in 2018, senate democrats used the filibuster to block funding and force a brief government shutdownmigration, of all things. one of the democratic leaders first major acts as leader of this conference was the filibuster to shut down the entire federal government. the democratic side spent four years defending and happily using the same senate rule many of our colleagues now attack. this reversal is not about principle and it's just raw power. raw power. three years ago the democratic leader of the senate majority going nuclear killing the legislative filibuster, here's what senator durbin had to say. i can tell you that would be the end of the senate as originally created going back to our founding fathers, senator durbin in 2018. just a few years ago. now the argument is the opposite. i understand our colleagues rotated through several different explanations for his reversal in the last few days. first, our colleagues in illinois indicated he changed his mind because republicans specifically used the filibuster years but republicans were in the majority the whole time. the majority

the us senate passes president biden�*s 1.9 trillionollar covid relief plan by a single vote. pressure grows on the british government over its pay offer to health service staff in england during the coronavirus pandemic. on the second day of his visit to iraq, pope francis holds an unprecedented meeting with one of shia islam's most powerfulfigures. and celebrated mass at a service attended by worshippers wearing masks. the us government says, it's concerned there are a large number of victims from a hack, on microsoft's email software, which the tech firm has blamed on china. dozens are reported dead in yemen, as fighting breaks out over control of the oil—rich city of marib. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. one of the largest legislative packages in us history has passed its biggest hurdle, by the narrowest possible margin. the senate has approved president biden�*s 1.9 trillion dollar coronavirus relief plan — which was at the heart of his election campaign — by 50 votes to 49. the vote means milli

by a single vote, the us senate passes president biden�*s $1.9 trillion covid relief plan.ope francis holds an unprecedented meeting with iraq's top shia religious leader — before going onto celebrate mass at a cathedral in baghdad. allegations of police brutality — as security forces in myanmar use stun grenades and tear gas against anti—coup protesters. dozens are reported dead in yemen — as fighting takes place for control of the oil—rich city of marib. and, parts of iceland are shaken by a series of mini earthquakes, causing fears that a dormant volcano may be about to erupt. president biden has described the senate's approval of his coronavirus relief bill as "one more giant step forward" in helping americans to deal with the impact of the pandemic. the package, which is worth nearly two trillion dollars will provide one—off payments to millions of people. republican senators were united in opposing the bill. our washington correspondent lebo diseko reports. the yeas are 50. the nays are 49. the bill as amended is passed. a vote on party lines gave joe biden the victor

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chamber can even begin, and even begin to imagine what a completely scorched earth senate would look like. none of us have served one minute and the senate that was completely drained of comedy and consent. this is institution that requires unanimous consent to turn the lights on before noon. to proceed with a garden-variety of floor speech come to dispense with the reading of lengthy legislative text. the schedule committee does this. to move even noncontroversial nominees ats anything besides a snail's pace. so mr. president, i want our college to imagine a world where every single task of every single one of them, requires a physical quorum. which by the way the vice president does not count in determining a quorum. everything that democrats senate did for president bush and trump, everything republican senate did to president obama would be child's play compared to the disaster that democrats would create for the own priorities if if they break the senate. so this is not a trade-off between trampling etiquette, but then getting too quickly transform the country. that's a false choice. even theol

during the 1940's and 1950's, the senate filibuster was used to kill civil rights legislation and protect jim crow laws. today senate republican leaders are employing the same tactics to obstruct voting rights and civil rights legislation. their efforts are designed to gain power for their party by suppressing political participation by minorities. minority leaders have threatened that if senate democrats modify the filibuster rules to do to him as he did to president obama , he will -- it will result in scorched earth tactics. this threat of scorched earth tactics by the senate minority leader in defiance of the american democracy is reminiscent of "mississippi burning." which is highlighted by the lynching of three civil rights workers who were simply registering black voters in mississippi in june, 1964. they were murdered by the k.k.k. with the cooperation of law enforcement officials. to keep them from assisting minority citizens who simply wanted to vote. it was 44 days before their bodies were located and four decades before anyone faced legal consequences for their deaths. today,

