gail? gail: i will try to put what i think is important between the comments we just heard. bipartisan is the word all of us are raising, as we all believe. as important as a national policy is, and we have been lacking that, and that has not served us well, we have to make sure we allow for the kinds of differences that will permit governors and local governments to best reach out to their people. there are different population mixes in each of the states with different needs. we have two both make sure there is a consistent overall message , but do so allowing for the fact that the flexibility still needs to be there in terms of how to outreach best, particularly to the communities that have been hurt the most, our communities of rural individuals, native americans, those who are in inner cities and in close housing conditions, people in nursing homes. their needs are not quite the same in each of those areas, and so we have to make sure in our rush to have a more consistent, coherent nat

gail emms is a former olympic silver medalist in badminton and in reading also in the u.k. simon clarke is associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading welcome to the program then let me start with you today i want to talk 1st about the tokyo olympics why is the prime minister in japan insisting that the olympics will go on what are the potential financial costs and the political costs at play if the olympics were to be canceled. well 1st of all thank you for having me the potential costs of not holding the olympics as schedule look the significant surge and which has spent billions new infrastructure in terms of the news that he is preparing to receive tens of thousands of athletes coaches will say and of course fans this was supposed to be the centerpiece of what has been a massive effort over the last decade to really get the country's tourism infrastructure into gear to create these new sports facilities to modernize a lot of things so to not have the olympics happen it would be a significant blow to the economy and to the nation's morale ga

gail mclennan, abc news -- bbc months. gail mclennan, abc news —— bbc news. do stay with us.t widespread frost this morning, some ice to watch out for, a bit of sunshine as well, but we'll also have a weather front bringing thicker cloud with some wintry showers. now, this is the weather front which will bring cloudier skies to england and wales. a northerly wind continuing to feed through wintry showers, particularly into northern scotland. but, like i mentioned, there will be sunshine around. watch out for some icy stretches first thing this morning across the south—west of england. there'll be some patches of freezing fog as well in the midlands and the south—east. this may tend to lift but stay in low cloud. there will be some spots of light rain at time, perhaps some sleet and snow over the high ground. probably the best of the dry and bright weather will be across scotland and northern ireland. that is away from northern coasts, where we're likely to see further snow showers. another cold day to come, maybe not as cold as it has been, but still 4—7 degrees is below the

gail maclellan, bbc news. before we go, reminder of the revenue story.ped in a gold mine with around 20 others in eastern china. rescue workers have been drilling new shafts to reach the group trapped below the surface, at the hushan gold mine, in the north—eastern shandong province. it follows an explosion at the mine two weeks ago. small holes have also been drilled to supply food and medicine to the men. the condition of the freed miner is not known. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @freya?cole. thank you for your company. after one of the coldest nights of the winter so far, sunday brings some significant and disruptive snow to parts of england and wales, and some of us in northern ireland as well. a very cold, frosty start to the day. icy patches, a few fog patches out there, too. and an area of sleet and snow initially for south—west england, parts of wales, northern ireland, but will push further east across southern england towards the south—east, across more of the midlands during the day as well, before stalling and then just pulling away sout

gail maclellan, bbc news. been rescued and taken to hospital after being trapped in a gold mine — 600 metres underground — with around twenty others in eastern china. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @freya?cole. more news headlines coming up. hello. after one of the coldest nights of the winter so far, sunday brings some significant and disruptive snow to parts of england and wales, and some of us in northern ireland as well. a very cold, frosty start to the day. icy patches, a few fog patches out there, too. and an area of sleet and snow initially for south—west england, parts of wales, northern ireland, but will push further east across southern england towards the south—east, across more of the midlands during the day as well, before stalling and then just pulling away southwards on into sunday evening and clearing. this is ten o'clock in the morning, though. south—west england, some may brighten up here with a few wintry showers but as the snow moves east and within the zone of falling snow here, and aga

