on cnn. obama can t help himself. if you notice he doesn t spend a lot of time praising pal joe biden who has his old job. we can only wonder why that is? joe and ba rock used to be good friends, i they they gave each other friendship bracelets. remember when joe tweeted that. doesn t he think joe thinks he s a good president, shouldn t he get another bracelet for the new job? doesn t seem to be happening. instead obama used the cnn interview to attack republicans, specifically not donald trump but senator tim scott of south carolina. the fact that tim scott has an optimistic view of race relations in america seems to have the former president very upset. i m not being cynical about tim scott individually. i am maybe suggesting that the rhetoric of, can t we all get along, and the quotes you made about, you know, from my speech in 2004 about there is a your united states of america, that has to be under girded wind an honest accounting with our past and our present. and so
britain, what do you think of it? do you still have trust in the police? are you getting what you need from the police? give us a call, give us a text. we will about that. right now, here is the news. a 15 year old boy who died after being followed by police whilst riding an e bike has been named locally as saul cookson. the incident happened yesterday afternoon in salford. he collided with an ambulance. north west ambulance service has told the bbc the vehicle was moving at the time, but it was not on an active call. the incident has been referred to the independent office for police conduct. the chief inspector of constabulary, andy cooke, has warned public trust in policing is hanging by a thread. he s blamed a series of scandals and the failure to get the basics right. mr cooke wants to have the ability to order police forces to make changes when there are serious public safety concerns. the treasury says the windfall tax on energy firms will remain until march 2028. but
but isn t taylor swift the gift that keeps on giving? we can t stop talking about her. she s the it girl. carolyn manno, thank you. great to see you. the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. nancy good morning, everyone. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman. victor blackwell is off. we start with a huge political year. r&b front-runner donald trump faces multiple court decisions that could delay some of his trials. on friday the supreme court handed him a win by rejecting special counsel s request for justices to fast-track his immunity dispute case. but in colorado they re threatening to kick him off the ballot. meanwhile congress is out of office for your the holidays. this is a live picture of capitol hill sorry, we don t have it. again, capitol hill is quiet. congress faces a mountain of problems when they come back in january. they ll have nine days to come up with a plan to avoid a partial shutdown. and there s arguments over funding, migration
the bill moved a step closer last night, passing through the house of representatives on wednesday, but the clock is ticking. and do you know your o s from your e s, your g s from yourj s? the pressure mounts in washington, as the final of the national annual spelling bee gets under way. i ll put our panel to the test. but first the legal challenge launched by the government. it s over demands from the covid public inquiry that ministers whatsapp messages from the pandemic are released. in a letter, the cabinet office said it was doing so with regret but that the request goes beyond the remit of the inquiry. a deadline for the government to submit the messages passed at 4pm this afternoon, but the inquiry says it instead received notice of legal action. in response, borisjohnson said he was happy to hand over unredacted material if asked. let s talk about it with the panel, and, jim, what do you make of this? because the government here is saying we are not going to ha