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what were you doing or not doing on the 20th of may 2020 during the first lockdown? and do you want the prime minister to make it clear immediately whether or not he was at a drinks party in downing street on that date? get in touch with me on twitter, @annitabbc, and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. people without covid symptoms in england no longer need a pcr test to confirm a positive lateral flow. and a man in the united states becomes the first person in the world to have a heart transplant from a pig. welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is yet again under pressure after it emerged that as many as 100 people were invited to a bring your own booze drinks event in the downing street garden during the first lockdown. witnesses have told the bbc the pm and his wife were among about 30 people who attended the gathering on 20th may 2020. borisjohnson has declined to say whether he was among those who attended. the restrictions at the time of the party allowed you t ....
officials advocating for what they call the right to vote. we know changes to the senate s filibuster rules will be a major focus of today s speech because no republicans support the bills biden is pushing. so he needs to eliminate the republicans ability to filibuster in order to get them passed. not every democrat is on board with that change to the filibuster rules. not at the speech, arguably, the biggest election reform activist, stacey abrams. stacey abrams who cited a scheduling conflict. there is, however, a coalition of high-profile progressive activists who say they ll not be there because they re sick of white house photo ops. they want action on the issue, they say. let s get to cnn s jeff zeleny who is traveling with president biden in atlanta. we re expecting some strong words from biden aimed directly at senate democrats. jake, that s right. president biden will be delivering these remarks just in a short period of time. behind me here, between morehou ....
black colleges. before he boarded air force one, he emphasized how crucial the issue of voting rights is for the country. this is one of those defining moments. it is. people will be judged where were they before and where were they after the vote. it s that consequential. so the risk is making sure people understand just how important this is. there s two voting rights bills right now stalled in the senate. as far as that goes, some republicans have been critical of those bills including governor kemp who says this is a federal attempt to unconstitutionally take control over elections. there s been criticism about this trip from the start, etch before it hand. much of that criticism coming from the left. several activists in voting rights as well as civil rights trying to make the case that this is just another speech that they don t intend to be a prop. the head of georgia s naacp said enough platitudes and niceties. one of the key absences here, stacey abrams. sh ....
in the wake of the other insurrection, the slow motion one that did not culminate on january 6, but rather commenced with it. to date, 19 states have passed voting restrictions. all of them disguised as election integrity measures. despite the fact that trump s ag, bill barr, found no evidence of fraud. even worthy of investigating and his lawyer, rudy giuliani, struck out in every legal challenge. that did not slow gop efforts or shame gop leaders. all of this creates the backdrop for today s speech. president biden and vice president harris traveling to georgia. the battle was kicked off with a passage of a sweeping voter suppression bill there in april. that bill so objectionable that at the time, major league baseball moved the league s all-star game out of georgia to colorado. since then, at least 12 bills have passed. the president s speech today is about urgent action needed right now, but it s steeped in civil rights history and and acknowledgment of past battle ....
tonight. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour in new york, what s being called the city s deadliest fire in 30 years. 19 people were killed including five children. the fire broke out shortly before noon today in a bronx apartment building. authorities say a faulty space heater sparked the blaze which quickly spread throughout two floors. firefighters were on the scene within minutes and quickly launched rescues but an open door to the apartment where the fire started sent massive amounts of smoke pouring out into the stairways, leaving people unable to find their way out. cnn s polo sandoval has been on the scene for hours. polo, what are you learning right now based on what s transpired over the course of the last several hours? reporter: phil, a lot of people who live in that building are left wondering when they ll be allowed to go back inside. to give you a sense of how things developed earlier today, that fire was actually in a duplex apartment on t ....