Throughment rich edson is joining us from wilmington, delaware where the president is spending the weekend. Good afternoon, griff. When president biden returns to washington the white house says he ll be negotiating with republicans and democrats and a compromise on infrastructure. They re discussing a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal however there are stick being points, how to pay for this. Democrats want tax increases and republicans want to use unspent covid relief funds. His own proposal, as you know, is a huge package, 2. 65 trillion dollars with a $2 trillion of new taxes, particularly taxes on american businesses and american workers which makes no sense coming out of this pandemic. Now, griff, as you mentioned, democrats are working on two tracks here, there s that bipartisan trillion dollar track, but also looking for a larger bill, something in the order of $6 trillion, potentially up to that much. This is something that the democrats would have to pass with all of their
And now it s time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to monday in parliament. The expert with a covid catch up plan for children quits, putting gavin williamson in the spotlight. The secretary of state has spent 18 months presiding over nothing but blunders, putting the future of our young people at risk. So, does the secretary of state think that the right man resigned? a former minister denounces cuts in overseas aid. The government s failure to address this issue will indisputably mean that hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths will result. Mps discover the impact of covid rules on pubs and restaurants. None of our businesses are profitable at the moment. None of the businesses that are open are trading above break even. Also in this programme, what s eating matthew hancock? but why? but first, stinging criticism of the government s plan to help children in england catch up after missing so much schooling during the pandemic. The latest package is
refurbishment of his downing street flat still go unanswered. and daniel clark denies sexual harassment allegations after a newspaper report led to a suspension from bafta. astonishment as a new gene therapy improves the vision of some patients with a rare inherited eye condition. hello, and a warm welcome. president biden has spoken in the united states state of georgia two mark his 100th day in office. it s his first stop on a tour to urge americans to support his plans to spend trillions of dollars rebuilding the economy. during his opening remarks, the president was interrupted by hecklers objecting to prisoners being run held in privately run detention centres. i agree with you. i am working on it, man, give me another five days. do it now! now! folks, you know what they are talking about. there should be no private prisons, period. private detention centres. they should not exist. and we are working to close all of them. the president at the start of that rally then
it sjust gone 2.30 in the morning. now on bbc news, time a look back at last week in parliament. welcome to the week in parliament. going anywhere nice for your summer holidays? don t forget the paperwork. anyone who lies and tries to conceal that they have been in a country on the red list in the ten days before arrival here, will face a prison sentence of up to ten years. advice for ministers on how to resolve a brexit shellfish row? start the necessary and frequent boardings on eu vessels fishing in our exclusive economic zone to ensure they comply with uk rules. and what did she know and when? scotland s first minister under pressure. the roots of this whole issue are in complaints that came forward, not about my behaviour but about somebody else s behaviour. but first, tough new border measures to protect the uk from new strains of the virus. from monday, people arriving in england from covid hot spots face fines of £10,000, or evenjail, if they lie about where they ve
you cannot govern. i m very happy that i m going to get my moderna shot. vaccine, vaccine, vaccine. i m begging of you please don t take she has a good singing voice. breaking overnight, at least ten rockets strike an air base housing u.s. troops in iraq. steve: no deaths are reported. iraqi officials only saying they were saying no significant losses, no one yet claimed responsibility for the attack, ainsley. ainsley: the base is the same one that was struck by iranian missiles last year, last february leaving more than 100 troops with brain injuries after president biden ordered strike in syria killing one person. steve: payback. brian: we will take a look at the story as it unfolds. jennifer griffin giving us more information. mobile rocket launcher and they were able to find where it was launched from and how much longer we are going to be there. meanwhile, we are happy to be here and we are happy that pete hegseth isn t because he s live at family restaurant in nor