jonah's brother adam flew in from his home in tennessee. you came out to support jonah? h >> correct. >> reporter: how well had you known max? >> i knew max well. he was a really wonderful kid. >> reporter: at max's bedside, jonah asked one of the doctors for his prognosis. >> peterson looked at him and so said, "well, i don't know. i don't know. i'm not sure if he's gonna walk or talk." >> reporter: that sounds like te about the worst news you can get. >> but it wasn't real. i would've bet my life on it at that time that max was gonna be okay.e >> reporter: there was more bad news on the way.te >> 911 emergency. what are you reporting? >> yeah, uh, i got a girl -- hung herself in the guest house. >> what had happened in that house? police uncover some disturbing clues. coming up -- >> they located a female on the property. the victim's hands and feet were bound. >> i guarantee you, my heart started racing. >> who was this victim? >> okay, how old is she? >> she's 30. >> 30, okay. when was the last time you saw her? >> y last night. >> soon detectives would be investigat

chanting. 0k, jonah with the very latest air in minsk.declared a major disaster by president trump. at least six people have been killed and tens of thousands have fled as over 500 separate fires burned more than 4,000 square kilometres of land in a week. peter bowes reports from los angeles. some of the biggest wildfires california has ever seen. the north of the state is the worst affected. there are multiple blazes burning in the mountains around palo alto, in the san francisco bay area. and another complex of fires is wreaking havoc in wine country, south of sacramento. in all, almost 600 separate fires, many of them started by a series of rare dry lightning storms. a blanket of smoke hangs over much of the state. 175,000 people have been told to leave their homes. some are nervous about taking shelter in crowded evacuation centres because of the coronavirus. there are more cases in california than any other us state.

let's speak now to our correspondent in minsk, jonah fisher. more big demonstrations expected today.ko is in now and how much are the protests... today we are expecting the opposition to try and put on a very large demonstration, something similar to what happened last sunday when the entire centre of minsk was taken over by demonstrators, several thousand people on the streets. the problem for the opposition, the man in charge for the last 26 years, president lukashenko, he has built the security apparatus and for now that appears loyal to him. the military here has been loyal to him. the question is the demonstrators face and that they are at the moment facing increasing pressure from the riot police and security, how do they handle the progress towards removing president lukashenko from office. people power will not be enough to push him out? how is he likely to be removed? it seems there would have to be a move against him from within the security apparatus, the closed group to him, someone might tap him on the shoulder and say it is time to go. in moscow, vladimir putin might sa

jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk. but is change inevitable at this point in belarus?e future. he is the information secretary of the main bela russian emigre body, the rada council. the protest situation now in belarus is unprecedented in terms of the scale of protests and really what it looks like the chances of them finally to succeed. but we've been through similar situations in 2006, in 2001, in 2010 when there was an illusion that victory of democracy was very close. but in the end, he finally found a way out, meaning lukashenko. is there any sign that the army or police are deserting him? the signs are very weak at this moment but there are individual officers, individual soldiers who resigned and who publicly resigned who have declared their discontent with the police and their disagreements with the unprecedented police brutality, absolutely many evil police brutality that we have seen last week. there are signs of that but not yet an avalanche so to say. what about the relationship with russia? because that has been problematic and troubled for some time. it

jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk. let's get some of the day's other news. the worst hit country of covid—19 outside the us. it has over 3.5 million cases. must president has defended the handling of the epidemic as well as its governments judgement of the fires of the advisory amazon. our south america correspond reports. of course we regret the efforts of more than 100,000 brazilians 0k, more than 100,000 brazilians ok, but the federal and state governments did everything that we could. we were successful in adapting the curve of the pandemic to the capacity of our public hospitals because in the beginning, everybody was afraid of this, that we would have people dying in the halls of our hospitals. and this did not happen stop and also, we had a lot of measures to mitigate the economic and social problems. i think that doing a good job. bolsonaro has made it clear about how he felt about social distancing, he has pushed back on the wearing of facemask. he has had it, the same as the first lady, a lot of people feel perhaps that the leadershipjust does not

jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk.ntion is getting under way. 20 years experience but this is uncharted territory. how do you think this is going to play with the voters? in some ways, it won't be much different to previous conventions because prime—time television in the us only ever played one hour a night, just what they are going to do now. most voters will experience at the same way they have before stop the cable will show more. in some ways it is not that different. in other ways, we have no idea! wejust don't know. the spontaneous moments that you have in conventions, the emotion you have, for example ba rack obama's the emotion you have, for example barack obama's speech in 2004, jesse jackson in 1988, those kinds of moments where you get energy from the crowd, those aren't going to happen. sometimes they are transformative moments. sometimes they are tra nsformative moments. it sometimes they are transformative moments. it is really ha rd to transformative moments. it is really hard to say but i think for a l

that's jonah fisher there. let's bring you some breaking news from the united states.he will recall the chamber this week to vote on legislation to protect the postal service. in a letter to lawmakers, pelosi said the house would vote on legislation to prohibit the postal service from implementing any changes to services it had in place on january first. democrats have accused president trump of trying to hamstring the cash—strapped postal service to suppress mail—in voting. this comes after the main investigative committee of the house called on top figures in the postal service to testify at an emergency hearing later this month amid allegations of widespread mail delays and potential interference by president trump. mr trump has warned the us is not ready for mail ballots in the november elections. in north carolina protesters gathered again outside the home of the postmaster general louis dejoy. they claim mr dejoy — who is a supporter of donald trump — is intentionally gutting the postal service to help the president. the speaker the us house, nancy pelosi says sh

jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk.urdering her disabled son. the body of ten—year—old dylan freeman, whose father is a celebrity photographer, was found at home yesterday after his mother, olga freeman, walked into her local police station. self—employed workers who are eligible for government support during the covid crisis, can now apply for a second — and final — grant. the first scheme, launched in may, saw nearly £8 billion claimed by 2.7 million people. but many self—employed people are concerned that they are again being left out. emma simpson reports. vanessa's getting ready for her next client. more prep work now, but this beautician from kent is just relieved to be working properly again, helped by the first government self—employed grant. it was a life—saver for our family and it kept us afloat, it kept us fed and itjust meant the world to us. but things are far from normal. it's very important to catch up with all the lost finances that we've had and just to keep us afloat and to keep me running my business

jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, beating all records.re on earth. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! czechoslovakia must be free! chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" welcome back, very glad to have you with us. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: the race for the us presidency is kicking

our correspondentjonah fisher is in minsk our correspondent jonah fisher is in minskjonah fisher is ine out the protestsjoanna? that is the big question here in minute —— minsk, you can see behind me another large demonstration calling for evgenie plushenko, the man who has run this country —— president lukashenko, who has run this country to step down, it has been tense here, what you can't see, behind me is the fact all the streets running up to the square are full of riot police and military. there have been announcements over the loud speaker in the scare, several time, calling for people to disperse, and that this is an illegal demonstration. president lukashenko has in the last few days being talking very tough, saying he will not allow demonstrations to continue, he will not allow unrest and it will have to be sorted out. we have to see what he means by that. joanna, thank you for that. in minsk. in minsk. it's almost 18 months since the terror attacks on two mosques in the new zealand city of christchurch in which 51 people died. the gunman will be sentenced in a few days time.

jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk.what is happening there of course, not least the russian president vladimir putin. what is the making of the developments in larousse? —— belarus? the bbc‘s sarah rainsford is in moscow. there is concern about an old ally slipping out of moscow's group. these countries have a collective security treaty in moscow has said it will honour that. we can't entirely rule out the idea of russian security forces heading in, and in belarus. especially if the kremlin signs of what is either the western meddling. so far the western meddling. so far the statement in moscow have been pretty muted, and i think what is important is important is the protest in belarus are not pro—eu, not pronator, not anti— russia. they are anti— lukashenko. i think if russia we re lukashenko. i think if russia were to and prop him up, that would actually backfire. belarusian is would actually backfire. bela rusian is good would actually backfire. belarusian is good turn against russia. russia, there are other risks as

