sitting members of the united states senate announced that they opposed the entire foundation of american civil rights law and then proceeded to attack the core principle, the main principle of our country. some people on twitter were shocked by it but otherwise you would never know it happened. but it did happen. tammy duckworth of minnesota and mazie hirono of hawaii publicly informed the white house until the biden administration puts more people they like in powerful jobs, they will refuse to confirm any white nominee. quote, i m a no vote on the floor on all non-diversity nominees duckworth said out loud with cameras rolling. i will vote for racial minorities and i will vote for lgbtq. but anybody else, i m not voting for. just in case you missed it or unclear on the meaning, duckworth said this several times and then mazie hirono backed her up. here is hirono yesterday on msnbc. tammy s position is that until she gets a commitment from the white house that there will
sitting members of the united states senate announced that they opposed the entireat foundation of american civil rights law and then proceeded to attack the core principle, thehe main principle of our country. some people on twitter were shocked by it but otherwise you would never know it happened. but it did happen. tammy duckworth of minnesota and mazie hirono of hawaii publicly informed the white house until the biden administration puts more people they like in powerful jobs, they will refuse to confirm any white nominee. quote, i m a no vote on the floor on all non-diversity nominees duckworth said out loud with cameras rolling.as i will vote for racial minorities and i will vote for lgbtq. but anybody else, i m not voting for. just in case you missed it or unclear on the meaning, duckworth said this several times and then mazie hirono backed her up. here is hirono yesterday on msnbc.ir tammy s position is that until she gets a commitment from the white house that the
dateline london. the time is 3:30am. hello and a very warm welcome to the first dateline of 2021. this is the programme that brings together some of the uk s leading columnists, bbc specialists and those who file their stories for audiences back home with dateline, london. with me this week are uk newspaper columnist yasmin alibhai brown, henry chu who s deputy news editor at the los angeles times. and here in the studio, at a suitable distance in this age of pandemic, the bbc‘s asia pacific editor, celia hatton. forget the week just ended, and a year many are glad is done. this is the week to look ahead. to january 20th, whenjoe biden becomes president of the united states, to september when the european union s longest serving leader angela merkel is replaced, and to november when nations agree, or are supposed to agree, how they ll make each other actually meet the promises they ve made to cut the emissions heating the planet. a year of possibilities, then. but recall to
dateline london. hello and a very warm welcome to the first dateline of 2021. this is the programme that brings together some of the uk s leading columnists, bbc specialists and those who file their stories for audiences back home with dateline, london. with me this week are uk newspaper columnist yasmin alibhai brown, henry chu who s deputy news editor at the los angeles times. and here in the studio, at a suitable distance in this age of pandemic, the bbc‘s asia pacific editor, celia hatton. forget the week just ended, and a year many are glad is done. this is the week to look ahead. to january 20th, whenjoe biden becomes president of the united states, to september when the european union s longest serving leader angela merkel is replaced, and to november when nations agree, or are supposed to agree, how they ll make each other actually meet the promises they ve made to cut the emissions heating the planet. a year of possibilities, then. but recall too, that, ten years a
biden s historic bipartisan infrastructure bill,e as president biden gets ready to sign that bill into law tomorrow. plus everyone s on edge what the results are either way. i m justs worried, either w, that people are going to be upset no matter what. reporter: kenosha, wisconsin, on edge as the trial of kyle rittenhouse nears its conclusion. authorities gear up for potential unrest with the national guard, hundreds of them now onal standby. and the judge in that trial stirring more controversy. new insight from an attorney who has tried a number of cases in front of him. as we do say good morning, everybody, it is sunday, november 14th. it s a busy day around here. i m lindsey reiser. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the very latest for you right now. but we are going to stay on top of that breaking news out of london. yet anotherut health scare for 95-year-old queen elizabeth. we learned of it just a few hours ago. she was pulled of a na