Became incredibly. Some previous became incredibly. Some previous Labour Campaigns have been previous Labour Campaigns have been pretty personal as well. I dont been pretty personal as well. I dont think we are there yet. I think dont think we are there yet. I think some of the candidates, not all think some of the candidates, not all of think some of the candidates, not all of them, are a bit frustrated. This week is basically a hustling bonanza. They basically a hustling bonanza. They are basically a hustling bonanza. They are all speaking one after anothen they are all speaking one after another. There still arent really another. There still arent really those gloves off moments when really those gloves off moments when you really those gloves off moments when you will have them standing on stage together, competing to do each other down in front competing to do each other down in front of competing to do each other down in front of the Conservative Party in front of the conservativ
it s good to be back with you on this second hour. at this hour, president biden s critical next move. he says he has decided on the u.s. response to the drone attack that killed three u.s. soldiers in jordan but what it is, where, and when, he isn t revealing. plus, cori bush confirming she is the target of a justice department probe over her campaign spending. what we know this hour live from washington. plus, homeland security secretary under the microscope as house republicans hold another meeting moving closer to impeachment. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. let s start with keir simons now. president biden has made his decision clear. at least that he s made the decision clear, but what he s going to do against iran is an ongoing question. what s the latest, keir? secretary of state blinken not saying when the response from the u.s. might come, but saying it would likely be sustained over time, multilevel and could come in stages. as quest
yes. so, in summary, what is it? so, what happened was, last month, the scottish parliament, by a pretty big majority, passed this legislation and the legislation, this gender bill, seeks to remove administrative and medical barriers to changing the sex on your birth certificate. that s basically what it does. it s passed the scottish parliament and it was waiting to be given the rubber stamp by the king, royal assent. but, crucially, while the issue of trans rights is devolved to the scottish parliament, the issue of equalities is something that s decided at westminster on behalf of england, scotland and wales and the uk government says, hang on a minute, we think those two clash. and there s a line in the rule book that set up devolution a quarter of a century ago that allows us, they say, to pull this trigger and stop that proposed law becoming law and getting royal assent. that s what they ve done and it s caused one heck of a row. right, well, let s chat a bit more a
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