>> her cousin, laura lee, says it's been a nightmare ever since . >> my little foot and slipper.was in the middle of about, in the middle of the time of the three years he was molesting me. >> she shared a picture of her alleged perpetrator the night of his engagem sent to another woman. >> he would immediately, immediately go back to sexually interacting with me or whenever he could. >> how often would this happen? >> on a week to week basis? it would happen about two times a week or more, laura lee says. >> for three years she didn't understand what was going on until sixth grade. >> sex ed class and i left the class and went out side and it was the first time i realized what had happened to me. >> she was 13. >> my parents were actually told at that time i was i couldn't do school. laura lee says she tried reporting it again four years later at age 17, but her parents still didn't believe her. so with my parents, them allowing that to happen basically they allowed it. >> my mom and dad, lynette says. >> it's a crooked culture that's been passed through generations. >> we do kn

>> her cousin laura lee says it's been a nightmare ever since. >> my little foot and slipper.his was in the middle of about, in the middle of the time of the three years he was molesting me. >> she shared a picture of her alleged perpetrator the night of his engagement to another woman. >> he would immediately immediately go back to sexually interacting with me whenever he could. >> how often would this happen on a week to week basis? >> it would happen about two times a week or more, laura lee says. >> for three years she didn't understand what was going on until sixth grade. >> sex ed class and i left the class and went out side and it was the first time i realized what had happened to me. >> she was 13. >> my parents were actually told at that time i was i couldn't do school. laura lee says she tried reporting it again four years later at age 17, but her parents still didn't believe her. so with my parents, them allowing that to happen basically they allowed it. >> my mom and dad, lynette says. >> it's a crooked culture that's been passed through generations. >> we do know

laura lee brown in california, who says she was 9. a girl in montana whose family says she was just 2 years old. she is now 13. in a rare exclusive interview, we sat down with the fbi at the omaha field office that's now leading this worldwide investigation. sources tell us they've given you 800 names of perpetrators. have you ever heard of something this widespread? >> what i can tell you is this. when we first put out the initial message requesting people to provide us information, we did receive quite a bit of information. and we're continuing that push. >> reporter: the fbi insists that anyone who experienced abuse should contact them. let's say you arrest one person, two people. is that it? >> the fbi focuses in general on bringing cases from local to global. the fbi doesn't stop at just an initial arrest. we will follow that event wherever it leads. >> reporter: there's no one head of the church, but as for the dozens of former and current overseers with whom we spoke, all of them denied knowing anything about the widespread sex

lee? i'm blaming it on you. i'm just kidding i have known him so long i can do that. >> it's still there. >> laura: all right. seriously, on this issue of how republicans respond to this in the campaign, i mean, inflation, the border, number one and number two issue. high cost of living, but this lawfare thing is an interesting one. because it's a rank unfairness and it doesn't follow any common sense. >> and americans see through this as a political persecution of trying to lock up president trump for the rest of his life to try to bankrupt president trump and his family and we have seen some of these tactics where in some states the democrats are trying to remove donald trump's name from the ballot all together. so, where there is any discussion whatsoever about attacks on democracy, i don't think that the left is able to lecture any more about january 6th or otherwise. as if they now have this monopoly on this conversation. you have proven that everything that you are saying donald trump will do in his next term, you are actively doing right in front of us right now and, again, the american public can see t

laura: j.d. hung around. leey, this issue of how republicans responde mead ie campaign, inflation come up border, number one issue number two issue, high cost of living. but this low-fare thing is an interesting one because it is a> rank of unfairness and doesn't follow any common sense. >> american see through this as a political persecution of trying to lock up president trump for the rest of his life to try to bankrupt the president trump and his family. and we have seen some of theseon tactics where in some statesal, the democrats are trying to remove donald trumerp name from the ballot altogether. so where there is any discussio whatsoever about attacks on democracy, i don't think the left is able to lecture anymore about january 6th or otherwise as if they knoe w how this monopoly on this conversation. you have proven that everything you are saying donald trump will do at his next term, you are actively doing right now. and the republican concealed through it. >> laura: jamie i want to pick through eyehole

