i'll return the favor with angus king. if you have not any of these viewers who have not seen his speech today, in 50 years being around the senate, i can count on the fingers of one hand speeches that are as significant, eloquent and important. and when angus king talks about the dangers to democracy and the need to change the rules and thank you, angus for mentioning the idea that it's mine and al franken's that others are going to take it seriously. but if he switched to become independent, yeah, there would be a lot of stories as david said, but it's not going to change anything. he is not going to go to the republicans. i actually would like to see lisa murkowski think about becoming an american independent. if there's one senator in the senate who has been dissed and treated badly by the party of which he or she is a part, it would be lisa murkowski, but she's not moving, and i doubt very much that angus king will move. he's getting some leverage here, and he'll use it to his advantage, and he's sending a signal to t

i was >> listening to your discussion with senator angus king, and by the way his speech on the senate floor, today, was one of the greats of this year certainly. but one of the things i really liked about what he has to say was everyone on the democratic side, who is now in favor of changing the 60 vote threshold rule came to that position reluctantly. he came to it, has been coming in to that direction more reluctantly than the rest, but everyone's thinking about this move slowly, and there was that moment where you mentioned -- any mention me and our history with this subject, and i can remember the first time it came up somewhere, you know, in a 2005 or six, the first time i'd heard a discussion about it publicly. and of course you don't change that rule, like angus king and people who work in the senate, i live to on the winning side of votes, where the side i was on had 43 votes in the senate of 100 senators. and did it repeatedly. and so, that's what he was talking about tonight, is that concept of remember if you do this it won't be there when you might want it in a few years d

derek angus: it's not that we have nothing to show. we have a clinical research infrastructure that works perfectly well in peacetime, but it was left woefully inadequate for this epidemic. stephen: dr. angus says u.s. researchers usually don't communicate with the people providing health care, and there's no central leadership running the clinical trials, a problem made worse as researchers compete with each other for funding. dr. angus: universities competing for federal funds, to get one idea championed over another; this is essentially the system that we built. it's just that we don't notice on a daily basis how slowly we move. stephen: doctors told us covid-19 has been a huge wake-up call for clinical researchers in the u.s. and while health care here is not centralized as it is in great britain, the u.s. does have large health care systems, which they say can, with the right leadership, launch major clinical trials to fight future pandemics. there's also concern about the lack of covid testing in our schools. many parents are ask

passed thanks angus king of maine. senator king as an independent and moderate, he caucuses with the democrats, he is an independent both in temperament, ideology, and in. who's elected in 2012 as an independent who was previously the governor of maine. when he was the governor of maine, he was also an independent governor of maine. he usually votes with the democrats, but not always. is one of the senators that is known for seeking bipartisanship even when it seems will post everyone else. it is just the way he operates, it is this political brand, the way his belt. he's also one of the senators who has become attached to the filibuster rule during his tenure. i don't say that because i can read his mind, i say that because last year he said he was, quote, 100% opposed to getting rid of the filibuster rule. he said it is an essential role for preserving the rights of the minority party in the -- . box democratic priorities, he described himself stall as very reluctant. very reluctant to end the filibuster. but look at

angus — pressures very well. good to talk to you, angus thirlwell, _ pressures very well.ple back into the high street, but as angus told us, some of that shift to online has really paid dividends. thank you, ben thompson. drama in hollywood, where the industry's off—screen workers have voted to strike if their union can't reach an agreement with producers on a new contract. this would be the first nationwide industry strike in the union's 128 year history and would halt nearly all film and tv production in america. we are we a re really we are really asking for working conditions that most workers take for granted, we are asking for meal breaks during the day, weekends, rest periods between shifts, a livable wage for some of the lowest paid crafts, sustainable benefits as we all learned during the pandemic, health benefits are essential and a pension to allow people to retire with dignity, we are asking that once fell what was once called new media be treated now like traditional media and the very profitable companies that produce that pay industry standard wages to our