gail maclellan, bbc news.ome more in the next half hour about the new relationship between the uk and the european union. what does it mean for businesses in particular? what does it mean for financial services in the uk which, of course, is a huge contributor to economic growth. a very important part of the uk connelly. negotiations are still ongoing when it comes to financial services —— uk economy. all that and more to come in a few minutes so don't go anywhere! stay with us here on bbc news. i will see you in a moment. hello there, a very happy new year to you. what a cold start it is as well for the first of january, 2021. we've got widespread frost this morning, some ice to watch out for, a bit of sunshine as well, but we'll also have a weather front bringing thicker cloud with some wintry showers. now, this is the weather front which will bring cloudier skies to england and wales. a northerly wind continuing to feed through wintry showers, particularly into northern scotland. but, like i mentioned, ther

gail bought a two—bed apartment here ten years ago. 0ur lifelong dream, our own property.ous cladding. and insurance bills have soared. rising from £34,000 a year to more than half a million pounds in just two years. and for gail, who works in retail, that means finding an extra £2,000. well, i just cried. where are we supposed to find that kind of money? and if you can't find that money, what have you been told could happen? we're out. we will forfeit the apartment. it's so hard. i don't know what to do next. and it's notjust insurance costs — big repair bills are looming. you know, we are working—class people. we've appealed to the government — do the right thing. we're not responsible for this. seren park gardens was marketed as a green oasis in south london. a decade on, green algae is taking root in the timber cladding which is also highly flammable. the block's insurance costs have soared from £123,000 to more than £650,000 a year. i don't understand why they can suddenly put up the prices. - i either they are unwilling to bear. the risk, which doesn't make sense bec

hills are topped with churches the most prominent of which is the bom bad cathedral of st peter and st gail. it's stables the famous horseman from the 13th century the 1st life size equestrian statue to appear in germany after roman times. while the clergy resided on the hilltops the citizenry built their own hub of worldly power down in the valley. and here in the bay and once they crossed the river in the area called the citizens' island district the town hall was always meant to link the 2 halves of the city so they got the idea to actually build it in the middle of the river so while. giving an. added boast to the choice of big as a world heritage site was its urban gardening. it's been practiced since the 17th century and is unique in germany and this particular form. now our journey takes us to the cistercian malabon monastery northwest of chicago. founded in $1147.00 it's thought to be one of the best preserved medieval monastic complexes north of the alps. visitors here can get a firsthand impression of the monks life and work. cradling in the hots mountains in 1904 it's collegiate

gail maclellan reports.. as in many areas in bolivia, deforestation has become an issue. in this case, the trees are cut down to grow coca — in its most innocent form, used medicinally to alleviate the symptoms of high altitude, but also used to produce cocaine. this deforestation is a huge blow, particularly for one of the littlest creatures dependent upon the vegetation. vet eric paredes says the number of bees in the area has been halved, and this endangers food production. translation: bees are incredibly important for our planet. - it's been shown that bees are responsible for 70% of food production around the world so, from that point of view, we give greater importance to the work we do. and that work is to search the region looking for beehives to save, and creating safe habitats for the bees. wooden beehives keep the bees safe, and the vet and his wife have saved ten native species. you'll be relieved to know this species doesn't sting — just as well. trying to convince local farmers to assist with

gail mclennan, bbc news.i to save a woman from drowning. here you can see mikey wright sprinting towards the waves after realising someone was the waves after realising someone was getting swept away and be strong current. he then entered the water, which was full of sharp rocks, to reach the woman. he had to battle to keep hold of her as the waves crashed over them and swept them off their feet. crashed over them and swept them off theirfeet. but crashed over them and swept them off their feet. but mikey eventually got her up to the safety of the beach. and i spoke to mikey on the north shore of oahu, talked me through the rescue. we're literallyjust sitting up here on our backyard and we've seen this lady getting swept off her feet and it straight away clicked that she's actually going to be in serious danger here and the rocks that she's on it, it's like all volcano rock, so it's very sharp and she was just getting dragged off the rocks and out into the ocean. 0ut into where the waves were ten foot plus. y