i understand that senator paul is with us virtually? senator paul? okay, let us go to senator rounds who i understand is with us virtually? >> yes, mr. chairman. thank you so much. >> senator rounds is recognized. >> thank you, i would like to take the opportunity to thank both of our panelists today for their service to our country. thank you for your expert system as well. i think the most recent conversations that have been going on here are getting to the heart of something we should discuss in more detail. with regards to those countries who we would love to have join the group of democracies around the world, they look at the united states as someone, an organization, that they would love to have as an ally, a friend, and a partner in business in in many ways we're seen as coming in as a big brother and looking at them saying we're going to tell you how you ought to do business. we'll tell you how you ought to be changing things in your own country. at the same time you have russia and china as you indicated. it is appropriate where we try to ma

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history for senators to pursue extended debate. this is not being used at the time. there is not the tradition of obstruction we see in the senate. over the course of the next half-century up to the civil war , we see this combination of the senate's procedural rulebook and political interest and tactics by senate -- my senators -- obstruction that starts to look like what we see today. host: people think of the senate as an old body, but according to the filibuster, there is dynamic debate about it over the centuries. no more sir today with the legislation passed by the house along with gun legislation. that will be waiting action in descendant. it is present action for the senate. guest: absolutely. over the sweep of history, what we have seen with the filibuster and other forms of obstruction -- the senate is one side making use of these tools, the ways the rules and procedures allow senators to obstruct action. they use those tools until the other side gets sufficiently frustrated about the way the other side is using them and preventing action. that

world — but it refers to the fact that you need 60 votes in the fact that you need 60 votes in the us senateoe biden say about that? he bill even to the floor. what did joe biden say about that?— biden say about that? he said he wanted to address _ biden say about that? he said he wanted to address the _ biden say about that? he said he wanted to address the abuses . biden say about that? he said he wanted to address the abuses of| biden say about that? he said he i wanted to address the abuses of the filibuster first, wanted to address the abuses of the filibusterfirst, he wasn't wanted to address the abuses of the filibuster first, he wasn't willing to back totally doing away with it, even though he acknowledged that the roots of the filibuster did come from racial discrimination where segregationists senators used it to block various civil rights bills in the 1960s and before. but i remember when i asked joe biden about this just a couple years ago, and he told me that he respected the filibuster, didn't want to do away with it at all — so there is some very significant movement and joe b

history for senators to pursue extended debate. this is being used to force extended at the time and there was not a tradition of obstruction that we see in the senate but over the course of the nextof half-century we see a combination of the senate procedural rulebook and political interest by senators unite to get us obstruction the stars to look like more of what we see today. >> some people think of the senate as an old in-state body but in relation to the filibuster there's barely a dynamic discussion over the centuries and decades that never more so than today would legislation that's been passed by the house including the voting rights act, the equality act and we talked about gun legislation a few minutes ago that will be awaiting action in the u.s. senate. the present issue for the u.s. senate. >> i think it's important to remember the over this week of history what we've seen with the filibuster is another form of obstruction the senate is making use of these tools in the way that the senate's rules and procedures allow senators to obstruct

the us senate passes president biden�*s 1.9 trillion dollar covid relief plan by a single vote. duke and duchess of cambridge talk about the impact of the pandemic in a special programme on the commonwealth. and coming up in half an hour — are we seeing a vaccine apartheid unfold, as less wealthy nations miss out on supplies? find out more in global questions. good evening. welcome to bbc news. the group representing health service trusts, nhs providers, hasjoined unions in saying the government's proposed 1% pay rise for health service staff in england is not enough. ministers have defended the rise, saying the pandemic had placed unprecedented strain on public finances. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. if government ministers thought nhs staff in england would be grateful to be exempted from a public sector pay freeze, well, the reality looks rather different. those who run hospital trusts as well as the unions are calling for the government to look again at the proposed 1% rise, and claim that, as part of a long—term plan for the nhs, ministers had previously

