thank you very much, craig beaumont _ to access.ch, craig beaumont from _ to access. thank you very much, craig beaumont from the - to access. thank you very much, - craig beaumont from the federation of small businesses. now let's turn to australia. the australian government has failed to have the visa hearing for tennis champion novak djokovich delayed — it will go ahead as planned, late tonight, british time. novak djokovic's lawyers say he has a valid medical exemption from australia's strict covid vaccination policy, because he had coronavirus last month. but lawyers for the australian government have denied claims by mr djokovic that he'd been given an assurance he would be allowed to enter the country without being vaccinated. simonjones reports. supporters of novak djokovic to gather outside the immigration detention centre in melbourne where he is staying. they want to see him on the tennis court. the countdown is on to his court case. 0h, mate, i haven't slept since he's come off the plane. we are all sick to the stomach.

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this morning a dire warning from beaumont health in michigan.tals, a 40% jump in just the last week. the majority of those patients are unvaccinated. at the same time more than 430 beaumont employees are out sick with their own covid symptoms. the situation is so concerning that beaumont health is now restricting visitors entirely. it is almost like a repeat of the overwhelming wave at the very start of the pandemic in early 2020. here is how one beaumont nurse described what it was like back then. >> i'm just in this place today where i just really -- i felt really kind of beat down this weekend by work and by just the situation and the heaviness, the impact of all of it. >> i think my biggest fear, of course, is another surge. >> the further we progressed in this whole situation, the more, you know, we all kind of muddle through and find what is starting to look like our new normal. >> back with us now a national treasure and trend of our show, that nurse you saw from may of 2020, maureen grisios. nurse maureen, i wish i was seeing you in a be

before a break for the hosts, beaumont bowled and caught.hlia mcgrath taking three quick ones in a row. england, though, holding on to set australia a respectable target of 170 to win. sophie ecclestone set alyssa healy packing for just seven. a promising start. mcgrath, however, was made of stronger stuff and took a chance to shine once more quickly, bringing up her half century, and that was followed by captain meg lanning. their partnership looking unbreakable as england's bowlers struggled to make a dent. and so it proved australia comfortably claiming a nine wicket victory with 18 balls to spare, england with work to do. jo curry, bbc news. it was a day of disappointment for british players at the australian open in melbourne, as andy murray and the 17th seed emma raducanu both crashed out in the second round. raducanu lost to the world number 98, danka kovinic, while murray went out to the japanese qualifier taro daniel — the lowest ranked player ever to beat him in a grand slam. dan evans progressed to round three after his opponent w

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but as batter tammy beaumont acknowledges, covid has affected everything.and lots of social distancing, no mixing, no kind of going anywhere indoors or overcrowded. so, yeah, it's been pretty tough, but now we got to adelaide, it's all about the business and the. and that is all the sport for now. we will see you soon. hello again. we're looking at a much colder day of weather thanks to northerly winds. those winds have been dragging in some snow showers across shetland, orkney and more recentlyjust getting into the north of the mainland of scotland as well. that gives the risk of a few icy stretches, but otherwise it's a cold start to thursday with a fairly widespread frost. it might be cold and frosty, but a glorious winter's day is on the cards. for many of us, there will be sunshine pretty much from dawn till dusk. ok, there will be a few showers around, those across northern scotland quickly turning to rain, and the showers coming down the north sea mostly staying offshore because the winds are blowing more or less parallel to the coast. could be a few

in mind ma'am, will don't show for long, but tom will stop music here, cooked nicole to know nero beaumont, to have a little bit of slim for this year. and i went to the gulf, the committee fallon's applied to the court for the temporary restriction of bellas mothers parental rights. and the cold found in their favor. a shots full just what was next to this. and i was going to proceed and they put us down for still not belong because i knew the sewer still in the area with the sound like a negative. she knew for our kids how i knew the news with you that they've done a good thing right. on the british you guys getting small, danny is the the destiny. it's just all wood. basically shaquanda her and you bless you. i send you the thing with the yes they're yes. on the 2nd they go from, i guess i desire to know the sound legal to produce a stuck with go step rose tightrope. it's neat. regret it? not a not a good. no, it's was new side dish which is more to chat. so my life, it's according to the news quoted. don't com. i bet my man. i've got to run any but i don't, but i not diesel would have

