rob portman. >> angus, thank you. i think that ang go us -- angus as an independent understated the importance of this moment, it's not just bipartisan, it's tripartisan. we're glad you're with us. let me just say, i've given, i'm told my my staff now, 20 speeches urging colleagues on both sides of the aisle and specifically the leadership to produce another covid-19 bill. why? because it's definitely needed. last one was the cares package in march, nine months ago, think about that, think about what's happened since. some of you have had to listen to those speeches and actually very few who probably did. [laughter] >> but the point i kept making, there's a lot of common ground here. we've got some differences, but look at this, it required these individuals behind us to find that common ground. it wasn't easy, but it was there. there are a couple of things we're still working on, but i think this is a tremendous step forward and it's needed. every day in ohio we have 10,000 plus that are infected. we're in our third

angus hasan: i think understated the importance of this moment. this is not just bipartisan, it's tripartisan. we are glad you are with us. that ild by my staff have given 20 floor speeches, urging our colleagues on both sides of the aisle, specifically our leadership, to produce another covid-19 bill. why? because it's desperately needed. the last big one was in march, over nine months ago. think about that. think what has happened since. some of you have had to listen to those speeches. actually, there of -- very few of you probably did. there is a lot of common ground. we have differences, but look at this. required these individuals behind us to find that common ground. it was not easy, but it was there. there are a couple of things we are still working on, but i think this is a tremendous step forward. every day in ohio we have another 10,000 plus people who are being infected. we are in our third wave and it's really bad. i just lost my third friend to covid. after ain a hospital painful process of being in the icu, and going through with hi

i think it is something they could do in the public interest that would be pretty easy. >> angus kingthank you so much. as always, appreciate it. >> thanks, dana. always a pleasure. >> thank you. >>> up next, how effective the newly approved covid-19 home test is and when will it be available. stay with us. some things are good to know. like where to find the cheapest gas in town and which supermarket gives you the most bang for your buck. something else that's good to know? if you have medicare and medicaid you may be able to get more healthcare benefits through a humana medicare advantage plan. call the number on your screen now and speak to a licensed humana sales agent to see if you qualify. learn about plans that could give you more healthcare benefits than you have today. depending on the plan you choose, you could have your doctor, hospital and prescription drug coverage in one convenient plan. from humana, a company with nearly 60 years of experience in the healthcare industry. you'll have lots of doctors and specialists to choose from. and, if you have medicare and medicaid,

their bodies johnson has broken to you yet pay the price of one i did ask rebel scottish nationalist angus macneil m.p. y. northern ireland to stolen a march on scotland but 1st alex if you think emails and messages are lots of reaction to last week's show or with professor look at middle of the college dublin and dr chris smith of cambridge university they were talking about covert vaccines and also vote what they called a common sense christmas and that's been drawn into sharp relief this week with the dramatic joint declaration from the british medical journal and the health journal to politicians about the consequences of the proposed christmas relaxation but on the vaccine issue terry says where would we be without these fantastic scientists chris and particular manages to get complicated messages across in a way that's easy to understand norma johnson reminds us that 4000 people a day cuddly dying in the u.s. going up every day i think a vaccine is very necessary i'm jordan says now where did you get your own for norma johnson i'm on the side of the ocean that's about 2300 a day but

well that's almost a invitation to new delhi either coming there from angus make meal nightmares butlook what you were saying earlier but what is johnson the bust trundling over here are you suggesting that i want to break up one union in the european union wallace johnson may be endangering another union the british union. i do of always of the brics it was an existential threat to the union and you know there's a sort of irony there in that for centuries rather than decades unionists have looked over the sugar nastiness as the big threat the union but of course not and they are supplanted i would suggest by scottish nationalism and the real big threat is is english nationalism and i think in this nationalism was what drew bracks it and nobody who is an english niceness gave much thought to the fact that it breaks it went ahead they would be changing people's sense of identity here in this part of the united kingdom in a way that the belfast good friday agreement said was not possible because of course in 98 we said that individuals to find their own identity they can be british or

joining us is independence senator angus king of maine. let's start with ha stimulus. you support the $2,000 checking which mcconnell says has no realistic path to pass the senate. do you agree, is there 60 votes? could there be 60 votes for a direct $2,000 payment if it was delineated from the different items? >> i don't think we'll ever know. one of the peculiar things is one not can block pretty much anything, and then you're stuck in kind of a procedural hell, where it takes three or four days to, you know, to clear your throat. but the bill the house passed could be brought to the floor if the republican caucus refrained from objecting, and mitch mcconnell brought it up. it could be passed. it could have money in the pockets of americans within the next several weeks. to say it's impossible is to kind of bow to obstructionism that just isn't so. it could be passed. this bill passed the house by two thirds, which is amazing. bipartisan majority, the president of the united states supports it, and i believe we would get 60 votes in the senate. senator mcconnell i do

