_ do you recall that process, mr reynolds? l— do you recall that process, mr reynolds?at conclusion. you knew, did you not, that the _ came to that conclusion. you knew, did you not, that the prime - came to that conclusion. you knew, i did you not, that the prime minister was considering _ did you not, that the prime minister was considering instituting - did you not, that the prime minister was considering instituting a - did you not, that the prime minister was considering instituting a publicl was considering instituting a public inquiry, _ was considering instituting a public inquiry, and — was considering instituting a public inquiry, and that_ was considering instituting a public inquiry, and that that _ was considering instituting a public inquiry, and that that would - was considering instituting a public inquiry, and that that would be - inquiry, and that that would be announced _ inquiry, and that that would be announced to _ inquiry, and that that would be announced to parliament? - inquiry, and that that would be | announced to parliament? yes. inquiry, and

thank you very much, mr reynolds. _ the next witness. pecting to hearfrom imran shafi reynolds and we are expecting to hear from imran shafi who reynolds and we are expecting to hearfrom imran shafi who is reynolds and we are expecting to hear from imran shafi who is another former private secretary to the prime minister. we are due to hear from him and, as you heard there, we were hearing from... hearing about some of them messages, the whatsapp messages. we are seeing extracts from them and entries in private notebooks. that is imran shafi being sworn in there. you'll make the evidence shall be the whole truth and nothing but the truth. {guild evidence shall be the whole truth and nothing but the truth. could you cive the and nothing but the truth. could you give the inquiry _ and nothing but the truth. could you give the inquiry your _ and nothing but the truth. could you give the inquiry your full _ and nothing but the truth. could you give the inquiry your full name. - and nothing but the truth. could you give the inquiry your full n

mr reynolds, to ull ou example of that. mr reynolds, to pull you back _ example of that.r reynolds, to pull you back from _ example of that. mr reynolds, to pull you back from a _ example of that. mr reynolds, to pull you back from a debate - example of that. mr reynolds, to | pull you back from a debate about hsz. i eschew what the position was in downing street in hs2. i eschew what the position was in downing street injanuary and february of 2020. the relationship between dominic cummings and the prime minister did not begin to deteriorate until later in the year. the setting up of covid s and covid 90, the setting up of covid s and covid go, and his departure was later in the year, predominantly from may onwards. the other matters on which you have spoken, with the exception of mr cummings's appeal for widows and misfits, were all later in the year. i want to ask you what was the state of play, the ability of number ten to function efficiently and february, when these momentous decisions were starting to be taken? what i'm saying is we were in a process— what i'm sayi

mr reynolds was asked about the policy that the government had on retaining whatsapp messages and heas he made the point that during the early point of the pandemic, whatsapp messages became much more important in communicating, particularly with the prime minister and other senior colleagues. he said that it was what he would call ephemeral messages that were going on in the group, fleeting messages that he said on previous occasions would have been things like conversations in the corridor or on the phone but because of covid and the fact that lots of people were working from home and they weren't meeting as they normally would that these messages were contained in the whatsapp groups. he was questioned about whether they were recorded properly and his point was they were still —— the decisions themselves were still recorded in a correct way so that they would have always been but they would have been messaging but fleeting messages that would have beenin fleeting messages that would have been in these whatsapp groups but the fact that the important decisions were still recorded as

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more broadly, mr reynolds has been asked that question about how prepared the government was for theot been a particularly organised one. he said, the cabinet office failed to get on top of the problem, the government machine was not properly prepared. there was a ten day period in vibrate 2020 when borisjohnson was not sent any e—mails or other correspondence about the discussions in government about the pandemic. it is up to this inquiry to decide how prepared are otherwise the government was, but the picture that has been painted this morning is not a comfortable one at all. hick. a comfortable one at all. nick, thank you _ a comfortable one at all. nick, thank you very _ a comfortable one at all. nick, thank you very much. - the postmortem of friends star matthew perry has so far been inconclusive on the cause of death while officials await the results of toxicology tests. the actor was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his house on saturday — according to the la times and tmz, which first reported he had died. lizo mzimba reports. since the news about matthew perry broke in the

