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important part from the white house s perspective of what the president is doing. president biden, the first democrat to win the state in 28 years and two months later, giving democrats that very, very slim majority in the senate with those run-off elections in january. you talk about the city he s in, laept, represented in congress by john lewis, the legislation, one of the pieces of legislation they re trying to pass is the voting rights bill in his name. of course, the city sill associated with that fight for voting rights, and this campus he s on, a historically black college. we know how critical black voters were to this president being nominated and getting elected. this is pan important part of what the president is trying to send the message. we know the result is not really in doubt. no one is really predicting democrats are going to succeed in their effort to change the snalt ru senate rules to get these two bills passed. but what has been in doubt was the president s commit
they ll spew those lies to their audience members. of course, it creates a situation where 35%, 40% of republicans or 40% of the country still believe the lie, mika. i want to keep underlining this pause we need to focus where the focus needs to be, that the united states senate, among republicans, you have most republicans who call out this lie. you have the insurrectionist caucus. a couple of people i m surprised haven t actually been investigated for their responsibility in stirring up the insurrection. and you have ron johnson, who, at times, i think doesn t even know what area code he s in. right. so i m not sure there s any what you can attach to him. but the biggest problem really does lie in the house, among house republicans, and among a lot of really horrible people online and in the media who know they re lying about this, and they keep doing it anyway. yeah, i agree with you. but there is no doubt donald
he s never won, and he s playing the father of venus and serena williams for king richard. and you think he ll win? he ll win. and king richard, the film he s in, is also nominated in the best picture category. are there any surprises there? i think drive my car, which is a three hour long japanese road movie. all credit to the oscar voters for getting through that. it could be this year s parasite and upset the apple cart. but is it the year of power of the dog? i think it s netflix s power of the dog, and this could be the year that netflix finally wins the best picture category. we ll find out next month. katie razzell, bbc news. speaking of awards, the uk s big music awards the brits have taken place in london. adele was the big winner, taking home the song and album of the year prizes. she also was also named artist of the year the first time the award ceremony has scrapped separate male and female categories for the prize. i understand why the name of
and steven spielberg s remake of the musical west side story has seven, including best picture and director. it s the bookies favourite at 3 1, but i think its best chance for winning is best supporting actress for ariana debose. you know who you are, don t you? yes, pop. belfast has seven nominations, and with the two for best picture and best original screenplay, its director, kenneth branagh, has broken another oscar record. speak, if you can. denzel washington getting his tenth nomination this year, though it has been 20 years since he won for training day. but the big favourite to win best actor is will smith. he s never won, and he s playing the father of venus and serena williams for king richard. and you think he ll win? he ll win. and king richard, the film he s in, is also nominated in the best picture category.