with their counteroffensive. but first, we are going to focus in on a monumental day here in uk politics the release of the parliamentary report into boris johnson. the report by the privileges committee found that the former prime minister deliberately and repeatedly misled mps about parties at 10 downing street when coronavirus lockdown measures were in place. the committee says it would have recommended suspending him as an mp for 90 days if he hadn t already stood down from the role after he saw the report last week. it also recommends the former pm should not get a pass which allows ex mps to access parliament after they leave. mrjohnson has admitted his statements about the parties misled parliament, but denied doing so intentionally or recklessly, saying, this is rubbish. this is a lie. we will have some reaction to the report shortly, but first, here s our political editor chris mason. so many chapters of borisjohnson s life have his relationship with the truth ru
respond to these disasters, the official same boat but these policy needs is more expensive than what fema can provide. fema is on the front lines when there is a hurricane or tornado, this is different. apparently the federal agency reconsidered. they are finally showing up but i think it s a little late. i m glad they are coming but i think they should have been here long before this. they ve told us the responsible parties this is the most job, it s not a natural disaster. our residents take years before we know the effects. the ceo met with east palace seen earlier and told reporters he was there to quote support the community. all right, let s start this off, charlie, i spoke earlier today with one of the residents, we have a situation where these residents are told the water is safe yet they can see for themselves the film and standing water. here is a montage of what the residents have been saying. our town looked like a war zone for five days and then we were to
vote to go on strike. in afghanistan, the taliban say the search for survivors has been called off, just a day after a devastating earthquake which is thought to have killed more than a thousand people. the earthquake struck early on wednesday about 44 kilometres from the city of khost. heavy rain and the destruction of road and communication network have hampered relief efforts in paktika province the worst hit area. our kabul correspondent secunder kirmani is there, and sent this report. homes reduced to rubble, lives reduced to memories. these were my son s shoes, says agha jan. his three young children were killed in the earthquake as they slept, as well as his two wives. when the roof fell down, what did you do? translation: i ran toward my family, but everything was under the rubble, even my shovel, so i couldn t do anything. i shouted to my cousins, but when we took my family out, they were already dead. it s a three hour drive to the nearest big city from the wor
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and the $15 minimum wage that the house voted to include in the covid relief bill. but even with democrats in control, the possibility of any of this becoming law is nowhere near guaranteed. and without a change to the filibuster, much of this progressive to-do list will die. joining me now is senate majority leader chuck schumer of the great state of new york. leader schumer, thank you very much for coming to the sunday show. good to be with you, jonathan. the old days back in gotham. so, listen, you were able to get the senate to pass the covid relief package, and as a result it became law. how do you hold your razor-thin majority? how did you hold it in order for all of these progressive to-do list items to get through passage? well, first, it s such a major piece of legislation. it s the most significant change for middle-class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class in decades in a very long time. and it has amazing things in it. the c