so what about the e—mail sent by mr reynolds inviting colleagues to drinks in the garden at number ten my part in those events and for the e—mail message which went out that day. whatsapp messages were also shown. the head of the civil service, simon case, said of mrjohnson, "i'm at the end of my tether, he changes strategic direction every day." "it has to stop." "government isn't actually that hard, but this guy is making it impossible." and from the downing street aide dominic cummings, "totally agree, and he's careering around on whatsapp as usual, creating chaos and undermining everybody." another official, imran shafi, was asked about a note he'd taken about a meeting between mrjohnson and the chancellor, rishi sunak, just before lockdown. "why," it was said, "are we destroying the economy for people who'll die anyway soon?" mr shafi, who said those words? i can't say for sure. i think it was _ the former prime minister. tomorrow it'll be the turn of dominic cummings to give evidence, boris johnson's former key adviser. and later in the week, lord stevens, who used to run the nhs

so what about the e—mail sent by mr reynolds inviting colleagues to drinks in the garden at number tenevents and for the e—mail message which went out that day. whatsapp messages were also shown. the head of the civil service, simon case, said of mrjohnson, "i'm at the end of my tether, he changes strategic direction every day." "it has to stop." "government isn't actually that hard, but this guy is making it impossible." and from the downing street aide dominic cummings, "totally agree, and he's careering around on whatsapp as usual, creating chaos and undermining everybody." another official, imran shafi, was asked about a note he'd taken about a meeting between mrjohnson and the chancellor, rishi sunak, just before lockdown. "why," it was said, "are we destroying the economy for people who'll die anyway soon?" mr shafi, who said those words? i can't say for sure. i think it was _ the former prime minister. tomorrow it'll be the turn of dominic cummings to give evidence, boris johnson's former key adviser. and later in the week, lord stevens, who used to run the nhs in england. as fo

so what about the e—mail sent by mr reynolds inviting colleagues to drinks in the garden at number tenart in those events and for the e—mail message which went out that day. later, anotherformer downing street aide, imran shafi, was asked about a note he had taken about a meeting between mrjohnson and the chancellor rishi sunak just before lockdown. "destroy the economy for people who will die anyway soon." mr shafi, who said those words? i can't say for sure, i think it was the former prime minister. later this week the inquiry will hear from lord stevens who ran nhs england through much of the pandemic. then from late november some of the key political leaders from that time will start to appear. tomorrow there will be continued focus on downing street, with dominic cummings giving evidence. hugh pym, bbc news. the metropolitan police firearms officer charged with the murder of a man shot dead in a police operation is to be named. 24—year—old chris kaba died from a single gunshot wound to the head after being hemmed in by a police vehicle in south—east london last year. a judge dismi

so what about the e—mail sent by mr reynolds inviting colleagues to drinks in the garden at number 10llor, rishi sunak, just before lockdown. "destroy the economy for people who will die anyway soon." mr shafi, who said those words? i can't say for sure, i think it was the former prime minister. later this week the inquiry will hear from lord stevens who ran nhs england through much of the pandemic. then from late november some of the key political leaders from that time will start to appear. tomorrow there will be continued focus on downing street, with dominic cummings giving evidence. hugh pym, bbc news. one thing that came up into dave's hearings was that barrister hugo keenan also questioned martin reynolds over his decision to turn on the disappearing messages function in a key whatsapp group used by borisjohnson. it was a decision made shortly before a public inquiry was announced. carwyn , do you have disappearing messages on on your crucial whatsapp groups? no, i don't. on on your crucial whatsapp groups? no, idon't. i on on your crucial whatsapp groups? no, i don't. i don't

mr reynolds also said that the cabinet was not prepared for the scale of the pandemic and acknowledgemore vigorously testing out and looking at their plans. their inquiry, like all public inquiries, won't buy anyone guilty or innocent but is aimed at addressing public concerns and learning lessons from past offences. concerns and learning lessons from past offences-_ past offences. let's listen in. in downin: past offences. let's listen in. in downing street, _ past offences. let's listen in. in downing street, dominic- past offences. let's listen in. in - downing street, dominic cummings did the same thing and said that he brought in a lot of data to people dealing with some of the problems we were identifying then but creating a very high level of complexity. when the prime minister himself had a very similar sort of reaction, when he lost confidence in the government system, he reached for different people, whoever it might be. so you have a situation during the crisis because everything was so pressured, we've created a complexity and a series of competing structures which means t

