we have weather fronts tracking eastwards bringing behind it some much fresher feeding conditions. watch out for some thundery showers on saturday, perhaps showers on sunday, two but look at the drop in temperature as this programme continues on bbc one. it is my government s objective to see rising living standards in all nations and regions in the united kingdom. nations and regions in the united kinudom. . , nations and regions in the united kinadom. ., , kingdom. that is the government s aromise kingdom. that is the government s promise but kingdom. that is the government s promise but when kingdom. that is the government s promise but when will kingdom. that is the government s promise but when will it kingdom. that is the government s promise but when will it happen? l welcome to newsnight. obviously big day of politics here which we will come to but first, significant developments in the states tonight around president biden. this evening, he told interviewe
faces questions about the scottish government s handling of complaints against former first minister alex salmond. and coming up this hour. a congregation in herefordshire are shocked to discover an ordinary looking painting of the last supper is actually a long lost masterpiece. the figures speak for themselves and they paint a picture which suggests the battle against covid is on the turn. the number of weekly registered coronavirus deaths in england and wales has fallen by more than a quarter in a week to the lowest level since the start of the year. the figures from the office for national statistics suggest that the latest national lockdown and the sucessful vaccination programme are working. there s good news too on hospital admissions down by 80% for those aged over 80 who ve received a single dose of vaccine. the results have been described by the head of the oxford vaccine project as stunning . the government says there s no cause for complacency and stick
i m glad you re brave enough again to read those comments. i would never do it but more power to you, brother. i ll see you tomorrow night. have a good one, thank you very much. this is don lemon tonight. we ve got a lot. got to wonder what mark meadows is trying so hard to hide. seriously, think about this, the former president s chief of staff was cooperating until he wasn t. with the committee investigating the attack on the united states capitol on january 6th. now meadows is suing the committee and he s suing nancy pelosi as well. he wants a federal court to block the subpoena from the committee as well as one to verizon for his phone records. it seems like there is something in there that he really doesn t want you to see, and it s probably no coincidence that mea meadows lawsuit comes after the committee said it is moving forward with criminal contempt for that whole cooperating then and then not cooperating thing. but the fact is, they ve got plenty from him alre
i ll see you tomorrow night. have a good one, thank you very much. this is don lemon tonight. we ve got a lot. got to wonder what mark meadows is trying so hard to hide. serio seriously, think about this. the former president s chief of staff is cooperating until he wasn t. with the committee investigating the attack on the united states capitol on january 6th. now meadows is suing the committee and he s suing nancy pelosi as well. he wants a federal court to block the subpoena from the committee as well as one to verizon for his phone records. it seems like there is something in there that he really doesn t want you to see, and it s probably no coincidence that meadows lawsuit comes after the committee said it is moving forward with criminal contempt for that whole cooperating then and then not cooperating thing. but the fact is, they ve got plenty from him already like a november 6, 2020, text exchange with an unnamed member of congress about a plan to appoint alternat
microphone. she s standing in the lawn, social distance, being sneered at and attacked. and lots of people do it. we get to showcase the best journalists covering our politics at the most extraordinary moment and we get to lift up all that incredible journalism, and she s one of that class that really emerged as fearless. it s really, really even harder than it looked, and i know from being on the other side, and even as you said, when they challenge the politicians they work for, you re still sort of in awe of their ability to do it. yeah t is difficult. i guess that s the old saying, some people do make it look easier. i think it s difficult in interviewing, especially as you say, when you re in that format. i love that you ran that, and good to see you, as always. thank you, my friend. have a good show. thank you, nicolle. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber, and we begin with breaking news out of the insurrection probe. tonight, the criminal trial set for steve ba