let's go to katie hunter.his is a really significant moment for a keir starmer, celebrating 37 scottish labour mps, when they had just one prior to the election. when they had “ust one prior to the election. , ., , ,., , , election. yes, absolutely. it is hard to overstate _ election. yes, absolutely. it is hard to overstate the - election. yes, absolutely. it is hard to overstate the scale - election. yes, absolutely. it is hard to overstate the scale of| election. yes, absolutely. it is. hard to overstate the scale of the turnaround for labour. at the last general election in 2019, they won just one single scottish state. i should just mention there is a protest going on here about gaza. it is quite noisy. but hopefully you can still hear me. but keir starmer, i don't think there was anything hugely surprising in what he said anything we have not heard before. he started by paying tribute to the scottish labour leader, anas sarwar, and talked about how important it was for him to be in scotland just 48 hours

. _ katie hunter with the snp. thank you, tom. yes, the _ katie hunter with the snp.eat. the snp are expecting a much —— compared to labour whojust won snp are expecting a much —— compared to labour who just won the one seat. they are facing a much tougher test this time round. you they are facing a much tougher test this time round.— this time round. you wait all morning _ this time round. you wait all morning for— this time round. you wait all morning for a _ this time round. you wait all morning for a bus _ this time round. you wait all morning for a bus and i this time round. you wait all morning for a bus and then i this time round. you wait all i morning for a bus and then you get three at once!— morning for a bus and then you get three at once! reform uk is targeting voters in the newspapers and online as part of its £1 million advertising campaign. leader, nigel farage says the party's been flooded with donations and seen membership double to 60,000. he's repeating his claim reform is the "real opposition". rhun ap iorwerth is doing a one—day tour of plaid cym

that is katie hunter following the snp| katie hunter following the snp campaign trail.ational story. and now i am wondering when i will have lunch. we will bejoined by wondering when i will have lunch. we will be joined by special guest throughout the next six hours to have a chat about what is going on. the first big name that is coming in at 11:30am is david dimbleby. iam pondering whether my first question to him should be, when you were doing all those famous election nights like 1997, when did you go to the loo? somehow it feels a bit inappropriate. d0 the loo? somehow it feels a bit inappropriate-— the loo? somehow it feels a bit inappropriate. do you think what i 'ust as inappropriate. do you think what i just as she _ inappropriate. do you think what i just as she was — inappropriate. do you think what i just as she was inappropriate? i inappropriate. do you think what i | just as she was inappropriate? not at all! but it _ just as she was inappropriate? iifrf at all! but it is david dimbleby, it like gandalf!— at all! but it is david dimbleby, it like gandalf!

katie hunter, bbc news, glasgow. the conservatives have been wiped from the electoral map in wales.o borrow a phrase, it really is a good morning in wales. - laughter. first minister vaughan gething leading the celebrations for labour. deciding to have their victory party in what has been a tory heartland illustrates a ripping up of the political infrastructure here, as the majority of the welsh public turned their backs on the conservatives. how long have you been voting conservative for until yesterday? since i was 18. since you are 18? since i was 18, and i'm 79 and i voted for labour yesterday. for the first time? yes. absolutely. voted conservative. historically and yesterday. and why was that? always have done, probably always will do. nothing, nothing was going to sway you? i considered reform. i changed to labour for this vote. a big change, then? yes. well, the tories have| gone so far right wing that, you know, new moderate labour is probably more central. _ the night began with a string of former tory cabinet members losing out, and last to declare was monmouthshire, wher

hunter is there huge gains for labour and the general election, what can we expect from keir starmersit this morning?— from keir starmer's visit this mornin: ? ., , , ., from keir starmer's visit this morninu? ., , , morning? from the first phone calls on ou morning? from the first phone calls on you can — morning? from the first phone calls on you can see _ morning? from the first phone calls on you can see their _ morning? from the first phone calls on you can see their priorities. - morning? from the first phone calls on you can see their priorities. we l on you can see their priorities. we are expecting him as we are in the city to be meeting the scottish labour leader, anas sarwar, and celebrating some of those games that you mentioned. and then we'll be expecting him to meet the leader of the snpjohn swinney. he himself has only been on the job a couple of months. before those meetings take place, keir starmer has talked about resetting the relationship with devolved governments in fundamental values of respect, service and community. john swinney, scotland's first minister has

