had to cancel everything for getting covid and she is so freaking impressive every time i speak with her, i can t stand it. i just kept thinking about what she said, the lowering of the our of elected officials. we need to raise the bar. it should be there making people s lives better, not just that they are not breaking the law. and to be clear eyed about what this is, what public service is and what heroism is, and these two things don t go hand in hand. she s a very very smart person and i m looking forward to her being act in office at some point. she has not ruled that out. politics is in her blood, that s what she said. thanks. thanks for joining us, i do apologize for not being here in this chair this time last week, i was out sick, i finally got covid, i think i m one of the last people in the country who have never had it before but i finally tested positive for weekend a half ago. i m vaccinated so i think that helped make it an easier bout. i rested up, i
hard things. the question i leave you with tonight is what does that mean for you? on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i will see you tomorrow. you tomorrow. i was out sick. i finally got covid. i think and one of the last people in the country who had never had it before. but i finally tested positive like a week and a half ago. i m vaccinated so i think that helped me get an easier bout. i rested up, isolated from everyone. i took a five-day course of paxlovid which honestly is kind of grows while you re taking it. but it is, in my opinion, totally worth. it it s only five days of pills. by the end of those five days of the paxlovid, i had no fever, totally reduced symptoms, and most importantly, i was testing negative. and not a risk to other people. so, anyway, i m back, i m sorry, i missed you here last week. also had to cancel and reschedule the remaining book tour
and these two things don t go hand in hand. she s a very, very smart person and i m looking forward to her being back in office somewhere, someday, at some point. she s not ruled that out. politics is in her blood. appreciate it. have a great show. thank you. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. i dopologize for not week here in this chair tis this time last week. i was out sick. i think i was in the last people in the country who never had it before, but i finally tested positive about a week and a half ago. i m vaccinated, so that helped me get an easier bout, and rested up and took a five day course of paxlovid, which honestly is kind of gross while you re taking it, but in my oin totally worth it. it s only five days of pills. by the end of my five days i had no fever, totally reduced symptoms, and most importantly i was testing negative and plot a risk to other people. anyway, i m back. i m sorry i missed you here last week. i also had to cancel and re
what? someone planted only male plain trees. and this is why pollen is horrific at this time. is that true? i ve wondered for years because i used to. working in westminster you used to get absolutely clobbered and like crying on the news, not because of the stories, but because of the pollen. maybe a little bit of that. but, yes, that s what it is. and it s all down. apparently the australians got rid of it. i looked at this a lot because anyway, if i sneeze that is why. tree cast coming soon. so, well let s start with today s news then because it s been a really busy, busy, busy election morning, not with one big gigantic story, but lots of different things coming out. the tories were talking about more changes to the benefit system that they want to do, extra cash for some mental health talking therapies. labour are talking about more prison places, and the difference between them and the conservatives on that is that they would give a justice secretary the power just to b
ps, and i love this bit. i avoided using tartan wall purely for laura s benefits . so handy, we got you here this week. yes. good morning to you, laura. tartan wool. i m not a fan. i m not a fan of tartan wool either. and we will answer that question, connor. we will answer it, but you have to keep listening. and a few other things to go through today. sure. yeah. we have the various commitments made that seem to be fairly new commitments on welfare reform. and we also have the previews for the manifestos. it s going to be an exciting episode of this sunday s newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s laura in the studio. it s faisel in studio two. it s james in glasgow. hurray! how nice to have the two of you with me here on a sunday afternoon, having been abandoned by paddy and henry and adam and everybody else. i fought my way through thickets of pollen. apparently, it s all male trees that try and mate with you. what? someone planted only male plain trees. and this is