and i would also like to welcome david pearson to the press c0 nfe re nce , like to welcome david pearsonnference, in his new role as chair of press conference, in his new role as chairof our press conference, in his new role as chair of our national covid—i9 social care support taskforce. before turning to social care, though, i would like to take you through the latest coronavirus data. if we turn now to the first slide, please. the first slide shows the number of new cases confirmed in the uk, and also shows the level of testing. there were 138,183 tests done yesterday, bringing the total to over 5.7 million. and as you can see in this chart, the number of confirmed cases, confirmed with a positive test yesterday, was 1205. and that is the lowest since the end of march. and you can clearly see the seven—day rolling average also continuing fall. next slide, please. the data from hospitals also shows a continued fall. the number of admissions with covid—19 across england, wales and northern ireland, has fallen again, to 519. that is down from 660 ten week ago. so, we can see the continue

david pearson, thank you for r joining us. take care. >> thank you, it's a pleasure to be here. thank you. >> we'll take a short break. when we come back, our attention to the presidential debate tonight. our preview is next. >>> let's start with this. most minds are made up. not typical undecided voters at this time. how important is the first of three debates then? >> a lot of people are going to be watching, even if most people's minds are mengeir min and even if you've got a very small percentage of undecided voters, if it's in a state like michigan or wisconsin where the margin is relatively small, that could end up mattering quite a bit. tonight's debate ends up being amplified for a couple of reasons. first, the sheer entertainment value. people want to tune in, they want to see what it's going to be like when biden and trump get on the stage together but the second reason is really, this is the only job interview you're going to get as an american voter where you're looking at trump and biden side by side and if you're undecided in some cases or even if you've made up yo

we have mike huckabee and lieutenant colonel allen west, david webb, katrina pearson and many othershat i think we do at "fox & friends" better than anybody else is listen to people and their experiences and their life. will did it with the nypd. i did it on the street with breakfast with friends. steve: diners. pete: we have more footage of that of regular people sharing what's happening in their lives, the fear of they have of what a leftist presidency and ultimately all those policies. brian: speaking of fear, i'm worried about this and did you go out and you nail it on the diner and will feels he has to beat you and go to the cops. is this rivalry something that could get out of control? please answer the question, will. >> well, i'm not too worried about it getting out of control as far as i'm concerned. i think it might just be a blowout. brian: look at this. [laughter] brian: you are not at his level, pete. brian: this is unbelievable. steve: you just summarized what was going on at the dnc. the rnc starts on monday. so, i'm going to ask you both and, pete, you are first. what

pearson, beating wolves 2—1. and bottom of the table norwich city held crystal palace to a 1—1 draw at carrow road. davidhaping the nba has died at the age of 77 after suffering a brain haemorrhage last month. stern was the nba's longest—serving commissioner after he took over in 1984 and oversaw its growth into a global power. by the time he left his position in 2014, a league that had struggled for a foothold had grown into a more than $5 billion a year industry with worldwide popularity to match. nba commissioner adam silver, who you saw next to stern said: "because of david, the nba is a truly global brand, making him not only one of the greatest sports commissioners of all time but also one of the most influential business leaders of his generation." "every member of the nba family is the beneficiary of david's vision, generosity and inspiration." and from some of the players, dywane wade refers to how his dreams were made by meeting stern in his debut season in 2003. —— dwyane wade. boston celtics legend bill russell refers to the great innovation from stern and says he made the game what it is tod

the lead, and watford are enjoying a resurgence under nigel pearson, at home to wolverhampton wanderers. later on, keep an eye out for davidam. they face fellow strugglers bournemouth and a big one this evening, arsenal against manchester united at the emirates. plenty of matches in the football league too — in the championship, millwall beat luton 3 goals to 1. they went behind, but three goals in 12 second—half minutes secured victory, which moved them temporarily into the playoff spots. in the other championship matches, sheffield wednesday and preston could regain a place in the top 6 with at least a draw from their respective games against hull and middlesbrough. the one to watch though is a little later, 1st against 2nd, when leeds go to west brom. both sides are level on points at the top of the table, with leeds two goals better off than their opponents. jofra archer is a doubt for england's second test against south africa which starts in cape town on friday. the bowler is suffering with an elbow injury. he took a total of six wickets in the first test which england lost — 11 players were hit by a sickness bug whi

david knows he should have saved the second goal that's. .. knows he should have saved the second goal that's... that's done now. we have got to move on. watford have sacked their manager nigel pearsond formula one and his fellow drivers for not doing enough to combat racism. he was speaking after a second consecutive race where the anti—racism demonstration was disrupted by confusion, and a lack of unity. his disappointment didn't affect his race, the six—time world champion won the hungarian grand prix pretty easily. he's now five points clear of his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas in the drivers championship. you could see from those pictures why he was upset. he felt that moment when everyone was you to take a knee, wasn't given enough time. —— was due. millions of us clapped for our frontline retail workers during the lockdown, but now shop workers say they're being verbally and physically abused by customers. a survey of retail and call centre staff found that more than half of them had encountered hostility since the pandemic — that's according to the institute of customer service. claire saunders is a supermarket worker and union rep. at the beginning when people were pan