hunter and sir keir starmer has promised a reset of relations with the devolved governments, hasn't, and you can may hear a — governments, hasn't he? yes, and you can may hear a noisy _ governments, hasn't he? yes, and you can may hear a noisy protest _ governments, hasn't he? yes, and you can may hear a noisy protestjust - can may hear a noisy protestjust you might write about gaza and a heavy police presence here as well ahead of sir keir starmer�*s visit and here it is interesting that he has chosen to come to edinburgh so quickly after taking power and when new prime ministers and leaders come into power we are always monitoring where they call first and visit and he is here in scotland and before sir keir starmer meetsjohn swinney here, we have heard from both the uk government and the scottish government and the scottish government and the scottish government and i do said, sir keir starmer is talking about resetting the relationship with the devolved governments and talking about the fundamental values of respect, service and community. john swinney, the first minister of sco

our scotland reporter katie hunter spoke to the leader of the snp, john swinney, and asked him how concernedned about the situation and there would be practical implications of this election happening in summer holidays and people have applied for postal homes and from the reports i am receiving and also messages and beginning from members of the public for a lot of people, those votes have not arrived and they have been disenfranchised and i think the casual way in which these have been dismissed by the prime minister who called the selection and all it is is frankly, unacceptable. we are joined now by the leader of the scottish labour party, anas sarwar. thank you for talking to us, let us put that question to you about the concerns that you might have about postal votes and how critical could they be the labour party in scotland?— they be the labour party in scotland? ,, _, . ., ., scotland? less concerned about what that means the _ scotland? less concerned about what that means the outcome _ scotland? less concerned about what that means the outcome of _ scotland? less concerned about w

and one of his staunchest allies who said don't give up, dad, is hunter biden. >> katie: hunter bidens now an adviser to the president. of course, president joe biden has said he is the smartest person that he knows. they are now blaming advisers, politico had this headline, biden's family privately criticizes top advisers and pushes for their ouster at camp david meeting. it's very interesting. they went on to say the blame was cast widely on staffers including aknitted that dunn, senior adviser who frequently has the president wants ear. her husband, bob bauer, the president's attorney who played trump in rehearsals and ron klain the former chief of staff ran debate prep previous cycles. back at camp david. the place the president spent a week preparing for these 16 advisers. and, lawrence, they are now trying to blame the performance on them, rather than maybe on the president and the way that he did. >> lawrence: how insane is this family? these are the people that essentially put the president on life support that, are scripting his every move. they are defending his son. his fam

hunter has been giving me her assessment of the situation.can just give you a couple of figures to illustrate the size of their comeback here. they won 37 scottish seats at the last general election in 2019. they won just one single scottish seat. so that gives you an idea of the size of the turnaround for labour. but i think the biggest story here in scotland was the scale of the defeat for the snp. they won nine scottish seats. last general election they picked up 48 scottish seats. and don't forget, the snp have become a party accustomed to winning and winning big. so last night was a really disappointing evening for them and we're here in glasgow. before this election was called, all of this city seats were held by the snp. this morning, it's woken up and it's turned red. all of this city seats are now held by labour, and i think that's a story that played out in constituencies across scotland last night. and katie, does this mean for people who were pushing for independence for scotland, that that dream is now over? well, let's be clear,

our scotland correspondent katie hunter can tell us more.how big an issue this might be? well, we started to become aware last week that this was a problem after the majority of scottish schools had broken up. people were saying they had applied for postal ballots before the deadline and they had not turned up, and then were going away on holiday. in terms of numbers, we don't have exact figures, but we know some local councils set up emergency facilities over the weekend so that people could go and collect a replacement postal vote. two of those councils, edinburgh and fife, have said between them they handed out more than 500 replacement packs, but that is just two councils out of 32 in scotland. in terms of the timing of this election, this is something that the snp have been very critical about. we warned the prime minister of this when it— we warned the prime minister of this when it became apparent he was going to choose _ when it became apparent he was going to choose the election date, because, _ to choose the election date, because,

many thanks, katie hunter.ainst complacency despite other parties and the conservatives in particular saying they are warning voters against a so—called supermajority? warning voters against a so-called supermajority?— supermajority? there is a sort of interesting _ supermajority? there is a sort of interesting too _ supermajority? there is a sort of interesting too and _ supermajority? there is a sort of interesting too and fro _ supermajority? there is a sort of interesting too and fro going - supermajority? there is a sort of interesting too and fro going onl supermajority? there is a sort of. interesting too and fro going on at the moment between labour and the conservatives on that very point. prime minister rishi sunak, his conservative colleagues, they have been going around saying do not give labour a supermajority, obviously a reference to the polls which have consistently provided labour with a significant lead over the conservatives. so that has been the conservatives. so that has been the conservati

