this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. death, violence and chaos in washington dc — four people die as president trump's supporters storm america's capitol building. the rioters were trying to stop us lawmakers approving the result of the presidential election, encouraged by mr trump's false claims of electoral fraud. this was a fraudulent election. but we can't play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you're very special. this not dissent — it's disorder. it's chaos. it borders on sedition. in the face of the violence, american lawmakers return to work

and endorse the new president, joe biden. joe biden and kamala harris will be the president and the vice president, according to the ballots that have been given to us. in a statement, president trump said there will be an orderly transition of power but once again stated that he disagrees with the result. what do you think about the events that have taken place in america? do get in touch. you can tweet me @annita—mcveigh and using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. in the uk, hundreds of gp surgeries begin offering the new oxford—astrazeneca covid vaccine. and, as millions of households get to grips with the return of online schooling, we look at efforts to help families without the laptops and computers they need to learn.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. four people are dead after hundreds of pro—donald trump supporters — some of them armed — ransacked the us capitol building in washington. the us congress has now certified joe biden‘s victory in the presidential election. protesters stormed congress, breaking into the senate chamber and the office of the house speaker, after being encouraged by the outgoing president's false claims of electoral fraud. a woman who was shot during the clashes died. police say three other people died from medical emergencies. two pipe bombs were found. 52 arrests were made. at least one senator, kelly loeffler of georgia, rescinded her objection

to the certification ofjoe biden. she was one of two republicans whose party lost two senate seats in georgia, and with it control of the senate. the vice—president, mike pence, who's chairing proceedings in the senate, condemned the violence. he said in the strongest possible terms. joe biden said the storming of congress was not dissent. he called it "chaos and borders on sedition". president trump issued a video message urging his supporters to go home, but continued to suggest that the election had been stolen from him. this report from sarah campbell. the day democracy in the united states of america came under attack as never before. crowd: usa! fired up by president trump's rhetoric and unfounded allegations of electoral fraud, the capitol building was stormed by his supporters. as politicians and staff

inside the building fled to safety, security officers, guns drawn, attempted to stop protesters entering the chamber. during the chaos, four people died, according to police — a woman from gunshot wounds and the others due to medical emergencies. these images beamed around the world. those who'd taken part — unrepentant. that is just not how things are done in this country, lawlessness, storming buildings even... this nation was not founded on civility, this nation was founded on revolutionary activity. we became civil after the government realised they got overwhelmed. so what happens now? i guess now we wait and see if they take us seriously because they saw how easily we were able to breach their defence. as security tried to regain control, the president—elect urged what he called the mob to pull back. what we are seeing are a small number of extremists, dedicated to lawlessness.

this is not dissent, it is disorder, it is chaos, it borders on sedition. and it must end, now. as the protest continued, president trump sent a message of support. this was a fraudulent election but we cannot play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you're very special. as the hours ticked by, reaction poured in from around the world, which was watching on. boris johnson tweeted. .. former cia directorjohn brennan tweeted. ..

after a number of hours, the protesters were removed and the area around the capitol building secured. all over the world is looking at washington now and they saw people storming the capitol... i hope they keep watching it. we are the last hope for the world! at least in my mind and everything i have seen, we are free. congress was reconvened. the violence was quelled. that capitol is secured and the people's work continues. we condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. and finally the confirmation of the protesters had tried to prevent. joe biden and kamala harris will be the president and the vice president according to the ballots that have been given to us. banned from

twitter and facebook, president from's reaction was tweeted by a white house spokesman. even though i totally disagree with the outcome of the election, there will be an orderly transition on january 20. ending that this was only the beginning of the fight to make america great again. meanwhile, in the capitol building, the clean up after what many are seeing is one of america's darkest days and there is talk among his own party that president trump, accused of inciting violence, should now be removed from office. drjulie norman is a political analyst from university college london. thank you very much. the election of joe biden and kamala harris has been certified, as the next president and vice president, but in such

unbelievable circumstances. this was a day that was supposed to be about them but donald trump wanted to make it about them but donald trump wanted to make itabout him, them but donald trump wanted to make it about him, didn't he? absolutely and this unfortunately is what we are seeing from trump from the beginning, a complete disregard for the good of the country, the good of his own party, the good of those who might be putting in direct danger and it really just might be putting in direct danger and it reallyjust making it about himself. going into this week, trump has been repeating allegations since the election of the election being rigged, of voterfraud the election of the election being rigged, of voter fraud and the election of the election being rigged, of voterfraud and he continued that messaging not only before the events yesterday but throughout them and even until this morning and by doing so, as we have seen, has continued to incite a fringe but powerful group of people who have decided to take things into their own hands after the president's prodding. and the sort of language he used in that speech before the event at the capitol and the violence, talking about the only

way to protect his legacy was to fight effectively this statement released on social media by his director of communications because he has been banned from twitter and facebook himself, even though i totally disagree with the outcome of the election and the facts bear me out, he says, he continues with that, the fight goes on to ensure that, the fight goes on to ensure that only legal votes were counted. it is only the beginning of our fight to make america great again. the language he uses continues, many would say, to incite violence so what will be done about that and is there anything that can be done?” think you are exactly right that his language and rhetoric has always been very dangerous. some have been dismissive, saying it isjust been very dangerous. some have been dismissive, saying it is just empty words but we have obviously seen that it has taken quite seriously by many of his followers. right now we see lawmakers from both sides of the

aisle, democrats and republicans including some even within his own cabinet reportedly, considering different options for how to move forward after yesterday. there are calls for impeachment, have reportedly been discussions about invoking the 25th amendment in which the vice president and a majority of cabinet members determine that the president is unfit to continue serving in office. again, there are less tha n serving in office. again, there are less than two weeks until the inauguration, and biden and harris we re inauguration, and biden and harris were confirmed yesterday to the extent to which procedures can move forward before them is still yet to be seen but all options are on the table. it has become clear again that this is not only something that having trump in office along might incite further violence but also just important for lawmakers to show that this kind of response and actions we saw yesterday cannot and will not be tolerated or repeated again. and we saw former president george w bush talking about the scenes as something one might seem

ina banana scenes as something one might seem in a banana republic and asjoe biden and others reflected, the world was watching what was going on that. china and russia were notable for the number of mentions as people said, look, if president putin wa nted said, look, if president putin wanted to create havoc in another country, he could not have planned this better, what is happening at the hands of americans. do you think the hands of americans. do you think the people supporting president trump at the capital truly believe his world view or do you think that he has managed to dupe them? how representative are they of the republican party? when we have incidents like this, people who we see taking part in these kinds of actions i think come with many different kinds of motivations. in general, the individuals we saw preaching at the capital yesterday area preaching at the capital yesterday are a fringe element of definitely

the republican party —— breaching the republican party —— breaching the capitol. even the most trump supporters are not those who would be engaging in the kind of actions we saw yesterday. what is true is that many of trump's supporters believed the president's own messaging, that the election was stolen from him, and when people believe they are fighting for a just cause which they have been convinced by trump that they are, we can see them going to very desperate lengths and engaging in actions they wouldn't otherwise and i think that is what we witnessed yesterday. so what will we see from senior republicans, people like mitch mcconnell, to try to deal with this and with the party forward? there we re and with the party forward? there were talks earlier, sarah palin was on fox news talking about the creation of a third party, a peaceful force is each shed but nonetheless is that party in us politics so is that the potential of a split within republicanism or do

you think republicans like mitch mcconnell will bring to bear their influence on the situation?” mcconnell will bring to bear their influence on the situation? i think both parties have been grappling with internal divisions in the recent past and definitely in this week, even before the events of yesterday, the republican party was really struggling with this divide between trump loyalists and allies and those who were committed to a more traditional version of the republican party. this will of course pushed those discussions into a whole new light. what we have seen isa a whole new light. what we have seen is a party leaders including mitch mcconnell as well as former presidential candidate mitt romney and other republicans from different levels of ideology coming forward and condemning what happened yesterday, trying to unite not only the party but the country. i think it is unlikely at the party will split in a meaningful way, there might be some offshoots and factions but the truth is, the united states has worked with a 2—party system for

centuries now i don't see that going away anytime soon. but this will be away anytime soon. but this will be a real moment of reckoning and grappling for the republican party in particular and how to move forward from this point. doctor julie norman, thank you for your thoughts today. well, our correspondents aleem maqbool and lebo diseko were at capitol hill throughout the events of last night. lebo was inside the capitol building when the rioters breached the building — we'll hearfrom her in a moment, but first let's hear from aleem maqbool who was outside amongst the protestors as events unfolded. well, we are just outside the capitol building, as you can see, and just in the last few minutes, after a lull of an hour or so, we heard sound bombs, we saw tear gas being deployed. and that was just to clear, you might be able to make out the top level, all of this stage and this scaffolding that was all set up for the inauguration in two weeks' time, the trump supporters

took over all that area and there are still hundreds all around the building. they are right up the steps at the back of the building, right to the door of the capitol building which of course has been shut now. but no sense that people are suddenly going to leave in less than an hour when that curfew comes into force. i've spoken to some of the very people who actually managed to enter into the building and the sense i was trying to get was as to whether this was something that was planned and i have spoken to several people now and none of them said it was part of the plan of the day, to actually get inside the building. they certainly said, all of them, that they felt inspired by the words of donald trump to march to the capitol, to take back their country. for them, they interpreted that as needing to really make their presence felt but they also, once they got here, they felt they could easily overwhelm security and get past security. we saw some confrontation

but they all talk about security essentially stepping back and that's why some of them found themselves in the building. one of them described the fact that he then started to just knock on doors inside the capitol building and then found himself outside the chamber but left when security was beefed up inside. we saw another woman who had injured her leg through crawling out of a window, to get back out of the capitol building. but still, extraordinary scenes here as hundreds are still all over the capitol grounds. i was standing here when police came through and told us to stop broadcasting, cleared this area. we are in a part of the capitol that is used by members of the house of representatives. we were all moved into a tunnel and eventually into a cafeteria. other people were taken elsewhere. we were there, just watching these scenes play out in the seat of democracy in this country, seeing people trying to smash windows, getting into the building, this really striking image of police

holding up two guns as they tried to stop people getting onto the chamber. we saw people having broken into nancy pelosi's office, their feet on her table. as we were watching this, we were there for several hours, i was speaking to people there. i spoke to a couple of women who actually work on the floor, they are employees in the capitol, saying they are not allowed to touch where members sit like that, they are not allowed to touch their desks in that way and to see people climbing all over the house floor, jumping on the platforms there, they saw it as a real disrespect for the democratic institutions of this country. let's remind you of that tweet that the white house deputy chief of staff, dan scavino, posted on behalf of president trump. "even though i totally disagree

with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an he says that even though every court in the land has overturned his view. "i have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. while this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to make america great again!" there was no condemnation of the violence in those tweets. our north america correspondent peter bowes said the fighting talk was continuing from donald trump. a typical bullish statement from the president, perhaps the closest he has come to conceding the election, pledging an orderly transition of power but as you said, there is much he is not talking about in that statement, specifically the events of the past 2a hours where a lot of people, including some in his own party, believe it was the president who incited that violence

in the first place by encouraging his supporters to march on the capitol building and we all know what happened next. they surged into the building and there was a tremendous amount of violence. that is something the president is not addressing. to some extent, his statement will come as a relief to some americans, the fact that the president is finally acknowledging it is over for him, at least as far as this term in office is concerned, and mr biden will take over in a couple of weeks. i think a lot of americans will be hoping, they have been nervous about these final few weeks and especially in the light of what has happened, but perhaps hoping that that tone from the president will at least continue over the next couple of weeks. and that there will not be any more violence, the flames will not be fanned by the president in the way so many people think they have been in the past few weeks. given that he still has not

condemned the violence, what is the republican party going to do with this? we saw some republican senators withdraw their objection to the certification ofjoe biden which has just officially happened in the last few minutes but others continued to object. will this be the start of a greater fracturing within the party? i notice sarah palin has been on fox news in the last short while talking about the creation of a third party in the us. yes, and that is the big issue facing the republicans and i really don't think any of them have the answers. and a big part of it depends on how donald trump behaves in the coming weeks, months and years as they figure out who will be their next presidential candidate. the problem for so many republicans is that they have relied on the president, he has been their leader, they have relied on him for their own fortunes,

whether it has been standing in local elections, being re—elected into congress or the senate, they have had to follow president trump because they needed him to like them. he could easily damage any candidate that said the wrong thing about the president and as long as donald trump, as a former president, retains that power within the party, he will be a significant figure moving forward to future elections, the next big one of course being the mid—term elections in a couple of years' time. on the other hand, if there is some sort of fracturing of support and essentially a new party developing within a party that can develop enough of a following in its own right, that could be the beginning of the end of donald trump and many republicans might see him as a liability, the fact that clearly he has been at the centre of what has been going on in the past few hours and the violence we have seen in washington,

and they may come to the conclusion that it is not worth it any more, to be part of donald trump's team. a lot of questions about whether members of the republican party will continue to support him even though he is out of office in a couple of weeks, and what sort of influence he may or may not continue to have on the party. but what about impeachment? there is talk of that, plenty of people talking about it in the states and also briefly touch on what is going to unfold in the next couple of weeks, up to the inauguration in terms of making sure that washington is secure and that transition does happen in an orderly way. yes, i think that final issue is probably the key one for so many people because the glaring question from the last 2a hours is how on earth did this happen? when everybody had been expecting

