now on bbc news, tom brook marks the 40th anniversary of former beatle john lennon's murder in new york on december 8, 1980, and assesses his powerful legacy a0 years on. newsreel: any doubts about the beatles‘ reception in america were dispelled the moment they touched down. friday, february 7, 1964. a pan am boeing 707 jet called clipper defiance from london taxis to its destination — a terminal atjfk airport in new york. there to greet the beatles — the biggest pop act of the 20th century — were more screaming fans than the airport had ever seen before. 4,000 of them. screaming. to americans, the spirit of the most outspoken beatle, john lennon, was evident the moment he arrived as he jousted with reporters and fans at the airport press conference. for lennon, that february gave him his first taste of new york — a city he grew to really love and moved to live in permanently in august 1971. photographer bob gruen took countless images of lennon in new york. the two men grew to become friends. he very much enjoyed the freedom of new york. maybe some people would wave to him b

i'm tom brook. i don't have to tell you that 2020 was an extremely difficult year. a worldwide pandemic, economic meltdowns and, here in the united states, an extremely vitriolic presidential election campaign. obviously the movie industry was affected. amid all the mayhem, it was easy to lose sight of the fact that some excellent cinema did emerge during the year. instead of giving you our customary list of the top ten films of the year, we asked movie critics and movie journalists around the world to tell us what was for them the best film of the year. so i'm going to kick things off and tell you that for me, the best movie of the year was a documentary that revolved around a very beautiful pig. gunda is a great observational documentary. set on a farmyard for much of its 90 minutes, the camera is trained mostly on gunda, a pig, and her many piglets. it's a film that manages to show animals as they really are, not with any imposed human—created personality. their beauty is breathtaking, as is the calmness of their daily routines which, for me, was so refreshing

tom brook, bbc news, new york. a year ago who'd have imagined people would be spending so much time working from home and online? video conference calls have given us all an insight into other people's homes. for a company that sells books in somerset it has provided a very unexpected boost — and that's not from people wanting to read their books asjon kay explains. whoever you are, whatever you are saying, when you are working from home your shelves are being judged. what do your books say about you? this company in somerset normally sells second—hand books for tv and movie sets, but lockdown has brought new clients who want to impress on video calls. engineers, teachers, ceos, celebrities, all the way up to the major players in government. share any names with us? i cannot mention any names! they have had customers asking for classics, to appear well read, guidebooks, to look well travelled. some just want colours to match their walls. you can display your new—found love of green issues or subtly tell the b

from new york, here's tom brook. in new york's central park, birdwatching has become a much favoured pandemic activity, deemed safe for social distancing to a point, and it takes place outdoors. a couple of owls in the park so let's see if we can track down the barn owls. like last week, we will look around. �*birding bob' leads birdwatching groups in central park. the pandemic has made him busy. we've seen a lot more people, mainly because people prefer to be outside and you stay six feet away from everybody else and you breathe air that is moving around a lot. this new wave of birdwatching has brought out a wide range of people of all ages and social backgrounds. previous to the pandemic i was a bit more plugged into work, and the daily rigmarole of the rat race, so to speak. so this has been something i have been able to reconnect with a little bit with my local environment. having the quiet in the city and feeling isolated by the pandemic, going out and realising that things are still happening, it is great. we

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coming up, we are talking with tom wheeler, former sec chair, and no brookings institution visiting fellow. we will talk about tom's age. we will talk about scotch. this is bloomberg. ♪ ritika: with the first word news, i'm ritika gupta. vice president mike pence will get an ultimatum from house democrats today. he's expected to reject it. lawmakers will demand that vice president pence invoke the 25th amendment to remove president trump for office. he says no, the house will vote to impeach the president. meanwhile, president trump today makes his first public appearance since the riots at the capitol. he will head to texas to claim progress on the unfinished wall along the border with mexico, seen as an attempt to deflect attention from criticism of his behavior, and to highlight what the president sees as one of his signature compliments. pro football coach bill belichick has turned down an offer from president trump to receive the presidential medal of freedom. the six super bowl winner from the new england patriots agreed to receive the honor come but that was before last week's rio

