jon brookes, thank you very much.lly it has been an extremely busy news period, most of it very bad, so it is understandable if some of the audience, perhaps even some of the journalists wanted it all to occasionally just calm down and stop. on tuesday night it did just that as those watching the ten o'clock evening bulletin on news channel were treated to this... there followed four minutes of huw edwards waiting patiently, checking over his script and taking notes, all interspersed with some rather random visual material. viewers on bbc one only had a bit of that before the presentation announcer took over with a holding message and some music. what on earth was going on? apparently the bbc news technical system crashed seconds before ten o'clock and although huw edwards wasn't told he was on air for a couple of minutes, having heard pandemonium in the background, he thought he would take the conservative approach and just sit there, quietly. the glitch prompted a flurry of reaction on twitter. john reid thought...

jon brookes, thank you very much.lly it has been an extremely busy news period, most of it very bad, so it is understandable if some of the audience, perhaps even some of the journalists wanted it all to occasionally just calm down and stop. on tuesday night it did just that as those watching the ten o'clock evening bulletin on news channel were treated to this... there followed four minutes of huw edwards waiting patiently, checking over his script and taking notes, all interspersed with some rather random visual material. viewers on bbc one only had a bit of that before the presentation announcer took over with a holding message and some music. what on earth was going on? apparently the bbc news technical system crashed seconds before ten o'clock and although huw edwards wasn't told he was on air for a couple of minutes, having heard pandemonium in the background, he thought he would take the conservative approach and just sit there, quietly. the glitch prompted a flurry of reaction on twitter. ian ford posted this.

jon brookes, thank you very much.ally just calm down and stop. on tuesday night it did just that as those watching the ten o'clock evening bulletin on news channel were treated to this... there followed four minutes of huw edwards waiting patiently, checking over his script and taking notes, all interspersed with some rather random visual material. viewers on bbc one only had a bit of that before the presentation announcer took over with a holding message and some music. what on earth was going on? apparently the bbc news technical system crashed seconds before ten o'clock and although huw edwards wasn't told he was on air for a couple of minutes, having heard pandemonium in the background, he thought he would take the conservative approach and just sit there, quietly. the glitch prompted a flurry of reaction on twitter. john reid thought... ian ford posted this... thank you for all your comments this week. please send us your thoughts on bbc news and current affairs. in written or spoken form. you can contact us at:

jon ralston, thank you all. >> thank you. >> woodruff: and to the analysis of shields and brooks.t's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. welcome, gentlemen. so let's continue the conversation about james comey. david, we heard today what the president thinks of it. he said he thought the former f.b.i. director vindicated him, but he also was telling lies. what did you think? >> i think trump actually had some points. i think one of the things we heard on the criminal side, it was not a terrible day for donald trump. james comey seemed to suggest that there was no -- maybe cast some doubt whether there was collusion between the russian government and the trump campaign or at least a lot of conversations. i think what trump did with james comey clearing the room and asking him to lay off on flynn is scandalous, terrible, but not something that would rise to the level of impeachment. to me, on the criminal front, not a disastrous testimony for donald trump. on the moral front, kind of disastrous. the thought he lied is pretty strong. we know

brooke baldwin joins me. republicans celebrating a big win in the most expensive house race in u.s. history. karen handel defeating democratic challenger jon ossoff to win the open seat in georgia's sixth congressional district. it's another deneat for the democrats, that's four in a row in these special elections since president trump was elected. >> democrats are 0 for 4 there. meantime on capitol hill senate republican leaders will take the wraps off their health care bill, unveiling a draft tomorrow after weeks of secrecy. some republicans are voicing their frustrations about the ro ses as well. we have it all covered for you. let's begin with my colleague jason carroll in the wake of this sixth congressional district, a big loss for democrats. >> reporter: back to the drawing board for democrats, major loss for democrats, especially after they poured so much effort and money into this race, $20 million -- more than $20 million for jon ossoff. major loss for him. he was not able to tap into enough moderates and independents here in the district to put him over the edge. but a big win for handel, a big win for the president. as you know