a major protest in the capital, in washington, as this keyjoint session of congress was taking place, and yet security seem to be so lax and it was so easy for those protesters to get into the building. there will be a major investigation into that and it will be hugely surprising if heads do not roll as far as security officials are concerned within congress because of what happened. but the next task is to secure the capitol building and the centre of washington really for the inauguration itself. this year, unlike previous inaugurations, it will be a very different and more scaled—down affair because of coronavirus. you will not hearjoe biden encouraging his supporters to travel to washington to witness his inauguration so it will be much smaller and that will help in terms of security but nevertheless, it is a key issue. a state of emergency was declared earlier in the day because of what was happening and that has been extended to beyond the inauguration, such is the concern of local

peter bowes reporting. a lot of you have been getting in touch about what has been happening at the capitol pulled this one says, donald trump will try anything to get attention, yesterday was a last—ditch attempt at staying in the limelight but does not realise his actions have consequences and at sadly with deaths, hold him accountable. this says, these are dark days in the us, shame on donald trump who has displayed his selfishness and political greed. this one asks, do we know why police and military were slow to act? how did rioters manage to get inside the building and even the chamber? concerning if there was reticence on the part of security forces. this says, what consequences will trump face for his involvement in this question actually impeachment or 25th amendment should be considered. with no consequence, his stoking of the fire will continue. and this says, this had been a black light

matter protest, both arrest and death figures would be much higher —— a black lives matter protest. keep those comments coming in. earlier i asked amy pope, who's worked with president—elect joe biden as deputy homeland security advisor, for her reaction to the resumption of the political process after its violent interruption. that is good news. it ultimately shows the institutions are stronger than this moment in time and they have really been tested over the last four years in so many ways. ultimately, the process will move forward as intended. i don't think it means that this is the end of the bumps in the road, certainly we should anticipate that there might be more protests and they might be violent and there will be a testing of the various institutions but at least we are continuing and moving forward toward the orderly transition of power. nonetheless, the tests you speak of, none more so, shockingly,

than the events of the last 12 hours or so at the capitol, despite the language that president trump has been using, could you ever have imagined that would happen? no, i couldn't. for a number of reasons, one is that it is unfathomable to think of a president of the united states undermining the fundamental democratic process that we have for electing our united states leaders. that is number one. also from a security point of view, i spent a lot of time working with the us capitol police and members of the house and senate in my lastjob on responding to security events, and there's a whole series of security plans in place, they are well exercised and extremely competent people and to have a moment in time where we really saw the security plans fall apart, to me is very striking and troubling. a huge number of questions around what happened

with the security there of course. the former director of the cia, john brennan, tweeted yesterday, "one person is responsible for this surreal act of sedition, donald j trump. he is an indelible blight on america's soul." political analyst eric ham said that it is possible and feasible that donald trump could be considered as an enemy of the state. do you think some sort of action will be taken against donald trump and if so, what, given, in this latest tweet, sent via one of his officials in the white house, he yet again fails to condemn the violence? it is very strong language and i would be shocked if there is some sort of response to suggest he is committing treason. i think that would only further inflame his supporters and make the situation worse rather than better. but there's a different issue here and that is the role of the members of congress.

this is a time when republican and democratic members of congress need to come together and be absolutely unequivocal that this election took place under appropriate circumstances, that the results are appropriate and consistent with the law and not leave any ambiguity for the trump supporters to seize upon. this is the protection of the democracy, that is not partisan, that is some place every single member of congress needs to come together in order to uphold their oath to protect the constitution of the united states. where do you see the republican party going with this? i discussed this with our correspondent, because some republicans continue to object to the certification ofjoe biden and kamala harris. some withdrew that objection, so is there a split developing in the party based on whether those lawmakers feel that the continuing influence, potential continuing influence of donald trump might be crucial to their careers?

to me this is a very interesting question in particular because the republican party is being forced to come to terms with the direction they want to go. we have seen some fraying in the last few weeks, as they have been asked to undermine the outcome of the election and more recently as they were negotiating the outcome of the coronavirus relief bill where there was a question about how much support to give to american citizens in terms of financial support. you are seeing the party really struggling with what its principles are, who it is going to be loyal to and that is something that they are going to have to come to terms with. if i'm mitch mcconnell, that's my most pressing concern when we get through inauguration day. amy pope speaking to me earlier. now, to the uk's coronavirus crisis, and the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is being rolled out to general practices in england for the first time today. so far, all the jabs have been

administered in hospitals. now the programme is due to be expanded to hundreds of community—based sites over the next few weeks. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. already more than a million people have received their first vaccinations against the coronavirus. but the target of reaching 13 million of the most vulnerable by mid—february, is going to be tough to hit. unlike the pfizer vaccine, which needs to be stored at ultra—low temperatures, the oxford jab can be kept in regularfridges that every gp surgery has. it's also much easier to move, and so better suited for use in care homes and those who can't leave the house. gps say they're ready to start administering the jab, despite some frustrations over supply. i just think we need some explanations. why has there been this hold—up? why are some practices getting it, and others — like mine — not being given the vaccine? why doesn't someone tell us what is going on? in england, seven big vaccination

centres are opening. over the next week, jabs will become available in more than 200 gp surgeries and hospitals, as well as through a pilot scheme involving local pharmacies. amid the grim news of rising infections, the pressures on hospitals, and a growing death toll, this is another ray of hope for the coming months. dominic hughes, bbc news. and later, we'll have more on the rollout of the vaccine in live coverage of the latest downing street coronavirus briefing, led by the prime minister and accompanied by nhs ceo simon stevens and brigadier phil prosser. presumably there to talk about the logistics of rolling out the vaccine programme. that's at 5:00pm on bbc one and the bbc news channel. the home secretary priti patel has said it's right that police ‘act robustly‘ to enforce the new coronavirus lockdown. police leaders have this morning been explaining how

the new restrictions will be monitored, under the principles of ‘engage, explain, encourage and enforce'. martin hewitt, chair of the national police chiefs' council, said the priority was stopping the transmission of the virus. whilst we will still be our adopting our approach of four es. we will still engage with people, explain and we will encourage. we are going to move more quickly to enforcement where people are blatantly breaching the rules. the rules now are very, very clear. similar to where we were back in the spring of last year. and everyone has a responsibility to follow those rules and we will play our part and deal, particularly deal with those people who are blatantly breaching the rules and putting everyone's lives at risk. the home secretary insisted it was right that there were now ‘stringent‘ measures in place. the fact of the matter is, the police have been out every single day, enforcing the covid regulations and they have been using the methods of the four es in particular, to explain, encourage and now of course they are going

to enforcement much quicker than they had done previously but actually, in a very similar way to which they had them in the spring of last year. they will continue to enforce, they will continue to pursue egregious breaches of the coronavirus regulations and they have been doing that anyway. in the last two weeks over the christmas period we have seen something like over 800 fixed penalty notice fines being issued when it comes to egregious breaches and people breaching the regulations around covid. the home secretary, priti patel. the number of patients being treated for covid in hospitals across the uk has risen above 30,000. more than 1,000 deaths were reported in the latest 2a hour period — that's the highest since last april. our medical editor fergus walsh has been allowed to film inside one of london's busiest intensive care units and just to warn you some viewers may find the images in this report upsetting.

intensive care is under pressure like never before. after christmas, it just sort of hit me. i've seen a couple of people, within the short time i spent in hospital, they didn't make it. from a relentless rise in covid admissions... how long can you keep going like this? at this pace i think we've got about a week. ..staff fear burnout. the nurses are broken. the physical and mental load is huge. the toll is immense. my emotions are all over the place. scared, sad, petrified. worried. this should be an operating theatre, but there's no surgery here. instead, it's been converted into an intensive care unit. the number of covid patients in london's hospitals has doubled in just two weeks.

they are more stretched now than at the peak last april. we've got three times as many critically ill patients in this hospital than we normally have. and we've managed to stretch and spread to cover that, but that can't go on forever. intensive care is expanding across university college hospital — a children's area now for desperately sick adults. every day, more wards are being transformed into icu, ready for the next influx. but senior staff are worried. we've got plans that we can expand for another week at this rate, but after that we really need to see it slow down, or we're going to see the care we can deliver suffer, i think. we would be running so thin on staff that we wouldn't. .. we physically couldn't look after critically ill patients. it will be ideal if we have more. covid has made this a winter like no other. attila is 67.

over the holidays, coronavirus spread through his family. after christmas, it just sort of hit me. it just went bang. i just couldn't breathe at all. i didn't think i would make it through. you're gasping. it is like there is no oxygen around. and... frightening? sorry? frightening? very, very frightening. very. there are three pregnant women in intensive care. rachel is due in five weeks. every mother puts her child before herself. both she and her baby are doing well. they can't do anything that will harm the baby, obviously, and they look after my baby so well. all the time coming and checking, monitoring that the baby's happy. you can't see — you're looking after two people in one. they're saving lives.

the demands on staff are unrelenting — and on their families too. alice has young children, cared for by grandparents in scotland during the first peak. in stage one, i sent my five and seven—year—old daughters away, because we weren't quite sure how we would manage, so i had my five—year—old in tears last night, at the thought of another lockdown, because she thought that meant i was sending her away again. she's most worried about the impact on nurses — the bedrock of care in icu. it's not uncommon at the moment that i've come to work, i have walked into the unit to find nurses crying. the physical and mental load is huge, and i am really worried that we're going to break a lot of nurses. and what about the doctors as well?

and doctors, and doctors too. it's emotionally distressing for the staff, the things we are seeing. i mean, i'm used to seeing that but this is different. intensive care nursing is highly specialised. usually, they're one—to—one with patients — now responsible for three, four orfive, with other staff filling the gaps. we're so stretched we have to prioritise, and prioritising care is not what the nhs that i grew up in, we shouldn't have to choose which patient gets what care first. ashleigh says she's never had to make decisions like this before. if people are asking for your help, you just don't know who to help first. the patients are losing their lives at a dramatic speed. we're notjust getting old people. this is young people that we're getting, people my age.

i've reported from here several times during the pandemic, and i'm always struck by the professionalism and dedication of staff. but this is a system under strain like never before. the warning signs here couldn't be clearer. the nhs is now on the brink. unless infection rates start to fall soon, then it could seriously impact patient care — and notjust for those with covid. it is a really serious consequence, and if we get to that point we can't offer anyone icu — not just covid patients, but, you know, anyone who has a traffic accident, or heart attack or a stroke or whatever it is, we just won't have any more capacity to take them in. for now, the trust is coping. cancer operations are continuing, though most non—urgent surgery is cancelled.

hello, gents! i am just pleased that i'm still alive now. gerald is awaiting chemotherapy for lung cancer, and had been shielding but still caught coronavirus. the only thing i can think is from opening some packaging or some delivery i had. it put me back. it's quite frightening. you know, you just don't know how you're getting your next breath. all right, dad. love you lots. love you. he just wants to get home to his daughters. when you've got young ones behind, that's your worry. you fight for your life for them and you want to give them a life. the next few weeks could be the biggest challenge the nhs has faced in its history. and it will be its staff who will bear the brunt for all of us.

that sobering report from fergus walsh. let's talk more now about events in the us capitol last night that shocked observers around the world. president trump, in a statement this morning has said that though he still ‘totally disagrees' with the outcome of the election, there will be an orderly transition of power. with me is jan halper—hayes — political commentator and former worldwide vice president of republicans overseas, and drexel heard ii — political strategist and executive board member for the california democratic party. he was also a member of barack obama's election campaign. thank you both forjoining us today. do you see a direct connection between donald trump a's do you see a direct connection between donald trump as speech to his supporters yesterday in washington, dc where he said we can never take back our country with weakness, and the events that unfolded at the capitol building a short time later, jan halper—hayes?

