Hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uks leading political commentators, bbc specialists, and foreign correspondents who file their stories to the folks back home with the dateline london. This week more vaccine options, more good news in the battle to combat coronavirus. But will its distribution be truly global . And as borisjohnson polishes up the british sword ready to rattle it again, is trump binding bidens hands . Joining us stephanie baker, an american, is Senior Writer with bloomberg. Janet daley, american by birth, but long resident in the uk, is a columnist on the sunday telegraph. With me in the studio, the bbcs diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. Welcome to everyone, good to have you back with us again. Theres a british joke from pre pandemic days about london buses which all come at once and could readily be applied to vaccines against coronavirus you wait for ages without seeing one, then they all come at once. Last week it was pfizer bi
300 per child to american families. Also as the new Biden Administration works to ramp up vaccinations, the u. S. Approaches another pandemic milestone, 25 million stoetal cases of covid19. And the world of broadcasting has lost a legend. Longtime cnn host larry king has died at the age of 87. Im pamela brown in washington. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. You are in the cnn newsroom on a saturday evening and we begin this evening at the white house where President Biden is laying out an ambitious plan for his first 100 days in office. Cnn White House Correspondent john harwood joins me now. John, is biden on track to follow through on his early promises . Thats a big question tonight. Reporter some he will follow through on and of course he is implementing executive orders to create a pandemic testing board, to invoke the defense production act, to expand production of vaccines. Hes committed to 100 million vaccination doses in 100 days. That is a low
All. We will begin a florida later on on washington journal. Talking to people on both sides of the aisle. We will begin with those late the ciders. How did you make up your mind . Or if you think you are going to make up your mind and the last 13 days, we want to assure you as well. If you are supporting governor 1. Mney called calle202585388 if you are supporting obama call 2025853880 0. If you are supporting another candidate call 2025853882. Go to twitter. Com campaign 2012. How did you make up your mind and when . Since the first president ial debate how and when did you make up your mind . Late decider is only. Or if you think you were going to make up your mind during the next 13 days. Here is the wall street journal. Candidates a bottle to lock up key states. Mitt romney will spend much of the final two weeks of the campaign presenting himself as a bipartisan bridge builder. That is the wall street journal. And in the Washington Post trying to rebut criticism. Republican nomine
55 of americans support legalizing marijuana. Why is this the case . Because we are talking about it. Because debates are raging at dinner tables that havent been raging at dinner tables in the past. Lets regulate it. Lets attacks it. Lets tax it. Its on the ballot in colorado in november. Coloradoians have the opportunity really to change drug policy worldwide. Coloradans get it. Six years ago they oat voted to decriminalize marijuana on a Campaign Based on marijuana being safer than alcohol. I am not a hypocrite on this issue. I have drank alcohol, i have smoked marijuana. I dont drink alcohol, i dont smoke marijuana. I can tell you, in no category is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol. [applause] and yet we are arresting 1. 8 Million People a year in this country on drugrelated crime. We have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. 2. 3 Million People. Half of what we spend on law enforcement, the court and the prisons is drug related, and to what end. Look, t
Hillary. Until tomorrow, we say to you, sayonara. Coming up next, Chris Matthews hosts a town hall of libertarian candidates. Weve got issues. People think this is a horror movie and they cant change the channel. The libertarian fikt could tip the scales. They want to kill each other. Does anyone believe that will get any better . Tonight, two nights after the most watched debate in history. He will sit down and make his case with Chris Matthews. Hive from the university of New Hampshire. The gary johnstown hall. Here now Chris Matthews. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews at the university of New Hampshire in durham. This was big a president ial debate monday night. Were here to bring two additional voices into the debate. Lets welcome the candidates for president and Vice President of the United States. Gary johnson of new mexico and former governor bill weld. Today, president obama responded to something that happened in monday nights debate. And heres the president. You had somebody wh