let's look. here, mr cain. second one down, there is a series of four messages from dominic cummings to you. and i think it is clear that mr cummings is in a meeting with boris johnson and rishi sunak, and he says, first of all, getting here, he is melting down. before i go on, let's just note the date. it is the 19th of march. so the thursday of the week after that saturday meeting that we were just discussing. then he says, rishi says the bonds may not fund our debt. and then he refers to jaws. he not fund our debt. and then he refers to jaws.— not fund our debt. and then he refers to jaws. he is referring to the mayor _ refers to jaws. he is referring to the mayor in _ refers to jaws. he is referring to the mayor in the _ refers to jaws. he is referring to the mayor in the film _ refers to jaws. he is referring to the mayor in the film who - refers to jaws. he is referring to l the mayor in the film who wanted refers to jaws. he is referring to - the mayor in the film who wanted to keep the beach is open. he

mr cain, i ask questions _ participants. there are. mr cain, i ask questions on _ participants. there are. mr cain, i ask questions on behalf _ participants. there are. mr cain, i ask questions on behalf of - participants. there are. mr cain, i ask questions on behalf of the - participants. there are. mr cain, i. ask questions on behalf of the long covid groups. i don't think we need to go to it but if you need to let me know. there is an e—mail to the cmo's me know. there is an e—mail to the cmo's office dated june 2020 in which it says reported that the cabinet office had asked the hrc to look at communications around the recovery of patients follow the limo following covid—19 infection. were you aware of this request for information about the recovery of patients following covid—19? i was patients following covid-19? i was not, no. patients following covid-19? i was not. no- you _ patients following covid-19? i was not, no. you say _ patients following covid-19? i was not, no. you say you _ patients following covid-19? i was not, no. you say you weren't? - patients following

. —— mr cain. over the page, page, the bottom of the page. —— mr cain.age, page, please the bottom of the page. —— mr cain. over the page, page, please to page 38. you say this. at 12.20. if i have to come back to helen's... with pte, designed to waste huge amounts of my time i will personally hand curve her and escort her from the building. had you got form, mr cummings, for... studio: apologies for some of the languages used. this is a live stream of the uk covid inquiry and we are seeing messages containing course language. language. we cannot keep dealing with this horrific meltdown... page 10 of 283282. we have to get helen out of here. he is trying to get spads fired. can we get her in monday for her chat to her moving. we need her out asap. building millions of lovely houses. studio: again apologies for the language being used in this live stream. we will see a way in which you speak of a professional scientist who gave his time, and considerable amounts of energy to sage. professor neil ferguson, a third of the way down, we should get someone to

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mr cain was to be the morning mr cummings was to be the afternoon.but mr cain is running a little bit over, as we've seen throughout this week in this inquiry. the questioning is taking rather longer than had been expected. so it's a bit of a moveable feast. it may well be that mr cummings takes to the stage after lunch, although he has, of course, arrived at the inquiry in the last few inquiry building in the last few minutes. an tom, of course, cummings will have a few spicy words . words. >> is there anything in it? i mean , is this a bitter employee mean, is this a bitter employee with an axe to grind? no love lost , of course, between dom and lost, of course, between dom and bofis lost, of course, between dom and boris , us and all the major boris, us and all the major allegations in the past, boris has simply brushed aside out or and or denied. are we expecting anything to come out of this or is it just. anything to come out of this or is itjust. is itjust pure is it just. is it just pure popcorn time, box office and great politics and a great s

on 12th march you messaged the prime minister, raising concerns, part of the message was put to mr caincabinet roomf chair daily meet information the cabinet room f you go over the page, please, to page 23. the overwhelming danger here is being late and the nhs implodes like zombie apocalypse film. not being a week early. what did you mean by that? ., , ., , , that? so, it means the last message? yes. well, at— that? so, it means the last message? yes. well, at this _ that? so, it means the last message? yes. well, at this point, _ that? so, it means the last message? yes. well, at this point, we _ that? so, it means the last message? yes. well, at this point, we had - that? so, it means the last message? yes. well, at this point, we had got . yes. well, at this point, we had got the data i yes. well, at this point, we had got the data i had _ yes. well, at this point, we had got the data i had asked _ yes. well, at this point, we had got the data i had asked for _ yes. well, at this point, we had got the data i had asked for from - yes. well, at this point, we had got the data i had as