thank you, angus. good to see you. >>> the new zealand prime minister said covid restrictions will be lifted only when 90% of the eligible population is vaccinated. once each district hits that target, then a new traffic light system will come into effect that uses vaccination certificates. so far only 68% of the country's eligible population is fully vaccinated. this comes, of course, as the larger city auckland enters its 12th week of lockdown. cases continue to climb with the new daily record of nearly 130 cases reported on friday. >>> well, here in uk, queen elizabeth is back at windsor castle and in good spirits after spending a night in hospital. buckingham palace says the 95-year-old returned home thursday afternoon after undergoing preliminary investigations on wednesday. cnn's salma joins us live. it is easy to forget that the queen is 95, because she does so much, doesn't she? >> reporter: absolutely, isa. just looking at the official record, she had 16 events in just the month of october. sh

angus crawford has more. the former facebook insider who revealed its most closely guarded secrets. 14—year—old molly russell... he's the father who lost his daughter to suicide. now campaigning to protect other children online. nice to meet you. today they met for the first time. so what do you think the impact of molly's story was on instagram as a platform and how it approaches safety? facebook is full of kind, conscientious, well—meaning people. the real question is around, can we as a public change the incentives such that it makes more sense for facebook to invest more money in safety on instagram? so i'm sure that molly's... the experience that molly had, caused them to look at these questions more. at the same time, we need way more invested in this, because we need to make more progress faster. one of the things that lead us to find out more about molly was some notes that she'd left that were found after she died. and in one of them she wrote, "i keep a lot to myself and it keeps building up inside.

senator angus king has now warned about that. he wants americans and his senate colleagues to understand that that kind of democratic backsliding, that kind of subversion of an election is not impossible or unthinkable in america. it looks like it's on its way. >> it's important to remember that most failures of democracy as we look at history started with legitimate elections. but once in office, the leader manipulated the electoral process to consolidate the hold on power. just as was attempted last winter. the control and reach of the state is terrifying. truly terrifying. ask the uighurs in china or russia if you can find any alive. russia, turkey, venezuela, and hungary are all examples of the slide from democracy into authoritarianism that has happened just in our living memory. just in our lifetimes. this is not a theoretical threat. we've seen it already happen in our lifetime. they still have elections, but it doesn't mean. what if in 2024 a partisan legislature in a swing state and they are giving themselves this power

. >> cnn producer angus watson joins me. good to see you, angus.pite a slow start, the vaccination rate is coming up. tell us about the reaction after such a draconian lockdown. >> reporter: absolutely, rosemary. people here in sydney have been locked up at home for 106 days now. today freedom day. restaurants open for a meal. people are able to visit each other, visit friends and family for the first time since june, go to the gym, get a haircut and there is such a sense of relief around town after those 106 days in which the delta variant really has spread quickly through this city. it all began in june with one case with an unvaccinated driver who caught the coronavirus from an airline crew that he was chauffeuring. now that has turned into 60,000 cases and more throughout the entirety of that outbreak. over 300 deaths as well. but as those numbers have increased, so has the city and the country's vaccination rates. people have been spurred on by the danger of that delta variant to go and get vaccinated. australia has sorted out a lot of supply

angus: i think this is the key question. laid out by the united nations agency in montreal attempts to get pilots safely back in the air, it does not fully account for the mental, the psychological, and sometimes the financial stress the pandemic has imposed on pilots. also, it is impossible to re-create the commercial pressures of a real-life cockpit. a lot of these measures that they are suggesting as risk mitigation are not affordable to many airlines. yes, airlines like qantas have dedicated teams to safely get their pilots back in the air, but in a lot of cases airlines are already stretched since the pandemic and are not in a position to roster an extra staff. it is clear there are concerns growing and perhaps oversight is required in some areas. shery: bloomberg's angus whitley in sydney. those issues and concerns might be worsening as we continue to see the reopening around the world, especially with singapore. we have seen trouble reopening with the u.s. and europe as well. but there seems to be a little bit of frus

