forgot to check with jacob blake about that because a week later jacob blake himself admitted on camera, in fact, armed. >> i am rattled. i realize i had dropped my knife, my pocket knife, so i picked it up after i got off with him, because they tased me and i fell on top of him. i shouldn't have picked it up. only considering what was going on. at that time, i wasn't thinking clearly. >> tucker: oh. just to be totally clear, we feel sorry for jacob blake. he got for it hurt. that will change his life forever. but is not the neat little morality tale we thought it was. is it? and again, we are not telling you that, we are not correcting the lie because we are smug and self-satisfied and enjoy highlighting the other people's errors. we are just defending our norms here, as any americans would. it just feels like the right thing to do. but it is a never ending task. to give many examples, here's one for the weekend. hundreds of activists gathered in new york to stage a march against white nationalism, seeking justice for an 84-year-old man from thailand who had been flashed with a box cut

please welcome to "a late show," blake shelton. blake, thanks for being here. >> thank you, buddy.audience these days. it's lonely. thank you for being here. you're my only audience these days. ( laughter ) i love your backdrop because you're in color but everything behind you is monochromatic, it's like you're calling from the 1950s. >> you know, listen -- thank you, by the way. i'm in a house with a way bigge. >> stephen: yes. he gets, like, the other -- the professional zoom room. so i'm in the bedroom. >> stephen: you have been banished. >> well, yeah. >> stephen: you guys have both gotten plenty of attention in the last week because you had a big night sunday. of course, we all watch the super bowl for the commercials, and you, and gwen had one of the biggest, over 20 million people have watched it so far, and we hahave a litittle cliip of itt t here i w wouldn'n't mind shohowe audience.. hi, , jim. >> hey, , adam. gwgwen stefani, whwhat's happenining? is.. >>>> i'm readydy to datate agag. whatat are you l looking for. i want sommebody y diffeferent maybe e from ananother couo

and blake was on his phone, that's all he had. so me and levi had gone to town to go get some more firewood. and before we knew it, levi's getting a phone call saying, mom, our house is on fire. so we're in a very small community and so we rush up there to our home and there's smoke coming out everywhere. i didn't know at the time if blake and allison were okay, because we hadn't heard from them. we had called 911 on my way up to my house. and so there's people rushing to me, stating that blake and allison are okay and before we knew it, when i got to the house, the house was full of smoke already. >> oh, my gosh. first of all, the sheer terror of not knowing if your kids were inside. and then the horror of seeing your house. what happened when you came upon that site? >> just my heart, it dropped. and of course, levi was panicky, as well. we didn't know what to do. we were just scared at the time. and then when they told us that blake and allison and our dogs were out and they were okay, that was so much relief. and we were grate

blake was 25 years old when he made his grand ole opry debut.emember it was the first time i felt like i belonged there. i wasn't just a cling-on, someone trying to sneak into parties. i had the same ultimate feeling when i became a member of the grand ole opry, as far as they can never take that away from now. >> i'm the one that has been authorized tonight to invite blake shelton to be a member of the grand ole opry. >> reporter: an invitation to become an opry member is like joining a hall of fame. >> thank you, grand ole opry. >> reporter: an honor blake received in 2010. >> this is the biggest thing that's ever happened to me. >> reporter: when you think of the opry and what it represents, i mean, it is the heart, the soul, it really is the beat behind country in a lot of ways. what has it done for you? >> it was just -- it's hard to put it into words, natalie, because it was just it. you find out the history, what was born from, and the stars that were launched. now, we're celebrating 95 years of this thing, and it's still going strong. ma

blake burman coughing the white house for us. we'll get to blake.nd gerri willis as well who is reporting in new york. in fact we'll start with blake. not only impeachment trial after former president which we'll talk about a little later on in the show but with the current president meeting today with various business leaders. tell us about that. reporter: pretty big meeting this afternoon, connell with, the president, vyings president, treasury secretary janet yellen and some of the biggest names in business. it just wrapped according to the white house in the last half hour or so in that meeting along who i mentioned, the head of jpmorgan, jamie dimon, the head of walmart, doug mcmillon, along with ceo's of lowe's and gap. the president saying off the top they would talk about four major issues, the economy, the rescue package, infrastructure and the minimum wage potential increase. the president saying in his words that the american people are hurting and are in some cases in real trouble. he continued his push for a massive relief package. >> i