. >>> well, joining us now, tom fitton, the president of judicial watch and, tom, happy new year to you. an extraordinary week in front of us, and it is a week that, as you heard mo brooks and as you well know, the republic is, its future, our futures are hanging in the balance. it's not melodrama, it's reality. the idea that there will be two states added to the union, that justices will be added to the supreme court is only the beginning of the tale of the man who would be president, joe biden. your thoughts about the possibilities of success for the brooks-led initiative and for the senate initiatives led by josh hawley and ted cruz. >> you've got two issues, the state legislatures are four coming back into -- now coming back into session. they can appoint new electors if need be. they don't need to be called in, they're in session now, many of the i key states. and the question is of the senate and the house, are they going to rubber stamp what everyone understands to be or should understand to be compromised elections. and in my view, that will happen if the people let their electe

the two members that we have are very honored that are joining us today debbie debbie dingell brooks in the 12 district of michigan and she's a democrat and tom reed representing the 23rd district of new york he's republican. and i will give them a more formal introduction in a moment. then the second segment i will interview three leading healthcare experts who also went to discuss the current search and covid-19 cases, the vaccination situation, and also the overall healthcare situation that they observed now and for the hospitals. those are on this panel arc and billy horn, who was executive vice president and group president of markets outside of california with pfizer firm and other hospitals and of california with the pfizer firm. doctor stephen jones, is the president and ceo of the nova health system and sin sam at the president ceo of sin * health i would think all of them for joining us today. i would like to make it knowledge of her title sponsor of america, larry divina and thank you very much. i would like to thank our emerging leader sponsor, pwc senior partner at pwc.

then there are others like ted cruz, mo brooks, and many other members of the house and senate who say that this is allowed for under the law, it has happened they areast, and that merely following the law and doing everything they can to make sure the election is certified in a manner befitting the constitution and all of that. but there are strong divisions emerging, particularly with the results coming out of georgia overnight, that will serve me be as a final referendum, at least on this chapter of the trump presidency. and that will definitely be something we are watching today. host: have you heard anything from the senate side, from the majority leader, about the results of last night and the potential of democrats gaining control of the senate? guest: certainly, mitch mcconnell wants to keep his job.. himself oned running the senate in a judicious, cautious but certainly forward-looking manner as far as his agenda and the agenda of the republican party. so he wants to keep his job. i have not seen reaction from him yet, but certainly there are people within the republican party

tom hanks host it. list of people is ex-extensive. bruce springsteen, john ledge en, katie perry signed on overnight. that is a few people no surprise that celebrities are jumping to perform at joe biden's inauguration and televised event afterwards. unfortunately for president trump he had a difficult time trying to find celebrities to perform at his inauguration until toby keith signed on, which may be one of the reasons why the president awarded him with the medal of arts last week stuart: carley, we hear you. thank you very much indeed. >> you bet. stuart: still continuing the, they're lining up, ready to get set for this swearing-in of the 46th president of the united states of america. if you've been watching you have seen bush 43 and laura come down the blue carpet there. you saw barack obama and former first lady michelle obama. senators schumer and mcconnell. they're all coming on. there they come, down the, the blue carpet i should say. that is the chief justice of the united states of america. runs the supreme court. he wil

mo brooks, who directly incited the crowd. what do you think is the appropriate response to your colleagues who were involved one way or another? >> i support both representatives cory bush and tom malinowski for their efforts. incitement to insurrection is a federal crime. so anyone who incites insurrection should be charged and prosecuted. no one is above the law. i hope federal prosecutors and the fbi are looking at what some of these republican members of congress did to have january 6th happen. >> punch bowl is reporting that some house democrats are planning to blackball republicans who were involved in efforts to commit sedition or inciting the riot, refusing to co-sponsor bills with them, freeze out lobbyists contacted to them. is that appropriate, do you think? >> so, again, i think there should be an investigation of what some members of congress did. and, depending on what they did, if they incited insurrection, they should be prosecuted. my general view is if i'm working, let's say, on an infrastructure bill, i wel