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angus crawford has this.mer facebook insider who revealed its most closely guarded secrets. 14—year—old molly russell... he's the father who lost his daughter to suicide — now campaigning to protect other children online. nice to meet you. today they met for the first time. so what do you think the impact of molly's story was on instagram as a platform and how it approaches safety? facebook is full of kind, conscientious, well—meaning people. the real question is around, can we, as a public, change the incentives such that it makes more sense for facebook to invest more money in safety on instagram? so i'm sure that molly's... the experience that molly had caused them to look at these questions more. so one of the things that lead us to find out more about molly was some notes that she'd left that were found after she died. and in one of them she wrote, "i keep a lot to myself, and it keeps building up inside." "you get addicted to it, and you don't even realise you've spun out of control." "you're living in

angus, good to see you there on a very rainy day in sydney.orth noting that australia was very slow to get started with covid shots. but now, has a higher vaccination rate than other nations, like the united states. and after nearly four months of lockdown, sydney is now enjoying what they are calling freedom day. so what has been the latest reaction across the city on this? and of course, across the country? >> reporter: that's right, rosemary. the weather certainly isn't playing fair today but it is freedom day. a day of relief. a day of hope there. you heard from the new south wales premiere. sydney is free after 106 days in lockdown. people able now to go to visit friends and family in their homes. to have a meal in a restaurant. to go to the gym. and they're very, very pleased to be doing so, rosemary. of course, it's been a long winter. you mentioned their vaccination rates. australia's vaccination rate and sydney's vaccination rate as well were very low when this delta outbreak began in june. it began with just one case. 60,000 cases la

angus crawford has more.mer facebook insider who revealed its most closely guarded secrets. 14—year—old molly russell... he's the father who lost his daughter to suicide. now campaigning to protect other children online. nice to meet you. today they met for the first time. so what do you think the impact of molly's story was on instagram as a platform and how it approaches safety? facebook is full of kind, conscientious, well—meaning people. the real question is around, can we as a public change the incentives such that it makes more sense for facebook to invest more money in safety on instagram? so i'm sure that molly's... the experience that molly had, caused them to look at these questions more. at the same time, we need way more invested in this, because we need to make more progress faster. one of the things that lead us to find out more about molly was some notes that she'd left that were found after she died. and in one of them she wrote, "i keep a lot to myself and it keeps building up inside. you get

so great to see you senator angus king. thank you very much for joining us to today. >> thank you, andrea. >>>. >>> joining me now, senator roy blunt of missouri. welcome back to "meet the press.". >> great to be with you. >> i want to ask you something about statements that former president trump said just this week. he said the insurrection took place on november 3rd, election day. january 6th was the protest.n? >> i thip the election was what it was. there's a process that you go through that determines whether or not the early reports were the right reports. we went through that process. i'm of the view that the best thing president trump could do to help us win majority in 2022 is talk about the future, and he can be an important part of that, this 22 effort, but i think better off to talk about the future than to focus on the past in every election. every election should be about the future, and i think that's what this next one is going to be about. >> he still this week was making these false election claims. on thu

tom: eoin angus murray, thank you very much indeed. have a great friday.rancine: it is anecdotal but a lot of people are buying christmas presents ahead of time that will filter through inflation. tom: are you one of them? francine: of course, yes because i asked mark cudmore if that was the safer option. tom: the ripple effects and how that plays into next year. francine: guilty. tom: francine is part of the problem. the summit is derailed over a row over poland's rule of law. we are live in brussels, next. this is bloomberg. ♪this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: welcome back to the open. 23 minutes into the trading day. a lot of equities supported by the coupon payment of evergrande . it will not default. this is the one thing we are looking at. the 10 year breakeven rate raising to its highest level in 25 years. and in the u.k., there was an important interview with the chief economist. he said it was not a done deal that they would raise rates in november. tom: the highest levels in 25 years in the ok we hurt -- in the u.k. instead of a rate hike in november

that is what angus king does, that's what bernie sanders does, but by staying with the democrats he would keep his chairmanship of his committee and the position as the critical power broker on all of these issues that he enjoys being in right now. this makes more sense than the way the story took off and was running. joe manchin is the most powerful or second most powerful man in washington and that is still mostly the case as long as he keeps caucusing with the democrats or keeps that d behind his name. >> and he never misled people on that. that is exactly right. garrett haake and kristin welker. we're talking about today or tomorrow. thanks so much to you. let's bring in our panel, eugene scott, and peter baker, chief white house correspondent. claire, how is this going? are you glad you're not a senate these days? republican the democratic caucus and the 50/50 senate? >> i miss my friends, but i do not miss what the senate has become. what we're seeing right now is how difficult it really is and these incredibly partisan times which as you know the senate has not been a hyperpartisan