mr cain was a little kinder to the former prime minister. pandemic necessarily played to boris johnson's skill set. and in any case, he said, it was hard to discuss anything useful in an environment in which everything leaked. mr cummings, however, was much more scathing in his assessment — not only of borisjohnson, but for the entire mechanism of government, which isn't tailored, he said, to effective decision—making. here's some of that testimony when he was asked whether there was a plan to protect vulnerable people during the pandemic. persons who would be potentially vulnerable to the impact of a lockdown, members of minority ethnic groups, people who were vulnerable in terms of socioeconomic deprivation, victims of domestic abuse, people for whom there was plainly a case to be made that they would require specific consideration, in terms of what the impact of the lockdown decision would be. well, i would say that that entire question was almost entirely appallingly neglected by the entire planning system. there was effectively no plans

now, the first thing to ask you, mr cain, i mean , i think it's mr cain, i mean, i think it's apparentwas someone you'd worked with for some time. you clearly had a close relationship with him. was this just about chatter? was this just bannau tour, if you like? were you just agreeing with him? because he was your friend or did you actually mean that you were exhausted with the prime minister and that you were despairing , minister and that you were despairing, if you minister and that you were despairing , if you like, of what despairing, if you like, of what he was doing and saying? >> i think anyone that's worked with the prime minister for a penod with the prime minister for a period of time will become exhausted with him. sometimes he can be quite a challenging character to work with just because he will oscillate . he because he will oscillate. he will take a decision from the last person in the room. i think that's pretty well documented in terms of his style of operating and it is rather exhausting from time to time . time to time. >> you made the point in your statement and yo

the clerk: mr. cain, no. -- mr. kaine, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. mrs. capito aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, no. mr. kelly, no. mr. kennedy, aye. mr. budd, aye. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. schumer, no. mr. tester, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. mr. moran, aye. ms. klobuchar, no. mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. markey, no. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, no. ms. cantwell, no. clerk: mr. jo. the clerk: mr. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, no. ses the presiding officer: the ayes are 47, the nays are 49. the amendment is not agreed to. the senator from maine. order. ms. collins: i call up senator blackburn's

mr cain said the pandemic was "the wrong crisis" for mrjohnson's "skillset".abinet at the time were utterly useless and he admitted that in the run—up to the first lockdown in march 2020, none of them thought about vulnerable groups — people who were minority ethnic, those on low incomes and victims of domestic abuse — were all "almost entirely appallingly neglected". we'll discuss the implications of what we've heard today in a moment. first, here'sjoe — and his report contains more of that strong language. tales of chaos at the heart of boris johnson's government are nothing new. neither is dominic cummings likening the then pm's style of decision—making to "a swerving trolley". 0r, indeed, expletive—laden whatsapp messages between those running the country. but today at the covid inquiry, the swearing really seemed relentless. you called ministers useless all lockpigs, more runs. babbling about chickenpox, god help us. we have got to get helen out. the counsel for the inquiry hugo keith didn'tjust ask dominic cummings about his "revolting" language. but cha

mr cain was downing street's director of communications until the end of 2020, while mr cummings hadn uprising against british rule. it was known as the mau mau rebellion. there were excesses on both sides, but the uprising was brutally suppressed. mau mau fighters were tortured, and more than a thousand were sentenced to death — it was the most aggressive use of capital punishment in any british colony. newsreel: the garden party - at government house was an informal farewell to british rule in kenya. kenya became independent in 1963 and, since then, relations between the two countries have generally been good. trade and other ties are strong. but the king knows that one of the challenges for his reign is to address issues from britain's past — such as the handling of the mau mau uprising. he'll do so in a speech at the state banquet here in nairobi, at which he's expected to acknowledge the mistreatment that occurred during britain's colonial rule, but without making a formal apology. ten years ago, britain agreed to pay £20 million in compensation for what happened during the upri

communications chief lee cain is likely to be asked about whatsapp exchanges in which he appeared to criticise ministers and the way some key decisions were taken. good morning, mr that across the bbc over the next few days. heavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding in several areas over the weekend. this was the scene in lanchester, county durham, where ten homes were evacuated and local shops were damaged. in hastings, a shopping centre was evacuated and the fire service warned people to avoid the area. and this was the cornish town of looe, where residents had to wade through knee—deep water. the environment agency has issued 72 weather warnings covering south wales and much of southern england ahead of storm ciaran approaching on wednesday. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. i guess the problem is that the ground is sodden in so many places, thatis ground is sodden in so many places, that is the risk? it ground is sodden in so many places, that is the risk?— that is the risk? it certainly is, and i hate _ that is the risk? it certainly is, and i hate to _ that is the risk? it certainly is, and i hate to say _ that is the risk? it certainl