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jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk. other news: a strong earthquake has shaken the island of masbate in the central philippines. social media post show houses shaking during the tremor — and light—to—moderate damage to roads and buildings. the philippine institute of seismology says the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 but there is no threat of a tsunami from the earthquake but warned that aftershocks are expected. federal officials will face a parliamentary committee over a cruise ship scandal that fuelled australia's coronavirus crisis. more than 2,500 passengers were allowed to leave the ruby princess without being tested after it docked in sydney, in march, despite suspected covid—19 cases on board. the new south wales state government has apologised and has admitted "monumental mista kes" were made. british universities are braced to deal with an increase in calls from students after yesterday's u—turn over how a—level results were decided. ministers in england, wales and northern ireland have confirmed pupils wou

jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk.will be live to moscow shortly to discuss that story in more detail. to the us now, where house speaker nancy pelosi is arranging for a vote in congress later this week on legislation to protect the postal service. ms pelosi has accused president trump of a "campaign to sabotage the election" and her democratic party is looking to unwind recent changes which they say could hamper postal voting in november's presidential election. alanna petroff has the story. banjo playing and singing # do not deliver us mail should be against the law #. cheering it's come to this. a musical protest about the post office. demonstrators gathered outside the home of the new postmaster general louis dejoy, for another day of dissent. de joy, recently appointed to the role, is a big trump donor. his cost cutting moves at the cash—strapped postal service have slowed down mail delivery. i was overseas and i cast my vote by mail—in ballot! protesters worried de joy's changes will hinder mail—in voting during

thank you, jonah fisher live in minsk.ow there were 1,040 new confirmed cases of covid—19 reported in the latest 24—hour period. the seven—day rolling average for daily cases is 1,085, so as you can see here, the average is slowly rising. five deaths were recorded in the same 24—hour period, taking the total number across the uk, to 41,366. the number of reported deaths is generally lower at the weekend. on average in the past week, 13 people are reported to have died every day from coronavirus. globally, the world health organisation says nearly 300,000 people tested positive for covid—19 in the last 24 hours, the highest rate of the pandemic so far. countries across europe are reporting rising infections, including spain, where experts say the situation is critical. and in italy and france, there are surges in cases, while south korea has recorded its biggest outbreak in five months. but in south africa, the government says infections have peaked, and so lockdown measures, were eased today. meanwhile back here, one of th

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let's speak now to our correspondent in minsk, jonah fisher. i hope you can hear me.retty tense because the security forces are very much on standby there? yes, that is right. i mean, independence square at the centre of minsk. this is a gathering point for today's demonstration. you can see people behind me chanting, long live belarus. probably about 5000 people 01’ so belarus. probably about 5000 people or so here at the moment. we are expecting more to come. what you cannot see hair is the riot police. there is a very significant riot police and military presence in the streets around the square. one streets around the square. one street alone i counted at least 25 vehicles so a show of force certainly from president. it is unclear at the moment whether they are going to intervene to stop this protest, this valley, taking place. about half an hour or so ago we had announcements over loudspeakers saying that this was illegal and they were planning to disperse this demonstration. it has not deterred people from gathering here so there is an element of tension in the

jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk.later we'll hear from an expert on the region on why he thinks president lukashenko won't be able to stay in power. the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, says she's recalling the chamber later this week to vote on legislation to protect the country's postal service. in a letter, ms pelosi accused president trump of a "campaign to sabotage the election". of mail ballots may not arrive in time to be counted in november's election. in north carolina, protesters gathered again outside the home of the head of the postal service, postmaster general louis dejoy. he's a loyal supporter of the president and a republican donor. critics blame him for a slowdown in deliveries, and say he's intentionally gutting the postal service to help president trump. earlier i spoke to steve herman, the white house bureau chief at the voice of america, and asked him if a vote on legislation would put an end to the dispute. maybe not. it really remains to be seen if there will be enough

dwindling circle of those with the big sticks and eventually some sort of tap on the shoulder of the kind jonahmstances in belarus. lu kashenko has been there a very long time. it is reallyjust about him, there are no other centres of power around him. russia is in the wings waiting too. the key to this is the military and other structures of that kind that take the view the status quo is unsustainable for the country and their interest lies with the people. he appeared before factory workers the other day, theyjeered him and heckled him. reminiscent of romania. but you don't think that will be enough to push him out of power? the country is pretty much on a knife edge now. the initial response for lukashenko, was to crush and repress the protests against the falsified results. that did not have the intended effect of frightening people into silence as in the past. on the contrary, it has brought new and wider groups into the support of change. the workers in the state—owned enterprises, the crown jewels of lu kashenko's economy, they have increasingly sided with the opposition. a combination o

jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk.0renstein is professor of russian and east european studies at the university of pennsylvania he says we're witnessing a pivotal moment in belarus‘ history and that the president won't be able to hold on to power. i think everybody on the street knows that he lost the election and they're not going to go away, in my view. what's happened, in fact, is they've created a national movement probably for the first time in belarus. what you're seeing is the standing up of a nation, very similar to wenceslas square in 1989 in prague. something like that which is, i think, a unique moment for belarus. you're a professor of russian and east european studies. let's talk briefly, if you can, about russia. the role of belarus‘ neighbour is going to be in the back of minds of many people out on the street. talk us through what the relationship is between those two countries and the two leaders. absolutely, its very complex. russia and belarus have played an interesting dance for quite a long time an

thought as many as 100,000 people took to the streets in the centre of the capital, minsk, from where jonah us this report. chanting. a week after the disputed election, belarus is voting with its feet. the centre of the capital, minsk, taken over by hundreds of thousands of people. united in their demand that alexander lu kashenko, the only president this country has ever known, must leave. i hope he will step down. do you think that this sort of demonstration is going to convince the president to go? yes, we believe, and that's why we are all here. all of minsk, all of our country. belarus has never seen scenes like this before. a couple of weeks ago, demonstrations were extremely rare and they were usually brutally snuffed out by the government. now there are people marching as far as the eye can see through the centre of the capital, minsk. there's a real sense of change in the air. but for now, president lukashenko clings on to power. this was his rally today in minsk. just a few thousand showed up. an embarrassing turnout for a man who claims to have won 80% of the vote. in a defiant

jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk. a little later we will heard —— here from an expert on the region.pelosi says she is recalling the chamber later this week to recall legislation is protecting the us postal service. there are already calls for the usps to testify before lawmakers against, the democrats have... , there are already plans for top figures in the usps to testify before lawmakers — amid allegations of widespread mail delays and potential interference by president trump. the democrats accuse the president of trying to suppress postal voting in november's presidential election. well in north carolina protesters gathered again outside the home of the head of the post office, postmaster general louis dejoy. mr dejoy is a supporter of donald trump and a major donor to the republican party, and protesters say he's intentionally gutting the postal service to help president trump. earlier i spoke to steve herman, the white house bureau chief at the voice of america, and asked him if a vote on legislation would put an end to the dispute. well, maybe not. it really remains to be see

looking at perspiring plans to ease restrictions as he tries to avoid another nationwide lockdown jonah hall has more now from central london. hopes that the worst of the covert 1000 crisis may be behind the u.k. this autumn appear to be fading infection rates are rising for the 1st time since may not to the heights of a pandemic in april but nevertheless going up and the government has warned it may have to go further than the localised restrictions in place to control local spikes where they happen there are reports that the prime minister boris johnson has commissioned a plan for a london wide lockdown including restrictions on movement in and out of the m 25 ring road asking people over the age of 15 who may have a vulnerable condition to the virus to shelter at home and with schools due to return in just a few weeks' time in september scientists are warning that any further reopening of the economy may mean other parts of the economy have got to shut again to maintain balance and the finger is being pointed at the hospitality industry will take a look at where i am now in the heart

that taking back control will make it harder to stop refugees coming and harder to send them back jonah hill al-jazeera dover. i don't know about this in doha but the headlines on al-jazeera michelle obama and bernie sanders have been among the speakers on day one of the democratic national convention in the united states senate vents that will formally name joe biden as the party's presidential candidate the job is hard it requires clear headed judgment a mastery of complex and competing issues a devotion to facts and history a moral compass and an ability to listen and an abiding belief that each of the 330000000 lives in this country has meaning and worth i he went back to court is expected to deliver its verdicts in the assassination of former lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri in 20054 men are being tried in absentia all of them members of the on which denies involvement. several rockets of struck afghanistan's capital kabul injuring 9 people at least one rocket landed near the main diplomatic district attack coincided with the country's independence day a magnitude 6.5 earthquak