actually, it was the women for america first who had organised this, and they had been promoted it for at least two weeks. starting with a rally on the fifth in the evening, and they are the ones that organised the one in the park across from the white house, and they organised going to the capital. i do feel that if... we blame trump for everything. we get a cold and it is his fault. i think what is so jarring about it, is that it was at our capitol and the politicians were the ones at risk, but i don't see that any different from how the black lives matter and the antifa... we will hear what you have to say about that, but addressing the point i asked first of all, do you see a

direct connection between what president trump said, all the talk of fighting, and what happened at the capitol. you say we blame him for everything but he had encouraged people to come to the capitol in support of him and he gave that speech just minutes, virtually, before violence unfolded.“ speech just minutes, virtually, before violence unfolded. if you listen to the speech, he said, i know you are going to march to the capitol. it was already organised. so to answer your question, do i feel that he incited it, no. i don't, because i feel the fact that so many of his supporters were ignored and that was boiling over. that is no excuse for violence, though, is it? it is no excuse for dragging a capitol police officer into a crowd and assaulting him or damaging property. let me bring in

drexel heard ii. what do you think of what jan halper—hayes just said? she hasn't said much of anything. the president said we are going to march, because at that point he was going to march with them, as if he was some sort of aaron sorkin character in the west wing. but he is no president bartlett. but we have seen the president inciting this rally for weeks, riling up his supporter. rudy giuliani was out there before him roiling up supporters. what we saw was exactly what we anticipated from the last four years from this president. when he didn't get his way he was going to go out there and whip up his supporters to bring down this country. this is exactly what vladimir putin and our adversaries have been waiting for. this is that

moment. it unfortunately happened 13 days before the transition of power that was going to happen whether or not donald trump was going to leave the white house or not. our security correspondent frank gardner has reported that the chaos and violence in washington has been a gift to jihadist supporters of is and al-qaeda who have been celebrating it online and mocking western democracy. it has come to this. really and truly, jan halper—hayes, can you say that president trump has been acting in recent weeks in a manner befitting the president of the united states? i think at times, yes, andi the united states? i think at times, yes, and i have also been very concerned about him using fraud and stolen. there were constitutional, state constitutional laws that were violated, but i think that part, where he has actually really behaved

not very materially, but that is no different to how most politicians on either side. they are the only people that can get away with saying, i'm not going to give anything or pass anything for obama, ori anything or pass anything for obama, or i i'm not going to give covid relief, and for four months or i i'm not going to give covid relief, and forfour months make restau ra nts relief, and forfour months make restaurants close, as nancy pelosi did. they get away with this tit—for—tat stuff. did. they get away with this tit-for-tat stuff. but he is the president. what would you like to see republicans do? you are a democrat, drexel heard. we saw some republicans withdraw their certification ofjoe biden and kamala harris. some persisted with their objection. what would you like to see the republican party do now as we head to the inauguration of joe biden as president in a couple of weeks' time? if the republicans don't want to go the way of the whigs they will have to deal with joe biden. we saw some rhetoric from

mitt romney on the floor of the united states senate, which has been consistent with what he has said from when he first got to the united states senate. we saw majority leader republican mitch mcconnell, thoughts and prayers, and it only goes so far. thoughts and prayers was certainly something you and the united states capitol needed today but i think republicans will have to go further and denounce a lot of the rhetoric from donald trump. they will have to separate themselves from donald trump and his family, because they are going to try to stay in the limelight as much as possible because that's what the trump family does. they have to get rid of these people and if not their entire party will go the way of older parties like the whigs, like i say. democrats will keep reminding them of that. in 2022 there is a whole slew of senate seats up and we

will win them because at the end of the day our policies are the policies the american people have been aligned to the most with, and we saw that in the election. and nobody thought we would ever win georgia. that is the future, 2022, but this is now. there are serious questions and self—examination that needs to happen for the republican party, would you agree, jan halper—hayes? party, would you agree, jan halper-hayes? it depends on how you mean underneath that question? let mean underneath that question? let me briefly say, i mean because of the election result and because of the election result and because of the control of congress now going to the control of congress now going to the democrats, and also because of the democrats, and also because of the way donald trump has acted, you have said this use of language, about the vote being stolen is concerning to you, and also his potential continuing influence over the party, those are serious things that they have to consider. well,

the positive side of his influence in the party is that he has gotten rid of the snobby exclusiveness i have always complained about in the republican party. he has reached out to the common person... sorry to interrupt, but do you really think those people engaged in the violence at the capitol building yesterday are truly representative of the vast majority of republican voters, the ordinary people? no. look, there are activists for everything. and the people that are motivated to go and be an activist are very different to the ones that want to find a way to work for unity and work things out and understand the other side. but you know what? we need those activists because they draw attention to the issues so we can have discussions like we are having right now. a brief question to both

of you, drexel heard, does there need to be a consequence for donald trump, some sort of sanction for what he said yesterday on what has unfolded because he has not yet condemned the violence. he asked the protesters and rioters to go home but he has not actually condemned the violence. absolutely not. i think the president certainly should be held responsible for the violence at the capitol, but at the same time republicans certainly need to be held responsible for allowing this to happen. we saw for the first time a confederate flag inside the united states capitol, waving around. we saw a man with a viking hat on inside the senate chamber. if you wa nt inside the senate chamber. if you want to talk about the soul—searching republicans have to do, or the activists jan was talking about, those are republican voters, that they have dug up and, those are

though delete to make their people. they will have to figure out how to deal with that and republicans have to figure out how they want to move forward and what they are responsible for. if they can hold themselves responsible then maybe they can be fit to govern at some point, but right now they are not fit to govern, and the voters in georgia said that and the voters of america said that in november.- the very least is president trump need to condemn the violence very clearly a nd need to condemn the violence very clearly and does he owe the american people an apology, jan halper—hayes? ifind it very people an apology, jan halper—hayes? i find it very interesting that drexel heard will condemn all the republicans but he says all the riots and black lives matter and antifa, it was ok for those so—called peaceful protests to ruin businesses and set things on fire because that was under the umbrella of humanity. white makesjoe biden very clearly condemned those and

said in response to them, that violence shouldn't shouldn't happen no matter who it is. earlier today... drexel heard matter said earlier today that black lives matter and antifa were protesting humanity, and so therefore that would be ok, but we need to condemn republicans. i am done with hypocrisy. that is a lie, much like... all talk at once ifi like... all talk at once if i were a liberal woman, your continual condescending laughing at me would anger me, but i am not, because that's what liberals do. clearly there are other issues here that unfortunately we don't have time to get into but i really appreciate you joining us today to

talk about the events on the capitol. thank you both for your time. with schools closed to most children across the uk once more, the challenges faced by disadvantaged pupils who don't have the equipment they need have reappeared. fiona lamdin has been finding out how two families are coping with remote learning with limited devices at home. the iyugu family in bristol. home—schooling with no computer during the first lockdown was very hard. it got to a point where i was feeling depressed. i felt scared and i was worried, not just for myself, i was worried for my children as well because we had not enough on the phone, but then how can four people be using one phone to do schoolwork? it was a nightmare. are you worried your children will fall behind this time? yes, iam, honestly.

if i could get a laptop for my children, i would be over the moon, honestly. and here is the holgate family in swindon as they face the latest lockdown. we met them six months ago when they were home—schooling six children on one device. in the last lockdown i had just my mum's phone. all my siblings got to go first to do their homework, and i had to wait until bedtime to get my hour slot. so that was really hard. but a viewer donated a tablet, and so they are now hoping but a viewer donated a tablet, and so zion and her siblings are now hoping they won't fall behind this time. they all have an hour slot on two devices, so it's going to be much easier for me to do my homework without all of them hassling and fighting. there is a lot less arguing for the devices because kids are impatient, aren't they? and for many families, accessing online schoolwork is just not possible.

and so, at this primary in somerset, a drive—through. but instead of fast food, this school is dishing up home learning packs. the children who have got devices, have got really strong broadband connections, did really well in the last lockdown. they didn't really fall behind at all. the children that didn't have those devices fell behind by approximately six months. and one of those was 14—year—old charlie. when we met him in the summer he was struggling. he only had a phone. and then a viewer donated a laptop. my exams were better than i expected. what do you put that down to? if it wasn't for the laptop it wouldn't have happened. it made a massive impact on my future, if i was going for an apprenticeship or career. it's a life changer and a game changer, isn't it? yeah, yeah. back in bristol, we were still filming with the 0gus, when one of their teachers arrived with a laptop for them to borrow. what did you say? your laptop is just here if you'd like to grab it. oh, my goodness!

the government say they are committed to giving out a million devices to help throughout the pandemic. for edwina and herfamily, they think this one is a miracle. thank you so very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you, thank you! fiona lamdin, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. we've seen some snow during the course of this morning, especially so across parts of northern ireland and scotland. that's now moving into northern england. later we will see a bit more getting in across north—west wales. but wherever you are today, you will notice it does feel cold. this weather front here is what has been bringing the snow and it's very slowly moving south through the course of today. the isobars behind it tell you we have a more northerly wind and that is going to strengthen through the day across northern scotland. here, the showers will turn increasingly wintry down to sea level.

so the snow will continue across parts of southern scotland, northern england, into north wales through the course of the day. we could see a further five centimetres in the pennines, but some of this will get down to lower levels. where we have got this morning's freezing fog, some of it will stick, and where it sticks it will depress the temperatures. there will be some brightness in between. overnight there is a complication in the weather forecast but what we think is going to happen is we will see further snow across southern scotland, northern england, in parts of wales and the north—west midlands. with some snow showers coming in across the south—west at times. a return to some freezing fog patches forming, and the risk of ice, and still gusty winds, and that snow getting down to sea level across the north of scotland. tomorrow, here is our weatherfront, still very much with us. but a ridge of high pressure builds in right behind it, settling down the weather in the north of the country. but in the south, we still have this weather front, and what we think is going to happen is it will bring

some rain, sleet and snow across parts of northern england, in through the midlands, wales, into the south—west. less of a chance of seeing it in the south—east, but right behind it, it brightens up and we will see decent amounts of sunshine in northern ireland and scotland when we lose the morning showers. into saturday, a cold start to the day, a frosty one as well with temperatures falling to —10 or —11 in southern and eastern scotland. there will be a lot of sunshine, but you can see all this cloud and hill snow and rain coming in across the north and the west. look at the change in temperatures, 8 degrees in stornoway, still feeling cold across the rest of the uk. into sunday, it's also going to be a chilly start. there will be some sunshine, variable amounts of cloud, and then we've got another weatherfront coming in, bringing in some rain across the north and west. but on sunday, more of us will have higher temperatures than we have been used to of late.

this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 11... death, violence and chaos in washington dc — four people die as president trump's supporters storm america's capitol building. the rioters were trying to stop us lawmakers approving the result of the presidential election, encouraged by mr trump's false claims of electoral fraud. this was a fraudulent election. but we can't play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you're very special. this not dissent — it's disorder. it's chaos. it borders on sedition. in the face of the violence, american lawmakers return to work and endorse the new president —

joe biden. joe biden and kamala harris will be the president and vice president according to the palace that have been given to us. —— ballots. in a statement president trump said there will be an orderly transition of power — but once again stated that he disagrees with the result. in the uk — hundreds of gp surgeries begin offering the new oxford—astra zeneca covid vaccine. and — as millions of households get to grips with the return of online schooling, we look at efforts to help families without the laptops and computers they need to learn.

hello, good morning. four people are dead after hundreds of pro—donald trump supporters — some of them armed — ransacked the us capitol building in washington. the us congress has now certified joe biden's victory in the presidential election. protesters stormed congress, breaking into the senate chamber and the office of the house speaker, after being encouraged by the outgoing president's false claims of electoral fraud. a woman who was shot during the clashes died. police say three other people died from medical emergencies. two pipe bombs were found. 52 arrests were made. at least one senator, kelly loeffler of georgia, rescinded her objection to the certification of presidential electors. she was one of two republicans whose party lost two senate seats in georgia, and with it control of the senate. the vice—president, mike pence. who's chairing proceedings in the senate, condemned the violence. joe biden said the storming of congress bordered on sedition, while president trump issued a video message urging his supporters to go home, but continued to suggest that the election had been

stolen from him. this report from sarah campbell. the day democracy in the united states of america came under attack as never before. crowd: usa! fired up by president trump's rhetoric and unfounded allegations of electoral fraud, the capitol building was stormed by his supporters. as politicians and staff inside the building fled to safety, security officers, guns drawn, attempted to stop protesters entering the chamber. during the chaos, four people died, according to police — a woman from gunshot wounds and the others due to medical emergencies. these images beamed around the world. those who'd taken part — unrepentant. that is just not how things are done in this country, lawlessness, storming buildings even and... this nation was not founded

on civility, this nation was founded on revolutionary activity. we became civil after the government realised they got overwhelmed. so what happens now? i guess now we wait and see if they take us seriously because they saw how easily we were able to breach their defence. as security tried to regain control, the president—elect urged what he called the mob to pull back. what we are seeing are a small number of extremists, dedicated to lawlessness. this is not dissent, it is disorder, it is chaos, it borders on sedition. and it must end, now. as the protests continued, president trump sent a message of support. this was a fraudulent election but we cannot play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you,

you're very special. as the hours ticked by, reaction poured in from around the world, which was watching on. boris johnson tweeted, "disgraceful scenes in the us congress," adding that, "the us stands for democracy around the world." former cia directorjohn 0 brennan tweeted, "one person is responsible for the surreal act of sedition," and that trump must be held accountable. after a number of hours, the protesters were removed and the area around the capitol building secured. all over the world is looking at washington now and they saw people storming the capitol... i hope they keep watching it. we are the last hope for the world! at least in my mind and everything i have seen, we are free. congress was reconvened with the current vice president adding his condemnation. the violence was quelled. the capitol is secured

and the people's work continues. we condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. and finally the confirmation the protesters had tried to prevent. joe biden and kamala harris will be the president and the vice president according to the ballots that have been given to us. applause. banned from twitter and facebook, president trump's reaction was tweeted by a white house spokesman. "even though i totally disagree with the outcome of the election, there will be an orderly transition on january the 20th," ending that this was, "only the beginning of the fight to make america great again." meanwhile, in the capitol building, the clean—up after what many are seeing as one of america's darkest days and there is talk among his own party that president trump,

accused of inciting violence, should now be removed from office. sarah campbell, bbc news. well, our correspondents aleem maqbool and lebo diseko were at capitol hill throughout the events of last night. lebo was inside the capitol building when the rioters breached the building — we'll hearfrom her in a moment — but first let's hear from aleem maqbool, who was outside amongst the protestors as events unfolded. well, we are just outside the capitol building, as you can see, and just in the last few minutes, after a lull of an hour or so, we heard sound bombs, we saw tear gas being deployed. and that was just to clear, you might be able to make out the top level, all of this stage and this scaffolding that was all set up for the inauguration in two weeks' time, the trump supporters took over all that area and there are still hundreds all round the building. they are right up the steps at the back of the building,