angus crawford, bbc news.ficult in the talks the time is 18.17. our top story this evening: the prime minister says he hopes to avoid a third lockdown in england, but he doesn't rule it out. and an appeal for volunteers to take pa rt and an appeal for volunteers to take part ina and an appeal for volunteers to take part in a drugs trial for an advanced form of multiple sclerosis. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: england's world cup winning captain katy daley—mclean, who won the trophy in 2014, announces her retirement from international rugby. around 200,000 people in the uk are thought to be suffering from so—called long covid — persistent health problems — up to three months after they were infected with the virus. for some, like 38—year—old natalie, the effects of long covid on her body have been devastating. today there were calls from more research into this emerging problem as new guidelines were published for doctors on how to diagnose and treat long covid. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. na

angus crawford, bbc news.—called long covid. that's persistent health problems — up to three months — after getting infected, which can include a wide variety of symptoms affecting all parts of the body. today, new guidelines for doctors on how to diagnose and treat long covid have been published, which stress the need for more research into this emerging problem. our medical editor research into this emerging problem. natalie has worked as a front line doctor during several deadly epidemics, including ebola in africa. but it's covid which has left its mark on her. just over a year ago i biked up the hill, and now, now i can't even get on a bike. the 38—year—old was never admitted to hospital, but now has long covid, and is so physically weak she can't go to work. i was fit, i was active, i could run, i could walk any distance i wanted to really, and now, i can walk 200 metres. i've asked my contractor to put a bannister on my stairs because i can't get up to the top of my stairs sometimes. so you're fitting o

joining us now, one of the lawmakers part of the plan, independent senator angus king of maine.so much. let me lay out what's in this plan. $160 billion for state and local government funding. there is additional money for an extension of unemployment benefits. also money for small businesses. why is this $900 billion plan with bipartisan support the right one? >> well, it is the right one. and it was worked out on a bipartisan basis, importantly, john, not just by a group of nine senators, but a group of house members from both parties. we now have announced 50 supporters in the house. 25 democrats, 25 republicans. we have four republicans, four democrats, and me in the senate. and we really tried to come to a middle ground. and we got tired of waiting, frankly. and i don't understand what the majority leader's problem is. but john, there's an important thing about the majority leader that isn't in the civics book. and that is that he or she has absolute power or what comes to the floor of the u.s. senate. we could have a bill supported by 99 senators and if the majority leader

angus: good morning. air is to be believed, customers were fearful of getting on the max again, this sign of trying to avoid the aircraft, and the airline says booking on the max is comparable to other aircraft at the moment. having said that, they have not nodded to passenger fear or reluctance on reporting this aircraft, because they have given a huge amount of flexibility when it comes to rebooking for passengers who may be afraid in getting on the plane, realizing they are on the max. if they want to change flights, they can do it free of charge. there is also transparency. it will be clear it is on a max. they are aware that some people may not want to fly on this plane given its record. they are going the extra mile to offer passengers extra flexibility. southwest, which is max's largest customer, and united are also following in that flexibility. juliette: a very important step you would expect here for boeing. angus: yes, that's right. the max is the best-selling aircraft ever. and a backlog of mo

angus 0'brien late converted try gave scarlets victory in the west wales derby over 0spreys. 16—14 its great boxing day traditions — the start of the melbourne test match, which this year is between australia and india. the hosts bowled out for 195 today as india bounced back from that nightmare of a first test. the most dramatic of the aussie wickets to fall was the second one — matthew wade skying an ashwin delivery. jadeja on your left calling the catch but his teammate nearly colliding with him. jadeja with a word or two for shubman gill, who was making his test debut, got away with it in the end. steve smith's currently the words best batsman. but he was out for a duck — his first in test cricket for over four years. in the last match india recorded their lowest ever score of 36. and they were 36—1 at stumps today — the wicket to fall, mayank agarwal, but india will still be feeling a lot better than they were in adelaide. a busy 2a hours of cricket in australia with england's alex hales busy. alex hales making 35 for syd ney busy. alex hales making 35 for sydney thunder, the sec