first time, there was a pro—government rally in the centre of minsk, from where our correspondent, jonaher the disputed election, belarus is voting with its feet. the centre of the capital, minsk, taken over by hundreds of thousands of people. united in their demand that alexander lu kashenko, the only president this country has ever known, stepped down. do you think the president is going to go peacefully? i'm not sure about it but we will not go away today, tomorrow, next week, we will stay here on the streets. i spent all my life with president lukashenko and i don't want it any more. do you think this sort of demonstration is going to convince the president to go? yes, we believe, and that is why we are all here. belarus has never seen scenes like this before. a couple of weeks ago demonstrations were extremely rare and they were usually brutally snuffed out by the government. now there are people much and as far as the eye can see through the centre of the capital, minsk. there is a real sense of change in the air. but this isn't over. earlier in the day, president lukashenko held h

or has been accused of cracking down on dissent as calls grow for his resignation is the 3rd time jonah has appeared in court requesting bail piers speedo is a senior consultant for the international crisis group for southern african nations he says hope is likely to be granted bail but have restrictions placed on his journalism. this is a renewed. given his previous belloc the question was refused in the magistrate's court and then that refusal upheld in the high court controversially last week so this is an attempt to say there are new circumstances and that i hope which an order should be granted well my sense is that he's likely to be granted. with some pretty severe restrictions on his social media and his public communications this will be used by the zimbabwean government to illustrate judicial independence and so forth. they would necessarily expect in the kind of negative feedback that they have received in the last couple of weeks around this case and related matters. so i think that this may be an opportunity to to release him now but they may be concerned also about the deta

jonah. now, it's not the highest point in georgia. it's not even the top ten. but it's pretty rugged. today it's known for rock climbing. as you can see from the summit here. there's also today a 2 1/2-mile walking trail up to the summit. of course, in 1865, they didn't have any of that. so here, and people have questioned why general longstreet chose to climb this mountain to begin with. and some people see it that just after four years of war and after appomattox and everything else, the general needed some type of challenge to meet, and this was his challenge, to climb the mountain. granted, he's not climbing the matterhorn or anything like that, but it's not an easy assent. in fact, the captain who went up with him said we had a fine extensive view of the country, but the assent was so tiresome and difficult that we were so exhausted when we reached the summit as not to be able to enjoy it to the fullest extent. in the post-war years because of the pardon and the disnabilitie being released, longstreet is going to go back to serving his country. keep in min

john howard joins us now live from the town of deal in kent county jonah so if it's not the crisis that the government is portraying this is being what is it i mean more people are arriving on britain's shores by boat right. if indeed it is undeniable that the numbers have gone up 4300 estimated arrivals by boat or perhaps rescued intercepted by the border force and brought ashore some of them arriving on this very beach behind me here as opposed to some 850 people arriving last year so the numbers are certainly going up it's also undeniable that these are extremely desperate people who have endured a terrible journey to get here many of them suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder when they arrive many have been the victims of torture police brutality trafficking along the way there are many children many unaccompanied minors so there's no denying there's a problem but the numbers and the facts there don't tell the full story because for instance part of the reason for those increased numbers arriving by boat is because truck traffic the formally preferred route into this country fo

jonah fisher gave us the latest from minsk.ikers were coming out against president lukashenko. yesterday, a very different mood. president lukashenko coming out with some strong words, instructing the interior ministry here to restore order on the streets of minsk, and certainly the numbers yesterday were considerably reduced, possibly out of fear that there might be reprisals and attacks on people coming out. the headlines on bbc news... there's been a steep rise in gcse grades in england. pupils have been receiving them after a uk government u—turn means marks are now based on teacher assessments. students in wales and northern ireland are also getting grades today meanwhile, chaos for hundreds of thousands of pupils as btec students are told they won't get their marks, just hours before they were due to be published. the russian opposition figure alexei navalny is unconscious in hospital with suspected poisoning. the anti—corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight. thousands of people have been forced out of their homes

cast their ballots there many of them also had to wait for hours but due to coronavirus restrictions jonah hill has a story. the queue snaked its way through the back streets of kensington in london hundreds of belorussian ex-pats waiting to cross their vote at the country's embassy here it's our right and we should have human rights we should be able to choose our future even though i'm here like my friend my family out there and i want the future to be made to have i want them to have basically future and to have choice and they would wait and wait many for several hours with the embassy only allowing one person in at a time a deliberate tactic suggested some of the independent observers outside have people come in from manchester at timber flying just to vote and now under reste of not being able to hold because the news will run really slow why is it so slow. well i guess we still under the virus conditions so they allow only one votes in bills in sight that's the excuse is it was the excuse but you'd be hard pressed to find anybody in this crowd willing to support alexander of new pus