right to the door of the capitol building which of course has been shut now. but no sense that people are suddenly going to leave in less than an hour when that curfew comes into force. i've spoken to some of the very people who actually managed to enter into the building and the sense i was trying to get was as to whether this was something that was planned and i have spoken to several people now and none of them said it was part of the plan of the day, to actually get inside the building. they certainly said, all of them, that they felt inspired by the words of donald trump to march to the capitol, to take back their country. for them, they interpreted that as needing to really make their presence felt but they also, once they got here, they felt they could easily overwhelm security and get past security. we saw some confrontation but they all talk about security essentially stepping back and that's why some of them found themselves in the building. one of them described the fact

that he then started to just knock on doors inside the capitol building and then found himself outside the chamber but left when security was beefed up inside. we saw another woman who had injured her leg through crawling out of a window, to get back out of the capitol building. but still, extraordinary scenes here as hundreds are still all over the capitol grounds. i was standing here when police came through and told us to stop broadcasting, cleared this area. we are in a part of the capitol that is used by members of the house of representatives. we were all moved into a tunnel and eventually into a cafeteria. other people were taken elsewhere. we were there, just watching these scenes play out in the seat of democracy in this country, seeing people trying to smash windows, getting into the building, this really striking image of police holding up two guns as they tried to stop people

getting onto the chamber. we saw people having broken into nancy pelosi's office, their feet on her table. as we were watching this, we were there for several hours, i was speaking to people there. i spoke to a couple of women who actually work on the floor, they are employees in the capitol, saying they are not allowed to touch where members sit like that, they are not allowed to touch their desks in that way and to see people climbing all over the house floor, jumping on the platforms there, they saw it as a real disrespect for the democratic institutions of this country. earlier amy pope, who's worked with president—electjoe biden as deputy homeland security advisor, gave her reaction to this violent interruption of the political process. that is good news. it ultimately shows the institutions are stronger than this moment in time and they have really been tested over the last four

years in so many ways. ultimately, the process will move forward as intended. i don't think it means that this is the end of the bumps in the road, certainly we should anticipate that there might be more protests and they might be violent and there will be a testing of the various institutions but at least we are continuing and moving forward toward the orderly transition of power. it is unfathomable that they are interrupting the process we have for electing leaders. from a security point of view i spent a lot of time working with the us capitol police and members of the house and senate on my lastjob on responding to security events and there is a whole series of security plans in place, they're well exercised and extremely competent people. to have a moment

in time, we really saw the security plans fall apart, to me that is very striking and troubling. i would be shockedif striking and troubling. i would be shocked if there is some sort of response to suggest that he is committing treason. i think that would only further inflame his supporters and make a situation worse rather than better. but there isa worse rather than better. but there is a different issue here, and that is a different issue here, and that is the role of the members of congress. this is a time when republican and democratic members of congress need to come together and be absolutely unequivocal that this election took place under appropriate circumstances, that the results are appropriate and consistent with the law, and not leave a ny consistent with the law, and not leave any ambiguity for the trump supporters to seize upon. this is the protection of the democracy, thatis the protection of the democracy, that is not partisan, that is someplace where every single member of congress needs to come together in order to uphold their oath to protect the constitution of the united states. the republican party is being forced to come to terms with the direction they want to go

and we have seen some praying over the last several weeks. one as they have been asked undermined the outcome of the route election and more recently as they were negotiating the outcome of the coronavirus relief bill where there isa coronavirus relief bill where there is a question about how much support to give to american citizens in terms of financial support. you are seeing the party really struggling with what its principles are, who it is going to be loyalty, and that is something that they are going to have to come to terms with an it is mitch mcconnell‘s most pressing concern mitch mcconnell‘s most pressing concern as we get through inauguration day. i'm joined now by jamie stiehm, a columnist and public speaker on us politics who was inside the capitol building when it was stormed. thank you forjoining us. take us back to the moment it happened. where were you and what exactly happened? i was in the press gallery overlooking the chamber. we were all

assigned a seat and we have perfect visibility of the republicans and democrats. they were making speeches. the house republicans seemed... little did we know what was in store. it was going to be a long day, long night, because objections were being raised to the formality. but then all of a sudden we heard shattered glass and we heard an announcement that the building had been breached, that an individual was storming the building, but it was actually not just one individual, it was scores of individuals. theyjust walked right in, they didn't go through security. they knew their way around. climbing up to the second floor. shouts were heard, and in the house chamber we saw that there were five men holding a gun and a man on

the other side of the glass. that was the most frightening moment, because anything could happen. and those five people were security officials? yes, i think they were plainclothes detectives. the capitol police agency that is in charge of securing the building, and by that point it was clear that they had lost control of the building. a lot of people in the mobjust lost control of the building. a lot of people in the mob just walked right in. we knew that today was going to be a bit dicey, but didn't think the city citadel of democracy would be assaulted. it sounds incredibly alarming to have been inside. what did you do at that point? we were given escape hoods, we would told to kneel down in the

aisle, and to move away from the centre to decide, so people and press we re centre to decide, so people and press were going to one room and members of congress were going to another, but we had to go down a secret passageway, stairway kimi to our house office building. the press was housed in the house cafeteria, which had tables and some refreshments, and we traded tales, where we were when we heard the shots. one cnn producer said she was a knife senators hide away and hidden in the bathroom, to the capital has lots of books and crannies. we were able to go back into the building and feel safe. did you have a sense where you were as to how many people had actually breached the building and how many people had come in? now. it was only

when i saw the pictures of the outside, didn't have a sense of how many people there were. i was absolutely stunned when i saw a very organised mob. they had made plans. they went there just to protest. they went there just to protest. they weren't non—violent protesters. they weren't non—violent protesters. they weren't non—violent protesters. they were there to inflict harm and fear and they did succeed. how are you feeling when you were going through this yourself? are you frightened by it at the time?|j through this yourself? are you frightened by it at the time? i was. i was frightened by it at the time? i was. iwasa frightened by it at the time? i was. i was a reporter for ten years and i have seen violence on city streets. i haven't felt this kind of violation of a beautiful public space that belongs to all of us, and

to think that that was being ransacked and violated was... it took us all afternoon to wrap our minds around it. what about the security within the building? it is a big building and it is normally very secure. given all the build—up to this and lots of speculation that violence was possible at this time, are you surprised at what happened, do you think it is just ineptitude, do you think it is just ineptitude, do you think it is just ineptitude, do you think it was inevitable that there wasn't enough security, do you think there was some complicity going on? one senator suggested that to me privately. i think the scale was very surprising. you were not shocked that there was some kind of attempt today, because president trump had incited it. but the scale of how many there were and how quickly they succeeded in piercing

the security wall made us realise we are more vulnerable than we ever thought. but in terms of the idea of complicity, that this could have been prevented, is that true in your view? it could have been prevented and it could have been much worse. in other words, if the capital police had the assistance of the metropolitan police, every officer was on duty yesterday, i think it would have gone a lot better, because the city police are better trained and they would have known more how to handle crowds and they would have been able to buttress the capital police. they were outnumbered, the capital police, and we saw some policeman were just letting them go up the stairs or into the building, around the terrace, that terrorist should be

inviolable, especially during inauguration preparations. so they we re inauguration preparations. so they were not up to the job today. what is your sense of the political appetite now amongst the republicans to try and remove president trump from office within the next two weeks, the 25th amendment impeachment etc, or is there a danger that that inflames his base even more? the base is now the mob. two weeks is not enough to make it happen. besides the 25th amendment is the cabinet removing the president. impeachment is congress. i think we are just on the clock now. we are hoping that the worst happened today and two more weeks will go by without incident. trump is still commander—in—chief though,

isn't he, of a very powerful country. you bet he is. i have heard from democratic senators that the republican senators would rather chase and sober up by this event but ican chase and sober up by this event but i can say the same for the house republicans. we will leave it there. thanks very much for your time today. for reflecting on what has happened in the last few hours. thank you. we will move on to events here in the uk and the ongoing covid crisis we are facing. in the last few minutes we've received the latest figures from england's test and trace scheme which show there has been a 24% increase in people testing positive for the coronavirus in the week from christmas eve until 30th december. the figures reflect a spike in cases that has prompted a new national lockdown. the scheme contacted 92.3% of the 193,573 people identified as close contacts of positive cases, a similar proportion to the week before.

a spike therejust a spike there just after christmas. 2496 a spike there just after christmas. 24% increase between the 24th of december and the 30th of december. that might obviously take in some christmas day transmission, although that will also tip over it no doubt into the following weeks numbers when we get them. the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine is being rolled out to general practices in england for the first time today. so far, all the jabs have been administered in hospitals. now the programme is due to be expanded to hundreds of community—based sites over the next few weeks. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. already more than a million people have received their first vaccinations against the coronavirus. but the target of reaching 13 million of the most vulnerable by mid—february, is going to be tough to hit. unlike the pfizer vaccine, which needs to be stored at ultra—low temperatures, the oxford jab can be kept in regular fridges that every

gp surgery has. it's also much easier to move, and so better suited for use in care homes and those who can't leave the house. gps say they're ready to start administering the jab, despite some frustrations over supply. i just think we need some explanations. why has there been this hold—up? why are some practices getting it, and others — like mine — not being given the vaccine? why doesn't someone tell us what is going on? in england, seven big vaccination centres are opening. over the next week, jabs will become available in more than 200 gp surgeries and hospitals, as well as through a pilot scheme involving local pharmacies. amid the grim news of rising infections, the pressures on hospitals, and a growing death toll, this is another ray of hope for the coming months. dominic hughes, bbc news. and later for viewers here in the uk, we'll have more on the roll—out of the vaccine in live coverage of the latest downing street coronavirus briefing — led by the prime minister,

and accompanied by nhs ceo simon stevens and brigadier phil prosser. that's at five here on bbc news. the home secretary priti patel has said it's right that police "act robustly" to enforce the new coronavirus lockdown. police leaders have been explaining how the new restrictions will be monitored, under the principles of "engage, explain, encourage and enforce". martin hewitt, chair of the national police chiefs' council, said the priority was stopping the transmission of the virus. whilst we will still be our adopting our approach of four es, we will still engage with people, explain and we will encourage. we are going to move more quickly to enforcement where people are blatantly breaching the rules. the rules now are very, very clear. similar to where we were back in the spring of last year. and everyone has a responsibility to follow those rules and we will play our part and deal, particularly deal with those people who are blatantly breaching

the rules and putting everyone's lives at risk. the home secretary said it was right to have "stringent" measures in place. the fact of the matter is, the police have been out every single day, enforcing the covid regulations and they have been using the methods of the four es in particular, to explain, encourage and now of course they are going to enforcement much quicker than they had done previously but actually, in a very similar way to which they had them in the spring of last year. they will continue to enforce, they will continue to pursue egregious breaches of the coronavirus regulations and they have been doing that anyway. in the last two weeks over the christmas period we have seen something like over 800 fixed penalty notice fines being issued when it comes to egregious breaches and people breaching the regulations around covid.

three teenagers have been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm after a 13—year—old boy was stabbed to death in reading. oliver stephens, known as olly, was pronounced dead at bugs bottom fields, emmer green, on sunday. two boys and a girl, all aged 13 or 1a, will appear in reading magistrates' court later today. two other boys, aged 13, have been released on bail. the weekly clap for carers that began during the first lockdown is to return tonight under the new name of clap for heroes. it's aimed at recognising carers, teachers, home schooling parents, and all front line workers. the idea of clapping and banging pots from doorsteps originally began as a one—off to support nhs staff — three days after the uk went into lockdown for the first time. a rapperfrom a rapper from coventry has topped

the bbc sound of 21. our correspondent lizo mzimba reports. # why you keep wastin' your energy? # n?ver let them draw out the energy # they just want you fall cos their jealousy # yeah, protect your energy... he's been called the most inventive rapper to come out of the uk in years, and this is the moment that radio one's annie mac gave him the news that should kick—start his 2021. you are the winner of the bbc sound of 2021. you won. serious?! that is crazy, that is crazy. so much gratitude. # they don't know about the block life... his music reflects his life experiences. a close friend was killed in a knife attack. he himself survived a gun attack where he was hit in the head by shotgun pellets. the 23—year—old from coventry reflects on how things have changed compared with what he was going through this time last year.

a yearago, surviving, man. survival. people around me, caged. people around me, just turned crack fiends, you know? i come from real life, you know? everything i see is genuine. it's a real life story. the list is voted for by djs, bloggers and other figures in the music industry. previous winners include sam smith... # won't you stay with me... adele. # hello from the other side... and last year's winner, celeste. # if everybody gave a little love... lizo mzimba, bbc news. hello again. some of us have seen some sleet and snow already this morning across northern ireland, scotland and also northern england. and there's more to come for northern ireland, southern scotland, and later into north wales.

