vision when it comes to immigration. congresswoman pramila jayapal, thank you, as always. it s great to hear from you tonight. that is our show for this evening. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex. as you know, there were two big winners last night in special- ing shuns. when you are just talking about, the other in pennsylvania. we re gonna get from the winner from pennsylvania to join us later in this discussion. can t wait to see it. great show. thank you. tonight, president biden said this. today s events should move us, shock us, sheamus. into acting. what are we waiting for? what else do we need to see? how many more families need to be torn apart? it is time to act. that s where i stand, and i asked the country to stand with me to make your voice heard in congress. so we finally act to ban assault weapons. to limit high capacity magazines. strengthen background checks. keep guns out of the hands
that you can allow 17 dead and 17 others shot and wounded and not give the death penalty, what do we have the death penalty for? in what do we have the death penalty for? penalty for? in tact and undamaged: penalty for? in tact and undamaged: a - penalty for? in tact and undamaged: a 1600 - penalty for? in tact and - undamaged: a 1600 -year-old undamaged: a 1600 year old mosaic depicting the trojan war is uncovered in syria. and the flying scotsman: the first steam engine to hit 100 miles an hour celebrates 100 years on the tracks. hello there and a very warm welcome to the programme. britain s chancellor is flying home early from the annual meeting in washington for crunch talks with the british prime minister and conservative mps. both he and liz truss have come under increasing pressure to make a u turn on the proposals laid out in the mini budget which kwasi kwarteng admitted caused turbulence in the financial markets. our economic editor sent us this report from wash
there s been turmoil in british markets since the government announced unfunded tax cuts three weeks. it s 4:30. good morning. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. last month, president biden told americans the covid pandemic was over. a striking statement, given that us covid deaths are still running at an average of close to 400 a day. the overall covid death toll in the states has topped 1 million. on many measures, america s pandemic performance has been relatively poor. my guest is the soon to retire chief medical adviser to president biden, dr anthony fauci, the scientist at the centre of america s covid storm. what lessons has he learned? dr anthony fauci in bethesda, maryland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s good to be with you. it s great to have you on the show. now, let s start with that big statement by president biden. the pandemic is over, he declared. do you agree with that view? well, certainly, if you re talking about the
horrendous shootings happening and party like atmospheres but everything turning wrong within just a few seconds. as a busy saturday night in philly, hundreds of people out on the streets according to investigators. it all ended up as one of the countries latest mass shooting spree take a look on your screen this is where it all happen in phillies at south south street neighborhood just last night. south street had dozens of bars and lots of restaurants. it s a pretty popular to hang out pretty special in the summer. police say it was slammed last night to put investigators telling us at least 14 people were shot, three of those people were killed. just before midnight investigators spotted a multiple gunman opening fire into that large crowd, that is when a philly police officer pulled out his gun and tried to take down one of the shooters. this normally busy strip now a crime scene. there are at least two guns that have been recovered from the scene. one with an extende