blake, thank you, blake burman live on the north lawn let's dig into this a little bit more with our powerhouse friday panel steve forbes who ran for president as a republican, and robert wolf, the former ubs america's chairman who advised the former democratic president and barack obama and robert i'll give you the first crack at this. you heard edward and blake did a nice job of laying out both sides of the argument on capitol hill. the white house, and republicans versus democrats. does the package, this relief package, need to be this big? 1.9 trillion rather than more targeted, what's your view? >> well first of all, bigger is better. today's numbers were absolutely brutal, especially the revisions , and not to go in all the detail, but they are still north of 10 million people that don't have jobs since the pandemic, and so listen, i don't think it'll end up being 1.9 trillion. it certainly is going to be much much bigger than the 600 billion that the 10 moderate gop'ers brought to the white house, i think my gut tells me it will be somewhere around the 1.5 trillion level, and

blake, welcome to "mad money"! to be back and great to have you back in the saddle. >> oh, thank you, blake. i really appreciate it i like that upbeat attitude because it dovetails with exactly what i'm seeing here, which is that you basically have called the bottom. the bottom in the industrial cycle. and you were the most bullish about the industrial cycle of any ceo i have so can you give me a reason why your optimism is going to turn out to be realism? >> well, we saw orders that were really broad-based across geographies and multiple business vertical industries that we served in the last quarter. and while it's going to take a little bit to get it all shipped down, that gives us a lot of optimism for the future and for our role in it >> but when i see it, i mean, there are different industries that you're in that i know are problematic. for instance, oil and gas. i see oil and gas going up, but then i worry, geez-k that sustain itself i see -- you're doing some terrific business in semiconductors but i see th

jonathan blake, bbc news.ng, the one budget measure that has been announced is £5 billion for high street shops and businesses in england to support them as they reopen after lockdown. while welcomed by many, some say it won't be enough on its own, as our business correspondent katie prescott reports. hopes for a bright summer ahead, as pubs and restaurants think about welcoming punters after a devastating year. staying closed cost them on average £10,000 a month. lockdown has been very, very difficult and very, very stressful. we've got over 1,000 employees who, apart from four months, have been living on half pay. they really have been living on a hand—to—mouth existence over the last year and put that together with the stresses that the business has had to deal with in being shut down and not being allowed to trade through no real fault of their own, it has been a very, very stressful time. to help them reopen, the government is offering grants to businesses in england forced to close by covid. scotland, wa

connell: blake, thank you. blake burman there in washington.re will be six more weeks of winter. that is what punxsutawney phil told us. somehow managed to see his shadow in snowy pennsylvania which i'm not completely buying. if he told us jeff bezos would step down as amazon ceo i would be truly impressed. punxsutawney phil has been longer winter 100 times in the event's 135 year history. there goes. put him back. we'll be back in just a moment. you run it by an expert, you talk about the risk and potential profit and loss. could've used that before i hired my interior decorator. voila! maybe a couple throw pillows would help. get a strategy gut check from our trade desk. ♪♪ i knew about the tremors. but when i started seeing things, i didn't know what was happening. so i kept it in. he started believing things that weren't true. i knew something was wrong, but i didn't say a word. during the course of their disease around 50% of people with parkinson's may experience hallucinations or delusions. but now, doctors are prescribing nuplazid. the

blake? reporter: bipartisan indeed.s sent to president biden in the recent days asking him to reconsider his executive order regarding the keystone xl pipeline, the top democrat on committee. joe manchin wrote, pipe lines continue to be safest mode to transport oil and natural gas resources, this supports thousands of high paying american union jobs. 14 attorneys general, all republicans have also written the president. they are threatening potential legal actions. for example montana's attorney general write being, quote, your decision, speaking to the president, will result in devastating damage to many of our state and local communities. some workers say they are already starting to get laid off. >> it's pretty good gut punch, you know, that kind of like a slap in the face. all you work for, what you worked towards all your life and that's your calling in life and they telling you to go get another job, try to go get green jobs. reporter: the white house continues to defend the policy. when i reached out to them this

