now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament hello there, and welcome to tuesday in parliament. on this programme, the health secretary comes under fire for his handling of covid contracts. will he commit to recovering every penny piece of taxpayers money from those companies who provided us with duff ppe? of course where a contract isn t delivered against, we do not intend to pay taxpayers money. more trouble for the government in the lords over its trade bill and striking deals with countries which commit genocide. we ve failed - to predict genocide, we ve failed - to prevent genocide, we ve failed to protect victims of genocide and we ve failed to prosecute perpetrators of genocide. - the genocide amendment. is a modest attempt to begin to address some| of those failings. and scotland s first minister unveils her plan for easing lockdown, but unlike borisjohnson, only sets goals for two months ahead. i know that people across the country are anxious for as much clarity as po
you may love it, you may be investing in it or it may baffle you. bitcoin has surged to its highest level in history after elon musk and his car firm tesla made a significant investment in the crypto currency. the electric car maker bought 1.5 billion dials are bitcoin and said it would accept the currency as a form of payment for its vehicles in the nearfuture. so having the firm founded by the well s which is in court the market s attention and led to bitcoin rising above $46 for the first 40 bitcoin rising above $46 for the first 40 $6,000 bitcoin rising above $46 for the first 40 $6,000 for the first time. history the crypto currency is worth $850 billion which is 100% increase in the past seven weeks alone. let s talk this through the james hughes, chief market analyst. have we all missed a trick here?- market analyst. have we all missed a trick here? yes, but we could missed a trick here? yes, but we could have missed a trick here? yes, but we could have bee
good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, january 7th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. we are beginning with a rare opportunity for a struggling president to reenergize his party and to make history in the process. supreme court justice stephen breyer set to announce his retirement at the white house today, giving president biden a chance to deliver on a campaign promise to nominate the first african american female justice to the bench. let s get a sense of the timing, short list, and republican plans to slow down the process. jeremy diamond is there. jeremy, if i also in on the details. reporter: well, we learned yesterday justice breyer is set to retire after 30 years. he was tight-lipped on this. without a formal announcement, the president would not weigh in. but today they are set to make this official. and this opening gives biden a chance to nominate a justice to the supreme court and potentially make history
and it includes history. listen. i have made no decision except one. the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. it s long overdue in my opinion. i made that commitment during the campaign for president, and i will keep that commitment. get to our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins at the white house. the president said he didn t want to share much about what comes next but he shared an historic deal. it s also notable he put a timeline on here saying he will, his intention is to let everyone know who his nominee is by the end of february. so what that is going to kick off internally at the white house is a very extensive process of vetting. and the president has already he said he s been looking at the backgrounds of potential replacements. he s going to study this carefully. he ll look at
legendary grammy award winning singer-songwriters and members of the rock n roll hall of fame and tickets for their concerts go on sale saturday. please welcome carole king and james taylor. looking out on the morning rain james taylor was one of the most prolific songwriters of our time. i think she s the best there is, miss carole king. carole king began her music career when she was just a teen. by the early 70s, she had reached the top of the charts around the world. james taylor was one of my all-time favorites. one of the most influential singer songwriters of all time. and now carole king and james taylor are getting ready to tour together for the first time in 40 years. that s a bit of history. tell us about the original troubadour reunion. november 2007, james called me and said let s get together and play together with some of our old friends. we had such a great time. like carole said, it felt so good we decided to take it on the road. you