speak from st. charles, louisiana. he will be talking about the american jobs plan, hopefully with an infrastructure plan. mitch mcconnell said this. 100% of our focus is on stopping this new administration. what we have in the united states senate is total unity from susan collins to ted cruz in opposition to what the new biden administration is trying to do to this country. 100% of his focus, he says, is on stopping the president s plans. it s hard to see where there is room for compromise in that. perhaps just as important is what mcconnell was asked about when he gave those answers. 100% of our focus is on stopping this new administration. isn t there a concern that a sizeable chunk of the republican base doesn t believe this election was real? 100% of my focus is on standing up to this administration. the questions he got was about liz cheney and pushing back on the lies that the election was stolen. mcconnell did not engage in those questions. he made a ch
and we talk to british sculptor richard long whose work has been inspired by his walks around the world about his latest exhibition. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, who can claim bragging rights in the manchester derby? and more importantly improve their chances of a top four champions league place? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. a man carrying knives near the houses of parliament has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences, just weeks after last month s deadly attack in westminster. the 27 year old man had been under survellance by the security services. he was stopped on parliament street, close to whitehall, this afternoon and was wrestled to the ground. there s been heightened security in the area around parliament since khaled massood killed five people including pc keith palmer last month. june kelly has the latest. under arrest in the shadow of government buildings in whitehall. this wasn t a random stop search and arrest.
he is long gone, as is much of his collection. but not his appetite for art, which is shared by the current owner although his taste is a little different. contemporary minimalism meets georgian magnificence, with an exhibition of richard long s geometric sculptures which are installed in the house and dotted about the grounds. it s an amazing opportunity to make all these grand works, in this grand, very, very english landscape. richard long is a landscape artist, but probably not in the way that sir robert walpole would have understood. he doesn t paint or sculpt, in the traditional sense. my preference is to use the natural raw materials of the world. i suppose ijust ordered these materials into. that s what humans do, they make order out of natural chaos. his art isn t so much about taming nature, but accentuating its beauty, with circles of overlapping flint and long lines of hand picked stone. i ve always used stones, because that s what the world is made of. i can fi
carrying a knife near the houses of parliament has been arrested on terrorism suspicions. the 27 year old was stopped on parliament street close to whitehall. us president donald trump has come to the end of his first 100 days in office. we take a look at what he has achieved on the economic front. and profits jump at google‘s parent company alphabet as a search engine continues to dominate digital advertising. welcome to asian business report. saturday marks the 100 days of donald trump s presidency. 0n the campaign trail, he made bold promises of what he would do in his first 100 days in office. but, being the president turns out to be quite different than getting elected. and very little of mr trump s plan has been carried out. on the economy, much of what it wa nts to out. on the economy, much of what it wants to do relies on getting congress to work with the white house and that is proving difficult. we have more from new york. asa as a candidate, donald trump had ambi
the works of an artist, many of which are shown in an important museum around the world. our arts editor went to meet him. houghton hall, in norfolk. the grand 18th century country home of sir robert walpole. a powerful politician, with a passion for paintings. he is long gone, as is much of his collection. but not his appetite for art, which is shared by the current owner although his taste is a little different. contemporary minimalism meets georgian magnificence, with an exhibition of richard long s geometric sculptures which are installed in the house and dotted about the grounds. it s an amazing opportunity to make all these grand works, in this grand, very, very english landscape. richard long is a landscape artist, but probably not in the way that sir robert walpole would have understood. he doesn t paint or sculpt, in the traditional sense. my preference is to use the natural raw materials of the world. i suppose ijust order these materials into. that s what humans do