what he said is comments to that violent riot that led to the deaths of five people here in the cap tom last week including the u.s. capitol police officer. those all questions going forward as how many republicans ultimately join on because democrats are all on board and theft votes here, brooke. >> i want to ask you here. i'm talking to a democratic congressman in a second and i'll ask him, too, what is your indication that this will be a bipartisan vote, that republican lawmakers will also vote for impeachment? >> a significant portion of this house republican leaders are not pressuring their members to fall in line. unlike in 2019 in which they urged them all just to stand with the president. here that is not case so the expectations is there could be ten, maybe more, maybe less to break ranks. that's still a small frafblgts overall house republican conference but there are members who are very critical of the president's conduct so we do expect some to break ranks, keep members like liz cheney, number three in the leadership but she considers this vote in the words in her conferenc

we're talking it the brooke lemon time. >> quickly. what do we do? >> talk to me, michael. what's in this? >> so we've got a beautiful cold pressed juice, clementine juice from a fellow who started a business, tom's juice. it's cold pressed clementine juice, tito's vodka. >> in here, boo. so we've got the clementine juice from tom's juice. we've got pre-mixed vodka. we've got a little bit of countreau. oh, way more. and then hold on. >> shake it. >> we will finish this off. we will finish this up with you. but andy and anderson, we're going to make one. i'm going to bring it to the office. i'm going to leave it on your desk. oh, we need way more vodka. i love don's. >> it's actually silk pajamas with leather slippers. >> we'll check back with you shortly. joining us now is stand-up comedian, correspondent on "the daily show". >> dulce sloan. hey, dulce, great to see ya. >> hey, how is it going? >> hi. >> now, dulce, last year you told us your new year's resolution was to find a man. any luck in that department? how's it going -- >> absolutely not. >> absolutely not? >> i ca

then there are others like ted cruz, mo brooks, and many other members of the house and senate who say that this is allowed for under the law, it has happened they areast, and that merely following the law and doing everything they can to make sure the election is certified in a manner befitting the constitution and all of that. but there are strong divisions emerging, particularly with the results coming out of georgia overnight, that will serve me be as a final referendum, at least on this chapter of the trump presidency. and that will definitely be something we are watching today. host: have you heard anything from the senate side, from the majority leader, about the results of last night and the potential of democrats gaining control of the senate? guest: certainly, mitch mcconnell wants to keep his job.. himself oned running the senate in a judicious, cautious but certainly forward-looking manner as far as his agenda and the agenda of the republican party. so he wants to keep his job. i have not seen reaction from him yet, but certainly there are people within the republican party

we are calling it the brooke-lem brooke-lemon-tine. talk to me what's in this? >> we got a beautiful cold press juice. tito's top it with tom's juice. >> we got the clementine. and we got vodka. >> and juice first. >> hit me, honey. >> oh more. >> oh, the whole thing? >> damn. >> all right. hold on. >> shake it. we'll finish this up without you. >> andy and anderson. we are going to make one and i am going to bring it to the office and i am going to leave it at your desk. >> i love don. he's so jolly. >> is it fabulous? >> it is so pajamas. >> yeah, i am on my way. >> we'll check back with you guys shortly. >> joining us now is dulc dulce slone. >> hey! >> last year you told us your resolution to find a man. any luck in that department? >> absolutely not. when the lockdown ended in nosh new york -- i have gone more dates. >> okay. >> did you find any silver linings this year or did we all know it is a horrible one? >> i was finally able to be in my apartment. that made it worth it. >> any jerez hallucinatiresolut? >> i guess it is the same one, find a man? resol