when angela clinton, manuel mc kron, they both stepped forward and the german chancellor offered her help of germany's help to bring alexis a volley back to his feet. and this is something that doesn't sit right according to the foreign ministry, because how did the agency the o, p c, w have time to get the request, assemble and deploy a team of experts, everything on the same day. and it even says a german is request, can you imagine how much time is needed to prepare an application from a state to the o. b, c, w with a request for assistance in the investigation of chemical weapons poisoning and germany must have had at least something in his hands to have grounds for contacting the b c. w. but here's the thing, the russian diplomats had the opportunity to ask this question to the head of o, p c, w, and a representative of germany. so when the russian side asked, how did the agency managed to be so remarkably efficient? the response from the o. p c w head was silence, but then the representative of germany chimed in and he is the recollection of events by the spokeswoman of the rus

angela merkel. the guest list, including, hillary clinton.hat new book from "the washington post" reporters, carol leonnig and philip rucker, "i alone can fix it." quotes that the former president in an oval-office meeting, calling chancellor merkel that b word and there's more, tonight, from the bombshell book. the authors describe the scene, where the then president is watching tv on january 6th, happy about the crowds in maga hats an hats waving trump flags at the capitol. quoting from the book. he thought this was cool. he was happy, recalled one aide who was with trump that afternoon. then, when it turned violent, he thought, oh, crap. so, sources telling cnn's jamie gangel that he wasn't worried about people getting hurt. he wasn't worried that it would make him look bad. he was worried, i should say, that it would make him look bad. and it sounds like he may not have been the only one. the authors write this about ivanka trump. as soon as she saw, on television, in her second-floor office that the rioters were inside the capitol, ivank

mccarthy, on the night that kevin mccarthy will be at a small dinner with angela merkel who trump dislikes, and hillary clintony had to go kiss the ring and soothe trump's nerves, and what he is trying to portray as the white house in exile in bedminster. so i think it has to do a lot to do with that. i think trump was going to throw a jealousy tantrum like a spoiled child. >> bottom line is, you heard -- the very same day, they're meeting and they're strategizing. >> of course. look, there's no question that kevin mccarthy feels he needs to keep donald trump close to him. he needs him more as an ally than an enemy. he knows if trump turns on him, a significant number of house republicans does too, and you remember when john boehner stepped down, he was taken down, by many of the hard right of the gop conference. so kevin mccarthy is doing everything he can to maintain that support from that wing of the party. i think that's what this is about. >> thank you so much, charlie and anna. i appreciate it. >>> he says there is nothing wrong with the patriotic education, but can critical race theory and patriotism co

clinton and colin powell expected to attend. rachel scott at the white house. >> reporter: german chancellor angela merkel the first leader to visit joe biden at the white house. >> today, it's been my great honor, and i mean, that to welcome a dear friend back to the white house. >> reporter: this is merkel's final year as chancellor. she's met with four american presidents. >> as a matter of fact, she knows the oval office as well as i do. >> reporter: but there are flash points. biden is opposed to germany's deal with russia to build a massive gas pipeline connecting the two countries. the concern, it would embolden russian president vladimir putin. >> my view has been known for some time. good friends can disagree. >> reporter: merkel was diplomatic when asked how biden compares to donald trump. saying germany always has a vested interest in talking with american presidents, adding today was a very friendly exchange. >> all right, rachel scott at the white house. she was also helping to take those questions, deliver them to both leaders and rachel, the president hosting a dinner now for chancellor merkel at the white house ton

mrs merkel will also become the first world leader since bill clinton in 1997 to address the british cabinet. let's take a look at how angela of chequers in buckinghamshire, where the mrs merkel will also address a virtual meeting of the british cabinet. it will be followed by a news conference. and later today, mrs merkel is set to visit the queen at windsor castle. with me in the studio is our correspondent sancha berg. i suppose coronavirus restrictions, travel restrictions in general very much on the agenda for these talks. we understand they are very high up on the talks, you might remember of course they met very recently at the g7 summit last month. and just as covid was high on the agenda, it is high on the agenda now with travel restrictions. currently british visitors to germany even if they are double vaccinated after quarantine for 14 days in germany has been encouraging other european countries to introduce tough restrictions, as you said many people are worried about the delta variant. but the times newspaper this morning as a story that actually germany is ready to relax those restrictions against british vis

angela merkel will also become the first world leader since bill clinton in 1997 to address the britishrence and later today she is set to visit the queen at windsor castle. we can bring you some of the latest information on coronavirus cases in the uk. public health england have said there are now a total of 161,981 confirmed and total of 161 , 981 confirmed and probable total of 161,981 confirmed and probable cases of the covid delta variant identified in the uk. that's up variant identified in the uk. that's uo by variant identified in the uk. that's up by over 50,000 or 46% on the previous week. it comes alongside new vaccine hesitancy data published by the office for national statistics this morning which has found that more than nine in ten adults or 96% of adults in great britain report a positive sentiment towards a coronavirus vaccine. li% reported some kind of hesitancy in data collected between the 26th of may and the 20th ofjune, down slightly from the previous period between the 28th of april and the 23rd of may when vaccine hesitancy was at 6%. the highest rate of hesitanc