angus crawford, bbc news.ir homes, funds so far have been allocated to less than a third of nearly 700 applications processed so far. but as sarah corker reports, in the few buildings where remedial work has begun, there are fresh problems. imagine having to live inside this — your home wrapped in plastic sheeting for months on end, windows that barely open, no way to see out. here you are, sarah, middle of the day, no natural light. jim lives on the first floor at islington gates, here in birmingham city centre. and this is the limited air we can get into the flat. this is the view for the next year that you've got? yeah, 12 months of being depressed. there is relief that the combustible cladding is being removed, but government funding won't cover the full cost of almost £9 million. it means leaseholders need to find more than 1 million between them. that's at least £20,000 each. what's it like living in this box? you haven't got a clue what's happening outside. it affects you mentally, it makes you depresse

joining me now is angus king of maine. do you think is at stake here, and what are it's chances? >> well, fist let's talk about what is happening today. this is not a vote on the voting rights bill in is a vote on bringing the voting rights bill to the floor so we can debate it. it looks like my republican colleagues are going to filibuster just discussing the bill enthough they have been offered opportunities for amendments. it is worse than just filibustering a bill, it is saying we don't want to bring it to the floor today to debate it and allow the american people to hear the debate. there are two paths from here. one would be republicans coming forward saying here is what we can suspect, what we can't accept, and an agreement that we can move forward to protect voting rights in this country. the bill that you describe has been around for six or eight weeks. i have not heard any of though discussions or proposals, but that is a possibility. the other is to deal with the phil buster issue in some way that basically rest

here on a fox business exclusive , we welcome the co- founder and ceo angus pic ala. let's talk about this acquisition. tell us how you envision it fitting in to the overall picture? >> yeah, the acquisition is a big deal and i'm excited for two reasons. one is ouster is a digital lidar company from an analog technology to an affordable digital one but putting it on a silicon chip and sense is the only other company that really exists today, and so we're cementing our lead by acquiring it, and making us the leader in digital lidar, and the second thing we're doing is sense photonics is focused on consumer auto applications, since its founding in about six years ago and we're forming oust er automotive, a very focused division through this acquisition to go out and get a digital sensor on to every vehicle on earth. that's really the ultimate goal here. liz: that is a very ambitious statement. there are a lot of competitors, luminar being one of them, they've been on the show several time, they are awe publicly traded company, but what makes you different? >> yeah, the

navigate your way right here. self love you ah, growing up in the streets in the eighty's there was road angus. those dog learning a lot of young kids, a single bring on. oh no, no they are. when became dentistry, a drug dealer who asked us, you don't kill us. we got to a lot of notifications. they saw by a guns and guys is accessible through us. and we had plenty of in the possession of a gun. it kind of makes you. i'm not afraid anything. any more expectations living was very, very short. because i know i was spiraling. i only control and i only had no way out. i got into an altercation at this gateway across threats, and i'll kill somebody. another young man, the 18 years old saying is i was and i felt guilty authority murder. and i said to myself, i was going to transform my sub and changed my mind and not deal with every problem or issue. i'll get him to volley. i had to take my mentality, has had to my anger how i react and respond to certain things. i mean, so you guys all raise your hands or you wanna change your life around. no gaga was 3 gifts. first gift is to give a life. the 2nd g

senator angus king, has never been in favor of changing the 60 vote threshold rule in the senate, but in that same new york times article, he said this. i have been very reluctant for nine years about modifying the filibuster rule, especially when it comes to policy, but this has nothing to do with policy. this is about keeping the united states and world out of what could be a severe recession. . and so, mitch mcconnell's extraordinary measure, of requiring a 60 vote threshold, just to allow the democrats, to have an actual votes, on the debt limit itself, could be the thing, that finally provokes the democrats in the senate, to all realize, that dealing with a party that has gone crazy, means that the 60 vote threshold rule, has to be eliminated, for something as important as the debt ceiling. and if democrats in the senate agree, to change that rule, because the debt ceiling is so important, then the conversation will continue. among democrats. about what else might be, as important, as preserving the full faith and credit of the united states of america. is preserving democracy it

