the big reveal later in the hour but first from the moment donald trump took office, you know, he was cast by the left as a dictator with sinister plans for the country. president trump s inaugural address, i thought, was negative, was dark, was dystopian. donald trump is authoritarian. the kind of corrupt dictator in the making. trump is. from beginning to end donald trump has been an anti-democratic president. laura: of course, all of that was just projection because now the democrats control both chambers of congress and the white house and we re seeing just how dark and dystopian their agenda really is. it s perhaps most evident in the lockdown of our washington s capitol. this will be the new real here for a little while. this is why the fence is still up. that s why national guard is still here. it is appropriate that we keep that security in place. it s not going to be business as usual when it comes to security. we should have them here as long as they
was cast by the left as a dictator with sinister plans for the country. president trump s inaugural address, i thought, was negative, was dark, was dystopian. donald trump is authoritarian. the kind of corrupt dictator in the making. trump is. from beginning to end donald trump has been an anti-democratic president. laura: of course, all of that was just projection because now the democrats control both chambers of congress and theau white house and we re seeing just how dark and dystopian their agenda really is. it s perhaps most evident in the lockdown of our washington s capitol. this will be the new real here for a little while. this is why the fence is still up. that s why national guard is still here. it is appropriate that we keep that security in place. it s not going to be business as usual when it comes to security. we should have them here as long as they are needed. laura: it s never going to be safe enough because remember who they want to be pr
the first minister of scotland has said there had questions over her predecessor to return to public office. mr samet launched a public party lot three not called alba it will contest the scottish parliamentary in may. he has left the s&p to join the alba party. our scotland correspondent has the details. nicola sturgeon wanted to focus on the snp zone election campaign today. but instead she s been facing questions about another parties campaign. the new party led by her former friend and mentor alex salmond. sturgeon questions both the motivation and suitability to return to public life. it’s motivation and suitability to return to public life.- return to public life. it s not an opportunity return to public life. it s not an opportunity to return to public life. it s not an opportunity to gamble i return to public life. it s not i an opportunity to gamble with the future of the country. i ve known him well in years gone by alex salmond is a gambler it s what he enjoy
week. winter can be back for some of us as we head into easter weekend, as i m about to show you. but at the moment it is fairly mild, bleak and western areas with the rain present, but as i said, that feel of early summer comes to the first part of the week. it will stay very wet in the week. it will stay very wet in the first part of scotland, but the winter close will be back on as we head towards easter weekend. things turned colder and some can be some could even see a bit of snow. this continues to beat its way in, but to the south of back, we are dragging tropical air, that is why temperatures have gone into the middle or high teens across some eastern areas. at the wind is strong, coming in from the southwest and it is piling and against western scotland. this could be issues over the next couple of days with rain and parts of the highlands. there tonight there will be a bit of rain further south, tonight there will be a bit of rain furthersouth, but tonight there
0scars ceremony which because of the pandemic will be radically different from anything that s come before. hello from new york. i m tom brook and welcome to our talking movies 0scars look ahead special. so, the oscars are on course to take place at an in person physical event in los angeles on april 25. the organisers have mandated that it will be no zoom event. presenters, nominees and guests will be required to be in attendance at the ceremony. so here s what we know about hollywood s biggest night of the year so far. the first big change is that it will take place at two locations at the 0scars traditional home at the dolby theatre on hollywood boulevard and, for the first time, at la s spacious union station, which can meet social distancing requirements. obviously, we need people who are socially distant but you also have to do it in a way that is visually exciting, that feels like a big event. union station in los angeles, which opened in 1939, is an architectural w