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ealier i spoke to craig beaumont from the federation of small businesses.bers would welcome the five day isolation period, if it was recommended by health officials. it would be. it has to be safe, so we wouldn't call for a public health measure, it's all about public health and safety, and this would have a huge impact. we have 2 million people with covid in the uk this week, so they are isolating, and if you are a big employer, what you can do is you can move projects around, you can move teams, even in the public sector except for specialised roles, you can move civil servants around between different functions. but if you are a small business with a team of five and you lose two or three of those, it will get very rough very fast, especially for customer facing businesses, you have only got so many people to fill the hours in the day. so the self isolation aspect of this is a real issue for us, and if it can be done safely and it's a big if, we are basically looking at the us cdc, the center for disease control, which did conclude that five days was the

french chili as established a climate change, observe retrievable, gather data from the most on beaumont as part of the southern hemisphere. all latin america editor lucille view and reports from solemn chile this is the magellan street that separates the american continent frontier rather frugal. it's often referred to as the end of the world, but also as a gateway to antartica, less than a 1000 kilometers south of here. we are on an expedition with chile science minister to inspect one of a $180.00 climate change stations. on the way we find the remains of a beached whale. this is just a fraction of what is covered by the southern hemispheres. longest climate change observatory, just launched by chile. so have sensors all the way from the public winslow all the way to the other. come and visit and we'll use a single platform to provide access to the data in a open access format. until now data from the southern cone has been scarce. climate scientists say the new observatory will provide badly needed data to track changes in temperatures. radiation, precipitation the direction and stre

she was followed by tammy beaumont and nat sciver not far behind.step up captain heather knight who slowly but steadily brought up her 50. muted celebrations, still plenty of work to do. partners came and partners went. good catch! but as others fell around her knight remained and was eventually rewarded with an ashes century, a true captain's performance and a memorable moment on an otherwise stuttering day for england. they closed on 235—8, 102 runs behind. a huge day awaits tomorrow. jo currie, bbc news. the uk has lost 38 million birds from its skies over the last 50 years and this weekend we're all being encouraged to join the rspb�*s annual big garden birdwatch and count the birds we see around us. it's the biggest wildlife survey of its kind on the planet, and aimed at fighting the bird population decline. our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. who doesn't like to see and of course hear wild birds? but britain's wild bird populations are under assault. changing farming practices, pollution and climate change are all taking their toll, say

ashes for the last three series, whilst england have had covid issues of late. 0pening batter tammy beaumonte have all had to train as individual since two weeks before we flew, heather knight had her partner batting left—handed so she could get practising, sophia dunkley had her mum feeding the bowling machine and another player got hit by her dad, not ideal preparation, different to normal but we have made you want want to go to canberra there were a couple of days of isolation while we had pcr test results, lots of social distancing, no mixing, no going anywhere indoors or too overcrowded, it has been pretty tough but now we are in adelaide it is all about the business and.— are in adelaide it is all about the business and. scotland have announced their squad for next month's six nations. gregor townsend has named five uncapped players, including saracens back—rower andy christie and london irish scrum—half ben white. once again stuart hogg will captain the side as they hope to repeat last year's victories over england and france and improve on their fourth place finish. rory darge, ben v

she was followed by beaumont. australia were on role and england were rocked.head was needed. captain had a knight stepped up who steadily brought up with celebrations of work to do. partners came and partners went. but as others fell around her, nate remained and was eventually rewarded with an ashes century. atrial capitated performance. they closed on 235—8 with capitated performance. they closed on 235-8 with 102 capitated performance. they closed on 235—8 with 102 runs behind at a huge day a week tomorrow. the innings drew huge praise from her teammates kathryn brunt who took a five wicket haul earlier in the day said knight led by example. a true captain's innings, one watched by henry morean and alex hartley. this was a day that had all the hallmarks of many others for english cricket in australia during the winter with we kept falling and the sense that could be an opportunity for australia to graeme home their advantage but next to the england captain they find themselves in a position where the match can still be saved and potentially even one. 127 no