opportunity to watch one of my colleagues talk about this, and i absolutely agree with the senator from angus king. he said i sit in these committees, in bipartisan committees, and i vote for relief for disasters,ing hurricane disasters, fire disasters, fire in the western states that i come from where you know so well that the fires are devastating our western states. but for the hurricanes that happen in texas, florida, you name it, i vote for relief because i know those constituents in those states are suffering. i don't look at them as blue states or red states. i look at them as americans who are in need right now, and i'm going to support that relief. so why are we doing that with this coronavirus relief package? i do not understand. it's not what the american people expect of us. i.t. not what they want, and it's not what they deserve. so, mr. president, i cannot stress this enough. it is time for the senate to get back to work on behalf of the american public, and that means that we are willing to compromise. that means we are willing to do what is right and what is needed in our comm

angus crawford, bbc news. are putting a blanket ban on accepting people who receive benefits. the vast majority of places on websites such as spareroom and 0penrent said recipients of housing benefit need not bid for the property. michael buchanan reports. this is the kitchen, the living room and my bedroom all in one. so there is a little bathroom and then my son's room. it is small and uncomfortable, but despite her best efforts, emma can't find a new home. for two years, the teaching assistant has tried to move herself and charlie to somewhere bigger. charlie, eat your dinner, please. but she has been repeatedly refused a new place because she is on benefits. if i have got references to show that i pay my rent every month on time, and i have done that for seven years, there shouldn't be any reason why someone isn't renting to me and the fact that they will still use housing benefit. you know, it is very clear stigmatisation. it is a very clear discriminatory measure. bbc analysis of these popular websites s

. >> joining me now, maine's independent senator angus king, part of that bipartisan group who proposed the $900 billion compromise relief package at least to get us through march. what do you think about mcconnell saying, the president won't buy it so let's not waste time? >> it's a little hard to say what the president will sign. i think he would definitely sign the bill that we proposed yesterday. this is a bipartisan bill, including republicans and democrats in both the house and the senate. it's a compromise, it's a big compromise from where the house was six months ago. so -- and the white house has been talking about numbers approaching $2 trillion and then $1.5 trillion. this is under $1 trillion. it's a four-month proposal and it deals with the hardest issues of unemployment insurance, of schools, of state and local localities that are really hurting, of small businesses in particular, opioids. we've seen a huge expansion of opioid overdoses, unfortunately, during this pandemic. it is not a comprehensive proposal but it will get us through the darkest days that are ahead of us.

. >> up next, maine senator angus king on telehealth medicine and how it can be applied after the pandemic. he spoke an then moderated a panel. this about an hour and 15 minutes. bill: welcome to the bipartisan policy center. for those of you unfamiliar with the bipartisan policy center, we were established a lit overall a decade ago by four former majority leaders of the united states senate, senate bob dole, the late senator howard baker on the republican side, senator tom daschle and senator george mitchell on the democratic side. senator mitchell, of course, from the great state of maine, which you will hear shortly is a state, maine is very well represented here this morning. the country is indeed -- indeed the world, quite frankly, is experiencing a once in a lifetime pandemic, causing untold suffering and death. doctors, nurses, hospitals, health care providers are struggling to provide critical care under some very difficult conditions. but if there is any good, and there's not much, but if there's any good to come out of this virus it is that it has expedited the digital health tr

unless it was decide to put the house bill on the floor that's the only way it could happen senator angus king an independent from maine who caucuses with democrats says the measure is now entirely on mcconnell is up to him. >>to tie early in his but majority leader mcconnell has already made very clear where he stands the senate not going to be bullied into rushing out more borrowed money into the hands of democrat rich rounds who don't. >>he took to the senate floor wednesday to argue against bigger stimulus checks. mcconnell says they don't get aid to those who really need it but they will need is smart. smart targeted aid. not another fire hose of borrowed money that's how we've mortgage your kids future that's how we bankrupt this nation is just mindlessly cent you're spending money and mcconnell isn't alone. republican senator ron johnson tells news nation. he opposes even bringing stimulus checks up for a vote at all because we have to put a decent piece of legislation on the floor first, otherwise people vote to spend money. mcconnell also introduced a new bill that would combine