the us senate passes joe biden�*s $1.9 trillion covid relief plan — by a single vote.e francis holds an unprecedented meeting with iraq's top shia religious leader before celebrating mass with mask—wearing worshippers. allegations of police brutality, as security forces in myanmar use stun grenades and tear gas against anti—coup protesters. dozens are reported dead in yemen, as fighting takes place for control of the oil—rich city of marib. and the white house warns of an "active threat" from a hack on microsoft's email software. the tech firm blames china. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first, one of the largest legislative packages in us history has passed its biggest hurdle by the narrowest possible margin. the senate has approved president biden�*s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan — which was at the heart of his election campaign — by 50 votes to 49. the vote means millions of people will get a payment of $1,400. and there'll be multi—billion d

the us senate made history by confirmed deb haaland as the head of the interior department, making herconfirmed biden�*s cabinet appointee. haaland's a member of the laguna pueblo tribe in new mexico. as part of her remit she will oversee the us government's relationship with tribal nations. she is also expected to play a key role in realising president biden�*s plans to fight climate change. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more. deb haaland, she is from new mexico when she is a native american. she is from the laguna pueblo tribe, just one of hundreds of tribes across the united states. she is a long—time campaigner for the rights of america's indigenous people. she is an environmental campaigner and her there has been a big campaign on her behalf by environmentalist to get her pointed to this role in the department of the interior. she did this with president biden on some policies. she does not support fracking. she does not support fracking. she does support the green new deal which includes some radical policies to tackle climate change and the reason her new impor

the us senate passes president biden�*s $1.9 trillion covid relief plan by a single vote.he vote as amended is passed. the duke and duchess of cambridge talk about the impact of the pandemic in a special programme on the commonwealth. now on bbc news, it's global questions. hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. world leaders are constantly saying that covid—19 is a global problem that needs international cooperation. but do these words sound hollow when we see how rich nations are buying up supplies of covid vaccines? as they rush to vaccinate their entire populations, many poorer countries have yet to administer a single jab. that's global questions: vaccine apartheid. well, to bring you this edition of global questions, our two panellists and our questioners join us via video link. let me tell you who's in the hot seat this week giving the answers. carl bildt is a renowned international diplomat. he has served as both prime minister and foreign minister in his native sweden, and is now co—chair of the european council on foreign relations. he's been

we just spoke with senator cruz who walked us through many of the issues that you all faced. nt, what's the most striking that we should understand? senator: after visiting the border i understand what president biden has blocked the press. i'm not sure there's words in english to describe it. it was mind-numbing. if it's not a crisis it'll due to one gets here. president biden is allowing anywhere from 3 to 4,000 people a day. that's about a million, to a million and a half a year. they're not just coming from central america and mexico, 55 different nationalities are represented. this is not hard to figure out if you think about it. the traditionally america's immigration policies especially under president obama was this, anyone who is caught is allowed in and anyone who is allowed in is not deported. the trump administration and the republican congress changed all of that. we secured the border. we did the safe third-country agreements and we built a wall and establish the remain in mexico program. president biden comes in and he dismantles everything and he basically read

the us senate passes president biden�*s 1.9 trillion the yeas are 50, the nazar 49.ill as amended is passed. the us senate passes president biden�*s 1.9 trillion dollar covid relief plan by a single vote. the duke and duchess of cambridge talk about the impact of the pandemic, in a special programme on the commonwealth. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. joining me are the political commentator and former conservative advisor lynn davidson and john rentoul — chief political commentator at the independent. our at the independent. chat in a moment. lovely to s you our chat in a moment. lovely to see you both there. first, to put you through some of tomorrow's front pages, and it's the royalfamily, which features on many of them, the queen won't watch harry and megan's interview with oprah winfrey so writes the times. —— meghan�*s. and instead will go on a charm offensive next week. the mirror claims the duchess of cambridge could be brought into the probe into alleged bullying by her sister—in—law. harry and meghan