jonathan blake that our political correspondent.our political correspondent. some newsjust coming into us. the coronation street actorjohnny briggs, who played mike baldwin in the british soap opera, has died aged 85 after a long illness, his family said. briggs was in coronation street for 30 years, and left the programme in 2006. he starred in 2349 episodes altogether. his final scenes on the show recorded in march 2006 and broadcast in april 2006. and a real stall wart of one of britain's most popular long running tv shows. and a statement from the family that say we announced with great sadness the death of our fatherjohnny briggs. he passed away this morning after a long illness with family by his side. he was 85. we politely ask for privacy at this time so we can quietly grieve as a family and remember the wonderful times we had with him. sojohnny briggs, who has died at the age of 85, star in coronation street, mac as mike baldwin in the itv show. police in hong kong have charged 47 pro—democracy activists and opposition figu

jonathan blake reports.omething like life as normal could come by the summer, under the road map announced by the prime minister yesterday —— a return. as more and more people are vaccinated, the idea of proving you have had the jab to do certain things is under review. visiting a school in south london this morning, the prime minister suggested it was being seriously considered. this the prime minister suggested it was being seriously considered.- being seriously considered. this is an area where _ being seriously considered. this is an area where we _ being seriously considered. this is an area where we are _ being seriously considered. this is an area where we are looking - being seriously considered. this is an area where we are looking at i being seriously considered. this is an area where we are looking at a | an area where we are looking at a novelty— an area where we are looking at a novelty to — an area where we are looking at a novelty to smack our country. we haven't _ novelty to smack our country

host: freshman interviews are a top priority for us and we are joint now by freshman congressman blake moore, a republican from utah upon first district. as of today, you have been in congress one month officially. has that first month gone anything like you thought it would? guest: it's been a journal entry month, i will admit to that. it has not gone as predicted. the second half of the month, we have been able to focus on committee assignments and all the stuff that i was excited to come into congress to work on. it's definitely not how i predicted but we will take things as they come. host: the first couple of days are unpredictable. where were you on january 6? guest: i was in the house chamber and was in the joint session on the floor and as the debate started, a few of my colleagues and i had been asked to spread out a little bit. i wasn't going to be a part of that debate so i went up to the balcony. i was on the balcony in the house chamber and walking back and forth to the windows and looking at the protest going on and you could get a sense that things were starting to get a

blake won "people's" sexiest man alive in 2017. john, you were on the 2019 cover.to answer that question. >> blake is for sure ndemic year, but each coachman has managed to expand their horizons nick, you're into latte art? >> latte, art, mixology. i've been very bored during quarantine >> reporter: have you made priyanka's face in your latte art yet? >> i have tried many times and failed she asked me to stop >> reporter: blake, what about you? >> i built up an even stronger alcohol tolerance. >> how is that possible? >> consistency. >> reporter: quick round of the paddle game. funniest coach on set. >> carson gives you his vote, kelly. >> so nice >> you're so funny you have the quickest wit of, like, anybody. >> reporter: most likely to stoop low to get a contestant on their team >> how did my face get over there? >> reporter: okay, this is real quick, guys. i'm going to read you a line to a song, and whoever jumps in with the next line of the song, okay >> ready >> reporter: oh, i know you miss that what's wrong let me fix that. twist that ♪ baby, tonight's the n

there our olitical challenge. jonathan blake there our political correspondent. _ police in myanmarts at demonstrators in cities across the country. there are reports that at least six people have been killed and 20 others injured, but that number is expected to rise. three of the deaths are reported in dawei in the south. in myanmar�*s largest city, yangon, police have taken up positions at main protest sites. as the bbc�*s burmese service's nyein chan aye described from yangon, they're trying to contain demonstrators within small areas. this is what is happening after deadly protests in several places in yangon today. people remain defiant in the ongoing fight for democracy. as you see, here in the central city. people continue to protest and block the main road to prevent the security forces from coming. today the security forces were actually out early taking position at many protest sites across the city. they tried to contain the protest in small streets and townships, even before anti—coup protesters were being gathered all together. there were reports of shooting in several