especially on high ground, but we will see some to lower levels. the freezing fog we have had this morning will be slow to lift, some of it lingering all day. that will peg back the temperatures, but in between there will be some sunshine and, increasingly, wintry showers will get down to sea level across the north of scotland and later the wind will pick up as well and be quite gusty, actually, not just today but tonight and tomorrow. tonight, what we think is going to happen, and there is a complication in the weather forecast, is we see further snow across northern england, wales, the north west midlands and some wintry showers coming in across the south—west. we will see a return also to some freezing fog patches forming and the risk of ice. but on saturday and friday we are looking at a bit more in the way of dry weather except for in the north—west where it will rain but be milder.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. death, violence and chaos in washington dc. four people die as president trump's supporters storm america's capitol building. the rioters were trying to stop us lawmakers approving the result of the presidential election, encouraged by mr trump's false claims of electoral fraud. in the face of the violence, american lawmakers return to work and endorse the new president, joe biden. in a statement president trump said there will be an orderly transition of power

but once again stated that he disagrees with the result. in the uk, hundreds of gp surgeries begin offering the new oxford—astrazeneca covid vaccine. and as millions of households get to grips with the return of online schooling, we look at efforts to help families without the laptops and computers they need to learn. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good morning. the international olympic committee say it's fully concentrated on delivering the tokyo games later this year, despite a state of emergency being declared in the japanese capital. daily covid infections have hit a daily record there. our senior sports reporter laura scottjoins me now. good morning. organisers of the games are saying all the right things but they will be acutely aware of this situation unfolding in tokyo ?

aware of this situation unfolding in tokyo? absolutely, they have declared this one—month state of emergency and of course they are hoping that this achieves the right things in bringing the coronavirus cases down in tokyo. that is in tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures and is in place until the 8th of february, the state of emergency. the situation is at crisis point, they say. we have heard from the ioc and the local organising committee of the tokyo games, the ioc saying that they have full confidence in the japanese authorities and the measures they are taking. the tokyo organising committee also confident that the games can go ahead and they are still very much planning for that. just a word of caution, clearly last year we heard from the ioc president thomas back on the 3rd of march, and he said the tokyo games would go ahead as planned and then they were postponed on the 24th of march. so all eyes on tokyo to see how this state of emergency goes in terms of

bringing those coronavirus cases down. still several months to go before the games are due to get under way. as far as putting on a successful and safe games is concerned, we know vaccinations will be central for that, for all of those involved, settling athletes. interesting comments from the british olympic association that athletes you —— who wants to compete in tokyo will not be skipping the queue, they realise that there are more important people like front line workers that need the vaccine first. yes, the chief executive of the british olympic association said the british olympic association said the priority has to be people who need it first which i'm sure most people would agree with. he said there will be a time ahead of the games when athletes can be considered for vaccination but he said they will only do it when they think it is appropriate, our understanding that would be late spring, early summer, and they want to stress they don't want to jump the queue. the ioc are understood to

be working out how they will deal with nations who do not have vaccination programmes. the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to have an impact on sporting fixtures. manchester city's game against west ham in the women's super league this weekend has been postponed, after four positive tests in the city camp. arsenal have also asked for their game against manchester city are through to the final of the efl cup, for the fourth year running after beating city rivals manchester united. before the game there was a minutes silence in memory of city legend colin bell who died this week. city's players all wearing number eight, bell's old number. as for the game, it took until the second half for them to go ahead. john stones, the unlikely scorer before a great volley from fernandinho secured the win. they'll now meet spurs in the final which will be played in april. and the england women's cricket team are going to tour pakistan

for the first time. they'll play two twenty20 matches and one—day series in october and they will be there alongside the men's team. clare connor, who's in charge of women's cricket at the ecb, says it's an important step in their history. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. the number of patients being treated for covid in hospitals across the uk has risen above 30,000. more than 1,000 deaths were reported in the latest 2a hour period, that's the highest since last april. our medical editor fergus walsh has been allowed to film inside one of london's busiest intensive care units and just to warn you some viewers may find the images in this report upsetting. intensive care is under pressure like never before. after christmas, it just sort of hit me. i've seen a couple of people, within the short time i spent in hospital, they didn't make it. from a relentless rise in covid admissions...

how long can you keep going like this? at this pace i think we've got about a week. ..staff fear burn—out. the nurses are broken. the physical and mental load is huge. the toll is immense. my emotions are all over the place. scared, sad, petrified. worried. this should be an operating theatre, but there's no surgery here. instead, it's been converted into an intensive care unit. the number of covid patients in london's hospitals has doubled in just two weeks. they are more stretched now than at the peak last april. we've got three times as many critically ill patients in this hospital than we normally have. and we've managed to stretch and spread to cover that, but that can't go on forever. intensive care is expanding

across university college hospital — a children's area now for desperately sick adults. every day, more wards are being transformed into icu, ready for the next influx. but senior staff are worried. we've got plans that we can expand for another week at this rate, but after that we really need to see it slow down, or we're going to see the care we can deliver suffer, i think. we would be running so thin on staff that we wouldn't. .. we physically couldn't look after critically ill patients. covid has made this a winter like no other. attila is 67. over the holidays, coronvirus spread through his family. after christmas, it just sort of hit me. it just went bang. i just couldn't breathe at all. i didn't think i would make it through. you're gasping.

it is like there is no oxygen around. and... frightening? sorry? frightening? very, very frightening. very. there are three pregnant women in intensive care. rachel is due in five weeks. every mother puts her child before herself. both she and her baby are doing well. they can't do anything that will harm the baby, obviously, and they look after my baby so well. all the time coming and checking, monitoring that the baby's happy. you can't see — you're looking after two people in one. they're saving lives. the demands on staff are unrelenting, and on their families too. alice has young children, cared for by grandparents

in scotland during the first peak. in stage one, i sent my five and seven—year—old daughters away, because we weren't quite sure how we would manage, so i had my five—year—old in tears last night, at the thought of another lockdown, because she thought that meant i was sending her away again. she's most worried about the impact on nurses — the bedrock of care in icu. it's not uncommon at the moment that i've come to work, i have walked into the unit to find nurses crying. the physical and mental load is huge, and i am really worried that we're going to break a lot of nurses. and what about the doctors as well? and doctors, and doctors too. it's emotionally distressing for the staff, the things we are seeing. i mean, i'm used to seeing that but this is different.

intensive care nursing is highly specialised. usually, they're one—to—one with patients — now responsible for three, four orfive, with other staff filling the gaps. we're so stretched we have to prioritise, and prioritising care is not what the nhs that i grew up in, we shouldn't have to choose which patient gets what care first. ashleigh says she's never had to make decisions like this before. if people are asking for your help, you just don't know who to help first. the patients are losing their lives at a dramatic speed. we're notjust getting old people. this is young people that we're getting, people my age. i've reported from here several times during the pandemic, and i'm always struck by the professionalism and dedication of staff. but this is a system under strain like never before. the warning signs here couldn't be clearer. the nhs is now on the brink.

unless infection rates start to fall soon, then it could seriously impact patient care — and notjust for those with covid. it is a really serious consequence, and if we get to that point we can't offer anyone icu — not just covid patients, but, you know, anyone who has a traffic accident, or heart attack or a stroke or whatever it is, we just won't have any more capacity to take them in. for now, the trust is coping. cancer operations are continuing, though most non—urgent surgery is cancelled. hello, gents! i am just pleased that i'm still alive now. gerald is awaiting chemotherapy for lung cancer, and had been shielding but still caught coronavirus. the only thing i can think is from opening some packaging or some delivery i had. it put me back.

it's quite frightening. you know, you just don't know how you're getting your next breath. all right, dad. love you lots. love you. he just wants to get home to his daughters. when you've got young ones behind, that's your worry. you fight for your life for them and you want to give them a life. the next few weeks could be the biggest challenge the nhs has faced in its history. and it will be its staff who will bear the brunt for all of us. fergus walsh with that special report giving us the very latest on the grim report on the current

the grim report on the covid report giving us the very latest on the grim report on the covid rates. with the covid—19 vaccination programme under way, questions remain over who will be next to receive the jab after those most at risk. the nhs aims to vaccinate 13 million people in priority groups by mid—february, but should teachers and teaching staff be next in line to receive vaccinations? the health secretary matt hancock says teacher and nursery workers have a very strong case. i'm joined now by adam finn a professor of paediatrics at the bristol children's vaccine centre at the university of bristol and chief executive of the confederation of school trusts leora cruddas. thank you forjoining me. if i can start with you, professor, in terms of the age profile of people going down now, in terms of who is becoming very ill with this new variation, does that make it more the case, perhaps, to vaccinate teaching staff earlier, and perhaps even older teenagers? thank you for having me on and for that question. asa having me on and for that question. as a paediatrician, i'm extremely concerned that we try and keep

schools resilient and preferably open them as soon as possible. one of the main ways of doing that it will be to protect the teaching staff. the age profile of severe covid is very... age is a very strong predictor of severity. in that excellent and very disturbing report from fergus walsh is now, we saw that of course it isn'tjust old people, but also, to some extent, adults of the younger age that can be affected. i think in the next phase of the roll—out, once the most vulnerable groups have been immunised, hopefully, as soon as possible, then teachers come on a personal level, i would certainly endorse the idea that teachers should be prioritised. that decision will be debated over the next month by jcvi will be debated over the next month byjcvi and we expect to have a phase two plan by next february. so

you think that should happen ahead of people, who are, for example, over 50? that's not what i said, the first phase needs to be implemented. the work that we have got from the uk epidemiology is very clear that the best way to bring down the pressure on hospitals and the number of sick people and the number of people dying is to immunise on an age prioritised approach, so bringing down the age limit as we work our way through. and bringing in also people with co—morbidity over the age of 50. we need to prioritise those people alongside the front line health care workers as well. after that, then i think teachers would certainly be among the groups that we would be considering for immunising in the next phase. i imagine that you are very much wanting teachers to be protected, how support —— how much

support is there among your colleagues? i agree with adam, their tragic stories from the report show why those with clinical need and older people should receive the vaccination is first, that should be our first priority. nhs staff and those in a care sector should be prioritised. but when it comes to a point when everyone who has a clinical need for the vaccination has had it, then we have a conversation about which groups of the workforce are prioritised for the workforce are prioritised for the vaccine and at this point, we need to school staff, not just teachers, school staff, to be on the priority list. this is because the education of our children is a national priority. it is an everyone's interests for children to be in school and there is no question that being talked face to face is the best thing for young people, particularly for those for whom the disadvantage gap is opening

up whom the disadvantage gap is opening up —— being taught face—to—face is the best thing for young people. it is also in the mental health interests and welfare of young people that they are in school. prioritising the school workforce gives as a way of doing that safely. what about older teenagers, 16 to 18—year—olds? what about older teenagers, 16 to 18-year-olds? we are seeing more infections in older children, in their teens, and we do in younger children. —— then we have seen in younger children. so we will be studying vaccines in that age group, so the roll—out continues, we should have the evidence to support safety and evidence for younger people. but at the moment the licences for the vaccines are for adults from the age of 16 or 18. vaccines are for adults from the age of 16 or18. do you vaccines are for adults from the age of 16 or 18. do you think children as older teens could be vaccinated in the next few months or will the medical community wants to trade

more cautiously on that front?” think once we had the evidence to support the use of the vaccines, which we are busy accumulating, once we have the vaccines available to provide it, there is absolutely no reason in principle why the immunisation programme cannot be universal. but just as immunisation programme cannot be universal. butjust as we have been discussing, we need to prioritise at the moment and work out how best to deploy the doses we have got to have the maximum impact. leora cruddus, how would you sum up the reaction to the government's ever changing plans on schools? because those doing mock exams for gcses and a—levels and other exams were due to be doing them right now, borisjohnson told eve ryo ne them right now, borisjohnson told everyone that schools were safe on sunday, they closed on monday, how difficult will it be for this generation for children? these qualifications are absolutely essential, aren't they? certainly, thatis essential, aren't they? certainly, that is the case. and in the education community, we are incredibly worried about the

disruption continually to children and young people's education. i can assure you that all teachers and schools and support staff are doing theirvery schools and support staff are doing their very level best to ensure the highest quality of remote education, and when schools do go back, we will teach intensively to make sure that children and young people catch up on the missed knowledge, the mist learning and all of the next phase of their education. in terms of teacher assessments, have you had any guidance yet as to how that will roll out? it happened as an emergency last time retrospectively but what about this time? a lot of those kids will be thinking, as soon as school opened in february, march, after easter, are those mock exams effectively going to be my public exams? we don't have the detail on that. we can say we have a little bit more lead—in time this time to

get that teacher assessment more accurate than we were last time, la st accurate than we were last time, last year. in the pandemic. but what is really important is that young people continue with their programmes of learning, because qualifications are really important for the next stage of a young person's journey. but perhaps for the next stage of a young person'sjourney. but perhaps even more so is that underlying knowledge that they need to progress to the next stage of their education. so we need to keep them in school, and learning. leora cruddus and professor adam fenn, thank you very much to both of you. thank you. ministers are changing the controversial leasehold system in what they describe as some of the biggest reforms of property law in england for a0 years. more than 11.5 million leaseholders could benefit. at present, they pay mortgages for their house or flat and annual fees to the owner of the land, the freeholder. we can speak to the property commentator and former editor

of brick and mortar for the times, anne ashworth. thank you forjoining us. can you festival explain what the changes are? -- first of all explain? we are seeing reforms to a system that dates back to the norman conquest. it is literally medieval. under which, if you buy a certain kind of house, you are not the outright owner, you merely hold a lease and have been required to pay ground rent under that lease. which under whole system which has made it very difficult to sell the home. because you could only extend that lease for 50 yea rs, you could only extend that lease for 50 years, and at the same time, your ground rent, ie, these charges that you will only pay every year, could double in five or ten years. so you we re double in five or ten years. so you were not only burdened with your mortgage, but also with these

charges. it has been called a scandal, it is... house—builders have not only made a profit from selling homes to the unwitting buyers but also received a second strea m buyers but also received a second stream of income from either collecting these ground rates themselves or selling them to a third party. there has been a huge amount of noise over this, it is being investigated by the competition and markets authority, which is looking at the practices of certain house—builders. however, what we will progress now is to a series of reforms that modernises the system. and how they work, briefly, if i may, and how much could that save people? it could save thousands in some cases. when you want to extend your lease, you will be able to do so for more than 900 years and at that point your ground rent, the charge that you have been playing, paying, will be cancelled. thank you so much indeed.

