as the president said just last week, chris, it s been abused. he s not eager to move with destroying the filibuster. he s eager to get things done for the american people. but he s also not going to stand by and prevent forward-moving progress from happening. in just a few minutes hear the exchange as a congresswoman takes on the head of facebook about the head of vaccine misinformation. she was targeted by anti-vaxxers. new controversy regarding the colorado shooting after what congresswoman lauren boebert said about guns and hammers. and why a trump donor holdover is still in charge of the u.s. postal service. but now let s check in with nbc s monica alba at the white house and amanda golden on capitol hill. ladies, good day to you both. the president is expected to unveil his infrastructure plan. where does that fall on the priority list now that there are calls for gun control laws and election reform? the white house has made clear they re going forward with
britain s prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury in a civil case brought by virginia giuffre, who has accused him of sexual assaulting her when she was 17. the prince denies her claims and his lawyers have lodged papers with the us court which set out several reasons why they say the allegations are false. these include a denial that andrew was a close friend of ghislaine maxwell, at whose house some of the alleged abuse took place. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more details. across 11 pages, andrew s lawyers have set out his defence a denial of the central allegation of sexual abuse made by virginia giuffre and an assertion in respect of others that andrew lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny what s been claimed. he says, for example, in relation to the widely publicised picture of the two of them, that he doesn t have enough information to admit or deny that there exists photographic evidence of his alleged meeting with miss giuffre. e
benito mussolini, who ruled italy before and during the second world war. lucy grey has this report. balloons and trade union flags filled rome s piazza san giovanni as tens of thousands of italians called for a ban on the neofascist forza nuova party. yes to vaccination , and peace , said the placards a direct response to this one week earlier. right wing forza nuova supporters angry at the government s coronavirus measures, clashing with police at the headquarters of italy s largest trade union, which was attacked. 12 people, including the leaders of forza nuova, were arrested. they had been protesting against the so called green pass, which makes everyone prove on arrival at work that they are fully vaccinated, have recovered from the virus, or have a recent negative test. for those without one, you can be fined or suspended without pay. unions have come together to call on the government to dissolve neofascist or neo nazi groups. translation: a union that defends our
something they feel that they need. where migrants are packed into flimsy, inflatable boats and sent off into the sea. record numbers of migrants are now reaching british shores this way, and the smugglers are always one step ahead. so who s winning the battle in the channel? we re out on patrol to ask why two of the world s richest and most powerful countries can t stop migrants crossing 20 miles of sea. it s four o clock in the morning, and we re out on patrol with general frantz tavart and his team of gendarmes. he runs a constant patrol of a0 active gendarmes and 90 reservists, paid for by the uk. together with the police, they patrol almost 90 miles of coastline around calais. this area is known as a goldmine for migrants, but tonight, the beaches are empty. it s a sign, says general tavart, that the french patrols are working. the smugglers may be moving away from calais, but the number of migrants reaching britain from northern france has more than doubled this year. g
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