The news we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter just 0 is always saying suchi complicit in war crimes or even genocide against the Rohingya Muslims of myanmar on up from one of her closest allies. Also on the show there was a lot of optimism when emmanuel mccrone came to power in france in 2017 but halfway through his term the french president is facing some of the worst protests and strikes in his countrys history so how much is he to blame especially for excessive use of force by the French Police thats our debate but 1st in january the International Court of justice ordered me out tomorrow to quote take all measures within its power to prevent genocidal acts against the rohingya minority but me i must defacto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the abuses have been exaggerated so guilty of covering up not just war crimes but genocide ally and former Spokes Person this weeks headliner bernese activists on min. Thank you for joining me up front given the horri
Complicit in war crimes or even genocide against the Rohingya Muslims on that front one of our closest allies. Also on the show there was a lot of optimism when emanuel the crown came to power in france in 2017 but halfway through his term the french president is facing some of the worst protests and strikes in his countrys history so how much is he to blame especially for excessive use of force by the French Police thats our debate but 1st in january the International Court of justice ordered me out to quote take all measures within its power to prevent genocidal acts against the Rohingya Muslims minority but me im most effective leader aung sang suu kyi says the abuses have been exaggerated so guilty of covering up not just war crimes but genocide. And former spokesperson this week headliner bernies activist on min. Thank you for joining me up front given the horrific violence against the road. In recent years your former boss aung sang suu kyi as you know has been roundly condemned
Passionate political speaker, which is really against everything we believe in in this country, foundation of the first amendment. But im going to tell you, its the most illadvised legislative action ive seen in my lifetime. It is tearing the country apart at a time when we dont need anything like that. I think President Biden missed a great opportunity to be a statesman and to demand that this thing be called off, frankly. This is the political weaponization of the impeachment process. Meanwhile, the Biden White House is ramping up their push for the president s nearly 2 trillion covid Relief Package. Tonight the president met with ten republican senators who proposed a slimmeddown version of the bill. The group, which includes senators Susan Collins and mitt romney, wants a 618 billion package. Their plan would provide 1,000 stimulus checks as opposed to bidens proposal of 1,400. After the twohour meeting, Senator Collins walked out of the white house and spoke to reporters. It was a
House correspondent, Weekend Today cohost Peter Alexander, Garrett Haake on capitol hill, brendan buck, former Senior Adviser to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and former Maryland Democratic congresswoman Debra Everets and former senator claire mccaskill. Peter first to you. Lets start with the covid Relief Package. The white house releasing a statement after that monday meaning with republicans saying the president is open to reconciliation, but the republicans are in the conversation. So where do we stand . Are democrats on the Progressive Side getting nervous hell compromise too much, or are all saying hell go big even if it means going it alone . Reporter when everybody was said and done last night, it was clear President Biden, this white house wasnt really giving much ground here. They say that the meeting was substantive and productive but at the end of the day he said they had to meet this moment. The decision is whether to go big and go it alone or scale back this
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Caroline Wheeler, the deputy Political Editor of The Sunday Times, and broadcaster and authorjohn kampfner. Normally, you Member Anyone who watches his programme normally knows we go through this great Graphic Stack of papers. We cant do that tonight so we willjustjump straight in. Lets start with the daily mirror. Gone on to stop the south africa bug. This begs the question for me, if this hunt is so important, wire quarantine measures not extended to include people travelling in . Why is there not an altar locked down in these areas . Will have to produce these graphics to make up for the technical shortfall. 0n to make up for the technical shortfall. On a serious point, youre coming to the times which looks at this and perhaps greater depth as well, but to me it is inexplicable, as i was saying in the earlier segment, that you can come from any country via a stopover somewhere else, tim