tony lee took a leave of absence from his job yesterday. both laurahave been approached for comment but haven't replied. on a visit earlier, the housing secretary michael gove admitted it didn't look good. it is secretary michael gove admitted it didn't look good.— didn't look good. it is quite ro erl didn't look good. it is quite preperly being _ didn't look good. it is quite properly being investigated didn't look good. it is quite - properly being investigated now. didn't look good. it is quite _ properly being investigated now. how does it look? well, as i say, you and others looking at this world, i'm sure, be doing much more than just raising an eyebrow. but it's important for me and all the candidates out there that while we acknowledge that this is not great, that we concentrate on the real issues in this campaign. labour says it's not good — issues in this campaign. labour says it's not good enough _ issues in this campaign. labour says it's not good enough and _ issues in this campaign. labour says it's not good enough and wants - it's not g

tony lee, and his wife laura sanders — who is the party's candidate in bristol north west — are both looked into. this morning it emerged that mr lee has taken a leave of absence from his job, and left the campaign yesterday. our political correspondent helen catt has the latest. we will have a general election on the 4th ofjuly. july elections are a rarity. now, the gambling commission is looking into some of the bets that were placed on one being called. the use of confidential information in orderto gain an unfair advantage when betting may be a criminal offense. we now know that among those being looked into are tony lee, who's the conservative party's director of campaigning, and his wife, laura saunders, who's a candidate. mr lee took a leave of absence from his job yesterday. both mrs saunders and mr lee have been approached for comment, but haven't replied. this will be a two—bedroom apartment? correct, yes. on a visit earlier, the housing secretary, michael gove, admitted it didn't look good. it's quite properly being investigated now. how does it look? well, as i say, you an

allegedly placed by four people linked to the prime minister including tory candidate laura saunders and husband tony leeed after it published the names and addresses of more than 500 postmasters it pursued during the horizon scanner. the company confirmed the details have been shared on a website and said it's referred itself to the information commissioner's office one former sub postmasters said it caused a great amount of upset and distress among colleagues. you're live with bbc news. new york is the first state in the us to signed laws targeting addictive social media laws for children and teens. new york governor signed the safe for kids act, which requires social media to come it will also stop notifications from related social media platforms between the hours of midnight and 6am without parental consent. tools will be set by the attorney—general. the new laws come days after the us surgeon general said social media had become a contributor to the mental health crisis among young people. dr murphy referenced a study done by the american medical association that showed teens who spend more than th

i later found out both laura saunders and tony lee are being looked into by the gambling commission,ng of the general election. we have approached mr lee and he has not commented. a conservative party spokesman told the bbc, "we have been contacted by the gambling commission about a small number of individuals. as the gambling commission is an independent body, it wouldn't be proper to comment further until any process is concluded." did you have inside information? the party said something similar last week, when rishi sunak�*s parliamentary aide and conservative candidate craig williams admitted to betting on the timing of the election. i made a huge error ofjudgment, that's for sure, and i apologise. the gambling commission has told us, "currently the commission is investigating the possibility of offences concerning the date of the election. this is an ongoing investigation. we are not confirming or denying the identity of any individuals involved in this investigation." for conservative campaign headquarters, a fortnight from polling day and miles behind in the opinion polls, th

laura saunders and her husband tony lee, who's the campaign director for the conservative party, are both under scrutiny over the allegations. a solicitor for mrs. saunders said this afternoon she's also considering legal action against the bbc and other outlets for infringements of her privacy rights. that comes after another tory candidate, craig williams, admitted to an error of judgement after placing a bet on when the election would take place . government minister place. government minister michael gove says the allegations are reprehensible , allegations are reprehensible, as is the case that obviously any decision by anyone to use inside information to bet on the election date, that is wrong, deeply regrettable , but i think deeply regrettable, but i think the individuals concerned are now being investigated and until that process is concluded, i think it's difficult for me to say more . well, sir keir starmer say more. well, sir keir starmer criticised the conservatives for this, saying that behaviour would never be tolerated by laboun >> this candidate should be suspended a

