Comcast business powering possibilities. The president in cornwall, england tonight. The first leg of his first trim trip abroad as president. He ll attend the g7 meeting with allies, followed by the nato summit and then a oneonone sitdown with russia s president vladimir putin. What does he need to accomplish? the trip coming as his domestic agenda, especially a bipartisan deal on infrastructure is in danger of falling apart. The former democratic senator russ feingold is here tonight with advice for democrats on how to get around the gop filibuster and get biden s agenda moving. And white house officials perplexed at the vice president s illprepared answers about visiting the southern border during her trip to mexico and guatemala. Here at home, president biden s agenda is stalled. My next guest angst lot about how to get big bills passed in washington. Former democratic senator from wisconsin russ feingold joins me right now. Senator, thank you so much. Good to see you again. Good t
you may think of it as the channel that hip ties your children. what you may want to know is that mtv is responsible for a committee revolution in the music business in this country. mtv makes the hits. it s as if there were one national radio station for songs. ending the 80s, you get a lot of hair bands, poison, rat, warrant. sweet surprise sweet cherry pie a lot of sexually explicit lyrics. that s selling. when i would turn on the tv all the rock bands looked the same way, they were expected to have a certain facade. mtv s ratings are surprisingly small but the ones who watch buy a lot of records and tapes and cds and they buy the most of what they see most. recently two members of aerosmith dropped by to screen their new video and bought a big bag of cash. they would submit videos every monday and we would have our meesk meeting and decide. i was a 21-year-old kid that loved punk rock and i quickley realized that the music they were playing just w
were suspended because of threats against staff. does it matter what mask you wear? we examine the difference between the various makes as one expert suggests we should be double masking. and travel disruption in parts of the north of england and scotland, with some motorists stranded as heavy snow brings chaos. and coming up in sport on bbc news. the government meets with campaigners to discuss the issue of head injuries in sport, with concerns over the number of former players being diagnosed with dementia. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. just when the government said it was trying to get on top of one variant the south african variant of coronavirus now comes another one. the kent variant of coronavirus which has been spreading around the uk now appears to be undergoing some new genetic changes and scientists say they re worried. all this as a door to door testing blitz of 80,000 people is under way in a number of areas around england, as the
we re going to get it done. these back and forth negotiations may not be pretty, but this is the government at work and the messy work of law making. 3.5 to $1.5 trillion, a lot of numbers were thrown around with the infrastructure plans and that s not really the conversation we need to be having right now. when it comes to government spending we should be viewing it through the lens of a return on investment. every dollar the government spends on people should be a good dollar, and the thought this it was too expensive may be the wrong way to look at it. the republicans are trying to enact without government support through the process that goes around the republican filibuster would fund a number of things from free community college to expanding pre-k to expanding medicare. as negotiations continue, lawmakers need to start becoming very, very clear about what s going, what s staying and why. joining me now is democratic representative jamaal bowman. his congressional dis
chamber. an aid organisation says dust mite british volunteers in ukraine have been captured by the russian military. the premiere of the british virgin islands, andrew fahie is arrested for money laundering and drug trafficking. and preparations are made for the most important women s boxing match in history. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the three time wimbledon men s singles champion, boris becker, has been jailed for two years and six months, for hiding millions of pounds worth of assets after being declared bankrupt. the 54 year old had been accused of trying to avoid paying his debts, including by hiding two of his tennis trophies. it s estimated his £38 million in career earnings was largely spent on a divorce settlement, child maintenance payments and what becker himself called, expensive lifestyle commitments . our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, has more from southwark crown court. as he walked into court, his tie in the wimbledon colours