allowed to spread by the ignorance of some of us. i ve been bugging my team with this analogy for months now. what we re seeing happen in the world today is so reminiscent of what was portrayed in the aliens series of great movies in which arrogant, ignorant humans decide that they can outwit and make use of a deadly alien species that has the ability to learn from its human hosts, mutate and become increasingly deadly to mankind. here s a clip. what if that ship didn t even exist? do you ever think about that? i didn t know. so if i made a major security situation out of it, everybody steps in. administration steps in and there s no exclusive rights for anybody, nobody wins. so i made a decision and it was wrong. it was a bad call, ripley. it was a bad call. bad call? these people are dead, burke! do you have any idea what you ve done here? oh, god! see, burke f ed around and found out but that is the ignorance and arrogance displayed by republican politicians who ar
delegation will meet with lawmakers from colorado and and nevada about how their state elections work. on thursday, they meet from officials from maine, colorado, rhode island, and connecticut. friday, they ll meet with states where gop officials have already enacted new restrictions, which brings us to georgia with stacey abrams along with amy klobuchar and jeff merkley went to smyrna to hear what they have to say about georgia s new voting laws. the process of electsing our leaders is not a partisan process. our selections may be partisan, but our elections should not be. our elections are how we determine the course and the quality of our democracy. and it should not have as a respecter of person or party any part of how those elections are galvanized. this weekend, of course, marks one year since the passing of civil rights icon georgia congressman john lewis who spent his life fighting to expand access to voting, the exact opposite of what his home state is doing rig
an independent inquiry says the first minister nicola sturgeon did not break the ministerial code in her response to allegations against alex salmond. i believe i acted appropriately in a difficult situation, and i m pleased i have the independent verification of that. the home secretary condems violent clashes during a demonstration against new police powers in bristol last night calling it utterly shameful. drones, robots and cyber warfare the size of the army is to be reduced by about 10,000 soldiers as it reshapes for the future. and 30 years after michael schumacher made his debut in formula one, his son mick is about to begin his own racing career and coming up on bbc news. england head coach eddie jones under pressure. the rfu conduct their review, following their fifth place finish at the six nations. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has warned that the uk must prepare for a third wave of coronavirus infections as the number of n
here s the breaking news, the senate voting late tonight to extend the nation s debt limit through early, averting economic disaster after breaking a republican filibuster meant to skull the deal reached between democratic and gop leaders. also tonight, a lawyer for the former president telling four trump loyalists to ignore subpoenas from the january 6th elect committee, according to the washington post. the deadline to comply with subpoenas, tonight. more breaking news in the search for brian laundrie. police in florida now saying he was under surveillance before he vanished more than three weeks ago. now what? kicking the can down the road? and with no prospect that there will be a better resolution on the horizon in december. the important point is what a radical escalation in political conflict and what a reckless escalation of political conflict it is for republicans to have filibustered the increase in the debt ceiling. yes, it is true that democrats have voted i