tony lee is married to laura saunders, who is the party's candidate in bristol north west.tive candidates. this candidate should be suspended and it is very telling that rishi sunak has not already done that. if it was one of my candidates, they would be gone and their feet would not have touched the floor. there is a wider point here, that you touch on, which is we have now had iii years of chaos, of division, of politics being about self—entitlement. and politics needs to be about service — about public service. and that is one of the choices now, going into this election — more of this? or turn the page, rebuild the country and return politics to service? and that is what i will do as labour leader. our political correspondent, susan hulme, joins us from westminster. lots of pressure on the prime ministerfrom this. lots of pressure on the prime minister from this.— lots of pressure on the prime minister from this. you could hear from keir starmer _ minister from this. you could hear from keir starmer that _ minister from this. you could hear from keir starmer that the -

so we have no comment from either mr lee or laura saunders . but mr lee or laura saunders. now on the party to withdraw support for laura saunders and probably craig williams, too, because it looks bad, michael gove has said as much when we spoke to him earlier. it clearly looks bad. i asked michael gove whether will there be any more people implicated in this emerging? what could be a tory betting election scandal? and he said he didn't know of any more. but frankly , where this ends, we frankly, where this ends, we don't know. labour are putting pressure on saying these people shouldn't be allowed to stand the election, given what's happened here. there's a further twist to it. a close protection officer to rishi sunak and one officer to rishi sunak and one of these people, important people who protect the prime minister from threats. he he's been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office again allegedly on betting on the timing of the election. this is the last thing this party needs given they are so far behind in the polls. needs given they are so far behind

the tories director of campaigns, tony lee, and his wife laura saunders, also being probed, as is theprime minister's parliamentary private secretary, craig williams, who's admitted to an error of judgement . admitted to an error of judgement. home admitted to an error of judgement . home secretary admitted to an error of judgement. home secretary james cleverly says he shares the prime minister's views on the betting scandal. >> my view has always been the case that people in government should focus on delivering for the people of this country , the people of this country, people who are officials of the party should be focused on returning as many conservative mps as possible, so we can form a government so that we can serve the british people and anything other than that is inappropriate . inappropriate. >> the labour leader has suggested that benefits offer less dignity to people than earning a living through work. sir keir starmer took aim at handouts from the state. in a piece for the sunday telegraph. he added serving the interests of working people means understanding they wan

allegedly placed by four people linked to the prime minister including tory candidate laura saunders and a husband tony lee more than 500 postmasters that pursued during the horizon scanner. the company confirmed the details have been shared on a website and said it's referred itself to the information commissioner's office one former sub postmasters said it caused a great amount of upset and distress among colleagues. you're live with bbc news. this week, russian president vladimir putin and north korean leader kim jong on appear to have strengthened the relationships on his first trip to pyongyang over two decades, the russian leaders signed what he described as a breakthrough park with his counterpart, pledging mutual defence assistance. while details have not been made public. it has renewed concerns about north korea's nuclear ambitions. it comes out to washington warned that it believes that moscow is trying to develop a nuclear space weapon capable of destroying satellites. this week, relations between the us and israel have been in the spotlight, the white house has rejected accusations by the isra

laura saunders and her husband tony lee, who is the campaign director for the conservative party, are both under scrutiny over allegations . is a solicitor over allegations. is a solicitor for mrs. saunders, says she's also considering legal action against the bbc and other outlets for infringements of her privacy rights. it comes after another tory candidate, craig williams, admitted to an error of judgement after he placed a bet on when the uk election would take place . michael gove would take place. michael gove has said today the tories are still capable of pulling off what he's called a poll defying election victory , despite election victory, despite forecasts of a labour landslide. well new yougov data suggests the conservatives will slump to their lowest number of seats even their lowest number of seats ever, while labour could win a 200 seat advantage. it's also predicting significant gains for the liberal democrats, winning 67 seats. that's six times their result of 2019. now for the latest from the euro's in frankfurt, where england have drawn one all with denmark in the g