gail maclennan, bbc news. this is bbc news.al veto for the first time, just weeks before he leaves office. they voted overwhelmingly to approve a defence bill mr trump had blocked. more than 20 million coronavirus cases have now been recorded in the us. with nearly 350,000 deaths, the country has the highest numbers in the world. an australian pro surfer has been praised for running into rough seas in hawaii to save a woman from drowning. here you can see mikey wright sprinting towards the waves after realising someone was getting swept away in the strong current. he then entered the water, which was full of sharp rocks, to reach the woman. he had to battle to keep hold of her as the waves crashed over them and swept them off their feet, but mikey eventually got her to the safety of the beach. and i spoke to mikey wright from the north shore of oahu, who talked me through the rescue. we're literallyjust sitting up here on our backyard and we've seen this lady getting swept off herfeet, and it straight away clicked that she's ac

i don't know that guy, gail. what is your name? lazarus could get us all killed, gayle. >> so we are staying put on the patio of his new jersey home. the house as you see is off limits and everything else, with the divorced 55-year-old comedian is wide open. you are single. >> i'm single. we are all single, gayle. you and i should just get married. we like to travel. >> i do. >> we -- >> i will. >> my friends that are in bad relationships are happier in on covid than my friends that are single. >> seriously? >> absolutely. >> really? >> absolutely. like i hate -- damn, i'm happy she is here. >> being happy is more than a punch line for the comedian writer and director. it's a process. a personal one that he has no problem taking public. in the past, he has admitted to adultery and being addicted to important. a candid conversation about self help should not be a surprise. did you go to therapy before covid? >> i did, but i really jumped in to it after covid. i do about seven hours a week. >> seven hours a week, like every day you a

i'm sure gail welcome to the program. democratic lawmakers in the u.s. house of representatives are preparing legislation with a view to removing president from from office house speaker nancy pelosi said they were 1st urged vice president by parents to activate the 25th amendment declaring the president unfit for office that was pelosi said they would take steps towards a 2nd preachment trial 5 people including a police officer died with a mob of trump supporters stormed the u.s. capitol last week. a solemn moment on the streets of washington d.c. police officers pay tribute to their colleague brian sick nick who died from his injuries after president trump supporters invaded the capitol building on wednesday . and is on a u.s. beacon and see pelosi ordered flags to be flown at half mast. but sunday will also be remembered in washington as the day that pelosi sent a letter outlining have plans to try to have trump removed from office using words that pulled no punches. we will act with urgency she wrote because this president represents an imminent thre

the oldest of three children born to jim and gail before they divorced, russell had been a late-bloomerruded early shortly after he started dating brenna, she became pregnant. marriage and parenthood did little to help him mature. >> i think he was mourning and missing being an 18 year old who had a lot of dates and drank and went out with the guys, and, yeah, he did a little of that in college but not a lot. >> russell and brenna fought often over children, money, and russell's affairs with other women. >> she had called me after a really rough supposedly argument and i said, "well, is he hurting you, is he hitting you?" and she said, "no, really he isn't physical, it is just emotional and verbal, but i've hit him a couple of times." >> earlier that year russell had separated from brenna. he had taken an apartment near seattle and had a new girlfriend. for his family, the ongoing drama of russell's life was exhausting. >> he stopped talking to basically all of us. i think he was so angry with the whole situation, he just was saying, "i'm cutting off everything." >> but then, just after

are topped with churches the most prominent of which is the bombay and cathedral of st peter and st gail. it's stables the famous bombay horseman from the 13th century the 1st to light. size equestrian statue to appear in germany after roman times. while the clergy resided on the hilltops the citizenry built their own hub of worldly power down in the valley. and him and me and once they crossed the river that way in the area called the citizens island district the town hall was always meant to link the 2 halves of the city so they got the idea to actually build it in the middle of the river so involved. giving an added boast to the choice of as a world heritage site was its urban gardening. it's been practiced since the 17th century and is unique in germany and this particular form. now our journey takes us to the cistercian malabon monastery northwest of chicago. founded in $1147.00 it's thought to be one of the best preserved medieval monastic complexes north of the alps. visitors here can get a 1st hand impression of the monks life and work. in the hocks mountains in 1904 it's collegi