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the us senate has voted to confirm deb haaland to head the department of the interior — making her theamerican cabinet secretary. the congresswoman from new mexico is expected to have a key role in efforts to move the united states towards carbon neutrality. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show — the surfers making waves in fukushima, ten years after the nuclear disaster. the hunt for the priceless royal russian room stolen by the nazis. and we get a taste of sustainable sake. cheers to that! kanpai! we start this week in the fukushima region in north—eastern japan. now, as the world learns to cope with one disaster — a global pandemic — here, they're marking another. it's exactly ten years since an earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear catastrophe. the region has sadly become synonymous with those tragic events. a decade on, i'm here to find out how people are still battling to move on from the past. this is kitaizumi beach, some 70km from the centre of fu kushima city. while it's hard to believe now, this beach was once one of the most popular surfing destinat

the us senate passes president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief plan by a single vote. the duke and duchess of cambridge talk about the impact of the pandemic in a special programme on the commonwealth. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. joining me are the political commentator and former conservative adviser lynn davidson and john rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent. hello to you both. let me just take you through a little selection of tomorrow because my front pages. —— tomorrow's front pages. the royal family features on most of sunday's front pages. the queen won't watch harry and meghan's interview with oprah winfrey, writes the times, and instead will go on a charm offensive next week. the mirror claims the duchess of cambridge could be brought into the probe into alleged bullying by sister—in—law. harry and meghan beecher on the front of the telegraph. —— feature. in other news, lord frost, borisjohnson's europe adviser, has told the european union to stop sulking over brexit. and below a pictu

host: senator thank you for joining us for the first historic axios latino event. we appreciate it. >> thank you for the work you do and especially for this new program which will report and highlight the contribution of the latinos and hispanics across america. thank you. host: why does this matter? why do we do this at this moment for axios? we know this population is 61 million strong spread across the new york pacific northwest and i we see mexican immigrants moved to the old south like alabama and tennessee. this population is growing yet we have not covered it justly. the population as it expands has new questions what it means to be an american and to be a diverse country. continuing to pose questions about the nation and ourselves as i mentioned was senator lujan 75 years ago senator chavez pose questions to the united states senate to veterans to were latino facing discrimination after putting their lives on the line. also my grandfather was a world war ii veteran he went to germany and fought and was denied the opportunity to buy a home and this angered h

so when senator mcconnell and others come to the floor and plead for us to hang on to the traditions of the senate, i would tell you that their interpretation of the traditions is strangling this body. they have beaten the old filibuster to the point where it is hardly recognizable and is now regular order of business in the united states senate. and that's why many of us, frustrated with having worked so hard to come here, wanting to do the best we can to represent the people who sent us here, are so frustrated by the current state of procedure. and for senator mcconnell and other republicans to come to the floor and plead for hanging on to this tradition is actually pleading for the senate to continue to do less and less each year. there are those of us now in control of the majority side, bare majority side of the democratic side who really believe there is much more to be done in the senate. the american people expect us to respond. now, you might ask, well, how did you pass the american rescue plan if there is a filibuster used so frequently? it was under a process called reconci

the us senate passes joe biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief plan — by a single vote.ith mask—wearing worshippers. allegations of police brutality, as security forces in myanmar use stun grenades and tear gas against anti—coup protesters. dozens are reported dead in yemen, as fighting takes place for control of the oil—rich city of marib.

thanks for joining us, senator. another hot mic moment. a lot of people probably felt that this was already part of the game plan. what is the response from the republican party? >> it's not shock. i can tell you that. publicly democrats will talk about unity and talk about bipartisanship obviously in private and then they say we're going to run over all republicans. >> we don't want their ideas. as you mentioned before, everyone knows that infrastructure is a basic responsibility of government. roads, bridges, fences on the border, how we're going to manage water, all of those things. everybody gets that that is a responsibility of government. so the only reason that they would say first thing we're going to do is to try to go after reconciliation, they're going to try to cram the green new deal into this infrastructure plan and say don't look at the details. know this is about roads and bridges and wi fi. really about a green new deal and redoing the tax code. so we'll see what they're preposing. there's no reason to do this partisan. >>

