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frustrated base voters, who feel the white house has done too little, too late on the issue. majority leader chuck schumer s political gambit puts senate republicans on the record to their unified opposition to major voting rights bills. and two moderate holdouts on the spot over their support for the filibuster. joining me now, ahead of the action on the senate floor, as you know, the chaplain is now reciting the prayer. nbc s senior capitol hill correspondent, garrett haake. nbc chief white house correspondent, and weekend today cohost, peter alexander, and ashley parker. garrett, expect to hear from both chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell momentarily, really. how is this debate going to play out today and through the week? well, we know how it s going to end, andrea, for democrats, the choice is, when do they want it to end and what do they want the message to be. the floor opens right now. we won t see any votes on this bill or these combined bills today. that wi ....
this just seems like it s dragged on for quite a long time now, and not great for the tennis, not great for the australian open, not great for novak. the welsh government says coronavirus restrictions will be eased in the coming weeks, though caution is still needed. the parliamentary committee that took evidence from cricketer azeem rafiq says public funding for the sport should be limited until there s progress on eliminating racism. and virginia giuffre, who s bringing a civil case against prince andrew for sexual assault, says she wants to show that the rich and powerful aren t above the law. coming up in sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, england s cricketers are looking to sign off from the ashes on a high but despite a strong start, australia fight back in hobart. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. downing street has apologised to buckingham palace following revelations that two parties were held at number ten the night before the du ....
good evening. welcome to the bbc news at 5pm. i am jane hill. downing street has apologised to buckingham palace after revelations that two parties were held at number 10 the night before the duke of edinburgh s funeral. a spokesman for borisjohnson said it was deeply regrettable that the events took place at a time of national mourning. covid rules at the time banned indoor mixing, but reports suggest there was drinking and dancing until the early hours. the prime minister wasn t at the parties, but the latest disclosures, which the daily telegraph reported, have fuelled more calls for his resignation. and in the last hour, a former director general of the government s covid task force has issued her own apology for a cabinet office drinks party in december 2020. we ll have more on that shortly. our first report is from our political correspondent nick eardley. the 17th of april last year. one of the defining pictures of the pandemic. the queen sitting alone at the fun ....
are. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. downing street has apologised to buckingham palace following revelations that two parties were held at number 10 the night before the duke of edinburgh s funeral. a spokesman for borisjohnson has said it was deeply regrettable that the events took place at a time of national mourning. covid rules at the time banned indoor mixing but reports suggest there was drinking and dancing until the early hours. a member of staff was sent out to a nearby shop with an empty suitcase, to fill it with supplies of alcohol. the prime minister wasn t at the parties, but the latest disclosures, which the daily telegraph reported, have amplified calls for his resignation. here s our political correspondent, nick eardley. the 17th of april last year. one of the defining pictures of the pandemic. the queen sitting alone at the funeral of the duke of edinburgh. the night before, in here, staff held leaving dos, despite people being banned from s ....
plus, leaving las vegas. top tech firms give the consumer electronics show a miss as covid cases surge. we start with the row over vaccine inequality. should rich nations be doing more to get people in poorer countries vaccinated against covid? well, on thursday, a group of 65 global investment funds weighed into the debate. they want the bonuses of drug company bosses to be linked to a fairer distribution of vaccines around the world. and they are threatening to vote against ceo pay settlements that don t comply. we are asking the pharmaceutical companies and the world to produce the vaccine against covid to guarantee a more equitable distribution of the vaccine around the world, as we feel it is not distributed fairly at the moment, and what we are asking companies to do is to tie their renumeration policy and strategy to a more equitable distribution of the vaccine, and the reason we are doing that is obviously, from one point, from humanitarian point of view, we find that ....