angus crawford, bbc news.cal problems. the companies are offering a refund to anyone who's already bought cyberpunk 2077 for the playstation 4 or the xbox 0ne consoles, following complaints that it keeps crashing and freezing. —— sony and microsoft. the issues have wiped more than a billion pounds off the value of the game's creator, cd projekt red, which said it "should have paid more attention to making it play better". quite an extraordinary admission. let's speak now to keza macdonald, video games editor at the guardian. wow, keza, this has been in the making for some ten years. how did they get it so wrong?|j making for some ten years. how did they get it so wrong? i think this is testament to the high stakes of modern video game development. these are made by hundreds of people by cost of about $300 million. you get toa cost of about $300 million. you get to a point where it becomes more expensive to keep delaying it than it does to release it. that's the gamble that cd projekt red have taken. it's gambl

with that, i'd love to introduce a good friend who has become a very good friend during this process, angus king from maine. senator king? >> well, as everyone else has i want to thank the people standing here for the work they've done. it's a remarkable moment when you have members of both parties, both houses, an independent, all standing here talking about moving the country forward. this is an opportunity. it's first and foremost an opportunity for the american people to have some relief for this horrible pandemic that has struck our people in such a devastating way. in every state, in virtually every community in the country. it's an opportunity to deal with the principle issues, not every issue, not every comprehensive thing that various people have proposed, but what we have tried to do, as you can see from the chart, is to talk about people, talk about people who are unemployed, small businesses that are struggling, those lines that you've seen on television at food banks. there's a substantial amount of nutritional support in this report. front line workers in communities across th

borders johnson has broken 2 years for the price over $1.00 and to be asked rebel scottish nationalists angus macneil m.p. why northern ireland to stolen a march on scotland but 1st alex that you teach emails and messages. well lots of reaction to last week's show with professor look at neil of the college dublin and dr chris smith of cambridge university they were talking about covert vaccines and also about what they called a commonsense christmas and that's been drawn into sharp relief this week with the dramatic joint declaration from the british medical journal and the hell several journal to politicians about the consequences of the proposed christmas relaxation but on the vaccine issue terry says where would be with these fantastic scientists .

a south—easterly wind off the north sea which is driving the rain in cross parts of aberdeenshire, angusness as well. on top of the rain we have already had, it could cause some localised disruption and potentially a bit of flooding. elsewhere, a lot of cloud, some bright spells but equally some showers, some of them heavy, particularly in the west. temperatures, not bad for this time of year. this evening, the rain will continue for a time across north—east scotland and we have this bound of showers which will be pushing in from the west. most places will keep a lot of cloud overnight which will keep the temperatures up. but late in the night across south—western areas, and northern ireland, the skies will start to clear and it might get a bit chilly. there clearing skies come courtesy of a ridge of high pressure. the centre of that is all the way down here to the south, but you can see the white lines bulging towards us which shows that the high pressure is exerting some temporary influence on our weather. so we will see a slice of drier, brighter weather coming eastwards. still with o

and security forces on patrol after another abduction in nigeria where angus grange about the threat from armed groups. to the program with tough new restrictions taking effect in the u.k. other european countries are taking measures to protect themselves the netherlands belgium and italy have banned all flights from the u.k. and germany is considering the same train services through the channel tunnel also cease in the next few hours now the aim is to stop the spread of a new more contagious strain of the virus identified by the british government but the barber has more from london. this is regent street in the heart of london and in the run up to christmas it will usually be full of shoppers well the people out and about are generally going for a walk or just looking at decorations because all nonessential stores have been ordered closed as part of these new tier 4 restrictions here in london in the southeast in the east of england that's 18000000 people being told that at christmas they cannot meet up with any other household lots of people have had to cancel their plans they're

at angus what opium to act had 3 players in fact get told that here on the contract farming makes it come for the 34 d. contractor in while garment in the contract and garment actually worse are a strange latest forgive me for interrupting you because we have very very very tight for time but can i just specifically ask is there enough to ensure with the new laws that these farmers will be financially compensated very quickly if you can see these laws are not part of financial compensation if somebody is thinking of that not financial compensation goes through their misspeak 2nd thing is that if we believe and that's what many people believe that it be i'm see our market yards are properly functioning no there are strong cartels and i had done it on onion the cartel to begin from where it p.m.c. kill the other money be a lot of money these cartels decide the prices and these prizes are decided by even the signals in the air and i have gone into the p.m.c. ok 2 instances where the hurry on the farmers will come back to normal thank you very much deep deeper he's talking there about th