us. >> senate majority leader schumer is still aiming for debate and a vote on the presidents covid relief legislation later this week. the president meanwhile appeared at a conference for house democrats this evening. early today had some strong words for states that are planning on loosening coronavirus restrictions as his health team says the next few weeks are going to be critical. president biden addressed the house democrats issues meeting as the senate is set to take up his $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. >> each piece isn't just defensible, it is urgent and overwhelmingly supported by the people. it is good policy and it is good politics. >> ahead of legislation moving to the four, cbs news has confirmed that president biden struck a deal with moderate democrats to make the $1400 direct payments more targeted. they will and at $80,000 for single filers and $160,000 for joint filers. >> we are making some small sacrifices but >> the bill will look different than the one in the house. there will be 20 hours of debate during which various amendments can be proposed. >> the last thing

impose these western models on countries which have a completely different culture but regardless the us senate and the consecutive us cygnus trajan's continue to pursue these kinds of policy which would seize which of the proven to be of no avail i think this could be described as a somewhat psychological mindset or a psychological problem the us continues to stick to policy despite the fact that these policies have proven to be utter failures i think it's a kind of at the should if you would like addiction of american supremacy trying to show that america is that one which knows the solutions for every single problem in the world well since taking over the oval office in january there's something you'll have heard joe biden say quite a lot that america is back slogan we took the liberty of much and what that could actually mean for the rest of the world bearing in mind the not so peace loving track record of many of the president's top staffers. american is back. moscow has taken aim at berlin after a top german bank notified our sister channel r.t. deutsche on the video agency roughly about

truman's most important oh, well, the thing is most famous for is the us senator was the so called truman committee, which is the senate special committee to investigate the national defense program. which may have saved taxpayers up to 11 billion dollars? it also put harry truman on the cover of time raised his political profile and his name recognition, especially among democratic party power brokers. so in 1944 harry truman was well became her became president franklin vice president running, mate. and this is very crucial because fdr was in declining health the public wasn't aware of that but democratic party insiders were well aware of fdrs declining health and the new that whoever became vice president very likely would become president of the united states and the incumbent vice president. henry wallace was unpalable for various reasons. harry truman had positive traits many positive traits and and is important fewer negative ones than others. so he was elected with franklin roosevelt in 1944 election and served 82 days as vice president until franklin roosevelt's sudden death on a

we pray for these families. >> joining us now is senator jon ossoff of georgia. us. i know this is your first television appearance in primetime cable. and it's an honor to have you joining us for that. but it comes after a tragic day in georgia yesterday. what can you share with us? what do you know about the situation and the investigation, which includes a federal component? >> well, lawrence, great to see you. and thank you for the invitation to join you tonight. i was briefed throughout the evening last night and throughout the day today by my team on the progress of the initial investigation into these atrocities committed in georgia yesterday. look, what i want to say is this, first and foremost. georgia has been rocked by these appalling acts of murder and violence. whatever the suspect's motive, and police and prosecutors are still investigating it. whatever animus, whatever ideology, whatever may have driven him, the asian-american community in georgia, the asian-american community across the country is reeling, is deeply concerned and feeling fear and a

and a lot of these companies at one time 1949 were forced by the key fowler commission the us senate to reveal their records when they were investigating interstate racketeering interstate gambling and things of that nature. also the mcclellan committee. of the united states senate so the records represented where gaming was occurring. not only in the state of nevada, but throughout the united states. you can watch this and other programs on the history of communities across the country at c-span.org cities tour. this is american history tv only on c-span 3. you're watching american history tv every weekend on c-span 3 explore our nation's past american history tv on c-span 3 created by america's cable television companies and today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. sunday on the presidency paul sparrow director of the franklin d roosevelt presidential library and museum looks at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelt. here's a preview. so they were a dynamic team w

the bench he was influential player as a trusted confidant of amy klobuchar who is now the senior us senator. becoming a judge in 2007 the same year sworn into the senate that connections began at the university of minnesota working as a clerk who had been a top criminal defense attorney for decades. as you learn about her watch the first day of the trial, what is your reaction? >>caller: i am a first time caller. i did watch the video