blake burman there. economist steve moore with us right now. before blake was mentioning a chip shortage, steve, those were a number of spending proposals he went through for us one after another. the relief package is one thing at 1.9 trillion. then you start to talk about infrastructure, which you know, as we talked about over the years seems to have bipartisan support but it comes on a day where the cbo tells us the federal debt exceeds the size of the entire economy before the stimulus is even worked in. so do we even get the infrastructure type of deal that we might have been able to get if we weren't already dealing with this first round of spending. what do you think is going to happen? >> the case for this $1.9 trillion spending bill is diminishing every day. the democrats are in a race to get this thing passed. looks now by mid-april we'll have the vaccine basically pretty much available to anybody who wants it. that is the stimulus. and you're going to start to see the big declines in unemployment as a result of that. businesses getti

thank you, blake burman covering the white house for us.ere with us now the former governor of arkansas fox news contributor mike huckabee. governor, as blake says democrats will go it alone. good to see you by the way. on stimulus which we anticipated. there are some in the democratic party though encouraging president biden to be bipartisan on this. rahm emanuel was talking about pair the minimum wage hike with republican ideas on small business. he doesn't have to. owe can push a lot through on his own. what do you make of bipartisanship, that still a thing in washington? >> i'm not seeing any signs of it. look what's been happening the last month. impeachment part two. we've had keystone xl pipeline destroyed. you had relationships with our middle east partners upended. you had the mexico city policy where tax people and taxpayers are funding abortions overseas. i don't see anything that president biden has done that says i really want to reach out to you guys. i really want to meet you halfway. i don't see him moving a step. i don't ge

here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. thousands more injections to vaccinate people against coronavirus. by monday, the government is confident it will have met its aim of offering 15 million people their firstjab. on a visit to a vaccine manufacturer in teesside today, the prime minister said he was cautiously optimistic about covid—19 being contained long—term. new therapies are being discovered the whole time, which are enabling us to reduce mortality, improve our treatments of the disease, so, yes, i do think that, in due time, it will become something that we simply live with. effective vaccines are crucial to allowing restrictions to be lifted. the government's promised a more detailed timeline soon. but borisjohnson gave some idea of the order in which things would open up. starting with schools, we very much hope on march the 8th, that's got to be the priority, our children's education, our kids�* education is our number one priority, but then, working forwards to getting non—essential retail open as well, and the

blake burman on the north lawn for us.'s talk a little bit more about this, future student loan debt. bill mcgurn editor at "the wall street journal." it can add up when you talk about that kind of money. what do you make of the discussions and merits of doing this? sounds like elizabeth warren is making an argument based seems largely on equality and also race? what do you make of it? >> yes. it seems absurd. there are two aspects that i worry about. one is a lot of people believe that joe biden can just do this with an executive action. i think it was right before he came in to the presidency he said he himself was skeptical about that. that he had the authority to just cancel up to $50,000 in debt for individuals. i hope he sticks to that because this is a big deal. it should involve the legislature. the problem is we'll find out whether joe biden ever means the caveat that he points out there. he sounded very skeptical about the idea that he could do it himself. now even if they didn't do it himself, i think it sends a

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that wasjonathan blake is going to have to come a price. little bit earlier. nine new cases of covid—19 have been detected in the isle of man — four weeks after the government there lifted all social distancing restrictions. the public are now being advised to take precautions including avoiding household mixing, staying home where possible, and not to visit a health and care setting unless absolutely necessary. those who tested positive are self—isolating. anas sarwar has been announced as the new scottish labour leader. glasgow msp mr sarwar defeated monica lennon, the only other candidate in the race. mr sarwar takes charge of the party ahead of the scottish parliament election, which is scheduled to be held on six may. he is the first minority ethnic leader of a major politcal party in the uk. he says his party have a lot to do to rebuild trust with scottish people isa is a big opportunity but only a limited amount of time to change that result. when he came to talk to us a little earlier, he told me his party has a lot to do to rebuild

blake. reporter: connell, we have a better idea what this $1.9 trillion plan that president biden and democrats putting forward might look like. at least one potential. we heard from the top democrat in washington today who oversees tax policy it could potentially include a $3600 child tax credit for children up to six years old and children from that range to 17 years old, $3,000. however, here is the difference on this one, connell t wouldn't be one lump sum payment t would be payments month by month alongwith by the way, thresholds based on how much money you make the white house was asked about it earlier today. they threw their support behind it, calling it quote, unquote, emergency funding. >> the president supports the proposal that representative kneel neil and others put forward to insure that there is money in the package that helps bring relief to families in the form of a child tax credit. something he would certainly support. reporter: if you were watching the super bowl yesterd

