Languishing in our streets. A exclusive report from l. A. Will break your heart. The media and political heads explode over the abortion a roar in texas. The biden administration plays patty cake with the taliban. Lara logan has more. You have to go back to pontius pilot to find an individual absolving himself for his actions while throwing out shiny objects to distract people. President biden and his administration are laboring to offshore responsibility for the loss of life in afghanistan and the abandonment of americans there. Americans should under the troops should have to be there beyond august 31. And if there s american citizens left, we ll stay until we get them out. The bottom line, 90% of americans in afghanistan that wanted to leave were able to leave. We have americans that get stranded in countries all the time. Meanwhile, the biden defense department is focused on critical race theory and the deputy defense secretary in an oped is turning her attention not to bringing am
december 14th is the day already marked in the history books. it s the tragic anniversary of the massacre as andy hook elementary school. december 14th happens to be the anniversary of the death of george washington, who died on this day in 1799. but when the history of these times is written, december 14th, 2020, will warrant a double entry. today, december 14th, 2020, the day that we passed the solemn milestone of 300,000 coronavirus deaths right here in the united states. also marks the first day of the vaccine rollout in this country for the deadly coronavirus pandemic. these images of front line health care workers and residents of nursing homes are filling our televisions today and providing a real-time solve to our pandemic-weary nation. friday s late-night approval of the pfizer vaccine, which is expected to pave the way for approvals of similar vaccines in the coming weeks and months. today, december 14th, 2020, also marks the day that is typically noted by broadcast
the truth will be a little more complicated, as my guest on political thinking will spell out, i think. it will be because many conservatives think that borisjohnson has stopped being a conservative. that those very covid rules, limitations on freedom, that extra spending, that higher tax, all represents a change that they don t want to see. steve baker was a thorn in the flesh of theresa may when he ran the erg, the european research group. he has become a thorn in the flesh of borisjohnson, as one of the leaders of the crg, the covid recovery group, which has opposed the lockdown, the restrictions, the compulsory vaccines, the compulsory masks, and all the rest of it. last time we spoke on political thinking three years ago, he told me that his job was to herd the tigers. so, which way will he herd them now? steve baker, welcome back to political thinking. well, nick, thank you very much indeed for having me on and giving me that terrifying introduction. i was very nervous
now on bbc news, it s time for some political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. this week coming from self isolation. be back in the studio soon. if borisjohnson does fall, if he is forced out of office by his own mps, people will say, history will no doubt recall that he had to go because he broke the rules which he had set. the truth will be a little more complicated, as my guest on political thinking will spell out, i think. it will be because many conservatives think that borisjohnson has stopped being a conservative. that those very covid rules, limitations on freedom, that extra spending, that higher tax, all represents a change that they don t want to see. steve baker was a thorn in the flesh of theresa may when he ran the erg, the european research group. he has become a thorn in the flesh of borisjohnson, as one of the leaders of the crg, the covid recovery group, which has opposed the lockdown, the restrictions, the compulsory vac
if he is forced out of office by his own mps, people will say, history will no doubt recall that he had to go because he broke the rules which he had set. the truth will be a little more complicated, as my guest on political thinking will spell out, i think. it will be because many conservatives think that borisjohnson has stopped being a conservative. that those very covid rules, limitations on freedom, that extra spending, that higher tax, or represents a change that they don t want to see. steve baker was a thorn in the flesh of theresa may when he ran the erg, the european research group. he has become a thorn in the flesh of borisjohnson, as one of the leaders of the crg, the covid recovery group, which has opposed the lockdown, the restrictions, the compulsory vaccines, the compulsory masks, and all the rest of it. last time we spoke on political thinking three years ago, he told me that his job was to herd the tigers. so, which way will he herd them now? steve baker, w