now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. it seems the biden administration is putting greater emphasis on human rights issues in the already fraught relationship with china. will that prompt beijing to think twice about the crackdown on pro democracy activism in hong kong? it seems not. in fact, the repression of political dissent is intensifying. my guest is regina ip, chair of the new people s party, member of hong kong s legislative council, and one of beijing s most loyal backers in the territory. is the concept of one country, two systems dead? regina ip, in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. you are a member of the legislative council, a hong kong lawmaker. in recent months, it seems to many outsiders that the chinese communist party has rendered the legislative council nothing more than a rubber stamp. how do you feel about that? that is totally untrue. in fact, our
everybody was so happy, people were loving and hugging and it was a fun day. imagine winning the super bowl, must be off the charts. must be nice. good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on tuesday morning. jillian: thank you for joining us. in a few hours, the second senate impeachment trial for donald trump begins after both sides of the aisle agree to a speedy process. todd: griff jenkins has more on the schedule and rules. reporter: we will witness history, the second impeachment trial, incitement of insurrection. senate majority leader chuck schumer and minority leader mitch mcconnell agreed on a framework double-click something like this starting at 1:00 pm, it kicks off in four hours of debate, divided over the constitutionality of the trial followed by a simple majority vote to proceed at which point starting at noon tomorrow house managers have 16 hours to make their case followed by 16 hours for donald trump s legal defense was ultimately majority l
like i was in an episode of jerry springer. the people, they re so much we can do right now. we have to get her kids back in school. they re so much work to be done. john: south carolina senator tim scott joins us in moments. robert wolf is also standing by. sandra: hot team coverage, mike emanuel on the hill, mike tobin and freezing cold chicago. john: peter doocy joining us from the north lawn. good afternoon. it s only been a few weeks since president-elect, at the time, biden promised checks for people who are hurting the covid pandemic. even though that hasn t happened yet, house democrats up the street are beginning to roll out or preparing to roll out a proposal for $3,000 checks for families and need below a certain threshold. that would be $3,000 per year, per child, or a one year payment spread out. i asked the president about this a few minutes ago. the president talked about this on the campaign trail and the importance of credits to help working familie
on his case later. # walk on, walk on. and tributes to gerry marsden, the singer of ‘you ll never walk alone‘ who s died at the age of 78. hello and welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the globe. a recording has been released which appears to show president trump trying to persuade a senior republican official to find enough votes to overturn joe biden‘s victory in georgia. the washington post says the audio is from an hour long phone call with georgia s secretary of state. according to the newspaper mr trump alternately flattered, berated and threatened brad raffensperger to get him to recalculate the vote in his favour. 0ur reporter paul hawkins has the details. impeachment, the russia scandal and catching covid in the middle of a pandemic. the trump presidency has been a rollercoaster ride, so on one level, perhaps we shouldn t be surprised. after all, donald trump himself said. losing is never easy. not for me, it s not. but on another level, no one could
virus. i have said before, i m not going to shut down the economy. i m going to shut down the virus. lawrence: good job with that one, joe. nearly a full year into new administration and things are only getting worse. under biden s daily covid cases are surged among their highest levels in the pandemic with nearly 500,000 cases a day. so, what is the administration plan to combat the surge? to push more of the same failed policies? more masks? more mandates? how about more vaccines? the biden team is already floating the idea of a fourth shot saying quote it is conceivable in the future we may need an additional shot but right now we already we are hoping that we will get a greater degree of durability of protection from that booster shot. they are hoping that. they don t know if the science supports that and while the biden white house is focused on vaccines, americans are asking where are our tests joe? this weekend thousands of people across the country waited in lon