with schools closed to most children across the uk once more the challenges faced by disadvantaged pupils, who don't have the equipment they need, have reappeared. fiona lamdin has been finding out how two families are coping with remote learning with limited devices at home. the 0gu family in bristol, home—schooling with no computer during the first lockdown was very hard. it got to a point that i was feeling depressed. i felt scared and i was worried, notjust for myself, but the phone, but how could four people be using one phone to do schoolwork? it was a nightmare. are you worried that your children will fall behind this time? i am, honestly. if i could get a laptop for my children, i would be over the moon, honestly. and here is the holgate family in swindon as they face the latest lockdown.

we met them six months ago, when they were home—schooling six children on one device. in the last lockdown ijust had my mum's phone and all of my siblings got to go first to do their homework and i had to wait until bedtime to get my hour slot. so that was really hard. but a viewer donated a tablet, so zion and her siblings are hoping they won't fall behind this time. they all have an hour slot on two devices, and it will be much easierfor me to do my homework without all of them hassling and fighting. there is a lot less arguing for the devices, because kids are impatient, aren't they? and for many families, accessing online schoolwork is just not possible. and so at this primary in somerset, a drivethru, but instead of fast food, the school is dishing up home learning packs. the children that have got devices,

really strong broadband connections, did really well in the last lockdown. they didn't really fall behind at all. the children that did not have those devices fell behind by approximately six months. and one of those was 14—year—old charlie. when we met him in the summer he was struggling and only had a phone. and then a viewer donated a laptop. my exams were better than i expected. what do you put that down to? if it wasn't for the laptop, it wouldn't have happened. it made a massive impact on my future, like if i was going for an apprenticeship or career. it's a life changer and a game changer. yeah. back in bristol we were still filming with the 0gu family when one of the teachers arrived with a laptop for them to borrow. your laptop is just here if you want to grab it. oh, my goodness! the government say they are committed to giving out 1 million devices to help throughout the pandemic. for edwina and herfamily, they think this one is a miracle. thank you so very much.

thank you. thank you very much. thank you. hello again. we've seen some snow during the course of this morning, especially so across parts of northern ireland and scotland. that's now moving into northern england. later we will see a bit more getting in across north—west wales. but wherever you are today, you will notice it does feel cold. this weather front here is what has been bringing the snow and it's very slowly moving south through the course of today. the isobars behind it tell you we have a more northerly wind and that is going to strengthen through the day across northern scotland. here, the showers will turn increasingly wintry down to sea level. so the snow will continue across parts of southern scotland, northern england, into north wales through the course of the day. we could see a further five centimetres in the pennines, but some of this will get down to lower levels. where we have got this

morning's freezing fog, some of it will stick, and where it sticks it will depress the temperatures. there will be some brightness in between. overnight there is a complication in the weather forecast but what we think is going to happen is we will see further snow across southern scotland, northern england, in parts of wales and the north—west midlands. with some snow showers coming in across the south—west at times. a return to some freezing fog patches forming, and the risk of ice, and still gusty winds, and that snow getting down to sea level across the north of scotland. tomorrow, here is our weatherfront, still very much with us. but a ridge of high pressure builds in right behind it, settling down the weather in the north of the country. but in the south, we still have this weather front, and what we think is going to happen is it will bring some rain, sleet and snow across parts of northern england, in through the midlands, wales, into the south—west. less of a chance of seeing it in the south—east, but right behind it, it brightens up and we will see decent amounts of sunshine in northern ireland and scotland when we lose the morning showers. into saturday, a cold start to the day, a frosty one as well with temperatures falling to —10 or —11 in southern and eastern scotland. there will be a lot of sunshine, but you can see all this cloud

and hill snow and rain coming in across the north and the west. look at the change in temperatures, 8 degrees in stornoway, there will be a lot of sunshine, but you can see all this cloud and hill snow and rain coming in across the north and the west. look at the change in temperatures, 8 degrees in stornoway, still feeling cold across the rest of the uk. into sunday, it's also going to be a chilly start. there will be some sunshine, variable amounts of cloud, and then we've got another weatherfront coming in, bringing in some rain across the north and west. but on sunday, more of us will have higher temperatures than we have been used to of late.

this is bbc news. the headlines... death, violence and chaos in washington dc — four people die as president trump's supporters storm america's capitol building. the rioters were trying to stop us lawmakers approving the result of the presidential election, encouraged by mr trump's false claims of electoral fraud. this was a fraudulent election. but we can't play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you're very special. this not dissent — it's disorder. it's chaos. it borders on sedition. in the face of the violence — american lawmakers return to work and endorse the new president — joe biden.

joe biden and kamala harris will be the president and vice president according to the ballots that have been given to us. in a statement president trump said there will be an orderly transition of power — but once again stated that he disagrees with the result. in the uk — hundreds of gp surgeries begin offering the new oxford—astrazeneca covid vaccine. and — as millions of households get to grips with the return of online schooling — we look at efforts to help families without the laptops and computers they need to learn. president trump has committed to an "orderly transition" of power when his term ends,

after violence at the us capitol building left four people dead. the us congress has now certified joe biden's victory in the presidential election. hundreds of protesters — some of them armed — ransacked congress, breaking into the senate chamber and the office of the house speaker, after being encouraged by the outgoing president's false claims of electoral fraud. a woman who was shot during the clashes died. police say three other people died from medical emergencies. two pipe bombs were found. 52 arrests were made. at least one senator, kelly loeffler of georgia, rescinded her objection to the certification of presidential electors. she was one of 2 republicans whose party lost 2 senate seats in georgia, and with it control of the senate. the vice—president, mike pence, who's chairing proceedings in the senate, condemned the violence. joe biden said the storming of congress was not dissent. it's "chaos and borders

on sedition". president trump issued a video message urging his supporters to go home, but continued to suggest that the election had been stolen from him, climing victory has been "unceremoniously and viciously stripped away". twitter has now taken down the tweet and stopped it from being retweeted. and we can show you the sun rising over washington now which looks rather beautiful. looking very calm from this image, but let's get more on a very tumultuous ten hours from sarah campbell. the day democracy in the united states of america came under attack as never before. crowd: usa! fired up by president trump's rhetoric and unfounded allegations of electoral fraud, the capitol building was stormed by his supporters. as politicians and staff

inside the building fled to safety, security officers, guns drawn, attempted to stop protesters entering the chamber. during the chaos, four people died, according to police — a woman from gunshot wounds and the others due to medical emergencies. these images beamed around the world. those who'd taken part — unrepentant. that is just not how things are done in this country, lawlessness, storming buildings even and... this nation was not founded on civility, this nation was founded on revolutionary activity. we became civil after the government realised they got overwhelmed. so what happens now? i guess now we wait and see if they take us seriously because they saw how easily we were able to breach their defence. as security tried to regain control, the president—elect urged what he called the mob to pull back. what we are seeing are a small number of extremists,

dedicated to lawlessness. this is not dissent, it is disorder, it is chaos, it borders on sedition. and it must end, now. as the protests continued, president trump sent a message of support. this was a fraudulent election but we cannot play into the hands of these people. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you're very special. as the hours ticked by, reaction poured in from around the world, which was watching on. boris johnson tweeted, "disgraceful scenes in the us congress," adding that, "the us stands for democracy around the world." former cia directorjohn 0 brennan tweeted, "one person is responsible for the surreal act of sedition," and that trump must be held accountable.

after a number of hours, the protesters were removed and the area around the capitol building secured. all over the world is looking at washington now and they saw people storming the capitol... i hope they keep watching it. we are the last hope for the world! at least in my mind and everything i have seen, we are free. congress was reconvened with the current vice president adding his condemnation. the violence was quelled. the capitol is secured and the people's work continues. we condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. and finally the confirmation the protesters had tried to prevent. joe biden and kamala harris will be the president and the vice president according to the ballots that have been given to us.

applause. banned from twitter and facebook, president trump's reaction was tweeted by a white house spokesman. "even though i totally disagree with the outcome of the election, there will be an orderly transition on january the 20th," ending that this was, "only the beginning of the fight to make america great again." meanwhile, in the capitol building, the clean—up after what many are seeing as one of america's darkest days and there is talk among his own party that president trump, accused of inciting violence, should now be removed from office. sarah campbell, bbc news. and in the last few minutes we've had a tweet from rudy giuliani, a close personal advisor to president trump. he says... "the violence at the capitol was shameful. "it was as criminal as the rioting and looting "this summer which was not condemned strongly enough by the left. "this violence is condemned in the strongest terms.

"our movement values respect for law "and order and for the police." well, our correspondents aleem maqbool and lebo diseko were at capitol hill throughout the events of last night — lebo was inside the capitol building when the rioters breached the building — we'll hear from her in a moment — but first let's hear from aleem maqbool who was outside amongst the protestors as events unfolded. well, we are just outside the capitol building, as you can see, and just in the last few minutes, after a lull of an hour or so, we heard sound bombs, we saw tear gas being deployed. and that was just to clear, you might be able to make out the top level, all of this stage and this scaffolding that was all set up for the inauguration in two weeks' time, the trump supporters took over all that area and there are still hundreds all round the building. they are right up the steps at the back of the building, right to the door of

the capitol building which of course has been shut now. but no sense that people are suddenly going to leave in less than an hour when that curfew comes into force. i've spoken to some of the very people who actually managed to enter into the building and the sense i was trying to get was as to whether this was something that was planned and i have spoken to several people now and none of them said it was part of the plan of the day, to actually get inside the building. they certainly said, all of them, that they felt inspired by the words of donald trump to march to the capitol, to take back their country. for them, they interpreted that as needing to really make their presence felt but they also, once they got here, they felt they could easily overwhelm security and get past security. we saw some confrontation but they all talk about security essentially stepping back and that's why some of them found themselves in the building. one of them described the fact that he then started to just knock

on doors inside the capitol building and then found himself outside the chamber but left when security was beefed up inside. we saw another woman who had injured her leg through crawling out of a window, to get back out of the capitol building. but still, extraordinary scenes here as hundreds are still all over the capitol grounds. i was standing here when police came through and told us to stop broadcasting, cleared this area. we are in a part of the capitol that is used by members of the house of representatives. we were all moved into a tunnel and eventually into a cafeteria. other people were taken elsewhere. we were there, just watching these scenes play out in the seat of democracy in this country, seeing people trying to smash windows, getting into the building, this really striking image of police holding up two guns as they tried to stop people getting onto the chamber. we saw people having broken

into nancy pelosi's office, their feet on her table. as we were watching this, we were there for several hours, i was speaking to people there. i spoke to a couple of women who actually work on the floor, they are employees in the capitol, saying they are not allowed to touch where members sit like that, they are not allowed to touch their desks in that way and to see people climbing all over the house floor, jumping on the platforms there, they saw it as a real disrespect for the democratic institutions of this country. labour leader sir keir starmer has spoken of his concern about the events which unfolded in washington. president trump has to take responsibility. what happened was appalling, it wasn't protest, it was an attack on democracy. and responsibility lies

with president trump. no doubt about that. i think this is the culmination of years of the politics of hate and division, and this is where it leads. and that is why we all have to make the case for tolerance, for respect, and changing the culture. this is where hatred and division gets you, and it's a very, very bad place. our corresondent nomia iqbal is in washington. people must have so many questions as the sun comes up. perhaps key is what happens to president trump now? should he be removed from office given there are still two more weeks before the change of administration, and what about the security failure that happened last night? there are questions about the security lapses

last night, but i can tell you this morning the security is incredibly tight as you can imagine. there are lots of police cars surrounding capital building, there was a curfew overnight as well, because there are lots of donald trump supporters who are in the city, some have left, our carjust went are in the city, some have left, our car just went past are in the city, some have left, our carjust went past us up from supporters echoed abuse at the gathered here. the american press is very clear about who they blame for what happened yesterday. this is the headline from the washington post this morning. trump mob storms capital. there are lots of questions being asked about what happened last night in terms of donald trump, he has released a statement, not on twitter or instagram because he has been blocked from social media, saying he is committed to an orderly transition of power, something he has ever said before but he doesn't accept thatjoe biden one and it doesn't matter because congress confirmed joe biden cosmic victory a

few hours ago today. in terms of this talk of the 25th amendment removing donald trump from office, that would involve the vice president mike pence having to get the majority of the administration cabinet members to back that, quite a long process and it would have to involve donald trump at some point, so it is not likely to happen in the next 13 days because that is when he is due to leave office. what happens if president trump takes some other very dangerous action as seen by the majority of people in the us, whether that is on foreign policy for example, if he suddenly decides to go off on some military adventure, can he be stopped? to go off on some military adventure, can he be stopped7m to go off on some military adventure, can he be stopped? it has been interesting to see what has happened in the last 2a hours, because it is notjust democrats that have been criticising donald trump, but members of his own party as well. that includes senators who

had said that they would back him over his baseless claims of evidence of election fraud. they said they wouldn't certify forjoe biden but they did do that yesterday. it donald trump, he still has the nuclear codes i should add, he is still the president, i think if there was any attempt to try and cause more chaos i there was any attempt to try and cause more chaos i think it would be difficult to happen, i am not sure really, because he is increasingly becoming isolated. there are members of his own party that are turning against him. i think yesterday was a red line for many people. many thanks indeed. the headlines on bbc news... death, violence and chaos in washington dc — four people die as president trump's supporters storm america's capitol building. the rioters were trying to stop us lawmakers approving the result of the presidential election, encouraged by mr trump's false claims of electoral fraud.