and as my colleague, angus king from maine put it earlier today, democracy ismore important than anyr that has put us in this position as republicans refusing to cooperate, despite the attacks on the right to vote in statehouse after statehouse. if we need to adjust some rules around here to protect the right to vote, then that's what we're going to have to do. >> senator, why is it that there is no possibility, it seems, in washington, to get any bipartisan at all? >> i think that's a question for my colleagues across the aisle, starting with the ringleader, mitch mcconnell. i've got to tell you, jose, it's been pretty offensive throughout the year to hear republicans say, we should modernize elections, but it has to be done on a bipartisan basis, and they use that to obstruct any of these proven reforms in congress while they stand by and watch in statehouse after statehouse, we've seen what's happening in georgia. we've seen what's happening in texas. we've seen what's happened in iowa and so many other states on a partisan basis, they are suppressing the vote, making it harder fo

the final blow was delivered by senator angus king, an independent. >> the resistance i met, senatorsking in maine, was i'm concerned you will not play nice with the gun industry that you regulate. and that was shocking to me. >> o'donnell: what is the job of the a.t.f.? >> protect this country from gun trafficking and domestic terror, period. this is, you know, a unique agency that has to regulate the firearms industry, regulate the explosives industry, and really is on the front line of the greatest threats to our country at this time. >> o'donnell: and that's the word that scares people-- "regulate." that by regulating the gun industry, that means you're going to make it harder for lawful owners to buy guns, or you're going to go and take their guns away. >> the fear is it's going to be harder for people who sell guns to sell guns absent any accountability for profiting from selling them to criminals and terrorists. the reality is in much of america it's easier to buy a gun than a beer. the problem is the gun industry profits by gun violence itself because it's the fear that you're

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incredible job she and her husband have a cattle ranch south of bismarck i think it is registered angus asked for sure. she comes to the job as far as the stockman as somebody who grew up farming and ranching so she truly understands from the ground up to makes it the livelihood she has an advocate for chase for the cowboys she has limited her whole life working on farm bills and disaster assistance we secured $10 billion for farmers and ranchers specifically 750 million for our ranchers nationwide but now we have to work with usda to put that out there through the plus program and on the rancher side we have to figure out the parameters. i look forward to working with her onh that issue because we had incredible drought in the state one of the toughest i can remember so it is extremely important for those farmers and ranchers in particular that try to keep the herd and not shorten it more than they have to for the young ranchers this is important it's about making sure we have water available throughout the west for our farmers and ranchers so they can do it they do better than anyone

plus and pressure belt the pumps angus spilled over with some members of the public lashing out of journalists, reporting on the fuel crisis. a polls suggest that many believe the media is responsible for the panic buying, but with more next on who's likely to be blamed. his shoddy edwards dashing the u. k. it's still in the middle of the pandemic. no, not the k with one about the petra, $17.00 whole days of backed up cause driver's waiting hours to fill up and public transport diverted to avoid the gridlock. anyone in a call that's been running on m. c will tell you it's been chaos and many playing the national media for it. a quick search on social networking sites like twitter and facebook shows thousands upon thousands of posts living news outlets the causing the panic volume. if there are no shortages, and while you are putting on the 6, b, p, petro stations closing temporarily should have been an old story. maybe the old saying some things are better left unsaid applies here. there was no excuse for any vitriol aim to journalists on this or any other topic, but you must acknowledge that

angus crawford, bbc news.ournalist and former european communications managerfor communications manager for instagram which communications managerfor instagram which was owned by facebook. i asked what we can expect when she speaks to british mps on monday. i think the british mps will be looking to try and lean this back to the proposals for the uk's online safety bill which has every potential to be the first of these kind of rules that is going to legislate against tech companies being introduced. i cant imagine she's going to reveal any kind of new documents or information she is not shared before because this is a very carefully orchestrated pr and communications campaign. that is not to belittle what she is doing that she is speaking out but there are, you know, there are both sides of this argument are both sides of this argument are releasing information and apply in certain ways to try and for certain conversations. that might sound cryptic but what i am trying to say is that the two sides to every st