the tories director of campaigns, tony lee, and his wife laura saunders, are also being probed, as is the prime minister's parliamentary private secretary, craig williams, who's admitted to an error of judgement. james cleverly says he shares the pm's views on the betting scandal . betting scandal. >> my view has always been the case that that people in government should focus on delivering for the people of this country, people who are officials of the party should be focused on returning as many conservative mps as possible, so we can form a government so that we can form a government so that we can form a government so that we can serve the british people and anything other than that is inappropriate . inappropriate. >> the labour leader has suggested that benefits offer less dignity to people than earning a living through work by sir keir starmer took aim at handouts from the state. in a piece for the sunday telegraph, he said serving the interests of working people means understanding that they want success more than state support. his comments come as the latest savanta poll sho

laura saunders and her husband tony lee, who is the campaign director for the conservative party are both under scrutiny over the allegations . a solicitor for allegations. a solicitor for mrs. saunders say she's also considering legal action against the bbc and other outlets for infringements of her privacy rights. and that comes after another tory candidate, craig williams, admitted to an error of judgement after placing a bet on when the election would take place. government minister michael gove says the allegations are reprehensible. >> is the case that obviously any decision by anyone to use inside information to bet on the election date that is wrong, deeply regrettable. but i think the individuals concerned are now being investigated and until that process is concluded , i that process is concluded, i think it's difficult for me to say more. >> michael gove well, sir keir starmer has criticised the conservatives, saying the behaviour would never be tolerated by labour. >> this candidate should be suspended and it's very telling that rishi sunak has not already done that . if

the conservative candidate, laura saunders, and her husband tony lee, who's the campaign director for the conservative party, are both currently under scrutiny over those allegations. and it comes after another conservative candidate, craig williams, admitted to an error of judgement after he placed a bet on when the election would take place. well, the four main party leaders all took part in the election debate on the bbc tonight, but reform uk were left out of it , tonight, but reform uk were left out of it, placed instead alongside the greens in an additional show next week, the former leader, nigel farage, has instead been speaking to an audience in blackpool in lancashire, where he criticised labour once their manifesto. >> last week. there were six key objectives . not one of them objectives. not one of them mentioned legal immigration, not one of them mentioned the population explosion in this country. not one of them mentioned the population crisis in this country. not one of them mentioned the fact that no one of them has shortage of houses because we need to build one new h

mr lee is married to a conservative candidate, laura saunders, who is also being looked into by the bettingtigations are allowed to proceed. they are independent, they are necessarily confidential, as you would appreciate. there's also a investigation, and these are potentially criminal matters and the police are conducting those — you'll be aware of that. and because of that, i hope you can appreciate there's not much more i can add. what i can tell you is, as i said, if anyone is found to have broken the rules, they should not only face the full consequences of the law — i will ensure they are booted out of the conservative party. 0ur panellists tonight — joe twyman, from the polling company, deltapoll — and melissa sigodo, from the daily mirror. let's stay away from too many of the specifics, butjoe, how do you think this particular conversation around these allegations could impact the polls? it these allegations could impact the olls? , ~ , these allegations could impact the olls? , ~' , ~' polls? it feels like every week, ou're polls? it feels like every week, you're just _ polls? it

laura saunders is married to tony lee, the director of the entire tory campaign.he entire campaign. he runs the entire campaign. he's now on a leave of absence and the cherry on the cake is as a close protection officer who looks after the pm, rishi sunak, and he's now been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, allegedly on the timing of the election. not surprisingly , the election. not surprisingly, the rivals to the tory party, the leaders of the parties, are making hay with this. here's keir starmer, this candidate should be suspended and it's very telling that rishi sunak has not already done that. >> if it was one of my candidates , they'd be gone and candidates, they'd be gone and their feet would not have touched the floor. there's a wider point here that you touch on, which is we've now had 14 years of chaos, of division, of politics being about self—entitlement and politics needs to be about service, about pubuc needs to be about service, about public service . public service. >> so sir keir starmer, the leader of the labour party, so ed