in the face of the violence — american lawmakers return to work and endorse the new president — joe biden. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. the international olympic committee says it's fully concentrated on delivering the tokyo games later this year, despite a state of emergency being declared in the japanese capital. daily covid infections have hit a daily record there and it's resulted in the city being placed into a partial lockdown for the next month. their most severe restrictions since april. the delayed games are due to being injuly. the ioc said it has full confidence in the japanese authorites to deliver the olympic

and paralympic games. the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to have an impact on sporting fixtures here in the uk. manchester city's game against west ham in the women's super league this weekend has been postponed, after positive tests in the city camp. arsenal's game against aston villa is also expected to be postponed. meanwhile derby will be without interim boss wayne rooney and their entire first team for their third round fa cup tie against non—league chorley on saturday. there's been an outbreak of cases at the club, so they'll field a team from their under—23 and under—18 squads instead. manchester city are into the league cup final for a fourth season in a row. they beat city rivals manchester united at old trafford, on a night that they also said goodbye to a club legend. andy swiss reports. a semifinal tinged with sadness. city players wearing the number eight of club legend colin bell, who died earlier this week. for his former team—mate mike summerbee, the emotion

was plain to see. both city and united have been in impressive form recently, but neither could make a first breakthrough, although kevin de bruyne came close. just after the interval, though, city struck. john stones bundling it home, the first goal for his club since 2017. not a bad time to score it. united had their own chances but bruno fernandes's waywardness summed up their night. yet another semifinal defeat for them, as fernandinho sealed city's victory in clinical fashion. through to their fourth league cup final in a row. another trophy is now in their sights. andy swiss, bbc news. games in the nba went ahead as planned in the united states last night, despite the violence in washington dc. a joint statement by players at the boston celtics and miami heat said that they decided to go ahead with their game "with heavy hearts". as we've seen in the news this

morning four people died when the us capitol building was stormed by hundreds of supporters of outgoing president donald trump. i will say it because i don't think a lot of people want to, could you imagine today, if those were black people storming the capital and what would have happened? that to me is a picture that was a thousand words or all of us to see, and probably something for us to reckon with again. the england women's cricket team are going to tour pakistan for the first time. they'll play two twenty20 matches and one—day series in october. and they will be there alongside the men's team. clare connor, who's in charge of women's cricket at the ecb says it's an important step in their history. and australia had the better of the opening day of the third test against india in sydney. there were fans in the stadium, despite concerns about rising rates of coronavirus. it was a good day for

opener will pucovski, who scored 62 on his debut. australia 166 for two at close of play. lots more on the bbc sport website and app. including the news that the former ireland captain paul o'connell has returned to the international set—up as forwards coach. he joins andy farrell's team a month before ireland start their six nations campaign. that's all from us for now. let's get more now on events in the united states. lynn sweet is the washington bureau chief for the chicago sun—times. thanks for your time today. where you around the building at all when it all unfolded yesterday or have you just been able to speak to people who were involved?” you just been able to speak to people who were involved? i didn't cover, i was not on capitol hill yesterday, i work from home

yesterday, i work from home yesterday, because it seemed to me there was a high likelihood that there was a high likelihood that there would be incidents in washington, and i thought it was best between covid and the potential of what happened, riots, i work from here, but it still gave me, i was on the phone throughout, and i had some pretty good information from some lawmakers and i wrote about this in my column today, about how the terror they had, being trapped in the house gallery, one floor above the house gallery, one floor above the floor of the house, one representative i talked to told me she started texting her family because she thought she may die and she thought, this should how it is going to be. it was quite dramatic. as the day went on, senators and lawmakers, i talked to a senator

actually went through this, they we re actually went through this, they were shaken, they have never seen this kind of thing. but no one in our nation, has, our capital has never been under siege like it was yesterday. it was terrifying. as so many reporters noted, the big questions remain, how could security have been so bad that an event that we knew was coming, a demonstration, with the president egging on his backers, how they basicallyjust let the people flood in? these are places, i have some privileges as a reporter when i go to the capital, i can move around to places that tourists cannot, never can reporters just stroll around the chamber of the house and the senate the way these protesters did. there are questions about security. it is not just that the white house could have

block security, there are multiple authorities presumably in charge of security, so either there was a plan upfront to not engage it as you would normally think or this was just a massive error. once you get to the capital, there is one authority called the capitol police to guard it, but washington, bureaucratic washington, yes, there are multiple police agencies depending on where you are standing, even within 500 feet of the white house, i think there are four policing agencies that claim certain turf. but i don't think this one is very ha rd to turf. but i don't think this one is very hard to understand. president trump said march, demonstrate, protest, and it was on the day, where'd you go, you go to the capital, where in the house in the senate chambers, the electoral was counting the votes, usually a

ceremonial proceeding, little noticed, under the radar, the big story of the day, it would have been that as no one is talking about, the democrats took control of the senate. this is a sea change. in united states politics. we will discuss it another day, of course, but that is how big and epic and historic that what happened yesterday was, the stain in the united states, the legacy that donald trump has as his last act as president of the united states, or, as you noted, unless somebody comes forth to try and pull the 25th amendment. what about donald trump? is there a sense that he just has to be left in place now for the last two weeks because it is the difficult to remove him or would it be inflammatory to supporters who might reappear on the streets? that

may happen anyway, but here's the most important thing right now step for the moment, the first time ever, president trump is muted. lost twitter and facebook. if they keep him off to date for the first time he has no way to directly communicate with people. 0k, he can go through as he did for white house social media person, but that is not the same as just being able to get that, the higher he gets when he tweets out something and can see the immediate reaction, go here, go there, do this, he has no voice for there, do this, he has no voice for the moment. that may render him powerless in a way we haven't seen, and with almost two weeks left, whether or not he is removed from office remains open, it isjust done in washington right now, as we speak the democrats who control the house,

some of them who have been thinking about let's just impeach donald trumpa about let's just impeach donald trump a second time. there is no time for going for a senate trial, it wouldn't matter, it would be symbolic, but i can't emphasise enough how for some republicans who write the most ardent trump backers, it was the end of the road yesterday. most significant, senator lindsey graham who has been one of the top trump enablers, when he stood on the senate floor and he said enough is enough, count me out, and he said he is the one that needed to say it, then, it was meaningful, that sends a message to people. that shows that while trump was making, going to go out of office talking about his influence on the 2022 mid—term elections and running again for president, in one day be lost a lot of this way he has over the republican party and

donors. thank you very much indeed. i think you have a few social media messaging coming through! thank you for your time, it is very early where you are, so we appreciated. weekly coronavirus cases in england jumped by nearly a quarter in the last week of 2020, according to the latest test and trace figures. 311,372 people tested positive for covid—19 in england in the week to december 30th, a 2k % rise on the previous week. it's the highest weekly total since test and trace began in may. in scotland 383 deaths were registered over the christmas period between 21 december and 3 january, where covid—19 was mentioned on the death certificate. this takes the total death toll in scotland under this measurement to 6,686. that compares to 200 the week before.

but the national records for scotland said the latest figures were not a reliable indication of the actual number of deaths because of the closure of registration offices over christmas. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is being rolled out to general practices in england for the first time today. so far, all the jabs have been administered in hospitals. now the programme is due to be expanded to hundreds of community—based sites over the next few weeks. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. already more than a million people have received their first vaccinations against the coronavirus. but the target of reaching 13 million of the most vulnerable by mid—february, is going to be tough to hit. unlike the pfizer vaccine, which needs to be stored at ultra—low temperatures, the oxford jab can be kept in regularfridges that every gp surgery has. it's also much easier to move, and so better suited for use in care homes and those who can't leave the house.

gps say they're ready to start administering the jab, despite some frustrations over supply. i just think we need some explanations. why has there been this hold—up? why are some practices getting it, and others — like mine — not being given the vaccine? why doesn't someone tell us what is going on? in england, seven big vaccination centres are opening. over the next week, jabs will become available in more than 200 gp surgeries and hospitals, as well as through a pilot scheme involving local pharmacies. amid the grim news of rising infections, the pressures on hospitals, and a growing death toll, this is another ray of hope for the coming months. dominic hughes, bbc news. labour leader sir keir starmer has been speaking to reporters at a gp surgery in london. i have criticised the government over the last nine months for being slow, i do think i have been slow, but frankly now this is a national

effort and we all had to put our shoulder to the wheel. this is the light at the end of the tunnel and we all have to make it work, whatever our differences but it is why we have owned of the tunnel and we all have to make it work, whatever our differences but it is why we have voices campaign for volu nteers why we have voices campaign for volunteers to come forward, we have got 500,000 members in the labour party. we have minds of trade unionists. our campaign today is the sight of them play your part, stepped up, put aside your differences. we need volunteers, look at the setup here, we have to get people here, get the information to them, steward them in, volunteers can do all that, that is why we we have lost the campaign and the national effort. and later for viewers here in the uk, we'll have more on the rollout of the vaccine in live coverage of the latest downing street coronavirus briefing led by the prime minister and accompanied by nhs ceo simon stevens and brigadier phil prosser. that's at 5 here on bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again.

some of us have seen some sleet and snow already this morning across northern ireland, scotland and also northern england. and there's more to come for northern ireland, southern scotland, and later into north wales. especially on high ground, but we will see some to lower levels. the freezing fog we have had this morning will be slow to lift, some of it lingering all day. that will peg back the temperatures, but in between there will be some sunshine and, increasingly, wintry showers will get down to sea level across the north of scotland and later the wind will pick up as well and be quite gusty, actually, not just today but tonight and tomorrow. tonight, what we think is going to happen, and there is a complication in the weather forecast, is we see further snow across northern england, wales, the north west midlands and some wintry showers coming in across the south—west. we will see a return also to some freezing fog patches forming and the risk of ice. but on saturday and friday we are looking at a bit more in the way of dry weather except for in the north—west where it will rain but be milder.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. death, violence and chaos in washington dc. four people die as president trump's supporters storm america's capitol building. the rioters were trying to stop us lawmakers approving the result of the presidential election, encouraged by mr trump's false claims of electoral fraud. in the face of the violence american lawmakers return to work and endorse the new president, joe biden. in a statement president trump said there will be an orderly transition of power but once again stated that he disagrees with the result. in the uk, hundreds of gp surgeries begin offering the new oxford—astra zeneca covid vaccine. and as millions of households get to grips with the return of online schooling, we look at efforts to help families without the laptops and computers they need to learn.

police leaders have been explaining how the new restrictions will be monitored, under the principles of "engage, explain, encourage and enforce". martin hewitt, chair of the national police chiefs' council, said the priority was stopping the transmission of the virus. whilst we will still be our adopting our approach of four es, we will still engage with people, explain and we will encourage. we are going to move more quickly to enforcement where people are blatantly breaching the rules. the rules now are very, very clear. similar to where we were back in the spring of last year. and everyone has a responsibility to follow those rules and we will play our part and deal, particularly deal with those people who are blatantly breaching the rules and putting everyone's lives at risk. the home secretary priti patel has said it's right that police "act robustly" to enforce the new coronavirus lockdown. she said it was right to have "stringent" measures in place.

the fact of the matter is, the police have been out every single day, enforcing the covid regulations and they have been using the methods of the four es in particular, to explain, encourage and now of course they are going to enforcement much quicker than they had done previously but actually, in a very similar way to which they had them in the spring of last year. they will continue to enforce, they will continue to pursue egregious breaches of the coronavirus regulations and they have been doing that anyway. in the last two weeks over the christmas period we have seen something like over 800 fixed penalty notice fines being issued when it comes to egregious breaches and people breaching the regulations around covid. now, returning to the covid—19 vaccination programme in the uk, and the questions that remain over who will be next to receive the jab after those most at risk. the nhs aims to vaccinate 13 million people in priority groups by mid—february but should teachers and teaching

staff be next in line to receive vaccinations? the health secretary matt hancock says teachers and nursery workers have a very strong case. earlier i discussed the issue with adam finn, professor of paediatrics at the bristol children's vaccine centre at the university of bristol, and leora cruddas, chief executive of the confederation of school trusts. as a paediatrician, i'm extremely concerned that we try and keep schools resilient and preferably open them as soon as possible. one of the main ways of doing that it will be to protect the teaching staff. the age profile of severe covid is very... age is a very strong predictor of severity. in that excellent and very disturbing report from fergus walsh just now, we saw that of course it isn't just old people, but also, to some extent, adults of the younger age that can be affected. i think in the next phase

of the roll—out, once the most vulnerable groups have been immunised, hopefully, as soon as possible, then teachers come on a personal level, i would certainly endorse the idea that teachers should be prioritised. that decision will be debated over the next month byjcvi and we expect to have a phase two plan by next february. but you think that should happen ahead of people, who are, for example, over 50? that's not what i said, the first phase needs to be implemented. the models that we have got from uk epidemiology is very clear that the best way to bring down the pressure on hospitals and the number of sick people and the number of people dying is to immunise on an age prioritised approach, so bringing down the age limit as we work our way through. and bringing in also people with co—morbidities over the age of 50.