mr. bill reynolds. this is a fitting tribute who gave so much of his life to this nation. while his heroism in the jungles of vietnam, it was his commitment to recognize his fellow brothers and sisters in arms as a lion in the veterans' community. bill was drafted for service shortly after graduating from high school and joined charlie company fourth batallion ion the boys of 67 is what they were known as. he was part of the division to be raised, drafted and trained for service in the vietnam war. despite of being wounded in action he continued to fight along side his friends and was awarded the purple heart and bronze star for his bravery. after his service, he embraced his proud identity as a u.s. veteran and advocated his brothers and sisters who searched. he was one of the first ambassadors and member of the localally can post. during the last decade of his life, he was the most passionate and high profile veterans' advocate and responsible for the memorial wall at the veterans' plaza and accompanied the president and fellow veterans to commemorate the 50th anniversar

enormous at the time when questioned whether he knew about the nhs capacity during the pandemic, mr reynoldsd have been tracked more closely. >> he also accused boris johnson of blowing hot and cold on some issues during coronavac press . issues during coronavac press. moscow has accused ukraine of staging a provocation after hundreds of rioters in russia stormed dagestan airport. hundreds of rioters in russia stormed dagestan airport . videos stormed dagestan airport. videos on social media show an angry crowd running through the airport searching for jewish passengers arriving on a flight from tel aviv . rioters were from tel aviv. rioters were waving palestinian flags and they broke down glass doors and tried to overturn a police patrol truck. at least 20 people have been injured and around 60 have been injured and around 60 have been injured and around 60 have been arrested . kyiv says it have been arrested. kyiv says it has nothing to do with the unrest . more has nothing to do with the unrest. more than 60 just stop. oil protesters have been arrested following a demonstration in london

reynolds, but i guess they wouldn't have believe him. so hey, i'm sure he loved the attention. i have a feeling this story was submitted by shawn burley, mrs. >> well, coming up next, the seven things that you need we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. great on their own, even better together. try cretors, handcrafted small-batch popcorn. is it possible my network could take my business to the next level? it is with comcast business. powering all your devices with gig-speed wifi. and you get fast downloads and uploads. pick it up! pick it up! oh we got this! because it's powered by the next generation 10g network. more speed for your business? it's not just possible. it's happening. get started for $59.99 a month for 12 months. plus, ask how to get an $800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet bundle. comcast business, powering possibilities. massive surge is still happening this morning for a man suspected of carrying out a mass shooting in maine. at least 18 people were killed, 13 injured in the shooting. authorities are planning to update us in just a few minutes. we'll bring that

let's get an update on the situation instead of mr. hammond speak to odyssey. if it's wrong, reynolds who is in the city of ashton, was not far from the guise of border. rob israel's military has said, it's now it's in full control of the got it guys, a border, just bring us up to speed with a situation where you us. that's right. well, uh, follow you can easily see and hear the signs of the war from this vantage point for one thing most clearly and obviously the sounds of explosions, heavy, heavy explosions going off in the southern direction. that means more death and destruction in gaza. every few minutes we hear these uh, these explosions. furthermore, there are signs of the vast call up up troops. and reserve is that the is really army has. uh, has called for a 300000 reserve. it's been 810-0000 reserve as excuse me, have been called up and a large number of troops are now surrounding gaza. you can see soldiers on the streets everywhere. you can see these reservists reporting for duty. there's a highway between tel aviv and, and here where at one point there's an army camp and yo

correspondence in september 2020 was during the period was revealed during the period of mr johnson's former top aide, martin reynoldst because of dominic cummings. he claimed mrjohnson's because of dominic cummings. he claimed mr johnson's former top adviser , who will give evidence adviser, who will give evidence tomorrow . the police officer tomorrow. the police officer charged with murder following the fatal shooting of chris kaba will be named publicly. the fatal shooting of chris kaba will be named publicly . the will be named publicly. the officer's name and date of birth will be made public on the 30th of january. will be made public on the 30th ofjanuary. their will be made public on the 30th of january. their home will be made public on the 30th ofjanuary. their home address, of january. their home address, though, or any image of them can not be published. mr kaba died when he was shot through the windscreen of a car in south—east london last year . south—east london last year. that's all for the moment. i'll be back with another bulletin a little bit later, but now it's over to . mark my thanks to aaron o

