Lovely to see you both back. A quick look through our front pages. Cabinet ministers will order civil servants to return to the office, after months of Working From Home during the pandemic. One Whitehall Department says its struggling to get staff to come back forjust one day a week. Thats the Lead Story on The Times. The Daily Express pays tribute to britains olympic medallists, following Calls Forjason Kenny to be knighted. The guardian leads with a warning from environmental scientists, who say time is running out on our chances of tackling Climate Change. They say the risks to the global Climate System are imminent and dire. Britains greatest ever olympian, jason kenny, makes the front page of the metro as the olympics draws to a close. He won his seventh olympic Gold Medal this morning. The i says private Health Firms will profit form the nhs waiting list backlog, whilst more than half A Million patients could face delays for heart care. 2. 5 2. 5 million patients. And finally th
Getting colder sha La La La La sha La La La La la sha La La La La sha La La La La La La anthony what do you need to know about tokyo . Deep, deep waters. The first time i came here, it was like it was a transformative, uh, experience. It was a powerful and violent experience. It was as if it was just like taking acid for the first time. Meaning, what do i do now . I see the whole world in a different way. Um, i often compare the experience of going to japan for the first time, going to tokyo for the first time, uh, to what what Eric Clapton and, uh, Pete Townsend Mustve gone through. The reigning Guitar Gods of england. What they mustve gone through the week that Jimi Hendrix came to town. You hear about it, you go see it. The whole a window opens up into a whole new thing. And you think, what does this mean . What do i have left to say . What do i do now . Welcome to tokyo. You are not invited. This is the other tokyo. 12 hour flight, and im baked. No sleep. Might as well must go out.
The man in that video, The One M the red jacket, is thomas webster. Hes a former marine, a Retired Nypd officer, being charged with seven federal crimes, including assaulting police, unlawfully entering Capitol Grounds with a dangerous weapon and civil disorder. Despite that and despite federal prosecutors charging several others, some republican lawmakers are downplaying or outright dismissing what happened that day, refusing to acknowledge the heroism of the as far as who put their lives on the line. Terrence gainer joins me. You saw the video. Cnn and other outlets pressed to get the video for transparency. You are a former u. S. Capitol police chief. Thank you for being here. Good morning. What do you make of what you just saw . Well, its painful for me to watch and i wasnt even there, but having spent so much time on that hill with those officers, i get how it hurts them. And every time theres a video like this that comes out and i am glad there is transparency on that, it really
With the meeting with Vladimir Putin. Arlette saenz is joining us. What do we expect . President biden made clear that an overarching message during this trip to europe will be ensuring that the u. S. Is shoring up its relations with allies while also putting adversaries like China And Russia on notice. Youll see that take place with that highstakes meeting one week from today when the president sits down with russian president Vladimir Putin. Just a few hours ago before the president left washington, d. C. , he told reporters what his goals for the trip are. Take a listen. Strengthening the alliance. Making it clear to Putin And China that europe and the united states are tight and the g7 is going to move. Reporter this is a carefully choreographed trip. At the start, the president will be focusing on those alliances. He will be traveling here to the Cornwall Area for the meeting with british prime minister boris johnson, as well as the G7 Summit over the course of the next few days.
Connection beginning with the gops nonstop attacks on our democracy. Unlike when we watched the nation of a mob of trump supporters attempt to overturn a democratic election on January 6th, dont be fooled. Today those efforts continue to thwart democracy. Theyre still happening but theyre unfolding in slow motion. This time not only through violence but through policy as well. Now across 14 states republicans have enacted 22 new laws this year that restrict access to the ballot. Thats according to the brennan center for justice. Its not just bills. Gop lawmakers from pennsylvania are calling for an audit of the states 2020 ballots and this is inspired by the ongoing audit happening in arizona. And in texas republicans nearly passed Senate Bill 7 on sunday which gives judges the ability to cancel any Election Result based on Nothing But Hearsay from partisan pole watchers. It does other awful things too. Democrats were able to temporarily block the passage of this bill by literally walk