joining us now, senator angus king of maine., we've covered this before. you believe the filibuster should be put aside for federal voting rights legislation. is that still your view, and do you think that's where this is heading? >> well, when you say put aside, there are lots of options. it's not all or nothing, nicole. there are opportunities to modify the rule to require the opposition to be there to require actual speaking on the floor, so i think there are some options, but i think it ought to be emphasized what we're talking about. we're being filibustered tomorrow to even bring the bill to the floor. in other words, people talk about the filibuster facilitating debate. this is the filibuster being used to stifle debate. which is really kind of ridiculous when you think about it. they're filibustering tomorrow something called the motion to proceed, which is just to bring the bill to the floor. if we have a debate on the bill and they don't like it, then there's an option to filibuster at the end of the process, but that

fact alone doesn't wake up the voters of new england who sent by democrats plus bernie sanders and angusg to the u.s. senate i don't know what will. here is the bottom line. everything the democrats are discouraging investment in job creation in the united states and it is going to encourage and prompt inflation. we need to end the attacks on the energy sector, fully reopen the economy without these mandates, stop crippling taxes and regulations that push businesses overseas and stay out of disastrous trade pacts like the transpacific partnership. if we keep going down the path we will end of the combination of unnecessary high unemployment and rising prices just like we had in the days of jimmy carter. elections cannot come soon enough and that is the angle. joining us is the president of ht k streets, a made in the usa manufacturer based in upstate new york. you don't rely on imported products. out that prepare you for the past 18 months, better than most? >> started in 1985 by my father anthony. i joined in 86 and ever since the mid 80s we had a domestic supply chain. we always purcha

angus crawford, bbc news.ogist who has written extensively about facebook anti— spoke to us about whether he thought facebook does enough to protect public safety. facebook and 29 billion dollars just last year up from $18,000,000,000 from the year before and it's clear they have more money to have better safety in every language and every country around the world, especially when you know that facebook has invested 87% of its resources around safety into just the us, its resources around safety intojust the us, despite its resources around safety into just the us, despite far over three quarters of the users on facebook living outside of the us. that's an interesting _ outside of the us. that's an interesting perspective. - outside of the us. that's an i interesting perspective. what sort of numbers? they say they have 40,000 staff working on this. what sort of numbers do you end up having to look at here? iii you end up having to look at here? , ., . you end up having to look at here? ,, ., .,, ., here? if y

the final blow was delivered by senator angus king, an independent. >> the resistance i met, senators like king in maine, was i'm concerned you will not play nice with the gun industry that you regulate. and that was shocking to me. >> o'donnell: what is the job of the a.t.f.? >> protect this country from gun trafficking and domestic terror, period. this is, you know, a unique agency that has to regulate the firearms industry, regulate the explosives industry, and really is on the front line of the greatest threats to our country at this time. >> o'donnell: and that's the word that scares people-- "regulate." that by regulating the gun industry, that means you're going to make it harder for lawful owners to buy guns, or you're going to go and take their guns away. >> the fear is it's going to be harder for people who sell guns to sell guns absent any accountability for profiting from selling them to criminals and terrorists. the reality is in much of america it's easier to buy a gun than a beer. the problem is the gun industry profits by gun violence itself because it's the fear that

thank you very much, angus. >>> just in time for the holidays here in the u.k. dozens of countries are coming off the less restrictive travel destinations. 47 nations and territories are being lifted from the red list. only 7 countries remain. let's get the latest from our selma abdel azeez is joining us. this is not just welcome news for travelers but airlines who have been crippled by covid and travel rules. talk us through the new policy, selma. >> reporter: absolutely, isa. 47 countries coming off that red list at 4 a.m. that means travelers coming from those countries will no longer have to quarantine in a government hotel. that was a hurdle for most people who wanted to bring family, relatives to travel and the other additional change is there will be 37 countries where vaccinations are recognized by authorities here at these airports here. just outside gatwick. that opens up the possibility for travelers fully vaccinated, they don't have to isolate at home for those ten days as long as they go through the series of required tests. this is something people

