qualifying. the dutchman was almost half a second quicker than the for our reach driver. his team mate who won last weekend grown p was third. george russell is the quickest british driver down and tenth through places i had the mercedes team mate. qualifier gets under way at nine o clock tonight. the 106th giro d italia got under way today the first of this year s cycling grand tours with britain s tayo geoghan hart hungry to win the title he claimed three years. but it s one of the favourites, out in front, after today s opening stage. nick parrott reports. of the hundred 76 writers taking part in this years giro d italia only one knows what it does to lift this trophy. tayo geoghan hart won it in 2020 and he is determined to challenge again. a brutal start to what will be a brutal three week race got under way with a 12 mile time trial along the east coast of italy. there was no time to take in the views. this type of state requires writers to get their head
compromise, the don t ask, don t tell repeal, in the words of senator lindsey graham, a republican to me just in the hallway a few moments ago, when people say president obama had a great two weeks, they re absolutely right. very impressive, what he s managed to accomplish during this lame-duck session. john, there was low expectations after the republican victory november 2nd. people thought the lame-duck session probably wouldn t do much. but there have been a series of accomplishments, legislative achievements. you remember, what did he call it? we called it on election night and the president himself called it a day after, a shellacking. what happened? he had a december to remember. and he s got a number of great achievements here. and the interesting question, wolf, is this a down payment on a new washington, where grown p grown-ups actually have conversations, work out their differences and govern, or is this a temporary lull. lindsey graham gives the president credit, he gav