the party he would be pushing on to fourth with the snp _ katie hunter is with them today.is the fourth campaign stop of the day for the snp. they are very much focusing their efforts on the central belt of scotland today. john swinney, his message, is this general election campaign is a foregone conclusion in england, labourwillwin, sir keir starmerwill england, labourwillwin, sir keir starmer will be the next prime minister. there is a very different situation in scotland, the election is too close to call between the snp and labour. just pull some context, in the last general election, the snp won 48 seats in scotland, labour won just snp won 48 seats in scotland, labour wonjust one. labour are snp won 48 seats in scotland, labour won just one. labour are eyeing snp won 48 seats in scotland, labour wonjust one. labour are eyeing up a big revival here. john swinney snp leader hoping that the good bible doesn't happen. he has only been in thejob as snp doesn't happen. he has only been in the job as snp leader and doesn't happen. he has only been in thejob as snp leader and

and speak to katie hunter.er seat here i one seat after seat after seat here in scotland and if i can give you if you figures to illustrate the size of their comeback, they won 37 scottish seeds. at the last general election in twins of the 19, they wantjust election in twins of the 19, they want just one election in twins of the 19, they wantjust one single scotch receipt, so it gives an idea of the size and turnaround for labour. the biggest story here in scotland was the scale of the defeat for the snp. they won nine scottish seeds, last general election they picked up 48 scotch receipts, and the snp have become a party accustomed to winning, and winning big, so last night was a disappointing evening for them and we are here in glasgow before this election was because, all of the city seats were held by the snp. this morning, it is woken up and it is turning red, all of the city seats are now held by labour —— labour, and that is a story that is played out in constituencies across scotland last night.— scotl

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katie hunter, thank you. come to the cause in a second. first minister, good morning. a second. first minister, good morninu. a second. first minister, good mornin., ., a second. first minister, good morninu. ., morning. good morning, nicky. thanks for “oininu morning. good morning, nicky. thanks forjoining us- — morning. good morning, nicky. thanks forjoining us- just _ morning. good morning, nicky. thanks forjoining us. just very _ morning. good morning, nicky. thanks forjoining us. just very quickly, - forjoining us. just very quickly, as a member of the tartan army, i saw you in your top and your kilt a couple of weeks ago, i've been there myself, whenjude bellingham scored, if you managed to see it, did you punch the air or did you have the feelings of many in the tartan army, somewhat ambivalent? i feelings of many in the tartan army, somewhat ambivalent?— somewhat ambivalent? i didn't see the name, somewhat ambivalent? i didn't see the game. i — somewhat ambivalent? i didn't see the game. i was — somew

let's cross to our scotland reporter katie hunter, who's covering the snp campaign.things are going where you are on the last day? the snp leader atjohn swinney like all the other party leaders throwing everything at the campaign trail today on the last full day of campaigning, the battlebus left here about 45 minutes ago, we will catch up about 45 minutes ago, we will catch up with it later on. john swinney�*s message today is the same that he has been focusing on over the last few days, he said in his opinion the election is a done deal in england and labour will wind and sir keir starmer will be the next prime minister but he says it is a different situation in scotland, that the vote is on a knife edge and too close to call between the snp and labour, and what he has been seen consistently through this campaign is if maybury do when the election, it will be more of the same, and he is saying for voters in scotland, in his opinion the need to vote snp to give people a strong voice at westminster.— vote snp to give people a strong voice at westminster. thanks very

katie hunter, our scotland correspondent, is here. christian fraser was mentioning glasgow.rfront, i think— the snp. on the labourfront, i think there _ the snp. on the labourfront, i think there win has been bigger than most expected. i remember speaking to a labour— most expected. i remember speaking to a labour staffer before the election— to a labour staffer before the election was called in the scottish parliament, and he was saying if we -et parliament, and he was saying if we get to— parliament, and he was saying if we get to the _ parliament, and he was saying if we get to the mid 20s we will be delighted. here are two figures that sum up _ delighted. here are two figures that sum up the labour campaign, 37 seats in scotland. _ sum up the labour campaign, 37 seats in scotland, last general election they were — in scotland, last general election they were onjust in scotland, last general election they were on just one in scotland, last general election they were onjust one single seat in scotland _ they were onjust one single seat in scotland so — they were onjust one