do you believe a whale swallowed jonah? do you think the flood to be interpretation? do you believe the earth was made in six days? bryan was cagey. he did not offer a qualified yes. darrow said maybe it was a large fish and it wasn't a whale. maybe god didn't instruct the large fish to ingest a man. bryan rejected the notion that the day of creation mentioned in genesis was actually 24 hours. he subscribed to what some fundamentalists called the time, age day theory where the days mentioned in genesis refer to an eon of time, thousands and thousands of years for each day. and bryan evaded direct questions with answers that seemed rather thoughtless and dogmatic. for example, when darrow asked when the flood took place, darrow said, quote, he never made a calculation. darrow pressed on. what do you think? bryan bristled, i don't think about things i don't think about. that sort of left the door wide open to ridicule. darrow, do you think about you o think about? answer, well, sometimes. the court reporter noted, laughter in the courtyard. after several minutes of this

our correspondent jonah fisher is there. there is no sign of these protests stopping, is there?? absolutely huge protests on the streets of minsk yesterday. unprecedented by the standards of this country. hundreds of thousands, i think, of people on the streets here demanding that alexander lukashenko, europe's here demanding that alexander lu kashenko, europe's longest here demanding that alexander lukashenko, europe's longest serving leader, step down after what most people think was a heavily rigged election a week or so ago. yes, there will be a series of strikes today, hitting many of the major industries here in belarus including car manufacturing, tractor manufacturing, fertiliser production, and we are waiting to see just how extensive they are, but there is a real sense of the pressure building on alexander lukashenko and i think many people are now not looking to belarus and the streets of minsk as to what's going to happen next. but further afield to russia, the key relationship for this country, looking very closely to see whether just might be some form of russian i

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know, china too, with fentanyl, and again, all roads leads to china over and over again, but the jack jonahre also , you're in los angeles in the area. people are leaving there, they are leaving new york city. there's a debate here even though the numbers are staggering in terms of home sales into the suburbs and flee to connecticut and upstate new york and new jersey. do you think it's seinfeld says it's temporary, everything, we just go through a cycle and other people here say we've never seen things as bad. you have the same thing in los angeles. do you think this is a blip or do you think people are leaving for good? >> i've lived in california, i went to school in new jersey and things like that but lived in california and never did i ever think i would leave malibu, california. i for the first time ever am concerned if this election goes the wrong way, i'm concerned about living here in california and actually considering leaving for the first time in my life. so i'd like to believe it's just a blip; however just things have gotten so out of control here in terms of taxes it's insane

jonah spill boar is with us this morning. good morning. >> so two months for lori loughlin. five months for her husband. why the difference in the two sentences and is this an appropriate sentence for the crime? >> first the difference is the courts and prosecutors claim that lori loughlin's husband actually had a little more to do with this crime than she did. he made some comments and criticisms of his children's guidance counselor and that helped the scheme go undetected for as long as it did. they gave him -- they threw the book at him a little bit harder but not a lot. but, look, in terms of two months, five months, the longest sentence in this case has been nine months. and i do think justice has been served for this reason. justice doesn't always mean jail. the world is not going to be a safer or better place if we lock up lor lori loughlin and throw y the key. serious light on a problem that look, this is not the first time it happened but the world finally figured out this was happening. because of this -- even thoug

jonah fisher has the latest from minsk. car horns toot.s was the day the workers turned on alexander lukashenko.

jonah fisher, bbc news, minsk.vestigative committee of the us house of representatives has called on top figures in the postal service to testify at an emergency hearing, amid allegations of widespread mail delays and potential interference by president trump. mr trump has warned the us is not ready for a postal ballot in the november elections, even though many americans are calling for postal voting because of the pandemic. speaking a short time ago top democrat senator chuck schumer said any attempts by the president to undermine the postal service should be called out in the strongest possible terms. to slow down the mail at any time is disgraceful. to slow it down in covid is despicable, and hurts people's lives. donald trump is aimed at hurting the elections. he wants, he has said... this man has no limits. unlimited gall. he says he wants to slow down the mail to hurt the elections and make people doubt the results of the election. maybe he's worried he's going to lose — it doesn't matter. our elections are