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Cant make laws. can use the bully pulpit, twist arms. did he move manchin at all? >> certainly didnt move republicans with that speech, hes saying youre with us or youre a racist and mitt romney expressed that thought. i dont think that was the intent. think biden realistically recognizes theyre not getting any republican votes on any of the bills and key is manchin. i mean we can talk about manchin all program long but biden has to pick the lock on this one. my guess is end of the day what it m...

Dont want to raise taxes to pay for the nhs and social care and that hugely important cost of tackling that long nhs backlog you have to say where else the money will come from i think most will say what the chancellor will now do is tweak it, so perhaps he raises the pay threshold of those who have to pay it to protect those who earn the least. that may be where he goes today. bus also widely expected that hell cut fuel duty, given how much prices have gone up as to see whether he has any other...

Companies still running with reduced staff because of the pandemic, will have to pay 20% of workers wages from today — as the governments furlough scheme continues to wind down. itll stop completely at the end of september. our business correspondent, katy austin, reports. its been credited with preventing unemployment rising sharply. now, were in the final two months of thejob retention scheme. the economy has been reopening, but nearly two million people were still furloughed at the end ofju...

On the old timeline where they didnt foresee a third wave. because we are now still in the midst of that wave, and we are not back to normal, and that is why still 2 million people are on the scheme and many businesses still need it. and thatis many businesses still need it. and that is why i think it is too early to withdraw the scheme now. instead, the government should keep it and tweak it. keep it on standby, because theres still so much uncertainty for many businesses. we dont know where th...

Again, venues are allowed to have people at full capacity. from the 16th of august we have the requirement to self—isolate for those who have been double vaccinated if things go according to plan. if not now as he came to wind it down or start winding it down, when? �* . . , it down or start winding it down, when? a ., , ., it down or start winding it down, when? . . ., , ., ., when? actually, one thing we have learnt in the _ when? actually, one thing we have learnt in the pandemic, _ when?...

To try new incentives. in the us, the governor of newjersey launched shot and a beer in may, offering a free drink to those over 21 getting vaccinated. and in colorado, some vaccination sites are giving out $100 supermarket gift cards to the jabbed. if i can get it, you all can get it. i am a cancer survivor. id recommend you all to have it. the hope is people wontjust grab a vaccine but a bargain too. simon jones, bbc news. with me is our political correspondent pete saull. how h ow exa ctly ho...

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He said that he wished there was more of a bipartisan process, but the reality is that democrats are never going to agree to any bill other than an insurance bailout. and truly, if he didnt care about by cartman ship, he would be sending these monies back to both democratic and republican states that can choose to use of the way they wanted to. >> ab, is it fair to say that he twice now kept obamacare alive? >> well, yes. i mean -- look. anything as the bill author said could happen over the wee...

He said that he wished there was more of a bipartisan process, but the reality is that democrats are never going to agree to any bill other than an insurance bailout. and truly, if he didnt care about by cartman ship, he would be sending these monies back to both democratic and republican states that can choose to use of the way they wanted to. >> ab, is it fair to say that he twice now kept obamacare alive? >> well, yes. i mean -- look. anything as the bill author said could happen over the wee...

Next week. >> bret: mara. >> national public radio, which continued its 29 year old tradition of reading the entire declaration of independence on july 4th. this year we actually decided to tweak it, and the people didnt quite understand what it was and called for a revolution against donald trump, even when we said when it was got tweets like "glad you are being defunded." [laughs] that is my sleeper civics curriculum. >> bret: michael, winter and theres a. >> my winner is donald trump. his spe...