mr. harry smith. we've got our pals josh gad and andrew reynolds. they're back together on broadway in gutenberg!. kris anderson from our nation nbc 6 is there hey, kris. you got momma kelce. she knows a thing or two about taking high school football players and making them stars. how's it going there in miami? >> hydrate hydrate. >> she does. greetings from south central florida. the odds are once travis and jason retire, one of these young men will be replacing them on the roster because miami central is a pipeline not only to division one college but to the nfl as well the 11th most players ever come from that high school. home of the defending national champion rockets let's hear it, guys! [ cheers and applause they have a huge game tonight against their biggest rivals i have head coach jude joseph, reigning coach of the year winning a state championship in the state of florida, winning one. you are going for your fifth straight state championship. how do you replicate that success? >> i want to say thank you for coming here to rock station. you are on the rock block today. at the end of the

martin reynolds , whose evidence reynolds, whose evidence revealed dysfunctional internal politics within downing street because of, in his words, dominic cummings, mr former top adviser, who will give evidence tomorrow . the give evidence tomorrow. the police officer charged with murder following the fatal shooting of chris kaba will be named publicly. the officer's named publicly. the officer's name and date of birth will be made public on the 30th of january. their home address or any image of them, cannot be published . mr kaba when he published. mr kaba died when he was through windscreen was shot through the windscreen of in south—east london of a car in south—east london last year. and the king and queen have arrived in kenya for the start of a five day state visit . charles and camilla's visit. charles and camilla's royal tour comes as the east african nation celebrates the 60th anniversary of its independence from britain. and dunng independence from britain. and during the visit, charles is expected to acknowledge the painful aspects of the uk and kenya's shared history . well, kenya's shared history. well, this is gb news is live across t

reynolds, and kevin, for your dedication to our great state. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. correa, for five minutes. mr. correa: madam speaker, today i rise in honor of ucla's chancellor, gene block, to thank him for his 17 years of leadership at america's premier public institution of education, ucla. since 2007, chancellor block has increased accessibility, diversity, grown roanle -- enrollment and doubled funding for research at ucla. today, nearly 1/3 of ucla graduates are first-generation college students. as chancellor block was himself. as a proud ucla alumni, i thank chancellor block for his service to the public and to the bruin community and for keeping ucla as a top research institution in the nation. thank you, chancellor block, for your commitment to higher education in southern california, and this country. go bruins. thank you. madam speaker, i rise today to honor a young man in my district, gustavo, a remarkable young man whose journey is one of determination and inspiration. when he was a boy, he looked at the sky and dreamed, making model planes. he dream

host: molly reynolds guest: i agree that there is frustration within the conference. some of it is in the case of mre conflict seems so personal. it seems personal between matt gaetz and mr. mccarthy. it is not in that dimension really about policy. gaetz does talk about policies and procedures, but they are not entirely consistent with one another. this came up in the debate over the motion to vacate, but i think the frustration is elevated because it seems so personal. is it about where they want the party to be going ideologically or on a policy front? host: said in colorado, independent. welcome. caller: both parties are driving me to distraction right now. it basically goes around the so-called majority rule, where the speaker of the house will not bring anything to the floor unless there is a majority in his own party, even though the last majority of the house as a whole would vote for something. both parties have done it forever. weiner witt -- john boehner was the last two made a few attempts of overwriting it. i enlarged this causes gridlock. nothing the average citizen can do. the leaders

mr cummings' whatsapps in particular contained a certain degree of brusqueness. this week, the inquiry will start to hear in person from senior officials working in downing street at the time. this morning, martin reynoldsntroversial decision to travel to durham during lockdown. testimony this week, then, could make uncomfortable reading for the government as those major pandemic decisions come back under the microscope. before christmas, there will be a chance to respond — with matt hancock, borisjohnson and the current prime minister, rishi sunak, all likely to be called as witnesses. jim reed, bbc news. full coverage of that across the bbc over the next few days. heavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding in several areas over the weekend. this was the scene in lanchester, county durham, where ten homes were evacuated and local shops were damaged. in hastings, a shopping centre was evacuated and the fire service warned people to avoid the area. and this was the cornish town of looe, where residents had to wade through knee—deep water. the environment agency has issued 72 weather warnings covering south wales and much of southern england ahead of storm ciaran approaching on wednesday. here's matt w