we need to prioritise those people alongside the front line health care workers as well. after that, then i think teachers would certainly be among the groups that we would be considering for immunising in the next phase. leora cruddas, i imagine that you are very much wanting teachers to be protected, how much support is there among the profession? i agree with adam, those tragic stories from the report show why those with clinical needs and older people should receive the vaccinations first, that should be our first priority. nhs staff and those in a care sector should be prioritised. but when it comes to a point when everyone who has a clinical need for the vaccination has had it, then we have a conversation about which groups of the workforce are prioritised for the vaccine and at this point, we need school

staff, not just teachers, school staff, to be on the priority list. this is because the education of our children is a national priority. it is an everyone's interests for children to be in school and there is no question that being taught face to face is the best thing for young people, particularly for those for whom the disadvantage gap is opening up. it is also in the mental health interests and welfare of young people that they are in school. prioritising the school workforce gives us a way of doing that safely. what about older teenagers, 16 to 18—year—olds? we are seeing more infections in older children, in their teens, than we do in younger children. so we will be studying vaccines in that age group,

so the roll—out continues, we should have the evidence to support safety and effectiveness for younger people. but at the moment the licences for the vaccines are for adults from the age of 16 or 18. do you think children and older teens could be vaccinated in the next few months or will the medical community wants to tread more cautiously on that front? i think once we have the evidence to support the use of the vaccines, which we are busy accumulating, once we have the vaccines available to provide it, there is absolutely no reason in principle why the immunisation programme cannot be universal. butjust as we have been discussing, we need to prioritise at the moment and work out how best to deploy the doses we have got to have the maximum impact. leora cruddas, how would you sum up the reaction to the government's ever changing plans on schools?

because those doing mock exams for gcses and a—levels and other exams were due to be doing them right now, borisjohnson told everyone that schools were safe on sunday, they closed on monday, how difficult will it be for this generation for children? these qualifications are absolutely essential, aren't they? certainly, that is the case. and in the education community, we are incredibly worried about the disruption continually to children and young people's education. i can assure you that all teachers and schools and support staff are doing their very level best to ensure the highest quality of remote education, and when schools do go back, we will teach intensively to make sure that children and young people catch up on the missed knowledge, the missed learning and all of the next phase of their education. in terms of teacher assessments, have you had any guidance yet as to how that will roll out?

it happened as an emergency last time retrospectively but what about this time? a lot of those kids will be thinking, as soon as school opens in february, march, after easter, are those mock exams effectively going to be my public exams? we don't have the detail on that. we can say we have a little bit more lead—in time this time to get that teacher assessment more accurate than we were last time, last year. in the pandemic. but what is really important is that young people continue with their programmes of learning, because qualifications are really important for the next stage of a young person's journey. but perhaps even more so is that underlying knowledge that they need to progress to the next stage of their education. so we need to keep them in school, and learning. leora cruddas and professor adam

fenn, thank you very finn, thank you very much to both of you. as we've been hearing today sees the start of the rollout of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine to gp practices across the country. but on a visit to the bloomsbury surgery in central london one of the gps there told matt hancock that its first delivery of astrazeneca's vaccine had been pushed back 2a hours. the health secretary was quite surprised to learn that we don't know when all of our deliveries are coming because they are very ad hoc. he has said that he will take it back and look into it and see if he can be ensured regular supplies because that would help enormously with our workforce, we can then plan to get patients booked in and get people vaccinated quickly. it is more frustration and concern because we have capacity to vaccinate. if we

had a regular supply, we do have the capacity to vaccinate three to 4000 patients per week. we have been running since the middle of december, and on our busiest days, we can vaccinate 500 people easily. if we can get the astrazeneca, we could easily vaccinate 500 people a day which would ease the pressure on the health service and we were to get people vaccinated quickly and get people vaccinated quickly and get out of the pandemic. one there on the ongoing bumps on delivering vaccine across the country. the —— one gp there. the headlines on bbc news. death, violence and chaos in washington dc. four people die as president trump's supporters storm america's capitol building. the rioters were trying to stop us lawmakers approving the result of the presidential election, encouraged by mr trump's false claims of electoral fraud. in the face of the violence, american lawmakers return to work and endorse the new president, joe biden.

the number of patients being treated for covid in hospitals across the uk has risen above 30,000. more than 1000 deaths were reported in the latest 24 hour period, that's the highest since last april. our medical editor fergus walsh has been allowed to film inside one of london's busiest intensive care units and just to warn you some viewers may find the images in this report upsetting. intensive care is under pressure like never before. after christmas, it just sort of hit me. i've seen a couple of people, within the short time i spent in hospital, they didn't make it. from a relentless rise in covid admissions... how long can you keep going like this? at this pace i think we've got about a week. ..staff fear burn—out. the nurses are broken.

the physical and mental load is huge. the toll is immense. my emotions are all over the place. scared, sad, petrified. worried. this should be an operating theatre, but there's no surgery here. instead, it's been converted into an intensive care unit. the number of covid patients in london's hospitals has doubled in just two weeks. they are more stretched now than at the peak last april. we've got three times as many critically ill patients in this hospital than we normally have. and we've managed to stretch and spread to cover that, but that can't go on forever. intensive care is expanding across university college hospital — a children's area now for desperately sick adults. every day, more wards are being transformed into icu,

ready for the next influx. but senior staff are worried. we've got plans that we can expand for another week at this rate, but after that we really need to see it slow down, or we're going to see the care we can deliver suffer, i think. we would be running so thin on staff that we wouldn't. .. we physically couldn't look after critically ill patients. covid has made this a winter like no other. attila is 67. over the holidays, coronvirus spread through his family. after christmas, it just sort of hit me. it just went bang. i just couldn't breathe at all. i didn't think i would make it through. you're gasping. it is like there is no oxygen around. and... frightening? sorry? frightening? very, very frightening. very.

there are three pregnant women in intensive care. rachel is due in five weeks. every mother puts her child before herself. both she and her baby are doing well. they can't do anything that will harm the baby, obviously, and they look after my baby so well. all the time coming and checking, monitoring that the baby's happy. you can't see — you're looking after two people in one. they're saving lives. the demands on staff are unrelenting, and on their families too. alice has young children, cared for by grandparents in scotland during the first peak. in stage one, i sent my five and seven—year—old daughters away, because we weren't quite sure how we would manage, so i had my five—year—old in tears last night,

at the thought of another lockdown, because she thought that meant i was sending her away again. she's most worried about the impact on nurses — the bedrock of care in icu. it's not uncommon at the moment that i've come to work, i have walked into the unit to find nurses crying. the physical and mental load is huge, and i am really worried that we're going to break a lot of nurses. and what about the doctors as well? and doctors, and doctors too. it's emotionally distressing for the staff, the things we are seeing. i mean, i'm used to seeing that but this is different. intensive care nursing is highly specialised. usually, they're one—to—one with patients — now responsible for three, four orfive, with other staff filling the gaps. we're so stretched we have

to prioritise, and prioritising care is not what the nhs that i grew up in, we shouldn't have to choose which patient gets what care first. ashleigh says she's never had to make decisions like this before. if people are asking for your help, you just don't know who to help first. the patients are losing their lives at a dramatic speed. we're notjust getting old people. this is young people that we're getting, people my age. i've reported from here several times during the pandemic, and i'm always struck by the professionalism and dedication of staff. but this is a system under strain like never before. the warning signs here couldn't be clearer. the nhs is now on the brink. unless infection rates start to fall soon, then it could seriously impact patient care — and notjust for those with covid. it is a really serious consequence,

and if we get to that point we can't offer anyone icu — not just covid patients, but, you know, anyone who has a traffic accident, or heart attack or a stroke or whatever it is, we just won't have any more capacity to take them in. for now, the trust is coping. cancer operations are continuing, though most non—urgent surgery is cancelled. hello, gents! i am just pleased that i'm still alive now. gerald is awaiting chemotherapy for lung cancer, and had been shielding but still caught coronavirus. the only thing i can think is from opening some packaging or some delivery i had. it put me back. it's quite frightening. you know, you just don't know how you're getting your next breath. all right, dad. love you lots. love you. he just wants to get home to his daughters. when you've got young ones

behind, that's your worry. you fight for your life for them and you want to give them a life. the next few weeks could be the biggest challenge the nhs has faced in its history. and it will be its staff who will bear the brunt for all of us. fergus walsh with that special report. just to let you know, the vaccine problems in birmingham are also evident, because a letter signed by the labour leader of birmingham city council ian ward, also the mp liam byrne, labour candidate for the west midlands mayor and the conservative mp and former minister andrew mitchell have all signed a letter saying that birmingham could run out of the

pfizer vaccine tomorrow and has not received any stocks of the oxford vaccine. it says there is no clarity currently about when further stocks will arrive. they go on to criticise the lack of clarity on the programme saying it is unclear as to who is responsible for the birmingham vaccine. matt hancock was there in a gp surgery in london to promote the delivery of the astrazeneca vaccine, but it had not arrived. the government promised to try and get to the first phase of the vaccinations by next —— mid february soa vaccinations by next —— mid february so a lot of questions going to come on that front. with schools closed to most children across the uk once more the challenges faced by disadvantaged pupils, who don't have the equipment they need, have reappeared. fiona lamdin has been finding out how two families are coping with remote learning with limited devices at home. the 0gu family in bristol, home—schooling with no computer during the first lockdown

was very hard. it got to a point that i was feeling depressed. i felt scared and i was worried. not just for myself, but for my children. we only have a phone but how could four people be using one phone to do schoolwork? it was a nightmare. are you worried that your children will fall behind this time? i am, honestly. if i could get a laptop for my children, i would be over the moon, honestly. and here is the holgate family in swindon as they face the latest lockdown. we met them six months ago, when they were home—schooling six children on one device. in the last lockdown ijust had my mum's phone and all of my siblings got to go first to do their homework and i had to wait until bedtime to get my hour slot. so that was really hard.

but a viewer donated a tablet, so zion and her siblings are hoping they won't fall behind this time. they all have an hour slot on two devices, and it will be much easierfor me to do my homework without all of them hassling and fighting. there is a lot less arguing for the devices, because kids are impatient, aren't they? and for many families, accessing online schoolwork is just not possible. and so at this primary in somerset, a drivethru, but instead of fast food, the school is dishing up home learning packs. the children that have got devices, really strong broadband connections, did really well in the last lockdown. they didn't really fall behind at all. the children that did not have those devices fell behind by approximately six months. and one of those was 14—year—old charlie. when we met him in the summer he was struggling and only had a phone. and then a viewer donated a laptop.

my exams were better than i expected. what do you put that down to? if it wasn't for the laptop, it wouldn't have happened. it made a massive impact on my future, like if i was going for an apprenticeship or career. it's a life changer and a game changer. yeah. back in bristol we were still filming with the 0gu family when one of the teachers arrived with a laptop for them to borrow. your laptop is just here if you want to grab it. oh, my goodness! the government say they are committed to giving out 1 million devices to help throughout the pandemic. for edwina and herfamily, they think this one is a miracle. thank you so very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. the weekly clap for carers that began during the first lockdown is to return tonight under the new name of clap for heroes. it's aimed at recognising carers,

teachers, home schooling parents, and all front line workers. the idea of clapping and banging pots from doorsteps originally began as a one—off to support nhs staff three days after the uk went into lockdown for the first time. i think the organiser tweeted that he halted it because she thought it was politicised but she hopes that it will not be the case now, it is a chance for all of us to show our huge thanks especially to those nhs staff and all those on the front line at the moment. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. we've seen some snow during the course of this morning, especially so across parts of northern ireland and scotland. that's now moving into northern england. later we will see a bit more getting in across north—west wales. but wherever you are today, you will notice it does feel cold. this weather front here is what has been bringing the snow and it's very slowly moving south through the course of today.

the isobars behind it tell you we have a more northerly wind and that is going to strengthen through the day across northern scotland. here, the showers will turn increasingly wintry down to sea level. so the snow will continue across parts of southern scotland, northern england, into north wales through the course of the day. we could see a further five centimetres in the pennines, but some of this will get down to lower levels. where we have got this morning's freezing fog, some of it will stick, and where it sticks it will depress the temperatures. there will be some brightness in between. overnight there is a complication in the weather forecast but what we think is going to happen is we will see further snow across southern scotland, northern england, in parts of wales and the north—west midlands. with some snow showers coming in across the south—west at times. a return to some freezing fog patches forming, and the risk of ice, and still gusty winds, and that snow getting down to sea level across the north of scotland. tomorrow, here is our weatherfront, still very much with us. but a ridge of high pressure

builds in right behind it, settling down the weather in the north of the country. but in the south, we still have this weather front, and what we think is going to happen is it will bring some rain, sleet and snow across parts of northern england, in through the midlands, wales, into the south—west. less of a chance of seeing it in the south—east, but right behind it, it brightens up and we will see decent amounts of sunshine in northern ireland and scotland when we lose the morning showers. into saturday, a cold start to the day, a frosty one as well with temperatures falling to —10 or —11 in southern and eastern scotland. there will be a lot of sunshine, but you can see all this cloud and hill snow and rain coming in across the north and the west. look at the change in temperatures, 8 degrees in stornoway, still feeling cold across the rest of the uk. into sunday, it's also going to be a chilly start. there will be some sunshine, variable amounts of cloud, and then we've got another weatherfront coming in, bringing in some rain across the north and west. but on sunday, more of us will have higher temperatures than we have

been used to of late.

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