overlooking the river thames, our home for the next couple of hours, as we mark the opening of a new parliamentary session. it s been a time of national crisis since the last state opening, back in december 2019, and the government s new programme will no doubt include measures to recover from the effects of the terrible pandemic. the queen will attend today s event, her first major event since the death of the duke of edinburgh. her majesty will be accompanied this morning by the prince of wales, but the usual display of ceremonial splendour will be more or less absent because of the current restrictions. the other big difference is that the number of mps and peers here today is rather limited. the queen s speech is being delivered just a few days after the extensive elections in scotland, wales and england, which gave new impetus to the debate on the constitutional future of the united kingdom. earlier this morning, the prime minister borisjohnson left number 10 for the hou
hello there, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. on this programme: boris johnson tells mps he hopes to set out a plan towards the end of next month on easing lockdown, but says schools won t return before the 8th of march. and i know how frustrating that will be will be for pupils and teachers who want nothing more than to get back to the classroom. the labour leader calls for teachers to be vaccinated in the next few weeks. he should bring forward the vaccination of key workers and use the window of the february half term to vaccinate all teachers and all school staff. also on this programme: there s a call for tougher action against russia on human rights, and the jailing of the opposition leader, alexei navalny. the london laundromat is still very much open for business. i the lack of urgency is truly staggering. i and an appeal to help those hardest hit by the collapse of the retail giant debenhams. this will disproportionately affect women who traditionally hold m
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someone s health status. a showdown in chicago and across the country as police unions refuse public health orders on vaccines. and how one reckless law in texas is causing chaos for teachers across the state. how do you help us. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. according to one estimate, there are more than 10,000 local election jurisdictions in the united states and they are run for the most part by everyday bureaucrats, county clerks and election commissioners. i d wager before 2020 the vast overwhelming majority of americans had absolutely no idea who their local elections official was. most probably still do not. it s kind of like the power grid or the supply chain. you do not want to hear about it or do not hear about it when it is working. you only really think about it when it is in crisis. our election systems are in crisis thanks to donald trump s authoritarian aspirations. at the ground level followers of the ex-presid
threatening the judge in the 2020 federal elections subversion case. also, georgia d a fani willis, as a trial date for donald trump, it is alleged coconspirators. how will it fit with the other three criminal trials he s facing in the middle of a presidential campaign? plus, a live report from maui, where the governor says the death toll has risen in probably over 1000 people could still be missing. good evening, thanks for joining us. we begin with two pieces of breaking news tonight. the first, we ve just learned, of charges in texas connected with alleged threats against judge chutkan, obviously presiding over the 2020 election subversion trial of the former president. according to the court filing, the woman who lives in alvin, texas left a threatening, racist, bigoted voice mail for judge chutkan on august 5th. allegedly saying if trump doesn t get elected, quote, we re coming to kill you, tread lightly. and then a curse. she allegedly continued, quote, you ll be target