hello, i m laura trevelyan in washington. christian fraser is in london. we re about four hours into day one of the prosecution of donald j trump. day two. it s been an afternoon of text book legal strategy laying argument upon argument, fact upon fact, example upon example. house managers aim to prove without a doubt that the former president should be convicted of inciting an insurrection. but as we ve said before, it s notjust a legal matter. there are politics at play. it s not a traditionaljury of one s peers, but a group of 100 democratically elected senators who will decide the outcome. and while the democrats have clearly come out with a strong presentation, it s only day one. and it s not even over yet. anthony zurcher is in washington. hejoins us now. i was he joins us now. i was struck by how house managers have gone all the way back tojuly of house managers have gone all the way back to july of last year to point out that back then, donald trump was refusing
been the result, mr speaker? another body blow to the uk economy and to our ability to fund our nhs. that is the fundamental difference between. that is the fundamental difference between this government and the opposition. we have a plan for getting to covid, all they do is carp from the sidelines. mai; for getting to covid, all they do is carp from the sidelines. carp from the sidelines. may i commend carp from the sidelines. may i commend my carp from the sidelines. may i commend my right carp from the sidelines. may i | commend my right honourable carp from the sidelines. i l commend my right honourable friend for resisting calls from the labour party and others for more restrictions before christmas. and also for the changes that he has announced today. omicron is less serious than previous variants. we will see new variants appear in future, the likelihood is that they will continue to be less serious. it is not in the national interest to partially or wholly set
joe. with us, we have our katty kay and host of msnbc s politics nation and president, the national network, reverend sharpton and host of way too early, jonathan lemire. katty, how was your christmas? i didn t cry anywhere silently in any corner. it was great, my son had covid. we had a craft, we put bubble wrap between the front and backseat of the car. that was my idea of trying to create sort of a secure environment. he came home and he was in his room but at least he was in the house with us. that s great. yeah. you got to make do. we do what we can. fantastic. we do what we can said every parent ever born. reverend al, what about you? how was your christmas? great, we did what we did every year, we fed hundreds of hungry and homeless people and a lot of elderly just don t have anyone to eat christmas with. mayor-elect adams and lieutenant governor joined me several hours to give dishes. we could not let them to sit in the headquarters to eat but we g
there is also a very extensive mutation which means it diverges quite significantly from previous configurations of the virus. as a result, it might, in part, reduce the protection of our vaccines over time. joining me now, david mckenzie. i want to start with you. there the prime minister was clear about threat they are facing but what else did he say about their plan to address this variant? well, it was a sobering press conference from boris johnson. there were really some warning signs expressed there but boris johnson did say the uk government would be taking a targeted approach. we have had two confirmed cases in the uk. germany confirmed two cases. there are concerns that europe could be seeing a spread in this variant coming in the next few days and weeks. boris johnson announced a series of measures to try to tackle or bring under control the spread of this variant on a national level. we have seen the travel restrictions coming toward in the uk and from the euro
the democratic republic of the congo is at the heart of the electric car revolution. nearly two thirds of the world s cobalt is mined here. it s a metal used in batteries in electric vehicles. and the town of kolwezi sits on the richest seam. congo is one of the most biggest producers of cobalt. kolwezi is where the most mineral is, so that is why they call it kolwezi it is the capital of cobalt. it has very specific physical properties that make it uniquely suited for batteries, in particular. and?it s only recently now, with our drive towards decarbonisation, where all of a sudden, now it is a critical commodity. every car manufacturer is going to want this ? this metal. if they re going to make an electric car, or a hybrid car, they re going to want cobalt. kolwezi should be a wealthy town, but a legacy of political corruption in the mining industry means few have profited from the cobalt boom. when you come here in kolwezi and try to see the people - living in the commu