in edinburgh, a protest. the sharing of power, devolution, is an illusion, they argue. the first minister is furious. i think it is a profound mistake. it s a direct attack on the institution of the scottish parliament. obviously, the subject matter of this legislation is important. it affects a vulnerable, stigmatised group, but actually, the significance is much wider. so, what will you do next? will this inevitably end up in court? it will inevitably end up in court. i m probably more concerned today than i ve ever been before about the future of the scottish parliament. we ve got an increasingly hostile uk government wanting to undermine devolution. the proposed change the scottish government wanted provokes passionate arguments on both sides, but it was strongly endorsed by the scottish parliament. it s intended to make it easier for people to change gender. but the government at westminster says it clashes with an existing british law.
the first minister is furious. i think it is a profound mistake. it s a direct attack on the institution of the scottish parliament. obviously the subject matter of this legislation is important. it affects a vulnerable, stigmatised group. but actually the significance is much wider. so what will you do next? will this inevitably end up in court? it will inevitably end up in court. i m probably more concerned today than i ve ever been before about the future of the scottish parliament. we ve got an increasingly hostile uk government wanting to undermine devolution. the proposed change the scottish government wanted provokes passionate arguments on both sides, but it was strongly endorsed by the scottish parliament. it s intended to make it easier for people to change gender. but the government at westminster says it clashes with an existing british law. i have not taken this decision lightly and it is our assessment that the bill would have a serious
0ur political editor chris mason has the latest. outside the uk government s building in edinburgh, a protest. the sharing of power, devolution, is an illusion, they argue. the first minister is furious. i think it is a profound mistake. it s a direct attack on the institution of the scottish parliament. obviously the subject matter of this legislation is important. it affects a vulnerable, stigmatised group. but actually the significance is much wider. so what will you do next? will this inevitably end up in court? it will inevitably end up in court. i m probably more concerned today than i ve ever been before about the future of the scottish parliament. we ve got an increasingly hostile uk government wanting to undermine devolution. the proposed change the scottish government wanted provokes passionate arguments on both sides, but it was strongly endorsed by the scottish parliament. it s intended to make it easier for people to change gender. but the government at westminster says it
president biden has stirred a hornet s nest by wanting south carolina, the primary that turned his campaign around, to go first in the nominating process. that would elevate non-white voters in a state that helped him. new hampshire is furious. what does he do about alienating new hampshire? reporter: and iowa, too. those states have such a strong identity of being the first in line. for iowa, it s caucuses. for new hampshire, the first in the nation primary. they are deeply invested in that. there s a whole culture in those two states for how they are a part of american voting. the president wants to see south carolina elevated, because he believes that especially in the democratic party african american voters are a big, important constituency. they have been at the latter part of the early voting period. where presidents have a big say is when they are the head of the