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now on bbc news: wednesday in parliament. hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament, your indispensable guide to the day at westminster. as some covid rules are scrapped, the labour leader accuses the prime minister of spreading confusion. mr speaker, isn t it clear there s only three words, three words this prime minister needs to focus on geta grip? he wants three word slogans, mr speaker, i ll give him a three word slogan. we are our three word slogan is get a jab . also in this programme, the government pays france £54 million to stop migrants crossing the channel. this is an evolving situation. the numbers of migrants. attempting these crossings from france has - increased considerably. but first, boris johnson has defended the government s covid isolation rules from his own isolation at the prime minister s country residence, chequers. he s one of many people who ve been pinged by the nhs app, forced to self isolate after coming into contact with s ....
now, while nancy pelosi licks designer ice cream and pacific heights, she still fights like a gutter rat from baltimore. she uses her speaker s gavel like a hammer against any dissent and republicans who don t bow down our pounded as heartless nazis, when she calls for bipartisanship, when nancy is really saying is i need more g.o.p.ers it who hate drum. it s not an exaggeration to say that loathing trump is the glue that holds her carcass together. donald john trump has brought shame to the office of the united states. this office has spent four years of abusing power, outline, radicalizing his supporters. america has been through a civil war, world wars, great depression, pandemics, mccarthyism, and now it trumpist and white nationalist insurrection. she says, no, to investigational covid originations, but is to committee to investigate generally six, as if we aren t already spending millions dollars on a massive criminal investigation into january 6. she purcha ....
blockbuster new reporting in this yet to be released report bears that out and adds to our understanding of the horrors of january 6th including the new detail that trump s white house counsel expected trump to be charged with a crime, sedition, on that day. in the new book we learn more about the extreme pressure campaign. donald trump exerted upon his vice president mike pence to overturn the will of the american people on january 6th. they write this, quote, trump called pence, who was spending the morning at his naval observatory residence before heading to the capitol. pence again explained the legal limits on his authority as vice president and said he planned to perform his ceremonial duty as prescribed by the constitution. but trump showed no mercy. quote, you don t have the courage to make a hard decision, he told pence. it s a sentiment he repeated even as the crowds turned violent with the threat mounting. the excerpt says this, quote, as rioters marauded thr ....
saying great to be home and great to be back with all my colleagues, and i think we re going to get a lot done. in just a moment we ll talk about all of this with california democratic congressman ro khanna. 150 companies are now signing on to the bill to pass the john lewis voting rights act as texas lawmakers continue to make the round on capitol hill urging congress to take up voting rights bills. we ll talk with one of those lawmakers later in the program as well. also today the biden administration saying it will start evacuation flights later this month for afghans who assisted the u.s. during its 20-year mission there, and the number of new coronavirus cases in the united states has doubled in recent weeks, driven by the delta variant and lagging vaccination rates. lots to cover, but we begin this hour with the very latest from washington, d.c., and joining us now is associated press white house reporter jonathan lamire and punch bowl news founder anna palmer, ....
said it is to confront the scorch of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia here at home and around the world. and the white house is actually backing him up. he believes responsible nations must not shrink from scrutiny of human rights record. rather, they should acknowledge with intent to improve it and also push and listen up amp hood and shine a light on other countries that need to do better. that is the role we are playing for the united states. jesse: keep in mind, the human rights council that the white house wants to criticize america includes cuba and china. a quick reminder, keep it right now rounding up thousands of people for protesting against communism. they have shut down the internet so the rest of the world can t see what s happening. in china, growing over a million uighurs in concentration camps. republicans like nikki haley are calling all of this just a bunch of nonsense. you ve got people being bullied and beaten in the streets of cuba ....