on the properties of president biden, former president trump, and former vice president pence. today s hearing comes after congressional leaders received the classified briefing from the doj yesterday, which they said, quote, left much to be desired. and this morning, the washington post reports that leading up to the doj s august search of former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, two senior fbi officials who would have been in charge of leading the search resisted the surprise plan as too combative. and proposed seeking trump s permission to search his property according to four people familiar with the discussions. i want to bring in nbc news julia ai
democrats don t want to debate, and they re not getting press questions from the news media. we ll check with senator john kennedy. and just breaking moments ago, herschel walker will respond to an recall, first by the new york times, questioning his racial identity. and also he will respond to another article that broke from the daily beast, claiming he paid for a woman to have an abortion. he s denying it vehemently, vowing to sue for defamation. he will tell his side of the story straight ahead. also tonight, governor ron desantis will join us in a moment with an important update from his state. some are saying sanibel island may be inhabitable, estimates as high as $100 billion in storm damage on top of at least 68 lives that have been lost here. despite the horrific damage from the hurricane, hurricane ian, an army of recovery workers are on the ground, well staged as you can see. this was before, like three football fields, full of all these electric cost to go and ma
They should have seen it. Antiisrael protesting on campuses across america are not so peaceful after all. Explosion of violence and destruction after days of Building Tension and encampments blew its top. Police sweeping in to restore order but many agitators, protestors, students and whoever is there as a big old crowd has vowed they are coming back. So some questions now. How exactly we got here. And to whom do we hold acceptable and how . What about accountability . I can tell you none of it is acceptable. Lets find out who is paying for it. Im harris faulkner. You are in the faulkner focus. A look at the chaos, just last night. The university of california los angeles, lets start there. [shouting] harris Protest Groups are fighting among themselves. People can get killed like this. We all know that. The adults in the room that the left is talking about. They arent out there. Thats for certain. So as that was going on fireworks ignited People Wielding sticks University Leaders calle