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we are going to get to that and appreciate it. i will see you friday, as you said, not tomorrow. thank you. this is don lemon tonight and that is our breaking news. senate republicans, again, blocking voting rights ledge legislation puts forward by democrats. they are going to vote any minute now on the nuclear option as we look at mitch mcconnell now on the senate floor changing the filibuster to allow the legislation to pass with a simple majority. also, all but certain to fail due to the objections of two democrats. talking about manchin and sinema. and all of that comes in the wake of president biden s nearly two hour long news conference today. did you watch it? it was a long news conference. what i want to do here is really take a clearer look at what we saw today. what we actually saw and heard, and how it comes across. okay? so, let s use common sense to to take a good look at this, and i am going to give it to you straight here. just the facts. no conserv ....
for hundreds of records from the trump administration? way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire on this wednesday, december 29th. we ll start with the news. longtime senate majority leader harry reid has died. his wife of 62 years announced in a statement last night that he passed away peacefully, while surrounded by friends following a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. reid was elected in the senate in 1987 after serving two terms in the house of representatives. he held the role of senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015 and was a pivotal figure on capitol hill with president bush and barack obama. paying tribute to a dear american and dear friend. in a statement, he wrote, if harry said he would do something, he did it. if he gave you his word, you could bank on it. that s how he got things done for the good of the country for decades. biden cited a number of reid s accomplishments including passing the aff ....
it was a moment to see if the justice system would actually deliver for ahmaud arbery. the attorney who represented the family told the new york times, it s good to see racism lose and you can t overstate how big this is. joining me now is cal perry from brunswick, georgia. insider senior editor katya tubman. and assistant director of the lbj school of public affairs, victoria defrancesco soto. also former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst cynthia alksne. everybody, thank you so much for being here. cal, what an incredible day yesterday, and what a moment to be there in observance of it. what can you tell us about what you saw and what it s like there today? so there was jubilation both inside the court and outside the court. we ve seen that video of ahmaud arbery s father reacting, yelling and being escorted out of the court. the facts of this case were never in doubt. three white men, well-armed, murdered an unarmed black man. but there was still a concer ....
and we ll speak live to the queen of the kitchen disco, sophie ellis bextor, as she enters the last few hours of her 24 hour danceathon for children in need. good morning. we are at kew gardens to see the illuminated christmas trail, which opens to the public today. it is chilly wherever you are. some clear skies, some sunshine, but a cloud will bring some rain later. details later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 17th of november. our main story. the prime minister s plans to tighten the rules on second jobs for mps will be debated in parliament today as the row continues over sleaze. it today as the row continues over sleaze. ., ., , ., ., sleaze. it follows weeks of mounting olitical sleaze. it follows weeks of mounting political pressure sleaze. it follows weeks of mounting political pressure after sleaze. it follows weeks of mounting political pressure after the sleaze. it follows weeks of mounting political pressure after the former i political pres ....
into poland. violent storms have caused flooding and mudslides in canada. and coming up, the world s most wanted cyber crime suspects living freely in russia. hello and welcome to bbc news. the cost of living has reached the highest rate in almost a decade due to rising fuel and energy costs. inflation is now more than doubled the bank of england s target. consumer prices were 4.2% higher last month than a year ago. the costs of transport, gas and electricity bills, as well as second hand cars climbed. in september inflation was 3.1%. the bank of england s aim is to keep inflation to around 2%. rising prices are putting new pressure on households and businesses. economists are debating now how much of the surge in inflation can be blamed on the pandemic and how long it will last. our reporter colletta smith has been speaking to people in halifax. it s lunchtime at nursery. and with 63 hungry mouths to feed the staff here have their hands full. paula has increased her ho ....