a late converted angus 0'brien try earned scarlets a 16—14 win over 0spreys in their derby match, whileday's other game. india might be without their star man in virat kohli for the boxing day test against australia in melbourne, but stand in captain ajinkya rahane's century sees them on top after day two at the mcg. kohli has returned home for the birth of his first child, with rahane taking over the reins as skipper, and he's been leading from the front, bringing up his 12th test century in style. and he's made the most of some good fortune, dropped here on 104 by travis head, who somehow let the ball out of his grasp. india closing on 277 forfive, a lead of 82. 1—0 down in the four match series. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us. with me are businessjournalistjohn crowley and sian griffiths, the education editor of the sunday times. senior conservative mps are concerned about plans to rush borisjohnson's christmas eve brexit deal through parliament before the year's end, says the

restaurant chains such as black angus steakhouses, lazy dog restaurants and king seafood here in californiaall got the $10 million maximum p.p.p. loan. >> it shouldn't be surprised to think at all restaurants are big recipients for two reasons. first of all, there are tons and tons of restaurants that are independently owned. but secondly, they've been the most affected. >> reporter: local art institutions and universities also got large loans, like the san francisco opera association. kqed, inc., and the san francisco symphony, as well as the ballet association, golden gate and the museum of modern art. >> we can argue whether we should have been having such a universal reach, but this is the goal of the program. >> reporter: whether or not all this money is enough to keep small businesses open is currently the debate going on in washington about whether to pass yet another massive spending bill. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >> okay. we have been looking for it and looking for it, but it has not come. rob maeda joining us to tell us, rob, will we ever get any rain? it's december.

angus ok to go back to live with. the rest that i have now gone 1st by the head i have done go up. and i'm. out on our own other than you have family and manner. like that. and i am of the cold war. i will play a. metaphor. there my i've that. go away i'm a jag. that guy will never end the. way i am a. god i. am. i. am. like. this is deja vu news live from berlin the latest tough sentence handed down by a court in turkey an exiled journalist who criticize the government is sentenced in absence to 27 years on charges of espionage and aiding in terror will get his reaction to the verdict also coming up germany reports its highest a daily death toll from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic in one of the worst affected parts of the country it's not just hospitals that are working to capacity crematoriums in the eastern state of saxony are struggling to keep up with the search and downs. i'm kyra trades and welcome to the show a court in istanbul has sentenced one of turkey's best known journalists to more than 27 years in jail on spying and terrorism charges the case agains

you can see anywhere from kinross from angus to caithness.slow moving and it will be wet for some. areas between the two which avoid most of the rain, staying dry across some parts of central and southern scotland this afternoon, part of the midlands and the south of england. temperatures, a ten or 11 degrees. not as chilly across eastern areas but strong winds to contend with in the north—east of scotland. they will continue tonight and the showery rain continuing across many parts of scotland, england, north and east wales. clearing skies but we should be frost free into tomorrow morning. saturday goes, the picture is one of low pressure still in charge with weather fronts decaying across the uk and they will be sitting across scotland, got part of england through the day with occasional rain. assistant across parts of eastern scotland. but for northern ireland, far west of scotla nd northern ireland, far west of scotland come into wales and south west midlands and south—west england, this is where we will see the best of the sunshine on sa

angus king briefed me on it a few weeks ago. i kind of agree with will is that this is maybe, dependent upon who the person is at how much power is he or she going to happen. you probably need somebody in e white house who's got this responsibility but are we going to empower the person with enough tools to bng all of the public side of house and the private side of the house kind of to bear. i d't know. cyber is so pervasive. i had a brief yesteay from a couple of fks come two days ago from intel cmunity that was asked to think aboutaking cyber backed out of the standalone and placing it back and all the various pieces of the intel world around counter counterespionage or counterintelligence or back in on counterterrorism ratr than funneling. i'm giving an unfortunate little too political answer because expense of who the person is come how much power would come with that. i think unless you make this position very powerful, visit take awayesponsibility from all the various otherarts of the enterprise that need to have this hig

kim: this is amiss to senator angus, pressuring streaming services like netflix and disney to offer theirs claiming it will encourage americans to sit at home rather than visit their loved ones and spread covid. fact one, people have been watching a lot more streaming services during the lockdown. fact two, that's no relevance or in any way stop the spread of the virus. democrats, let's be honest, would love to get companies everything for free, no matter what it does to the economy. paul: all right. kyle. kyle: a hit to alexander in a week of heated congressional debates, republican, 80-year-old ray hogan sat down at a piano in the atrium of senate office building and played christmas carols, hark the herald angels sing, the crowd gathered and then the democrat tim kaine came out with the harmonica and the two of them did a duet ago telling on the mountain. just a little bit of christmas spirit in a town not known for that sort of thing. senator alexander is retiring in january, a nice way for him to leave town. paul: dan. dan: fasten your seatbelt, folks. i'm about to give a hit to repr

