you can t be. because in a democracy, the government has a moral and legal obligation to tell you the truth, always. period. and that makes sense because in a democracy, you are not a subject or a mere consumer, you re a citizen. you are a shareholder in the system. you are an owner of it. the people who run your government are your employees. they re like your cleaning lady. you may appreciate the work they do, good job, but the minute you catch them stealing your cuff links, you fire them. those are the rules because it s your house, not theirs. but what if the rules were inverted? what if you caught an employee stealing but instead of seeming ashamed and pen tant, he ripped around and attacked you like you were the criminal? well, that is the experience of watching white house spokesman john kirby talking about the destruction of the north stream pipelines. anyone who think that the biden administration was in any way involved with that sabotage, directly or indirectly, is
bills or you are afraid to ride the subway. according to democrats, everything is fine. but they are living in an alternate reality because we are fed up. we know everything isn t fine. in fact, a recent poll found that the two main issues on the minds of americans, inflation and crime. what do you know, the two issues democrats have a horrible record on that means the midterms are going to be interesting. people want results. if anything is going to change they need to get out and vote. it s a month away from the midterms and primetime wanted to show you where we stand. republicans hold a one point advantage on retaking the house. but what that really means is that republicans are going to retake the house. it s just a matter of by how many seats. these polls are mostly all garbage and they under count conservatives. so, what you want to do is look at the trend lines and as you can see the republicans are surging and closing hard and have all the momentum on their side. i
siutation by wayne rooney. president trump warns americans the derby striker says he is happy to prepare for a big increase to offer support, but in his column in the number of coronavirus deaths. in the sunday times he also said why are footballers suddenly the scapegoats? new york state records its biggest he added if players come out one dayjump in deaths so far. and say they can t agree, spain has reported a fall even if the real reasons are that it in its daily death toll will financially ruin some, for a third consecutive day. it will be presented as ‘rich players refuse pay cut . in the uk, the newly elected gary lineker has been sympathetic aswell, and says people shouldn‘t be too quick to judge. this decision has been labour leader, sir keir starmer, heavily criticised including from former liverpool captain jamie carragher. this is what he tweeted : jurgen klopp showed compassion for all at the start of this pandemic, senior players heavily involved in
quarantine for arrivals measures for passengers flying into the uk are being considered by the government. as airports look to adapt to a new way of travelling. the majority of footballers are scared of returning to action. ahead of 2 crucial meetings today, manchester city s sergio aguero says players will be worried about returning, due to concerns over the health of their families. but there are some sunny spells around but also heavy and thundery showers but for most of us the weather turns dry up through the weekend. more details throughout the programme this morning. it s friday the 1st of may. our top story: the government says it is likely to meet its target of testing 100,000 people per day, in england, for covid 19. it comes after the prime minister borisjohnson said the uk is past the peak of the virus, and that facemasks will be a useful part of the strategy to ease the lockdown. 0n today s programme we ll be getting reaction from a professor of global public he
our guidance remains two metres at this point, and that should be reflected in the way that we go about our lives until such time as the scientific advice allows us to say otherwise. jk rowling reveals she experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault in her 20s. another statue targeted us protestors pull down a confederate monument in virginia, as president trump rejects calls to remove pro slavery figures and symbols. here, a statue of scouts founder, robert baden powell, who was accused being a hitler supporter, is to be taken down by bournemouth council. and filming returns on the uk s most watched soap. corrie scriptwriters insist coronavirus won t dominate storylines. hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. i m annita mcveigh. for the first time since lockdown began 11 weeks ago, millions of people living alone in england will be able to stay overnight in another persons‘ house. the new measure, described by the prime minister, as the ‘support bubble‘ will