now on bbc news. highlights of monday in parliament, presented by david cornock. hello again, and welcome to monday in parliament. support for england s euros football heroes after they re the targets of abuse. while they re the best of us, they have endured vile racism from the worst of us. the home secretary warns social media companies. and they can no longer ignore some of the appalling, vile, racist, violent and hateful content that appear on their platforms. infections are rising, but the health secretary confirms most of england s covid restrictions will be lifted next week. now, to those who say, - why take this step now? , i say, if not now, when? also in this programme: a minister sounds the alarm in the house of lords. it is quite terrifying for these things to come up behind you. you can t hear them and you can t see them until they re upon you, and they really go quite fast. but first, the home secretary has condemned the racist abuse on social media against mem
what s the latest. chad: griff, good afternoon, the senate has met for more than 24 hours straight and voted for nearly 14 hours straight. exhaustion is setting in. senate chaplain barry black sought to calm freight tempers. our weekend work gently reminds us that freedom s price must be paid. as our senators provide the currency of perseverance to protect and defend this land we love. chad: there s gamesmanship, republicans controversial amendments to get vulnerable democrats on the spot especially on border issues and on energy. so the next time you see a mark kelly in arizona or a raphael warnock in georgia or a maggie hanson in new jersey or michael bennett in colorado or katherine cortez, hey, we want gas prices to be lower, you know they are lying because they stood up and voted, raised the gas taxes, stick it to the producers, make our consumers pay more at the pump. chad: democrats lashed out at gop for striking a provision to cap insulin at $35 a month in private
heading into the weekend we ll bring you the latest on day two of the masters golf at augusta national. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. police are investigating claims labour s deputy leader, angela rayner, may have broken electoral law over information she gave about where she was living 10 years ago. it follows a complaint by a deputy chairman of the conservative party over whether or not she paid the correct level of tax on the sale of her council house in 2015. she strongly denies she s done anything wrong. in the last few minutes a criminal offence she would do the right thing and step down. she has said that if she has committed a criminal offence. a standout campaigner, with a striking personal history. angela rayner, one of labour s boost well known figures, now under police investigation as to whether she broke electoral law by giving false information about where she used to live. the inquiry centres here, vicarage road in stockport, where ange
hello to you, matthew. it s a long second day at the masters. some of the players have not long since finished their first rounds after bad weather delayed play on thursday. let s take a look at the leaderboard as it stands at the moment. there are nowjoint leaders. the overnight leader, bryson dechambeau, is under way in his second round. max homa hasjoined him at 2 under. rory mcelroy has still not gone out and the contenders still show the danish player hojgaard. the overnight leader, bryson dechambeau, is under way in his second round. max homa is doing quite well so far with two birdies so far, doing better than his playing partner tiger woods. a birdie on the third and three off the leaf for danny willett. anotherformer winner, jordan spieth, has had a day to forget so far. started his second round with a bogey and is falling off the pace. scottie scheffler had a good first day, finishing on 6 under par, but he won t commit to playing the whole tournament. the american
To secure the border and stop the flow. christopher wray, the follow-up question that needs to be asked, what have you done about this, did you talk to the white house, did you talk to the secretary about this issue? this is a huge national security issue that we have been talking about for a year. if they ve arrested over 50, how many 900 came to do us harm? i don t know but some day we will find out. huge national security issue. if you will try to convince that not one of the 900,000 that came from 161 countries, responsibile that sponsor terrorism, they didn t come to do us harm, then you re ignorant to the fact. this country is in a national security crisis than before. i ve never been more concerned about the security with this leadership. griff: thank you for joining us. meanwhile anne heiste remains