in fact, the next day, he apologised for doing that. and when paul was recording this interview, he didn t know the controversies that would follow in the coming hours and days. so, in every general election, the tonight programme does a series of profiles of all the main party leaders in britain and so, those conversations begin pretty much as soon as the election is called. so, we start having a conversation with the conservative party, in this case, and saying, here are the days that we could do. is he available on any of these days? this is the date when we d like to broadcast the programme. therefore, we have this amount of time to actually put the programme together, and the conversation goes from there. when did the date of last week come up? so, by wednesday of last week, we still didn t have a date with the prime minister. and on that wednesday, they offered the thursday and said that it was the only slot available. the thursday didn t particularly suit us, act
mouth about meghan markle and prince harry. his thoughts are almost too bizarre to believe, but we begin the reidout tonight with the question you ve been asking that i m sure you ve been asking for an entire year now, when will we return to normal life? we have the first sign that some aspects of the pre-pandemic lives are on the horizon with the cdc giving the green light for fully vaccinated people to gather with other fully vaccinated people without wearing masks or social distancing. getting to see our loved ones again to share a meal indoors with grandparents, parents and friends is the best thing we ve heard in a very long time. we re also seeing grim numbers that have haunted us all year with newly reported coronavirus and hospitalizations on the decline. the reason for this progress boils down to science in the form of three vaccines. the problem is there s a segment of the u.s. population that insists on rejecting science while clamoring that their so-called perso
his decision to lift covid restrictions in connecticut. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. as the biden administration, the democratic congress, and the country as a whole try to claw our way out of an unprecedented set of national crises, the republican party coast to coast has found its mission for the year 2021 make it harder for americans to vote. right now we re on track to see the largest rescue bill in recent memory signed into law by president biden this week. it would provide direct relief to americans, billions for vaccination programs, money to reopen schools, keep restaurants open, and not a single republican in either house or the senate has voted for it. instead, after losing the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections going all the way back to 1992, republicans are laser focused on restricting voting access. brennan center s tracking all the state bills aimed at restricting access to the polls. the
teaching kids how to clean up the competition in chess. kristen dahlgren explains. reporter: at the end of the school day in hampton, maine, custodian david bishop puts down his mop. that was key right there. reporter: and starts teaching these kids to clean up the competition. meet this year s main elementary and middle school state chess champions coached by none other than their school janitor. it s kind of cool that a janitor has a whole different life. reporter: it sounds like something straight out of the queen s gambit. it s called chess. will you teach me? reporter: for bishop yes, that is his real name. mr. bishop. reporter: none of this was expected. you can t take this because it s pinned. reporter: when he found himself out of a job after a career in telecommunication, a friend hired him as a custodian, then he happened upon the school s chess club. and i asked permission to join and just to help the kids. reporter: now the
queen s gambit in new york city. here is astrid martinez.pelesh in chess. i have two medals. reporter: she arrived at the southern border with her family last fall. they made their way to new york city. after enrolling in school, she joined the chess club run by the non-profit gift of chess. she got extra training at the lively gift of chest meets held every saturday at a church in times square. these two connected. the sixth grader arrived from columbia and had never played the game. i like chess.