gails up three. logan johnson cutting in. a play maker. saint mary's won this matchup. >>> in the nfl, the lions and quarterback matthew stafford have agreed to part ways and detroit will start fielding trade offers this week. the 49ers could be among the teams interested. and the 33-year-old. stanford was the number one overall pick. for the lions in 2009. banner sunday coming up tomorrow. tampa bay. green bay. buffalo. kansas city. could go either way. and, don't call it a comeback. connor mcgregor knocked out in the seco businesses today are looking to tomorrow. adapting. innovating. setting the course. but new ways of working demand a new type of network. one that's more than just fast. you need flexibility— to work from anywhere and manage from everywhere. advanced technology. with serious security. and reliable coverage, nationwide. forward-thinking enterprises deserve forward-thinking solutions. and that's what we deliver. so bounce forward, with comcast business. >>> thanks for watching. our next local newscast pierce: well, you ne

samary gail still looking for their first conference win >>> st. mary's has set tos coeren. tonight, another tough test as they face number one gonzaga. the gales led by nine early, before the bulldogs woke up. driven and for the layup, finishing the half on a 13 to 11 and lead by seven at the break. second half now, a 12 point game. and knocked down three, could pittsburgh led the bulldogs with 17 points. and they win 73- 59. st. mary's is 0 and 3 and wcc play. >>> in cal city, so lake city trailed as the bear started on it 28 run by the three by 20 quantity putting caliber 46- 42. jared hyder dishes to andre kelly. the bears outscore 50- 29 in the second half and win 72- 63, for their first road win of the season. >>> college hoops, oxcart da silva and sanford visiting colorado. final seconds of the first half, christian da silva, oscar's younger brother, hits his first three of the season to beat the halftime buzzer. buffalo went on to win 77- 64. the cardinals are swept on their rocky mountain road trip to fall 4- 3 and impact fall play. >>> james harden making his next

i would call on lea, i called on gail, who worked for reagan, and say did this ever happen to you? and they were like, "oh, yeah, this is what is going to happen." there was comfort in knowing others went through the same horrible or miserable experiences. and i hate to tell this one at lunch, so i will make it as pleasant as possible. but i said you ever have problems during the holiday receptions with people getting sick? and the eggnog at the white house is really strong. lea: really strong. jeremy: and it hits you really quick. you are drinking it, and it is like this is nothing. in the third one was like -- and what would happen was people would be drinking and drinking, and it would suddenly hit them. they would suddenly start feeling sick, and they did not want to get sick on someone, so they immediately went for one of the christmas trees. there were like, "oh yeah, we had vomit trees." and how many would get hit -- it was kind of like a game how many trees would get decorated by the visitors. so a lot of it was like don't worry, this has happened before. lea: misery does l

modest rather in brussels gail it is cross border travel in europe about to become even more difficult on the question of nonessential travel is of course a real problem here for your leaders everyone pretty much agrees that they do want to discourage people from doing on the necessary trips and possibly introducing the virus into a country that has been working hard to bring down numbers and then reintroducing that virus now the big question is of course how do you do that without interfering into the trade that is taking place on europe's internal market where borders are open and need to be open in order for business to flow smoothly across those borders and outright border the border stocks have been or a border closures for for this travel has been. not been agreed by leaders space for instance the belgians prime minister asked for that because they said they simply cannot guarantee then that business travel will be smooth so the e.u. commission will work out a suggestion how it can be dealt with for the moment it's just the plea by your leaders to discourage travel for instance f

