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New zealand says it will keep its border closed until at least the end of the year — to keep covid out. and the dangerous dogs act. campaigners call for reform, but the government insists it protects the public. welcome to gcse students have received another set of record grades following a year of covid disruption to exams in england, wales and northern ireland. the government cancelled exams for a second consecutive year, meaning pupils grades are based on their teachers judgement. top grade...

Breaking news to bring you. it is good news. we mention an hour or so ago that a british vessel had sunk off the island of milos in the cyclades, a greek island, and 17 passengers were hopefully being rescued by the greek coastguard. they have rescued them all. that is the news just in. they have rescued them all. that is the newsjust in. all 17 passengers from that british flagged vessel that sank in greece have been rescued. that from the greek coastguard. that from the greek coastguard. here ...

About bruce springsteen. >> can i say one thing, though. what i was shocked by is when he played thunder road and did it in a dull sullen tone. i thought he would have at least tried to energized the crowd. >> all right, preston, dont go after bruce, i draw the line on that. >> such a debbie downer there, mark preston. lets get mark off the screen and talk to dan rather. colin campbell tweeted out this press release from the north carolina gop today. he said north carolina trump coalition crumbl...

Diversity? i think its pretty much conventional knowledge that there is. it tends to be left of center particularly at more elite law schools like harvard law school. >> joel alicia is a law student. >> people who suffer are the student who share that perspective. they will not be exposed to contrary views and, therefore, their own standing of their views and contrary views is woefulfully insufficient and inadequate. >> a study published in 2005, in the georgetown law journal annualized 11 years...

Changing the structure of the tax code long term instead of just raising taxes and doing piecemeal band-aids. do wholesale changes. now we are hearing not just a tax hike but that on top of it at well. >> fundamental tax reform will increase the revenues of the government even if its structured in a revenue-neutral measure. this year 65.4% of the budget is mandatory spending. only 34.6% is discretionary. the entitlements that are set in concrete and dont require the action of congress, including...

>>neil: the president is touting that rich need to pay more in taxes. now word they are. the congressional budget office, nonpartisan, reporting the top 1 percent, for example, those earning $1.2 million on average, saw their rate jump from 21 percent to 28.9 percent, close to 30 percent tax rate that the president is proposing as part of the so-called buffett rule. and my report says this proves what he suspected, the rich are the only group right now in the country paying more than their fair ...

None of them did. >> brian: its amazing. doesnt anyone go down with the ship anymore? >> no! of course not. >> brian: no one says no, i still back my move. >> steve: im sorry. >> im glad you brought up the titanic analogy because we can name our top five senators who would push the women out of the way and jump in the life boat. >> gretchen: thats your next book. >> yeah, exactly. well figure it out. get the names. >> gretchen: lets talk about the buffet rule because even though the senate rejec...

im t.j. holmes. take a look, we got a new advisory and some new information to tell you about. tropical storm lee. in the gulf of mexico. yes, indeed, it is getting stronger. well have the very latest from our meteorologist alexandria steele standing by. keeping an eye on politics as well. a major tea party rally in just a few hours and the headliner is not in the presidential race. at least not yet. sarah palin. what will she say? will she say shes getting in? well take you there live...

Dream wont be in jeopardy. bill: 18 democrats voted with republicans on this measure. will you refresh my memory? why are we trying to redefine the workweek from 40 hours to 30? >> the white house wanted to do that bates would extend coverage to people who work less than 40 hours. it would require he ploirs to provide health insurance or face a fine of $200 and up. the employers dont like it bates add additional costs and it would cause them to cut hour or cut employees. there was a huge fight a...

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