restaurant chains such as black angus steakhouses, lazy dog restaurants, rubio's restaurants and kingsalifornia all got the $10 million maximum ppp loan. >> it shouldn't be a surprise that restaurants were a big recipient. there are tons that are independently owned and they're the most affected. >> reporter: the san francisco opera association also got a loan, california's academy of sciences and the san francisco symphony as well as the city's ballet association and golden gate university and the museum of modern art. >> we can argue if it's right, whether we should have been having such a universal reach, but this was the goal of the program as it was stated. >> reporter: whether or not all this money is enough to keep small businesses open is currently the debate going on in washington about whether to pass yet another massive spending bill. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >>> still to come, the 49ers, stanford and san jose state all forced to leave santa clara county. but what about other college and pro teams? >> the impact the new stay at home order will have on them. (sof

by angus tatters, you considered indestructible. how do you become that. you have special qualities, special people choose you. from then on you are raised. one of these final stages of the up unease, you've given a full knife. you're left alone for all winter. if he came back, he became an impetus, if you didn't even he wouldn't. he was highly respected among most people. he kept other people and native people who didn't like -- let's skip up a little bit here if you've ever been in the hole and, my home and this is the oldest house in the united states. this was built 16 84. we heard a little bit about praying town in the start of martha's vineyard, you know why it's called aga town today, and learning about the king james bible. they say he was one of my relatives, he knew the bible so well, it pretty preached to non native people. but not everybody liked what he was doing either. who's the chief called him out he said what are you doing said we have our own ways of doing things. he literally punched him in the face. but he continued to preach eight. ma

angus briefed me on it a few weeks ago. i don't have a at the front of my head. but i kind of agree with will that this is maybe it's -- depending upon who that person is and how much power is he or she going to have. you probably need somebody in the white house has this responsibility, but are we going to empower that person with enough tools to bring all of the public side of the house and the private side of the house kind of to bear? i don't know. and cyber is so pervasive. i had a brief yesterday from a couple folks, two days ago, from the intel community who was thinking about taking cyber out into the standalone and placing it back in all the various pieces of the intel world around , you know, counter espionage or counterintelligence or counterterrorism rather than funneling. so, i'm getting, unfortunately, a little too political answer here. because it depends on who the person is, how much power would come with that. but i am -- i think will's point, if you -- unless you make this position very powerful, does it take away responsibility from all the va

restaurant chains such as black angus steakhouses, lazy dog restaurants, rubio's restaurants and king's seafood here in california all got the $10 million maximum ppp loan. >> it shouldn't be a surprise to us that restaurants were a big recipient. for two reasons. first of all, there are tons and tons of restaurants that are independently owned. but secondly, they've been the most affected. >> reporter: local art institutions and universities also got large loans. like the san francisco opera association. california's academy of sciences. and the san francisco symphony. as well as the city's ballet association and golden gate university and the museum of modern art. >> we can argue whether the program was designed right, whether we should be having such a universal reach. but this was the goal of the program as it was stated. >> reporter: whether or not all of this money is enough to keep small businesses open is currently the debate going on in washington. about whether to pass yet another massive spending bill. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >>> president trump tonight is threa

unless it was decide to put the house bill on the floor that's the only way it could happen senator angusing an independent from maine who caucuses with democrats says the measure is now entirely on mcconnell is up to him. >>to tie early in his but majority leader mcconnell has already made very clear where he stands the senate not going to be bullied into rushing out more borrowed money into the hands of democrat rich rounds who don't. >>he took to the senate floor wednesday to argue against bigger stimulus checks. mcconnell says they don't get aid to those who really need it but they will need is smart. smart targeted not another fire hose borrowed my that's how we've mortgage or kids future that's how we bankrupt this nation is just mindlessly cent you're spending money and mcconnell isn't alone. republican senator ron johnson tells news nation. he opposes even bringing stimulus checks up for a vote at all defeating all. because we have to put a decent piece of legislation on the floor first, otherwise people vote to spend money. mcconnell also introduced a new bill that would combine