i feel gail welcome to the program. a court in london has ruled that wiki leaks founder julian a source cannot be extradited to the united states to face espionage charges as extradition would be oppressive to his mental health this responder's an australian citizen and is facing up to a 175 years in jail if the us successfully appeals this verdict these lawyers have applied for him to be released on bail. with the news trickling out of the courtroom came chants of celebration from julian assange just supporters the static that after 10 years of legal fights they finally had some form of victory parade. this protects him from extradition in the united kingdom. but it doesn't protect you from extradition elsewhere around the world there isn't it is time for the united states to shut down this extraordinary prosecution which has massive free speech implications and i certainly hope that this will be the end of this case and . the earlier saunders team began the day with the low expectations for. his fiance called on donal

i'm for gail welcome to the program. a court in london has ruled that wiki leaks founder julian assange cannot be extradited to the united states to face espionage charges as this would be oppressive and damage to some mental health mr song she was an australian citizen could face up to 175 years in jail if the us successfully appeals is lawyers have applied for him to be released on bail meanwhile mexico has offered to grant him political asylum. with the news trickling out of the courtroom came chants of celebration from julian assange just supporters the static that after 10 years of legal fights they finally had some form of victory for. this protection from extradition in the united kingdom. but it doesn't protect you from extradition elsewhere around the world there isn't it is time for the united states to shut down this extraordinary prosecution which has massive free speech implications and i certainly hope that this will be the end of this case and. the earlier songes team began the day with low expectations. f

august last year game stop is an established uniquely positioned player not surprisingly this week gail and his followers were jubilant so what an incredible day and pick and that's what it is it's a regular joes versus wall street. when i put money into it i said even if this goes to 0 and i lose everything i like being a part of it and that sentiment is shared amongst a lot a lot of people despite claiming the quiddity problem is that the stock soared mid week the online trading app robin-hood back down from its controversial decision to block users from buying game stop shares after investors and politicians protested some limits however were reimposed late friday we absolutely did not do this in the direction of the market maker or hedge fund so we're really unprecedented times. in order to protect the firm and protect our customers we had a few limited by. the starts some traders dispute that but experts say eventually prices will fall rabbit he is real this will eventually normalized but he made a number of major financial. go belly up as a result. i don't think there's to be a wh

. >> i think you mentioned actually she called the widow of a friend of mine, tyron gail, a wonderful person who died a few years ago sadly of colon cancer but worked for kamala harris. we have to take a quick break for commercial. stick with us. we're streaming online and we're going to continue the conversation. if you're watching on facebook, send us your questions as well. if you're watching on tv, you can get dan's book "kamala's way" and we also have more on vice president kamala harris in a documentary we produced harri on abc7news.com and all our connected tv apps. >>> welcome back. so much happens inside the white house to make sure one family moves out and another family it is a complicated process, and i talked about it with journalist kate anderson brower, author of the number one new york times best-seller "the residents inside the private world of the white house". kate, how does the white house staff prepare for this presidential transition? when does this process even start? >> well, in a normal transition, and this is anything but normal, right, with the pandemic, and

i'm from gail welcome to the program we begin in the u.k. with the serbian news about the new coronavirus variant that was 1st detected there a british prime minister but his johnson says there's evidence that as well are spreading faster verite is also more deadly he appeared alongside his top scientific advisors to brief the public about the findings i must tell you the softer new that we've been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly it also appears that there is some evidence that the new variant the variant was 1st identified in london and the se may be associated with a higher degree of mortality. straight to london then will be joining the mass welcome book at how does this funding affect the government's pandemic response. the prime minister was obviously also at this press conference whether this means that there need to be tougher restrictions but the odds a feel for the moment is no deprive ministers says that already we are in quite a severe look down only essential travel is allowed schools are closed however