but as batter tammy beaumont acknowledges, covid has affected everything.oday. it was yesterday that we had a cold front bring a bit of patchy rain southwards. as that cleared, we had a fine end to the day in hampshire — a lovely sunset here. for northern scotland, though, it was quite a turbulent day, gusty winds. and those winds have been bringing in some snow showers to shetland, we�*ve seen some in orkney and more recently across the north of the mainland as well. that will leave a risk of some icy patches here as we get into the first part of thursday morning, with the frost otherwise pretty widespread. for many of us, though, the skies will be clear. now, any showers in northern scotland very quickly will lose their wintriness and turn back to rain. some very slightly less cold air works in here. and for most of the uk, although a cold and frosty start, there will be sunshine pretty much from dawn till dusk. it�*s going to be a lovely, if somewhat chilly winter�*s day. now, there will be some showers coming down the north sea. they�*ll be affecting ea

beaumont, michigan, says it's 8% and riverside health in virginia just 10%.een a pandemic of the unvaccinated that has continued with omicron. john. >> the numbers don't lie. sadly, the number of people, decent percentage of people out there in the country simply refuse to listen and pay attention to them and get the shots. elizabeth cohen, grateful for the important reporting. let's get insight from dr. leona werngs former baltimore city health commissioner. i want to ask you is it safe to keep kids in school? the chicago teamers walk out, strike, whatever you call it, teachers will go back to the classroom tomorrow. one of the big questions that come up on capitol hill. i want you to listen to dr. dr. walensky that said we didn't have pediatric advantages heinz in the fall, schools were safe but now with omicron, yes, it's safe. >> schools should be the first places to open and the last place to close. we had a delta surge in the fall and 99% of our schools were safely open. >> there hose no disputing that, right? >> i agree completely with dr. walensky her

this is the latest mountain lion incident in the peninsula and specifically in beaumont., a line was spotted walking across a driveway. it is 1.5 miles from the most recent incident. just last week, there was a reported siding in a backyard. reggie: despite school closures and distance learning, some students have shown resilience, which is shown in the graduation rate, which is up. there is a nearly 5% improvement from 2016-2017. the graduation rates have been measured within four years, starting freshman year. officials now began at the eighth grade. >> going all the way back to middle school to figure out which of our students are already set up to be successful. that is gpa, attendance, suspension, and high school readiness indicators. reggie: new funding has allowed the district to add new programs to help students with anything from tutoring to family issues. apple is closing a loophole that has allowed almost anyone to use its education discount. the special deal offers the latest devices at a lower price. apparently, many non-education customers have been using th

at beaumont health and michigan, less than 8% of the patients are fully vaxed and boosted.riverside less than 10% are fully vaxed and boosted. once again, it is the unvaccinated driving the pandemic. they are putting themselves at risk, the people around them at risk and putting doctors and nurses at risk. they are getting covid because they're unvaccinated, then they expect doctors and nurses to take care of them, and they're putting those doctors and nurses at risk of getting covid. christine, laura? >> elizabeth cohen, thank you for that. >>> just in to cnn, more covid tests are provided. really, far more are still needed. there are 53 million students in k through 12 public schools. according to the cdc, most of them should be tested at least weekly. in chicago, 340,000 public school students returned to class today after a standoff with the teachers union over safety protocols kept the nation's third largest school system shutdown for a week. meanwhile chicago's mayor lori lightfoot also now in isolation after testing positive for covid herself. >>> across the country

that doctor, chief of critical services a at bah beaumont health system joins me.for you. hue bad is that? and what makes this moment so different of? >> thank you for having me it's hard to believe this is our third january with covid. and the difference this time is we have about 800 patients in our health system with covid, which is less than we had in april of 2020. but the issue now is with so many of our employees out, over 600 employees out, we have trouble caring for the community like we normally do. we just can't provide the care for the entire community as we are expected to. >> so how are you doing it? what are the work arounds that you have had to employ? >> first of all, we have been lucky that the department of defense hasiven u a team of 20 health care providers that have helped us. but really the difficult decisions are there are some things we can't do anymore. there's some elective surgeries we can't do. some testing and imaging, but the hardest part we can't do is when a small community hospital has a major trauma or critically ill patient, we c