so tony lee, the husband of laura saunders, the other the other candidate, craig williams, is a closeide to rishi sunak. and they've been essentially alleged to have been putting on bets, you know, using this kind of insider information, to their advantage . information, to their advantage. this is obviously illegal under the gambling laws. you can't use private information that isn't, you know, isn't known to the pubuc you know, isn't known to the public to take advantage of bets. and it's just such an absurd and, you know, silly and lurid scandal. i mean, you're talking about craig williams is alleged to have put on £100 bet, you know, such a really we're talking such small amounts of money. but, you know, this is the last act of, the last time they get to use their influence is this is how they do it. it just feels like such a fitting ephaph just feels like such a fitting epitaph to sort of a, i don't know, a very tired and i mean, you couldn't make in a way, you couldn't make it up. >> i mean, i mean, for, for me, ihave >> i mean, i mean, for, for me, i have to say, i mean, if the

laura saunders. she's married to somebody called tony lee. who? no one, no one, no one will have heard of.y party has said moments ago that he is now taking a leave of absence, because we know that miss saunders is being investigated over allegedly placing a bet on the election. and now her husband, who's running the whole campaign two weeks out, they're miles behind. the polls, are facing electoral annihilation. he's now taking a stand back and is for a leave of absence for the time being. so just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the tory party, and it is really bad, it gets worse . is really bad, it gets worse. >> chris, can i just ask you on a personal level, how does rishi sunak seem? because i can't imagine waking up every morning and feeling that you're in this sort of slow motion car crash, hurtling to political oblivion , hurtling to political oblivion, and yet you're having to go out in front of the press every day. how is he doing it? >> well, we saw him yesterday in sizewell c in suffolk. he's chomping on twix bars, being quite lively, and he's driving home the mes

the tories director of campaigns, tony lee and his wife laura saunders, are also being probed as is theiamentary private secretary, craig williams , who's admitted craig williams, who's admitted to an error of judgement . the to an error of judgement. the labour leader has suggested that benefits offer less dignity to people than earning a living through work. sir keir starmer took aim at handouts from the state in a piece for the sunday telegraph. his changed stance on welfare comes as the latest savanta opinion poll in the telegraph newspaper today shows labour retaining its electoral lead over the conservatives the poll has labour on 42% of the vote and the conservative party on 19. a search operation in tenerife for a missing british teenager has entered its seventh day. teenager has entered its seventh day-jay teenager has entered its seventh day. jay slater went missing after he travelled for a music festival to the spanish island on what was his first holiday without his parents. his mother issued a direct plea yesterday saying we just need you home just before he went missing. o

the conservative candidate, laura saunders, and her husband tony lee, who's the campaign director forutiny over those allegations. and it comes after another conservative candidate, craig williams, admitted to an error of judgement after he placed a bet on when the election would take place. well, the four main party leaders all took part in the election debate on the bbc tonight, but reform uk were left out of it , tonight, but reform uk were left out of it, placed instead alongside the greens in an additional show next week, the former leader, nigel farage, has instead been speaking to an audience in blackpool in lancashire, where he criticised labour once their manifesto. >> last week. there were six key objectives . not one of them objectives. not one of them mentioned legal immigration, not one of them mentioned the population explosion in this country. not one of them mentioned the population crisis in this country. not one of them mentioned the fact that no one of them has shortage of houses because we need to build one new home every two minutes in our country. just to cope wi

the conservative candidate, laura saunders, and her husband tony lee, who's the campaign director forutiny over those allegations. and it comes after another conservative candidate, craig williams, admitted to an error of judgement after he placed a bet on when the election would take place. well, the four main party leaders all took part in the election debate on the bbc tonight, but reform uk were left out of it , tonight, but reform uk were left out of it, placed instead alongside the greens in an additional show next week, the former leader, nigel farage, has instead been speaking to an audience in blackpool in lancashire, where he

