Senator Kamala Harris. And now warning signs show Trumps Campaign can use all the help it can get. Just an hour ago nbc news and the wall street journal released a poll showing biden with a staggering 14 points lead, this is up from an 8 point lead before the debate on tuesday. The poll was taken after the trump debate but before trumps diagnosis. Another poll from the New York Times draws a similar conclusion. That voters were turned off by trumps aggressive behavior at the debate. In that poll biden is ahead by a comfortable margin in both florida and pennsylvania, swing states for trump the last four years ago. Joining me now is virginia senator and former democratic Vice President president ial candidate tim kaine to break it all down for us. Senator, thank you for joining us. Absolutely, maria teresa. I want to talk to you because everybody right now is obviously talking and concerned about the president s health and talking about the importance that he may be actually accessing d
Hello. Welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is facing further criticism for disregarding an independent report which said home secretary priti patel broke the ministerial code by bullying staff. Number 10 has rejected claims made by a whitehall source that borisjohnson had asked for the inquiry findings to be toned down. It has insisted that the conclusions made by sir alex allan who has now resigned as independent advisor on ministerial standards were entirely his own. Our Political Correspondent helen catt has more. The findings of sir alex allans report into priti patel were stark. One of the governments most senior ministers had shouted and sworn at staff, and some of her behaviour had amounted to bullying. Yesterday, she apologised. Well, im here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. That was completely unintentional. But she stays in herjob, and thats put the focus back on her boss. Borisjohnsons decision to back her
Made by sir alex allan who has now resigned as independent advisor on ministerial standards were entirely his own. Our Political Correspondent helen catt has more. Helen catt has more. The findings of sir alex allans report into priti patel were stark. One of the governments most senior ministers had shouted and swore at staff, and some of her behaviour had amounted to bullying. Yesterday she apologised. Well, im here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. That was completely unintentional. But she stays in herjob, and thats put the focus back on her boss. Borisjohnsons decision to back her and override sir alexs judgment on the ministerial code is drawing more criticism. The system depends on the Prime Minister standing up for standards in public life, and for taking action when his or her ministers reach those standards, breach those standards, and for the first time, as far as i can remember, we have a Prime Minister who doe
A fair share of the cash. And in tennis Austrias Dominic Thiem beats Novak Djokovic to reach the atp final. Well have more on that and a round up of the rest of the sports news in sportsday at half past six. And coming up later this hour mark kermode gives his unique take on the latest releases, including the volcanic Action Thriller skyfire in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The annual 620 summit has opened with a call for coronavirus vaccines to be made available to everyone. Saudi arabia is hosting the annual summit which is being held virtually online because of the pandemic. Borisjohnson is expected to call on them to be more ambitious in their efforts to tackle the pandemic. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports. A thoroughly modern moment. Many families have to meet like this these days. Even the powerful 620 family. The 84 year old saudi king presiding. Everyone at their own table this year. Every country struggling with the impact of
Into the growth of private baby scanning companies with some questioning the quality of the service. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The annual 620 summit has opened with a call for coronavirus vaccines to be made available to everyone around the world. Saudi arabia is hosting the annual summit which is being held virtually online because of the pandemic. Borisjohnson is expected to call on countries to be more ambitious in their efforts to tackle coronavirus. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports. A thoroughly modern moment. Many families have to meet like this these days. Even the powerful 620 family. The 84 year old saudi king presiding. Everyone at their own table this year. Every country struggling with the impact of the deadly pandemic. Its this summits top issue. Shall i take the mask off . The worlds wealthiest under pressure to help the poorest. At the beginning there was a big race between the Different Countries to secure ppe, equipment, medication