Now on bbc news, newscast. Hello, this is the latest of our special newscast episodes where instead of rattling through the day s news, we sit down and have a long chat with an interesting person, who has been in the news at some point. And today s guest is helen sharman, who in 1991 became the first ever british astronaut. This is after she answered an advert and took part in the competition to do a space mission, that was sponsored by a group of british companies working with the then soviet union. And he went up, she came back down, and ever since she has been enthusing people about science and space. Helen, hello. Hello. You have been on newscast helen, hello. Hello. You have been on newscast a helen, hello. Hello. You have been on newscast a few helen, hello. Hello. You have been on newscast a few times helen, hello. Hello. You have been on newscast a few times but helen, hello. Hello. You have been on newscast a few times but this. Helen, hello. Hello you have been on news
Texas capital until they get their job done. And tennessee s top vaccine official is fired one day before the state removes all vaccine outreach to minors for all diseases, including covid19. That fired official, doctor michelle fiscus joins me live. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. Today, more than six months after the insurrection with no real president in american history, a transfer of power marked by violence not by piece, the president of the united states, the man who the mob tried to stop from occupying the office came forward to say that the country is facing a major crisis. So hear me clearly. There isn t an food ling assault taking place today in attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. An assault on democracy. An assault on liberty. An assault on who we are. Who we are as americans. We re facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. It s not hyperbole. Since the civil wa
Elections. The right to vote. Have you no shame? tonight the biden speech, the rigged system, and the outcry for reform to fix it. Then texas democrats fleeing their state to protect voting rights meet with the vice president as the texas governor threatens arrests. As soon as they come back in the state of texas they will be arrested. They will be cabined inside the texas capitol until they get their job done. And tennessee s top vaccine official is fired one day before the state removes all vaccine outreach to minors for all diseases including covid19. That fired official, dr. Michelle fiscus, joins me live. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I m chris hayes. Today more than six months after the insurrection with no real precedent in american history, a transfer of power marked by violence, not by peace, the president of the united states, the man who the mob tried to stop from occupying the office, came forward to say the country is facing a major crisis. So h
Makes his first statement in thejob. People in england are very likely to be able to return to pretty much life before covid on i9july, we owe it to the british people, who have sacrificed so much to restore their freedoms as quickly as we possibly can. Let s begin in north america. An extreme heat wave in parts of the us and canada is smashing records. However, forecasters warn the brutal temperatures haven t peaked yet, 20 million people are under a heat warning or advisory, from canada to the mexico border. Washington and oregon states are under excessive heat. Temperatures are expected to hit 47 celsius later. This that s hotter than dubai. Warnings are also in place in parts of california, nevada and wyoming. Meanwhile, in canada, states are under dangerous heat levels throughout the week. These areas have faced intense heat for days. Have a look at this heat map of oregon and washington on sunday. Some areas reached 45 celsius, while portland s international airport marked its hi
An airing of grievances about biden, china, the economy. He reiterated that moment when he cautiously walked down a ramp at west point. I walked gingerly down. That was on every newscast in the world and i never went down. I never went down on my [ bleep ], i tell you. I wasn t going to fall. I will never forget that ramp. It was like a sheet of ice. It was cold, rainy, and that ramp was long and steep. He even lies about that. Just to our viewers, so they can see the video right here. It was not pouring rain, it was funny. I kinspired by his lies republicans still caught in the grips of a man who insighted a mob and perhaps a telling twist, one of the songs playing before he came to the stage, the theme song to titanic. Joining me, paul begala and david frum. It is amazing how i didn t know he was such an environmentalist, how he s just recycling, nothing new there. But what is this is an interesting paradox. He is at once pathetic and dangerous, like perhaps a neighbor who is really