it's sponsored by senate finance committee chairman and senators elizabeth warren and angus king. it would raise 300 to 400 billion dollars over 10 years as an alternative to increasing the corporate income tax rate from 21%. the u.s. has revoked china telecom's permission to operate in the country. the sec voted to cancel the licenses, saying the ownership raises security and law enforcement concerns. the commission plan -- pledged to do this in the name of security. the sec is fast tracking security reviews of china unicom and calm that -- calm that -- china has released its roadmap for capping emissions before 2030. days before the summit in glasgow. they provide some detail on how beijing holds its promise of being carbon neutral by 2060. it offers plans for things ranging from hydropower to construction and oil refining. president biden has pledged to provide southeast asia with more than $100 million in funding to fight the pandemic and that climate crisis. he made the announcement at a virtual meeting of leaders where he sought to bolster types to the region. it's the first

angus watson is in sydney this morning. what's the partial lifting of the lockdown going to look like in practice? >> reporter: there was joy, relief, yes, some apprehension today as the city exited a 106 day lockdown. people told that they're now allowed to visit family and friends at their homes in small numbers. they're allowed to go out to a restaurant for a meal or to a gym or hairdresser. really for the first time since june since the outbreak of the delta variant started with one case imported internationally. some days later that's over 60,000 cases and 3,000 deaths. that's how virulent it is. as the cases have built, so have the vaccination rates. now there are over 70% of adults fully vaccinated here in the city giving authorities the confidence to open back up again. as you mentioned this, australia has been closed off to the rest of the world. australian states have been closed off to one another. there are places where covid is in the capitol and in melbourne there are also cities and states around the country

plus, there will be exclusive interviews with senator angus king of maine. tune in to "meet the press" at 8:00 a.m. it's right after this newscast. >>> you can see here friends and colleagues gathered in new mexico yesterday to remember the cinematographer killed in thursday's accidental movie set shooting. halyna hutchins was shot in the chest and died after alec baldwin discharged a gun thought to not have live rounds inside. joel souza was shot in the shoulder and now is out of the hospital. he said he is, quote, gutted by the loss of his friend and colleague. alec baldwin was seen hugging match hutchins as they left the hotel. they are asking for privacy as the family tkpwraefz. our investigative unit learned enough signatures have been collected to give san francisco voters to recall the city's district attorney in the june election. officials still need to certify the signatures, but organizers say they collected about 40,000 more signatures than what they need. >> is the district attorney making san francisco safer? >> absolutely not. >> you honestly

i have plenty to say about angus king, the representative up in maine.went and put in windmills there. he got a $400,000 kickback, him. he is independent, but votes democrat 100%. they will get a kick back and put the blame on us as usual. the crisis we should be worried about is the president of the united states. he is doing more harm than anything else. that is what i have to say. host: let's go to joe, calling from west plains, missouri on the republican line. joe, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you, connecticut. anyway, i worked outside my whole life. a little warmer is better than freezing. the main problem, jesse, is we have too many people on earth. too much garbage, too much plastic, all that stuff, so i don't believe in climate change at all. host: what do you do for a living? caller: industrial sheet-metal, putting roofs on 100-story buildings. mostly sheet-metal and ironwork. host: so you don't think it has gotten warmer or colder, that we don't get more or less snow, more or less rain? caller: we get less snow and that's fine with

you know, we talked about senators who have changed their minds, and i want people to hear senator angusfrom maine, what he has to say about his views on the filibuster. have a listen. >> you can get 41 votes out of the current senate, which was enough to block any legislation. and if you take the states that those 41 senators represent, add all the population together, you get 24% of the american people. so the situation we're in now is that 24% of the american people have an effective veto over anything that 76% of the american people think it's important public policy. i don't think that squares with democratic theory. >> and so that is a very compelling argument there, that senator king is laying out. and this is from a man who was against doing anything about the filibuster, up until recently. >> that's right. and i think that's one of the biggest developments we've seen over this past year. that this is no longer just a progressive issue. moderates like senator king, senator klobuchar, senator tester and many others, including now president biden, understand that there is nothing m

