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do you want to be on the side of john lewis or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln or jefferson davis? coming up tennessee center marsha blackburn on the senate vote this coming week as arizona senator christian sentiment takes a stand. there is no need for me too restate my long-standing support for the 60 vote threshold to pass legislation. there is no need for me too restate its role protecting our country from wild reversals and federal policy. will policy reverse after the midterm elections? now 296 days away as president trump ramps up his endorsement in hopes of taking the senate majority back as he told us on the program last week. mitch mcconnell is a disaster the republicans have to get a new leader. mitch mcconnell allow this to happen the unfree structure i don t call infrastructure it s only 9%. that means you take 91% of the money we are taking is going to be thrown out the window. meanwhile fireworks on capitol hill with anth ....
open prospects still up in the air as ministers consider their visa decision. and the intermission is over cirque du soleil are back in london after a covid enforced hiatus celebrating their 25th anniversary. welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. buckingham palace has announced that prince andrew is returning his royal and military titles to the queen, and will no longer be referred to as his royal highness in any official capacity. it comes after a court ruling in the us which left the prince facing a civil case later this year against virginia giuffre. she says she was sexually assaulted by him two decades ago when she was a teenager. he has consistently denied the allegations. prince andrew retired from public duties in november 2019 after an interview about the claims with the bbc s newsnight, and will now have to defend the court case as a private citizen. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. it was a day to take stock. for andrew, ....
a child of search light, nevada. he was born into poverty and worked his way up to the highest seat of senate power. serving a decade as this top senate democrat that includes a hugely consequential stint as senate majority leader. in moments we ll hear from people who worked closely with reid at some of the most consequential moments of his career. plus how his legacy is living on today. in an ongoing fight over the filibuster. leigh ann caldwell is joining me from the capitol. also with us, former communications director for senator reid. he had a front row seat to the 2009 affordable care act negotiations and the 2010 midterms. and a former reid staffer, now the national political director of invisible, indivisible, i should say, and former vice president of politics and campaigns for voto latino. they are awaiting former senate majority leader reid s remains to be to walked into the rotunda. as we await that, i want to talk about what we re expecting to see today ....
of removing unsafe cladding in england sparing flat owners. reports the prime minister is working on a plan for how the uk will live with covid by march. also a pudding fit for a queen a new nationwide competition to mark the platinum jubilee. hello, a very good morning to you and welcome to bbc news. the tennis world number one, novak djokovic, has won his court battle to stay in australia and defend his grand slam title but ministers have threatened that they might exercise powers to cancel his visa anyway. there are reports of a significant police presence at the office of his lawyers in melbourne. earlier, a judge in melbourne ruled that he must be released immediately from immigration detention. djokovic arrived at the airport last week to defend his australian open title, which begins next monday. he was initally granted an exemption from covid vaccination rules, after recovering from the virus last month. djokovic s lawyers argued that cancellation was ....
daily . the white house certainly has a lot on its plate. talks with russia today. a big push on voting rights tomorrow, and build back better still just sitting in the u.s. senate. but right now the most urgent matter facing the administration for a political and policy standpoint is probably still covid. as the associated press notes the explosion in omicron cases has led to something of a breakdown in essential services at schools, hospitals and workplaces. the number of covid hospitalizations nationwide are about to eclipse the pandemic record. the number of daily infections nationwide just the ones we know about are obliterating previous records, and the surge has completely overwhelmed this nation s testing capacity. more schools are preparing for the possibility of remote learning as pediatric hospitalizations have spiked in the last month to new pandemic highs. but as the new york times notes, the number of incidental patients, people who test positive for cov ....