dr justin skowronski, who runs a covid floor at beaumont, health, says.hink cold medicine and vitamins or a cure so most of the things that you're going to get over the counter make you feel better. that's not necessarily going to prevent people from coming to the hospital. however. as you self monitor. keep an eye on your oxygen level in the blood measured using a fingertip pulse oximeter. if it's low below 90% that's time to seek expert opinion. the doc says. if you want to be prepared in case i'm a crunch strikes your home by a pulse oximeter or for $20 on amazon. keep your favorite cold medicine in supply. and if you can find them get an at home covid test if you're high risk and positive for covid monoclonal antibodies is an option. but you need a prescription from a doctor. the flip side of that is getting the prescription may not be difficult. actually finding availability. these medications is very, very tricky right now still the biggest driver for admitting patients with covid into the hospital is viral pneumonia doctors, krinsky says . that's n

and they're going well — tammy beaumont is the only batter to fall, caught and bowled for 30. read out some of your tweets, we were asking you earlier about the move away from plan b, to plan a in england and what you think of that. the general political situation. the speaker on twitter says more difficult to get tests, scandal at downing street, but simultaneous removal of restrictions, all happening pretty much at the same time. coincidence? kay wilson says the removal of mask mandates and plan b, could there be a more blatant look at this, rather than that, tactic? putting health of country over personal survival. you can imagine how kay is feeling about that, from her tweet. this one is from juicy convert on twitter, referring to the interview with liam fox earlier, saying it was good that he got a priority vaccine, being asthmatic, but he didn't acknowledge many did not. thank you for those. keep them coming in. you can get in touch with me on twitter, and you can use the hashtag bbc your questions. you might want to get in touch about this next story about nhs dentistry

but as batter tammy beaumont aknowledges, covid has affected everything. couple of days' icy isolation with pcr test results, social distancing and no going anywhere to indoors or overcrowded. it has been pretty tough and now we have got to adelaide it is all about the business end. adelaide it is all about the business end. scotland have announced their squad for next month's six nations. gregor towsend has named five uncapped players, including saracens back—rower andy christie and london irish scrum—half ben white. the full squad is on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. more sports new in more sports let's get more now on the rise in the cost of living, now increasing at its fastest rate for 30 years. here with me is george dibb who is the head of the centre for economicjustice at the insitute for public policy research. . hello. some of these figures are so poorfamilies and individuals. is the fundamental worry for you energy bills? what your focus? the fundamental worry for you energy bills? what yourfocus? that the fundamental worry

host: next call is carlino, beaumont texas. you're on c-span, we want to know what you think about last year, last january 6, and where we are today. caller: i will be honest, last year, last january 6, i was in shock, because in my little bubble world, there are certain places that are supposed to be untouchable. it's, for me, it is a symbol. it is like strength. that is our strength. that is where everything happens, it is important to us. a bunch of idiots directed by a manchild totally disrespected everything. not just republican, democrat, whatever. the disrespected our country, above and beyond. there are lines in this world that you never cross and that is one of them. and the fact that i know in my heart trump did this, because he did not get his and i am grateful that it got under control. i am devastated that people were injured and lost their lives. it should never have gone that way. host: were you watching all the events today? caller: not all of them. i've had my grandson with me all day so i have had to peek in i

rise to recognize the 76th speaker of the texas house of representatives, representative felin of beaumont, texas. . it's made it his priority to significantly improve the lives of texans every single day. as only the fourth republican to hold the texas house speakership since 1871, or 151 years, he has set the bar high for any who might follow in his footsteps. he fought to pass landmark legislation that protects businesses, taxpayers, the unborn, religious freedoms, and our second amendment rights. under his leadership the texas house led on criminal justice reform issues, health care affordability, police funding, and addressing winter storm's impact on our state. i cannot express how proud we are in texas 14 to claim speaker phelan, his wife, and their four precious boys as our own. mr. speaker, mr. speaker phelan, thank you for all you do for texas. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. at that dano -- mr. takano: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 680, i call up the bill h.r. 4673 as amended and ask for