let's start with blake. blake? >> reporter: hi there, david. democrats here in washington, d.c.re confident that this $1.9 trillion american rescue plan will pass, most likely later into the evening. however, do not expect much, if any, support from republican lawmakers at all. republicans in this town feel that that price tag is simply too high, and they also point to unspent funds. here was the top republican in the house, kevin mccarthy, talking to larry kudlow earlier today. >> we still have a trillion dollars that we've already appropriated that hasn't gone out. what the democrats are attempting to pass now could only really cause damage. just think about what it is. >> reporter: now, that bill tonight will include increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour. however, if that is passed, that provision will not be allowed in the senate under senate rules there. the house speaker, nancy pelosi, we just heard from her a little while ago, said that democrats will pursue a minimum wage increase in the near future despite that roadblock. >> we are sending it as a symbol of a diffe

cnn's blake essay joins us from tokyo with the very latest. how is this going to work exactly in the middle of a pandemic? >> reporter: yeah, rosemary, you're absolutely right, whether it's the ioc, japanese government or just within the last hour, hour and a half tokyo 2020 officials essentially saying that they are going to hold these games this summer no matter what and there is no plan b in place. how are they going to do that? tomorrow they plan on releasing a series of play books which are going to outline some rules that athletes and other people involved in the games are going to have to follow in order to deliver a safe and secure summer olympic games. olympic officials have said vaccines will not be a prerequisite for athletes to participate but, again, there will be rules in place. just recently john coates, the ioc president, sat down with sky news, a cnn affiliate, to talk about the playbook and what it might entail. >> they must undertake testing, saliva and nose, within 72 hours of traveling to tokyo like we did in australia. th

blake burman in washington with the latest. blake?they cannot mandate children to go back into the classrooms and schools reopen. but there's public politicses questioning whether the cdc guidelines that the cdc says should be a road map of getting children in the classroom might hinder that process. experts point to whether schools are adequately set up to handle six feet of social distancing and whether community transmission rates are the best metrics to determine if schools can reopen. the head of the cdc, dr. rochelle walensky said they should return in some form. >> even in the areas of the highest community spread, we're advocating with the strict mitigation measures that you described, including universal masking and six feet distancing that children should get back to school at least in a hybrid mode. >> no mention of older students and five days a week. there are the teachers, the guidance also suggests that teachers get vaccinated as soon as supply allows for that to happen. the american federation said they were complement

here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake.ions to vaccinate people against coronavirus. by monday, the government is confident it will have met its aim of offering 15 million people theirfirstjab. on a visit to a vaccine manufacturer in teesside today, the prime minister said he was cautiously optimistic about covid—i9 being contained long—term. new therapies are being discovered the whole time, which are enabling us to reduce mortality, improve our treatments of the disease, so, yes, i do think that, in due time, it will become something that we simply live with. effective vaccines are crucial to allowing restrictions to be lifted. the government's promised a more detailed timeline soon. but borisjohnson gave some idea of the order in which things would open up. starting with schools, we very much hope on march the 8th, that's got to be the priority, our children's education, our kids' education is our number one priority, but then, working forwards to getting non—essential retail open as well, and then, in due course, as and

jonathan blake, bbc news.e were 13,308 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. an average of 13,896 new cases were recorded per day in the last week. 23,341 people are in hospital with coronavirus across the uk. in the last 2a hours, 621 deaths have been recorded — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test. 688 deaths were announced on average every day in the past week. the total number of people who have died is now 116,908. as for the vaccination programme, 544,603 people had a first dose of one of the three approved covid—19 vaccines in the latest 24—hour period. and more than 14.5 million people have now had their firstjab. as we've heard, the government says it's on track to meet its target of offering jabs to the four most vulnerable groups by monday. in a last push, ministers are urging anyone who hasn't had a jab in those groups to come forward. here's our health correspondent katharine da costa. making sure no—one is left behind. this community bus was out in south—

open last year after representative rob bishop retired after serving nine terms, it was suggesting blake you have a great background somebody who has time to serve at the air force base utah has an incredible defense community we have a lot of veterans and a andof people serving menit women both in reserves, active-duty and in then civilian workforce that serve a really awesome air force base in utah. i want to be a part of that to there is lots of different initiatives that we will be involved in but that is one that triggered me too say i can be positioned well to serve that particular community so i jumped into the race i was about eight years into a career with a management consulting firm in salt lake city called cicero group and about a two week span and totally change my life and my wife and i looked at the options and decided to make a run for it i was not politically known very well i was late to enter the race and 12 candidates in the race and we emerge from the convention and went on to win that when the primary it is been an amazing year and i'm excited for this opportunity t