hi, i'm gail howard. i'm the resident manager of lakeside care home in standish.been desperate for this time to come. it's just a really good feel, a good vibe in the home. upsy daisy. i'm marion. this is my best friend winnie. we've known each other since we were 14. - we used to go to the cinema and dance at the weekend. i that's it. i didn't feel a thing, did you? just felt a prick. did you really? oh, yeah, i did. i didn't feel a thing but winnie did. - a kiss and a cuddle? i'm not one for kisses and cuddles. there is light at the end of the tunnel but we are of the tunnel that we are going to get through it. we're just nearly there. at last this says we can beat that virus. we're getting, like, - armour to fight this virus. goodbye, everybody. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. we've got rain and snow in the forecast through this evening and overnight. through the rest of friday, things are mainly dry. the morning mist and fog really slow to clear, though, across parts of the midlands and east anglia and the winds will be stren

gail maclellan reports. after the snow, a deep freeze.heavy snowfall in 50 years. trees fell over, many water pipes broke. countless roads have been blocked by snow and workers deployed to clear them as an emergency was declared in the t did prime minister pedro sanchez visited the emergency unit headquarters to see what has been put into place as the interior minister warned of continuing problems. translation: continuing problems. tuna/mom- continuing problems. translation: ~ ., ., translation: we wanted to emphasise — translation: we wanted to emphasise that _ translation: we wanted to emphasise that we _ translation: we wanted to | emphasise that we are still on alert due to this cold wave thatis alert due to this cold wave that is hitting the centre and east of the country. with the lowest temperatures between —12 and —i6 lowest temperatures between —12 and —16 degrees. the lowest temperatures between -12 and -16 degrees.— and -16 degrees. the ice is treacherous. _ and -16 degrees. the ice is treacherous. 2000 - and -16 degrees. the

storm which is stretch a long way down the coast san francisco's forecast for example a southerly gail developing on tuesday still windy on wednesday that rain for 2 days then things become a bit better on thursday that's unusual weather for san francisco is our usual weather this entire coast there's the pictures expounds on wednesday when she bring the rain down through southern california into bahar california plenty of snow of the sea inland there's a flood potential there as well as think. and in contrast to the caribbean it's really quite quiet there are a few light showers a bit of a breeze it was taken the temperature in kingston down to near average again and the coastal areas nicaragua costa rica and panama will be still pretty cloudy and sometimes dump disappointed really. the. latest news as it breaks the explosion near an a.t.v. transmission site knocked out mobile phone and internet service for miles with details coverage many have told us that they have voted in their voting for peace. they are worried about the security situation in parts of the country from around the

we look forward to engaging with port commission president kimberly brandon and port commissioner gail gilman who voled to shepard this work. we have more early actions including refined goals, objectives and tracking metrics that are integrated in our port's strategic plan for the port commission and public to see in late february or march. to other equity effort. our micro l.b.e. hardship emergency loan program is up and running and has closed for initial application. we received 58 applications and at this time, 22 firms have begun the formal application process. the loan program can make 36 loans at $25,000 each. due to the number of applications, we didn't need to have a lottery and we didn't need to turn firms away. of the 22 firms, 69% already minority or women owned. 65% are black or brown owned businesses. we're really proud that this program is reaching our target audience, congratulations to all. more equity news. the port in collaboration with the contract monitoring division, hosted a virtual workshop on december 9th l.b.e. opportunities and working over near water. we've

storm which is stretch a long way down the coast san francisco's forecast for example a southerly gail developing on tuesday still windy on wednesday that rain for 2 days then things become a bit better on thursday that's unusual weather for san francisco is our usual weather this entire coast there's the pictures expands on wednesday eventually bring the rain down through southern california into bahar california plenty of snow of the sea inland there's a flood potential there as well as think. and in contrast to the caribbean it's really quite quiet there are a few light showers a bit of a breeze it was taken the temperature in kingston down to near average again and the coastal areas nicaragua costa rica and panama will be still pretty cloudy and sometimes dump disappointing really. from. the welcome to down from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy the perfect break a new journey. and when you leave with a smile we know our days work is done qataris welcome to our home. welcome back i provided our top stories here on al-jazeera the p