has told us senators there is no evidence to support claims that fake trump supporters took part in the siege of the capitol building on january the 6th christopher a describe the attack as domestic terrorism and his promise to hold the rights is to account nigeria's president is deploying troops to the northwest and has imposed a no fly zone over the state of some far as part of an effort to end a wave of mass kidnappings in recent weeks follows the release of 279 schoolgirls kidnapped from a school in far last friday i missed international says war crimes are being committed in mozambique covered garden province rights group says hundreds of people have been killed since 2017 it's documented extrajudicial executions human rights violations and indiscriminate attacks you know today headlines more news coming up here and on tour right after witness. 4 months ago violence erupted in ivory coast. presidential elections now it's time to. vote ballots. for the main opposition in. the region the ivory coast parliamentary election on. so. so. not that none of. those that's good about the sala

that saw a number almost all of those countries that had carried out this is spent should all of us senate get resume using the astra zeneca vaccine however denmark finland norway of all said they're going to hold off reintroducing it norway saying they need more information do you to several serious cases in norway we want to thoroughly review the situation before we make a conclusion there is a real mixed state of affairs at the moment with some countries around the world taking strides in leap said when it comes to vaccinating their populations while others staring down the barrel of a 3rd wave of covert 19. president joe biden and his v.p. come out of service of atlanta where a gunman opened fire at a number of massage parlors killing 8 people 6 of the victims were asian women biden and harris denounced the atrocities and while the vice president also if you want to what's been causing the rising levels of hatred against america's asian population for the last year we've had people in positions of incredible power scape those scapegoating asian americans people with the biggest puppets

us. in addition to banning transgender girls from participating in youth sports city. arkansas senatea bill yesterday that would ban access to gender affirming care for transgender minors, including reversible puberty blockers and hormones unless governor asa hutchinson decides to veto that bill arkansas will become the first state to ban gender affirming care for trans youth. >> california is hiring nearly 1400 additional firefighters ahead of the upcoming fire season. governor newsome announced a nearly 81 million dollar investment in forest management and wildfire response. the emergency funding includes a surge of close to 1300 seasonal firefighters for maximum flexibility through june 30th. it will provide fire crew and fire engine staffing augment 8 currently understaffed fire crews and allow for the. early hiring and training of fire crews for fire management. the state will also on board 24 seasonal firefighters for california national guard hand crews and state senator bill dodd of napa, thank the governor for the emergency funding tweeting preventing in preparing for wildfir

senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, who rules the raging of the sea, use our lawmakers to bring stability to our nation through wise and knowledgeable leadership. remind them to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow

they spent four years using it. senate democrats used the filibuster to kill senator tim scott's police reform bill in the wake of the death of george floyd and breonna taylor. we could have had federal legislation on the books since last summer, putting more body cameras on police officers, requiring fuller incident reporting to the f.b.i., and finally, making lynching a federal crime. among other things. democrats stopped it. they stopped it using the filibuster. a few months before, they used the filibuster to briefly turn the partner sprint toward the cares act into a partisan standoff. the press marveled that senate democrats had the gall to block relief, a tactic that tanked markets. in 2018, senate democrats used the filibuster to block government funding and force a brief government shutdown over, of all things, immigration. one of the democratic leaders' first major acts as the leader of his conference was to wield a filibuster to shut down the entire federal government. so look, the democratic side just spent fou

the us senate passes president biden�*s 1.9 trillion dollar covid relief plan by a single vote. duke and duchess of cambridge talk about the impact of the pandemic, in a special programme on the commonwealth. now on bbc news, our world. bbc europe editor katya adler explores what went wrong at the austrian resort of ischgl at the start of the global pandemic and what lessons can be learned. ischgl has long been known as the ibiza of the alps. but this time last year, the austrian ski resort became famous for something else. you always think the worst, especially when you get a positive result for covid. i even got people last day coming in, like coughing and spluttering and, like, saying... coughing sound. .."covid. " the authorities were slow to lockdown, with disastrous results. there was a whiff of the old jaws film and the mayor standing up in front of the tv cameras saying, "there's no shark here." ischgl became known as europe's covid ground zero. more than 6,000 people believe they were infected here in a matter of days. tourists returning home exported the virus around t