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Benefit, and mitigate as far as we can the damaging consequences of brexit while offering a better alternative. it sets out plans to invest in and reform our public services, establish a national care service, extend and increase the scottish child payment, build more affordable houses, guarantee opportunities for young people, build an economy fit for the future and show real leadership on the climate crisis. it also reaffirms the scottish governments commitment to an independence referendum. 0...

Biden white house right now and the -- and i dont want to discount that were seeing an increase in vaccinations. that is a good thing. right. especially in states that we werent see itting before and has the high covid rates and hospitalizations and deaths. but now the focus out of the white house and the media attention is on boosters. so my question to you is are you at all concerned that that is speaking to the people who have already acknowledged the importance of vaccination rather than tac...

>> -- we want to understand what did you want when you said go up there? what would you have dreamed for them to do? >> that you will show not to go in -- although they were ushered in by the police. in all fairness, the capitol police were ushering people in. the capitol police were very friendly. they were hugging and kissing. you dont see that but theres paren you the of tape on that too because the capitol police, thats the way it is. personally what i wanted is what they wanted. >> disgrace...

Trump is an enigma, when she does come out shes incredibly popular with the trump base. but they sort of respect shes private and if it isnt broke, i dont think shes really going to fix it. >> who would campaign with him? >> thats the thing. i dont think that this is a candidacy that necessarily needs that softening theme. usually the women are so sex ist and antiquated. they humanize the male candidate, they are able to put a filter over what hes like at home, as a dad or husband. and donald tr...

As weve been discussing this morning, millions of children in england, wales and northern ireland, are starting their first full week back in school today. this morning a union representing school leaders has said its looking forward to welcoming pupils back, but that its essential the government responds rapidly if data suggests more safety measures in schools are needed. lets speak to our reporterjohn maguire now. hes at a school in weston—super—mare where pupils will be getting their late...

Other treatments that people talk about on the internet. did you expect you would have to compete with the likes of tucker carlson and joe rogan and are their voices more powerful and more widespread than people like yourself, other public health experts out there. isnt that part of the problem? >> disinformation and misinformation is a serious issue when it comes to pa publi health issue like covid-19. its essential to get correct information out.

Covid-19 in which its essential to get correct information out both for people who are infected and who do need proper medication and proper care to foster things that are unproven right from the beginning as always been a problem. the pesbest way to counter disinformation and misinformation is to try as best as we all can to get the proper and correct information out but one of the enemies of public health is disinformation and unfortunately, we do see that in some corners. >> let me ask you, l...

Nancy pelosi has promised moderate democrats that she will have a vote on that by december 27th. the progressives in that democratic house say they will vote against that measure if that larger reconciliation bill could be up to $3.5 trillion to expand the social safety net. if that is not passed by the senate, theyre threatening to vote against that bipartisan plan in the house, and the problem here now is that joe man manchin, the moderate from west virginia whose support is essential to getti...

And got one, maybe even off the books before it had actually been put in stone by the fda and the cdc. should the people who got a third dose of the moderna vaccine have anything to worry about right now, or what would you say to those people? >> i certainly know a lot of folks in and outside of the healthcare field who have gone out and gotten their third shot whether or not theyre immunocompromised theyre saying that they are. theyre not having any adverse effects or safety effects. the one th...

Headed the louisiana this, friday with more than 1 million people lost power, in the wake of hurricane ida. including nearly all of new orleans, as it transmission tower collapsed, sending powerlines falling into the mississippi river. the largest utility company in this, day said as 2000 miles of high voided lines that are knocked out. while the heat index is reaching 100 degrees or more in parts of this day, it can still be weeks before some of the hardest area to get their power restored. we ...