me if we should wrap it up anyway this question has a lot of support from the voters, so from jessica loveringor whatever, nancy pelosi of an interest in running for president or the senate? do you think that makes her more powerful in the house? >> no and yes to those two questions. she has never -- there was a time when she was sort of up-and-coming in politics when she was newish to the house for everyone so much would be on somebody's long list of potential vice presidential candidates. but she always said she wasn't interested. she's never, you know, dangled in the hands she might be interested in higher office. every politician says this, part of the repertoire that if someone asked you, are you just look at the next front of the latter, you're supposed to say no, i'm focused on my work in the house and the great people of the fifth district. she's been saying that for long enough it's become believable and it is a big part of her power, a very smart observation by jessica, thank you, jessica. because her members know that she isn't trying to make a name for herself. her predecessor as l

lover during lockdown. doctor catherine calderwood resigned as scotland's chief medical 0fficer last month after making two trips to her second home. jessicarump has commanded state governors to allow houses of worship that were closed because of the coronavirus to reopen this weekend. the us president criticized some state administrations for allowing bars and restaurants to reopen, while continuing to limit places of worship. 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. since the advent of the coronavirus, churches here have taken on a variety of roles. this one in new york was turned into a testing centre. but there's been little in the way of worship. and as shops and other businesses have gradually started to reopen, some of america's religious leaders have grown impatient. now, president trump counts white evangelical christians among his most loyal supporters, is giving the religious leaders his backing. today, i'm identifying houses of worship, churches, synagogues, mosques, as essential places that provide essential services. some governors have deemed liquor stores and abortion clinics as essential but have left out chur

lover during lockdown. dr catherine calderwood resigned as scotland's chief medical officer last month after making two trips to her second home. jessicaeet from michael gove. he says that caring for your wife and child is not a crime. let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt. politics in a moment, but still a lot of confusion about the detail of what happened. there are still to be answered. there is a staunch defence from downing street and there is strong language in the statement. it was essential to make this journey to ensure those young children could be properly cared for, downing street says, and that his actions we re street says, and that his actions were in line with coronavirus guidelines. it says he believes that his behaviour was in line with the guidelines and the questions will be about whether downing street is new about whether downing street is new about this but there were a few people in downing street knew he wasn't there. those sort of questions are still going to be asked as we go along. something that puzzles me is that when we say downing street says, in this segment this morning, who is that? on

lover during lockdown. doctor catherine calderwood resigned as scotland's chief medical officer last month after making two trips to her second home. jessicaet's speak to our political correspondent helen catt. i'll correspondent helen catt. be clear about exactly w happened i'll be clear about exactly what happened here? we understand that dominic cummings and his wife went to durham to their parents'. his sister said she would provide childcare is what we understand for this. it was in durham, 250 miles from london. we understand they were still able to look after their son, they were not too ill to do that once they got there, but they didn't have any other contact with members of theirfamily. have any other contact with members of their family. it is suggested there were a small number of people in downing street who didn't know where he was, that he was in durham and not london. downing street haven't responded to this at all yet. we don't know if borisjohnson himself was one of those people who knew where dominic cummings was because he himself was ill at the time. is there a charge of hypocrisy, that many people —— various people we

lover during lockdown. doctor catherine calderwood resigned as scotland's chief medical officer last month after making two trips to her second home. jessica news. ed davey is the acting leader of the liberal democrats. the prime minister needs to make a statement he is responsible for his special advisers, he needs to get an explanation. i am surprised that he didn't know at the time, i would have thought that he would have known at the time and did he sanction this? the prime minister himself say, yes, dominic cummings, this is ok? and therefore, the prime minister is the person, i think, should break the silence. our political correspondent helen catt gave us her analysis. a staunch defence from downing street, it is very strong language, the state they have issued. it was essential, the statement says, for dominic cummings to make this journey and ensure his tribe could be cared for and it says his actions we re be cared for and it says his actions were in line with coronavirus guidelines and mr cummings believes he behaved reasonably. one of the questions that will rise over the course of the week is whether the prime minister new he

lover during lockdown. dr catherine calderwood resigned as scotland's chief medical officer last month after making two trips to her second home. jessica bbc news. we can speak now to our political correspondent helen catt. good morning, helen. on the one hand, some politicians saying dominic cummings should be allowed the opportunity to explain what happened himself, but will there be questions for boris johnson? yes, i think that there will be pressure on the prime minister to respond in some form. so far number ten have not issued any sort of comment on this. but dominic cummings is a very senior member of downing street's staff, so i think there is going to be pressure for the prime minister to explain what happened here. we had a source close to dominic cummings saying they don't believe he broke any rules, because there is an increased focus on the issues of self isolation, as we look to come out of lockdown and look forward to things like track and trace. we have heard that of course that pressure from opposition parties, the labour party saying there needs to be a swift explanation about this. but i think the really key factor