Check, one thing i noticed there is now it seems the president is a bit mudying the water of why he cares so much about the Postal Service. Now hes going back to what he said previously about being concerned over the financial situation with the post office when he made very clear last week why he is holding up, why hes not interested in funding the Postal Service. It the has nothing to do with getting its house in order. It has everything to do with mailin voting. Well, exactly. He said so directly. The backdrop for this, kate, as you know, is longterm funding issues for the u. S. Postal service and republicans have talked for years about wanting it to be more run like a business. Of course, the way the reason the Postal Service loses money in some cases is because rural small states that get service are at the same rates that everyone else does aring subsidized because they are more expensive to serve of, but this is a case where the demands on Postal Service have dramatically increa
Testing capacity by opening two new megalabs. Talks to agree a post brexit trade deal resume in brussels today, with both sides calling for compromises to be made. A new pilot, giving family members access to regular testing, starts at a number of care homes in england. What impact will this have on you . Are you hoping to visit loved ones in care homes this christmas . Do get in touch you can tweet me rebeccajonesbbc or with bbcyourquestions. Three, two, ten. Ignition and coming up this hour. Taxi for space . The new era for extraterrestial travel as the space x capsule heads into orbit hello and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is to carry on working from downing street after being told to self isolate by the nhs test and trace system. Borisjohnson says he was pinged as he put it because of a meeting he had last week with conservative mp lee anderson whos since tested positive for covid 19. Mrjohnson said in a video message that he felt great and was bursting with anti bodies
Officials his own department of justice and even the mailman. We wont show much of it to you. Its hard to find a kernel of truth. We isolated a couple moments of inadvertent honesty, when the president made it clear despite his legal teams bravo da, a Supreme Court he hand picked is ready to ride to his rescue. Well, the problem is its hard to get into the Supreme Court. Ive got the best Supreme Court advocates, lawyers, that want to argue the case if it gets there. But they said its very hard to get a case up there. Can you imagine, donald trump, president of the United States, files a case and i probably cant get a case even and we have tremendous and as if we needed proof of this, the president also revealed that for him this will probably never be over. Well, i dont want to give you an actual date. A lot of people say the 18th or they say the 14th or they say january 20th. Im not going to say a date. Its not like youre going to change my mind. In other words, my mind will not chang
This is bbc news. The headlines us attorney general william barr has defended the deployment of federal agents to cities, saying they are needed to counter violent rioters. In testimony to congress, mr barr said protesters in portland, oregon, are committing an assault on the government of the United States. Britains prime minister, borisjohnson, warned there are signs of a second wave of coronavirus in europe, as he defended a 14 day quarantine on travellers from spain. He said the government had to take swift action and hinted there may be further quarantines for holiday makers on the cards. The long running musical, phantom of the opera, has been forced to close in the west end. The show which opened in 1986 is to shut permanently because of the Financial Impact of the coronavirus restrictions on theatres. Now on bbc news. Hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. How do we judge the health of our economic systems . Well, it is about far more than those headline numbers on j
Of dollars to boost opportunities for black, latinx and native american businesses if he wins the election in november. The democratic partys contenderfor the presidency sharply criticised donald trump, accusing him of intentionally stoking the flames of division and racism. The us attorney general has been defending the deployment of federal agents to american cities, saying they are needed to counter violent rioters. In testimony to congress, william barr claimed anti racism protesters in portland, oregon, are committing an assault on the government of the United States. Britains Prime Minister has suggested there are signs of a second wave of coronavirus in europe, as he defended a 14 day quarantine on travellers from spain. Borisjohnson said the government had to take swift action, and hinted holiday makers may face more quarantines. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. How do we judge the health of our economic systems . Well, it is about far more tha