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lee live outside the white house. thanks for that. and let's bring in our great reporters, laura barron-lopez, the pbs newshour, matt vies of the washington post, boston globes, jackie consent, and cnn. steve contorno thanks guys for joining me. nice to see you all. >> i'm. >> laura, you covered the white house took a little bit about the strategy of the biden campaign just today harris, as we noted, that she's speaking right now and the university of maryland, she was introduced by k. cox was of course a woman who fled the state of texas to have an abortion. harris later than flying out to arizona for yet another event on this issue. obviously, this is central well to their message, especially heading into thursday. how does it bind? but is isn't going to be they believe is actually gonna be decisive come november. this is worked as an issue in the last two election cycles post-dobbs, but general election, presidential election is to have the same effect. >> they think that it will, they think that this is going to be one of the biggest issues come november, and that's why now y

laura: the next question goes to the mayor first. >> in other big bills that congress has passed recently. last month, the house and senate orized a program that allows the government to warrantless leeoncitizens. it also shot down an amendment th any surveillance of americans. my question is, how would you have voted on both of those votes? mayor bhalla: americans by definition violate the rights of people under the fourth amendment. we need to make for -- make sure that's any legislation speaks to th of individuals. not to be subjected to searches and seizures in any context. any reauthorization of a bill that would advance the right to ted.uct a warrantless search any legislation that advanced the checks on warrantless searches to make sure that they don't occur should be supported. laura:enendez: this is one of the issues that we took a deep dive into when we were in washington. having this conversation between the intel and judiciary committees. a lot ofeally thoughtful conversations about the next pathway forward. our approach was to listen to both sides. to listen to intel's view of the pathway forward, the judicial review of the pathway forward. n the intel community guides o

laura saunders. of course, her husband is the director of campaigns, tony lee.ck andifs tony lee. he's taken a step back and it's another colleague there at the weekend, nick mason. he's also taken a step back from the campaign. this means, of course, that tony lee now can't campaign for his wife because she's no longer a candidate for the tory party, although her name is on the ballot paper in bristol nonh the ballot paper in bristol north west, there is a wider question, i think, about leadership. why didn't , the leadership. why didn't, the prime minister see it as an issue last thursday and act straight away? why wait so long? because of course, people are voting right now with their with their postal ballots. 1 in 5 people vote by post nowadays. so at any point this can affect the result of the election. but finally , it looks like the prime finally, it looks like the prime minister is getting ahead of it. >> well, christopher, of course there is this parallel investigation being conducted by the gambling commission in, do you think do you suspect that rish

them, craig williams, has admitted that and has apologised, another, laura saunders , is married to tony saunders, is married to tony leehen another chap, nick mason, the chief data officer, has also taken a leave of absence . you really couldn't absence. you really couldn't make this stuff up. meanwhile the prime minister is resisting many, many calls to suspend these people as candidates , these people as candidates, sticking to the line that there's an ongoing investigation and it must take its course. but politically, this is an absolute nightmare for rishi sunak. politically, this is an absolute nightmare for rishi sunak . this nightmare for rishi sunak. this campaign started badly with him in the rain, and it just seems to be going to be honest, worse and worse and worse for them. >> that being said, do you think he'll be pleased by how that sort of head to head debate with harry cole from the sun went last night? i mean, he certainly seemed pretty sort of on the attack, although i have to say nigel farage this morning, truth checking his claim that there were migrants queuing up in calais waiting for labour becau

i mean, this is tony lee, the conservative party's director of campaigning , party's director of campaigning, his wife, laurate , and craig election candidate, and craig williams, sunak parliamentary aide and a security expert who looks after them, who obviously heard it in the car wash. what on earth is going on? >> i think what i mean, i agree with everything that lettice said, but worse is what i think. this is really, really bad for politics, right? because what it means is that people think that all politicians are just are just in it for themselves. and actually rishi sunak should i mean, you're absolutely right. he should have taken he should have said these people have no place in my party. they're not standing. you're sacked. i mean, the poor old policeman, right? is yes, of course. really is being having his collar felt whereas the others it's absolutely. i mean i was so shocked. i mean as a friend of mine said, if you put it in a novel, it would have been turned down. yes, absolutely. >> because no one could make this up. >> you can't. you just you just think surely they're not that stupid or, and