So difficult to get ten republicans to overcome the filibuster to allow for something that should be not a partisan commission but a patriotic commission. Exactly, jonathan. And speaking of patriotism, right, can t help but appreciate the timing of what s going on here. As we re beginning to commemorate memorial day tomorrow, when we honor as a nation the so many members of the military who paid the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation and in defense of our democracy to think that we cannot in a bipartisan basis establish a bipartisan commission to get to the root of what happened on january 6th. And i want to make it clear to all the viewers, the structure of the commission as proposed was modeled after the bipartisan commission established after 9/11. Imagine if after 9/11 the prevailing notion was, as long as we beef up airport security we would have addressed the problem. Of course not. It was much more complex than that. Just as the roots of january 6th and in my mind, what
A former conservative party chairman has become the latest figure to intervene in the escalating row surrounding david cameron s lobbying of ministers on behalf of greensill capital a finance company that has since gone bust. Lord pickles, who currently advises ministers and officials when they take jobs after leaving government, says there didn t seem to be any boundaries at all between civil servants and the private sector. His comments follow the revelation that a top civil servant was working for the government and greensill at the same time. Here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. One out, one in. The revolving door. Politicians and officials leave public service and walk in to big private sectorjobs. It s allowed, within a set of rules, but the man checking up on sleaze thinks some officials have gone too far. It is not a satisfactory situation, and i think not only you are entitled to know or i m entitled to know, i think the wider public are entitled to know what these
Reopen. bars. Lets take a look at the morning s papers. We start with the financial times which leads on a story from china. Apparently officials there are considering whether to mix and match different coronavirus vaccines. It s the first time beijing has acknowledged doubts over the effectiveness of its domestic vaccines. Next up, the i . It s main story is the reopening of non essential shops in england. People are being urged to behave responsibly as the economy begins to emerge from the latest lockdown. Government scientists say infections could spike if people don t respect the rules. The guardian reports that young black workers have been hit disproportionately hard in the pandemic with unemployment figures three times higher than young white workers. There s also an interview with scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon. She says downing sttreet won t be able to block a second independence referendum if her snp party wins the upcoming elections in holyrood. And the
another eruption at this volcano in the caribbean, ash covering the entire island of st. vincent. the cruise ships there to help evacuate nbc news exclusive the congressman barricaded in the house chamber during the january 6th attack speaking out for the first time about the trauma and his mental health struggle since. and a family s honor. why this salute between two marines was exceptional. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening. let s start with the good news. the pace of vaccinations in this country is picking up. on saturday alone, 1.5% of the entire u.s. population got a covid shot that brings the total number of fully vaccinated americans to 71 million. but as the result of human error at a plant, supplies of the johnson & johnson vaccine are about to drop significantly right now 31 states are seeing a rise in covid cases. one governor sounding the alarm. we begin tonight with gadi schwartz. reporter: at vaccination sites across the country, m
those angry parents as the faulkner focus . i m julie banderas in for harris today. happy friday. those parents are fed up with officials requiring their kids to wear masks through the end of the school year even as utah lifts its own mask mandates elsewhere. the protests derailing the board meeting and police even stepping in before it was abruptly ended. here are two of the moms who were at that meeting. mine and other parents legitimate concerns over their kids social, learning and health needs. they were being ignored. studies have shown that fear, anxiety, depression, suicide rates have jumped and, you know, they don t want to hear about it. we are their parents and i understand things might have gotten a little heated but, you know, all we wanted to do was to be heard and they denied us of that. we re live with this story. on the same day this school board meeting happened, the state of utah had met the requirements to lift a whole host of covid-19 health restr