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what do you make of democrat s decision to move forward with this vote, move forward with this plan, even though as christine pointed out it s dead on arrival by all accounts? well, good morning, laura. i think that s right. look, they re going through with these votes now in part because they made this commitment to civil rights leaders. it was central to biden s promise of governance. quo, and republican led states to restrict voting, make it harder to vote than it was in 2020. but in part, this is because they need to fulfill a promise, and it s not going to get any easier, in part this is because they want to be able to campaign on this issue and say they ve done everything they can, and in part it s because they have to exhaust all of these big picture eff efforts at reform before they can try to remove any smaller attempts at if i cans where they potentially might have a better chance. it seems like part of this is an exercise in trying, in showing people that ....
the suspects he says powerful ukrainians and, yes, russia. what the kremlin has to say about it . and we begin, of course, with a new coronavirus variant that is, of course, unsettling so many around the world. the w.h.o. is calling the variant a variant of concern as they designate it. it was first identified in south africa and has been detected in several other countries in the region. cases have also been confirmed further afield. that includes israel, hong kong, and belgium. it s not yet known whether it s any more deadly or whether it can blunt vaccine efficacy or natural immunity. scientists fear it could be more contagious, and health experts say more research is needed right now. this variant has a large number of mutations, and some of these mutations have some worrying characteristics. right now there are many studies that are under way. there s a lot of work that is ongoing in south africa and in other countries to better characterize the variant itsel ....
economy. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, i m shaun ley. welcome to our weekly round table discussion between bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline london. with us this week latika bourke, a columnist for two australian newspapers the age in melbourne and the sydney morning herald. justin rowlatt, the bbc s climate editor. and jeffrey kofman. jeffrey s been both a foreign correspondent and a news anchor for canadian and us broadcasters. first of all, lovely to have the three of you in the studio. i keep saying it every week, but it makes such a difference. socialism , according to a british politician of the last century, is the language of priorities . perhaps it s more accurate to say that politics in a democracy is about choosing between priorities. what happens, though, when those priorities conflict? no one accused of war crimes in ukraine toda ....
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live at the federal courthouse in fort pierce, florida, former president donald trump and his lawyers are fighting to get his documents classified documents case tossed out. and if trump speaks when he leaves, of course we ll bring you that live. on the right of your screen, a georgia courthouse at any moment we could get the judge s decision on fani willis. will she be disqualified? she is the infamous district attorney in trump s georgia election case. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. we begin in florida. the judge there considering two motions to dismiss, one on what trump s team says is special counsel jack smith s vagus of the espionage act and the other how he used the presidential record acts. smith claims the motions are trump thinking he is above the law. the hearing comes after special counsel robert hur defended bringing 0 charges against president biden live the this week. biden, of course, illegally retained classified documents. for ....