senate. president biden plans to sign it into law tomorrow. joining us now, cnn chief political correspondent, dana bash. the co-anchor of state of the union. and dana, this will be an east room address, we understand. and we are told new details this morning. the president will honor the 500,000 lost to covid, the millions of people being affected. he ll discuss what s being done to accelerate vaccination efforts and lay out the next steps in getting the pandemic under control. that s the what. what about the why? why are we seeing this tonight? why is because the people in the biden white house, starting with the president himself, remember 2009. remember what happened the last time a democratic president started his administration with a giant piece of legislation that was passed by democrats. and it was completely attacked in such a big way that it helped to create the tea party and helped to create the 20102010 republican takeover of the house of representatives. a
For spying in iran, says her case is a game of cat and mouse between governments with them living life as a piece of bait. Police in belarus detain 250 Anti Government protestors as around 100,000 people return to street demonstrations. Good afternoon. Two former Prime Ministers have condemned a plan by the government to override elements of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement signed with the eu. In a joint column for the sunday times, sirjohn major and tony blair called the proposal, which would break International Law, shocking and irresponsible. The justice secretary, Robert Buckland, this morning dismissed the criticism, saying the country is facing an unprecedented situation. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, reports. Two former Prime Ministers, one conservative, one labour, both angry. They have joined forces before to speak against brexit, but now they have strong words for a government planning to alter parts of the treaty which paved the way for leaving the eu less than a y
As a piece of bait. Police in belarus detain 250 Anti Government protestors as around 100,000 people return to street demonstrations. Good afternoon. Two former prime ministers have condemned a plan by the government to override elements of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement signed with the eu. In a joint column for the sunday times, sirjohn major and tony blair called the proposal which would break International Law shocking and irresponsible. Thejustice secretary Robert Buckland this morning dismissed the criticism, saying the country is facing an unprecedented situation. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, reports. Two former prime ministers, one conservative, one labour, both angry. They have joined forces before to speak against brexit, but now they have strong words for a government planning to alter parts of the treaty which paved the way for leaving the eu less than a year ago. Writing in the sunday times, sirjohn and mr blair said the governments actions were irresponsible,
This is bbc news with the latest headlines. Former british prime ministers tony blair and sirjohn major call borisjohnsons brexit plans shameful, as the government continues to defend plans to override parts of the Withdrawal Agreement. This is a collective will on the part of the government not just to prepare for the worst, but also to protect the internal workings of our united kingdom. That is responsible government. Theres fresh concern in the uk over the growing spread of coronavirus after more than 3,000 cases were recorded on consecutive days. More than 30 people have died as wildfires burn in california, oregon, and washington and there are further Health Concerns for the People Living there as the smoke is causing widespread pollution. A new trail of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, a new trial of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, the british iranian woman jailed
for spying in iran has been postponed. The government has welcomed the development and called again for her release. Police in