rate of 15%, a minimum for profits over $1 billion, senator warren, senator ron wyden, also senator angus king have released this plan just a short while ago. it hits companies that use deductions aggressively to pay lower tax rates, though the senators say it would also allow certain tax credits like for research development, clean energy, and the taxes that companies pay to foreign governments. bret? >> bret: okay. we will follow that rich, thank you. breaking tonight, a new development in the investigation of the origins of the trump-russia probe. the special prosecutor, john durham, plans to call a key player in the case against the former hillary clinton operative. correspondent david spunt has new details tonight. good evening, david. >> bret, good evening to you. federal prosecutors plan to directly test the credibility of michael sussmann an attorney once connected to the dnc and hillary clinton campaign by calling a former top fbi lawyer to testify. special counsel john durham says michael sussmann brought information to the fbi about an alleged server, the trump campaign used to

voters of new england, who sent nine democrats, plus left the independents like bernie sanders and angusg, to the u.s. senate, i don't know what will. here's the bottom line: everything the democrats are doing is discouraging investment and job creation in the united states, and at the same time, it's going to encourage, it's going to prompt inflation. we need to end the attacks on our energy sector, fully reopen the economy without these mandates, stop the crippling taxes and regulations that push businesses overseas, and stay out of disastrous trade acts like the trans-pacific partnership. if we keep going down the path, we will end up with a combination of unnecessary high unemployment and rising prices, just like we had in the days of jimmy carter. looking at all of this, i can say one thing. elections cannot come soon enough, and that's "the angle." joining me now is mike liberatory, president of hp k industries, made in the usa manufacturer based in upstate new york. thank you for joining us. now, you don't rely on imported products. how did that prepare you for the past 18 months

. >> i saw the rules from angus king. he has been somebody that, he didn't start out with somebody that said scrap the filibuster. i know he is very cautious about that what are your conversations? have you had direct conversations with senators manchin and cinema on this specific carveout filibuster carveout for voting rights? >> we have been having direct conversations with manchin and sinema and all the colleagues throughout the course of the year on voting rights on immigration reform and climate initiatives and so much more. it's a product of being 50 as far as. look, i do think the democratic caucus is pretty united on building back better done. i think the democratic caucus, everybody agrees, it's unanimous, nothing is more fundament am than our right to vote and are we completely there yet on how to take that step forward? we are getting there quickly. i think the next several weeks will be pretty tough. >> you know, senate republicans. we've watched them over the last two years. when trump sort of crazy statement

but this has been a priority for the treasury department and senators mark warner, tom carper and angusanguage to focus on those making more than $400,000 a year democrats have promised that the social spending package will be paid for but the simple ways of doing that are getting ruled out. back to you. >> you have to have some pay fors in there. what about the spending side of the bill, what's in and out there? at least right now >> reporter: yeah, it seems like every hour there's a new development here and things that we thought were dead come to life again and then maybe get dead again one major point of contention is the paid family leave proposal, something that senator joe manchin has been opposed to because he said we have other federal programs like social security that are underwater need to be insured up, we shouldn't create new federal programs but a lot of the women in the caucus are upset about this and one democratic senator, patty murray, said last night that one man should not tell millions of women they can't have paid family leave so there's still a strong concerted e

that is angus king of maine. he caucuses with the have thes like bernie sanders from vermont.n said it is a way to solve our problems, an off-ramp to counter the one-party rule of deep red or blue states. big picture, it requires in justing the incentive structures that push candidates to the extreme in politics. that means election reforms like open primaries, rank choice voting end of the rig systemed of redistricting. change the rules, change the game. the drive behind the third-party dream is at the end of the day putting country over party. it's a good-faith effort to move our nation not left or right but forward. that's your reality check. >> yeah. it's just so hard to see folks putting country over over party politics. . >> you look at the republicans senators and congressman who get attacked from donald trump from the right and abandon their office. you wonder what happened if more folks like flake or corker had run as an independent as lisa murkowski did from the right. it is that breaking through the stranglehold of primaries that independent candidates maybe could g