South yorkshire has entered the highest level of restrictions, and the row between the mayor and the government continues. Pope francis says he believes same sex couples should be allowed to have civil unions something that dozens of countries around the world already allow. The french president , Emmanuel Macron, is giving a tribute to samuel paty, the history teacher who was beheaded last week after he showed depictions of the pohet mohammed to his class. These are the live pictures coming to us from paris. President macron will award mr paty the countrys highest order of merit, the legion dhonneur at a ceremony in sorbonne university, in paris. Im joined now by our correspondent hugh schofield. Help us understand more of the ceremony and the proceedings that we are seeing here. Well, we are in the university chosen because it represents academic freedom, samuel paty was a teacher. Inside the university, theyre paty was a teacher. Inside the university, they re pictures paty was a te
Hello, welcome to the programme. Just how different a face the United States will present to the world underjoe biden has been underscored by his choices for top roles in the new administration. Long time ally antony blinken, raised in france and a fluent french speaker, is to be the new secretary of state. And john kerry, who did thatjob under president obama, is to be the new climate tsar. Their Global Outlook and intention to rebuild old alliances contrasts with the America First approach of donald trump as our state Department Correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. Hi, im deputy secretary tony blinken, from the state department. Wow, you have a long name the us is presenting a new diplomatic face to the world someone with a lighter touch, ready to reframe americas relationship with the international community. The un stands for United Nations a place where nations or countries from all over the world come together. Its a great pleasure to welcome all of you here today. Forjoe b
Cages making his policy preferences for this country crystal clear. He is scolding g. O. P. Senators who he says has abandoned him, and he believes they will be primary aid in 2022. He wants 2,000 in covert relief checks. That puts him in a strange position of being in agreement with house poulo house leader nancy pelosi and. Keep in mind that the government has already passed more covert relief than any prior stimulus in the nations history. More than the new deal, more than the obama bill after the financial meltdown of 20072008, that was 1 trillion in todays money. At that point it was a gas worthy figure. But these collective covid bills are knocking on the door of 3 trillion. That comes down to 8,835 for every Single Person in the country. At the same time an and a larger omnibus bill that it is grouped with, you have spending on gender programs in pakistan, maintenance of the currently closed Kennedy Center and even a study of the 1908 springfield race riot. Im not sure what any
Governor mike dewine. Two daze to go until georgias critical Runoff Elections with control of the United States senate hanging in the balance. The who he will country is watching up us. Georgia voters have so much power right now. Can democrats pull off another upset in the peach state in democratic governor jon oshoff and Stacey Abrams join me to tuesday. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington. The state of our union is facing a perilous start to 2021. We are beginning the year with the pandemic at its most alarming level yet. December was the deadliest month of the pamed ndemic so far in t u. S. 4 million vaccines vr adminisha administered and not close to the goal of 20 million. With 3,000 americans dying every day what are the president and rps focused republicans focused on . Saturday, 11 republican senators said they would vote against counting electoral votes in Congress Next week calling for, quote, an emergency ten day audit of emergency returns despite there being no evidence of
Its an effort doomed to fail but at what cost to american democracy . Ill ask mike dewine. Georgia on our minds. Two days until the runoff elections with control of the senate hanging in the balance. The whole country is watching us. Georgia voters have so much power right now. Can they pull off another upset in the state . Jon ossoff and Stacey Abrams join me to discuss. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is facing a perilous start to 2021. Were beginning the year with the pandemic at the most alarming level yet. December was the deadliest month of the pandemic in the u. S. So far. And the race to vaccinate americans are stumbling out of the gate. More than 4 million vaccinations have been administered. Not even close to the goal of 20 million shots by the beginning of the new year, and with around 3,000 americans dying every day, what are the president and Congressional Republicans focussed on . Undermining the results of the election. Leading the Republ