unless it was decide to put the house bill on the floor that's the only way it could happen senator angus king an independent from maine who caucuses with democrats says the measure is now entirely on mcconnell is up to him. >>to tie early in his but majority leader mcconnell has already made very clear where he stands the senate not going to be bullied into rushing out more borrowed money into the hands of democrat rich rounds who don't. >>he took to the senate floor wednesday to argue against bigger stimulus checks. mcconnell says they don't get aid to those who really need it but they will need is smart. smart targeted aid. not another fire hose of borrowed money that's how we've mortgage your kids future that's how we bankrupt this nation is just mindlessly cent you're spending money and mcconnell isn't alone. republican senator ron johnson tells news nation. he opposes even bringing stimulus checks up for a vote at all because we have to put a decent piece of legislation on the floor first, otherwise people vote to spend money. mcconnell also introduced a new bill that would combine

. >> that's what i said angus king and bernie sanders should give her the bird. >> it's another tellorporate are the animating force inside this potential biden administration. again they gave her a lot of money will she was running center for american progress. but then you get to the republicans, do you really think the gop keeps the senate that some of the cold mitch mcconnell moscow mitch is going to get confirmed? not in a million years. safe i bet mitch mcconnell shoulder his own moscow mitch shirts. he was hawking cocaine mitch stuffer while else i wish i would've bought some i'm not going to lie. god bless capitalism. which i don't have a problem peeping trolls, 27 getting people mad, that is what your candidates and that's her job at the center for american progress which is fine. but rob portman said you cannot have someone so overtly partisa partisan. and he knows what he's talking about, rob portman will not be accused of being a terribly partisan republican. think he's right there. if she had nothing to be ashamed of, don't delete the tweets. it's a sign of guilt. >> loo

. >> joining us now is independent senator angus king, he compared the cyberspace solarium commission since last march and formed america's cybersecurity doctrine for the 21st century. senator king, we just gave you a sense of the tone of that hearing, it's actually the substance that he is of much greater concern. instead of focusing on this huge apparently russian hack into all kinds of u.s. government agencies, senator ron johnson of the republicans will continue to repeat this widely discredited false information about the past election. what are your concerns about what you saw? >> well, let me unpack it a little bit because, you know, john, people are complex. i have to say, as you mentioned, i've been working for a year and a half with a bipartisan group across the congress and the government and the private sector on cyber and protecting our country from cyber, and ron johnson was an ally in that fight. and in the defense bill that passed last week are 25 or 26 of our recommendations. in fact, this little is the most significant piece of cyber legislation i believe that congre

continues to push rain across aberdeenshire, angus.re for the weekend, low pressure still with us. the rain is showery. lots of cloud. a misty and murky start for scotland, northern england, the midlands, eastern england. further west, a conditions develop. sunshine more widely into the afternoon. temperatures may be down a little bit. staying cloudy and damp in eastern parts of scotland. brightest on sunday. for the west, strengthening winds, winds coming in from the south to south—west. more on the way of rain across the country. there might be snow over the tops of the scottish hills, quickly turning back to rain. strong winds touching gale force in places. the driest weather will be in the north east of scotland. into next week, a changeable picture. drier moment, rain at times, and some strong winds. this is bbc news. the headlines... the eu says a no—deal brexit is now more likely than not, but says it could still be possible to strike a trade deal without the uk being forced to follow eu rules. they would remain free, sovereign,

one of the senators who worked on the bipartisan effort, independent, angus king, of maine, said thisnnell, this morning. >> he's got to listen and i am hoping he's going to listen to the members of his caucus saying, look, we need to do something. it's urgent. >> joining me, now, democratic senator doug jones of alabama. thank you so much for joining me, senator. let's start with -- with this issue. where do you see relief negotiations heading, right now? >> well, i'm -- i'm very hopeful. this should have been done, a long time ago. we've known, for months, months, and months, that this virus was not going away, anytime soon. until we got a vaccine. and that's still several months away for the general public. we need to get this relief for the american people. we need to get this relief for hospital workers. we need to get this relief for city and county governments. and it's -- it's never too late but we are getting that way right now and this is an urgency situation. our economy is going to depend on whether or not the congress can act. and now, that this election is over, i'm hopi

