that's on lies. ok, i take it that you don't want to take the pledge, all right. russia battles a record surge of covid — as the capital moscow goes into partial lockdown. and the battle escalates — overfishing rights between france and britain. the french authorities detain a british trawler. we start with two big stories developing in washington. first president biden says his democratic party has reached a framework agreement on economic reforms worth nearly two trillion dollars. the plan sets out investment in social care, affordable health and efforts to combat climate change. here's the us president. it's a framework that will create millions ofjobs, grow the economy,