earlier our scotland reporter katie hunter spoke to the leader of the snp, john swinney, i'm very concernedwe're two days out. your headline thoughts? it’s question, here we're two days out. your headline thoughts?— your headline thoughts? it's really remarkable — your headline thoughts? it's really remarkable where _ your headline thoughts? it's really remarkable where there _ your headline thoughts? it's really remarkable where there is - your headline thoughts? it's really remarkable where there is far i your headline thoughts? it's really remarkable where there is far into | remarkable where there is far into an election campaign and there's been no movement in the polls at all. compared to the start, apart from the swing towards the reform party. rishi sunak is conservatives willjust be really disappointed with that. traditionally as polling day gets closer and more undecided voters make up their minds it looks like there's going to be something of a contest. at the moment everybody is looking at the central mystery of how much of a majority labour will get rather than whether they'll

go go go katie ledecky on her way to making history.nford alum won bronze in the women's 400 meter free. it is her 11th olympic medal. she is a beast. she's now one medal away from tying the record for any american woman in olympic history, and another stanford alum kicked off the medal streak, actually winning the american's first medal of the games. kassidy cook and her best friend sarah bacon sizzled with a silver medal win, the women taking second in the three meter synchronized springboard competition. now, cassidy says it has been a hard journey filled with surgeries for her and heartbreak that only made her and her teammate stronger and better. it still feels pretty surreal. my neck is definitely feeling it. these suckers are heavy. but, i mean, we've accomplished our goal and i feel like i'm living in a dream. like somebody wake me up. but please don't. actually, this is amazing. we've been having such a blast today. and you kno, all our hard work coming to fruition. a mixed night for the u.s. men's gymnastics team. the men in s

she said that lotuses an end hunter very much so.ouse and if a buddy in the family valerie who ran the super brothers campaign is the one today to think about his legacy. >> cheryl: look, house intelligence chair mike turner is now telling the white house what is hunter biden doing in these meetings? what is he getting access to and still no answers. they come back to work on monday and they've got a lot of questions about national security, which is something the call mentioned as well. this is a make or break moment. hunter is sitting there by his father's side and you see him in the room during biden's statements whether scripted or not scripted. >> kayleigh: oh, jan. >> cheryl: i will say this again, they are doing a disservice to the president, a family member, but at the same time, i don't think anyone is comfortable with having hunter biden in the closed meetings. >> kayleigh: speaking of kind of a cover-up happening, jill biden has been instrumental to this and axios reporting her top aides creating this cocoon, this guy anth

hunter biden has been sitting in on some meetings that senior white house staff are also in. i just think, you know so much about how the biden family operates and i just wonder what you made of that revelation to be honest, it didn't surprise me at all to see that i had done some reporting last year about their relationship and found out that hunter he's a he's a longtime adviser of his father informally. and so was beau biden before his death in 2015? their father would call them constantly for their input on politics and otherwise that hasn't changed with change with hunter. and in fact, hunters involvement has encompass speech, writing at the white house. he weighs in on. he has weighed in an honore at least one speech particularly related to democracy before. and so to see him in a speech prep last night was not surprising to me. >> what you also have new reporting tonight and the new york times about president biden. you said his mental lapses are increasingly common over the last few months if you're speaking with sources tonight at that fundraiser, president biden sai

here's katie rogers.morning not having a summit, that in hair and makeup for a shoot with annie leibowitz, the vogue who shot obama and clinton in march. family suggested this week because hunter and family in town." chad gilmartin asked the question, america is getting a part-time president who is easily confused and exhausted. they get fame, fortune, and "vogue" covers. >> kennedy: that's the kind of glossies that he should do post presidency photowho shot obama and clinton and the one term of president biden, but now -- it wasn't just the 90 minutes that is defining his presidency or his life in public service. it betrays someone who is incapable of the most basic tasks of being human being, not to mention the most powerful and important job in the world. we cannot have a six-hour president. the presidency requires someone who, like hillary clinton said, can wake up in the middle the night and take that 2:00 a.m. phone call. he can't do that. of course jill biden and hunter biden want him to hang onto