unless it was decide to put the house bill on the floor that's the only way it could happen senator angus king an independent from maine who caucuses with democrats says the measure is now entirely on mcconnell is up to him. tie early in his hands, but majority leader mcconnell has already made very clear where he stands the senate not going to be bullied into rushing out more borrowed money into the hands of democrat rich rounds who don't. >>he took to the senate floor wednesday to argue against bigger stimulus checks. mcconnell says they don't get aid to those who really need it but they will need is smart. smart targeted not another fire hose of borrowed money that's how we've mortgage your kids future that's how we bankrupt this nation is just mindlessly cent you're spending money and mcconnell isn't alone. republican senator ron johnson tells news nation. he opposes even bringing stimulus checks up for a vote at all law. because we have to put a decent piece of legislation on the floor first, otherwise people vote to spend money. mcconnell also introduced a new bill that would combin

reporter: there's a bipartisan effort by independent maine senator angus king and gop south carolina senator lindsey graham and the issue tends to be whether they can get some agreement on liability protection that's something that mitch mcconnell has pushed and something that chuck schumer, the democratic leader says he doesn't want to go there. >> we need to come together. we need to get something done. the american people deserve an outcome, and it's not going to happen if the republican majority insists on getting 100% of its partisan demands. reporter: the other thing they did here on capitol hill is they did work out on agreement to pass the defense bill, the annual defense bill. they did so with a veto-proof super majority, the vote there was 83-13. president trump has threatened to veto that piece of legislation. you need two-thirds to override a veto president trump has never had had one of his vetoes overridden. we don't know when he will veto or follow through but an override attempt won't come until next week at the earliest probably later this month. connell? connell: ch

. >>> i'm angus watson in sydnecy australia.ust 15 new cases announced monday from 38,000 tests conducted on sunday. but authorities still aren't sure who patient zero is. they believe that this variant of the virus may have come from the united states, but there's still contact trace work to do. >> i'm jim bittermann in france, where a 48-hour travel ban with the united kingdom has been in place since midnight last night. announcing the ban, the french prime minister indicated that it would give the europeans time to come up with a coordinated policy on how to deal with the new covid-19 variant that appears to spread more easily and has been raging throughout the uk. the french health minister said this morning that no variants have been spotted in france, although it's likely it may already be here. meanwhile, all eyes are today on the european medicines agency, which is considering authorizing a pfizer biontech vaccine for use across the continent. the agency is expected to make an announcement later today. >> i'm anna coren

. >> angus, are you still on? i know you asked directly with doe if they could check by hiring the smart people we talked about to find out if we are on our game or not, but how about with pjm? they are one of the largest carriers in the country. they are all over my state. asked pjm that question and i think the response was they do pen testing and red teaming. isn't that correct? >> let me clarify. we do extensive red teaming on our own systems, extensive penetration testing on our own systems. what we do not do is red teaming and penetration testing on companies were data flows into us. so a little nuance to the question. you do not have jurisdiction for that? that gives us something else to work on. ne plays ar role in that. sen. murkowski:c that is your vulnerability. you can be secure here but it feeds into where you are. sen. manchin: i just want to thank senator king and mr. gallagher for what they have done. it is just pure common sense and we have to do all the checking we can. maybe this is something we

senator angus king of maine said this, quote, the firing of the extremely capable director of cisa iniddle of this moment of vulnerability, it undermined national security. king co-chaired a chartered commission that recommended sweeping changes to the government's cyber activities. so rather than protecting our nation from a very real threat, donald trump has possibly exposed us to even more. and instead has continued his unfounded fight against imagined election fraud. the fact that donald trump has yet to publicly rebuke russia for this deep breach into our government is just the latest example in a long, long line of his administration letting russia off the hook and letting aggression slide. trump has still said nothing about russia's attack on our 2016 election. cluzing to take putin's word over the word of his own intelligence community. he said nothing about the reported russian bounties placed on the head of american soldiers. he told world leaders that crimea is part of russia. he withdrew u.s. troops from syria creating a vacuum for russia to step in. and the list goes on.

during the last several weeks and i want to salute my colleagues that engaged directly in that effort, angus king of maine, chris coons of delaware, dick blumenthal of connecticut and maggie hassan. we couldn't reach an agreement. the others on the democratic side who were part of this overall effort deserve mention in the record. i don't want to miss anyone but i want to include certainly joe manchin of west virginia and mark warner of the state of virginia and jeanne shaheen of new hampshire. for all of them, i thank them for bringing forth this measure and now it's going to be in the hands of the leadership. i hope that we should call it this week. we should not go home without it. madam president, i yield the floor. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. as the republican leader acknowledged a new moments ago, joe biden will be the next president of the united states and kamla harris will be the vice president of the united states. republicans should acknowledge that joe biden will be the next president and kam