and a senate legislative filibuster. stop a majority backed legislation in its tracks. we moved to the senate and asked today if the 60 vote rush old to proceed on a bill is a legacy of racist jim crow, mr. biden said yes. 15 years ago, senator biden and barack obama both joined a failed filibuster attempt against the supreme court justice samuel alito. here s what mr. biden set up a time about the filibuster. it breaks the rule to change the rule. if we go down this path of nuclear option, if we go down this path of nuclear option, we will be left with a much different system from what our founders intended and from how the senate has functioned throughout its history. the senate has always been a place where the structure and rules permit fast-moving partisan agendas to be slowed down, where hotheads could cool, and where consensus was given a second chance, if not a third and a fourth. shannon: president biden has called that speech one of the most important he ever ma
when you lockdown measures are expected today. also this lunchtime: on the campaign trail. donald trump promises a great red wave, as his rival, joe biden, calls him a conman. the candidates receive a warning on gun control from a computer generated image of a teenager shot dead two years ago. yo.. it s me. i have been gone for two years and nothing has changed, bro. as part of black history month, a special report on the struggles faced by black players in the white dominated world of scottish football. coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: another super league match is postponed, after a covid outbreak at one of the clubs. castleford tigers report 12 positive cases. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. as the number of covid infections rises, there are new warnings from scientists that more needs to be done to protect people and to prevent a much worse second wave. with christmas not far off, the government s also under pressure france and
ido? france is to enter a second national lockdown from friday people will only be allowed to leave home for essential work or medical reasons and applause for the coronavirus patient who s finally left hospital after 209 days as the number of covid i9 infections rises, there are new calls from scientists for more action to protect people and to prevent a much worse second wave. one expert has warned of at least five hundred deaths a day by the end of next month. the latest government figures show that in the last twenty four hours, 310 people are reported to have died with the disease, with an overall total of 45,675 deaths across the uk from coronavrius so far. our health editor hugh pym has been looking at the figures across the uk. a hospital at the heart of one of the virus hotspots. case numbers in the local derry city and strabane council area relative to the population were among the highest in the uk. sandra is one of 20 seriously ill patients in this covid ward.
0n the us campaign trail, donald trump promises a great red wave, as his rivaljoe biden calls the president a conman. and coming up, after more than 200 days in hospital, the moment one patient is allowed home after being treated for coronavirus. thank you is not enough. they save my life. hello, good afternoon. it s emerged that the four migrants who died yesterday when their boat sank in the channel, were members of a kurdish iranian family. their 15 month old boy is still missing. they ve been named as rasoul iran nejad and shiva mohammad panahi, who were both 35. nine year old anita and armin, who was six, also drowned. 15 month old baby called artin has yet to be found. 15 other migrants were taken to hospital and an investigation into the sinking has been opened in dunkirk by the french public prosecutor. our correspondent simonjones has the latest from news correspondent. from dover. yesterday, when we heard the news that four people had died trying to get across th
It was a special luncheon on Wednesday hosted by the Senior Advisory Committee at the National for Block Islanders who have earned the moniker of nonagenarian. This formerly annual birthday