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what is going on, blake? reporter: connell, you remember monday evening there was a big meeting between president biden and senate republican opinions here at the white house. this morning the democrats got their turn. it was clear coming out of this where democrats intend on take this process, listen. >> there is agreement, universal agreement, we must go big and boiled. the picture of franklin roosevelt was hovering over all of us we're very much aware of that. it was alluded to a whole bunch of times. we hope our republican colleagues will join us in that, in that big, bold, program. reporter: still though a very large gap between what democrats are talking about, $1.9 trillion around one 10 senate republicans have proposed, a third of that $600 billion. connell, as you heard there from chuck schumer, democrats are not willing to walk too far off the $1.9 trillion figure. connell. connell: what about the direct payments? president hat 1400. any movement on that the? reporter: there was a little movement on

right now, blake burman in washington with more on that front. hey, blake. >> hi, neil. as we know, democrats have control of power here in washington. already we've seen a hiccup in the senate and later tonight. we will be watching a vote as it relates to that $1.9 trillion rescue plan that was biden has been pushing. democrats are confident that that vote can pass in the house. they can only lose a handful of votes for that. if it passes, it goes to the senate. the senate parliamentarian has ruled that the part of the package that includes raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour cannot be a part of the legislation in that chamber. house democrats though are keeping the $15 an hour minimum wage increase in the package. that will be voted on tonight. the top republican in the house, kevin mccarthy, says that is only because the house speaker nancy pelosi wants to appease the left. >> she knows it will not survive in the senate because the parliamentarian already told her that. so she's keeping it in the bill to keep her pay offs what i named the bill. this is fore a prog

blake burman at the white house.ou know, we've got two big stories here. >> reporter: yeah. expecting the president to speak at any moment. this is a trip in michigan that was delayed a day because of the weather yesterday. but the president there in michigan, kalamazoo, at a pfizer plant. of course, pfizer at the heart of covid-19, the vaccine and distribution, etc., so that's what's bringing the president there today. the president also spoke on the issue of health care all across the world today especially the fact that he revaled that there is going to be -- revealed there is going to be a $4 billion allotment from the u.s. given to poor countries all across the world the try to fight against the covid-19 pandemic, specifically getting vaccine doses into the arms of people all across the country. the president saying that this is part of his plan to try to reconnect the u.s. with the health community across the world. >> even as we fight to get out of the teeth of this pandemic, the resurgence of ebola in africa

jonathan blake, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...risjohnson comes under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april. president trump suggests he could make a political comeback after he's cleared of inciting insurrection in his impeachment trial. thousands of people in myanmar return to the streets for a ninth day of protests against the military coup. as we've been hearing, borisjohnson is under pressure from more than 60 of his own conservative mps to remove all coronavirus restrictions in england by the end of april. earlier i spoke to the chair of that group of mps, mark harper. i agree with the foreign secretary that we shouldn't choose arbitrary dates. we haven't in our letter. we very much timed our requests for the relaxation of restrictions to the roll—out of the vaccination programme. so, we suggested starting lifting restrictions on march the 8th, when the top four groups who are most vulnerable have been vaccinated in that first dose of vaccination, which becomes effective from march th

thank you, blake. blake burman at the white house.ht and left here on a number of other issues that we thought were resolved but following up on a report that blames the saudi crown prince in the killing of jamal khaishoggi. that could change our relationship with the saudis and what punishment could be handed out if there's punishment at all. dan, we've seen to have figured the saudi crown prince was behind this. now what are we going to do with this? what are your thoughts? >> yeah, that's the question. we know that the cia concluded with a high level of confidence that mohammed bin salman, the crown prince, ordered that gruesome assassination of khaishoggi. the senate voted unanimously. they condemned the crown prince for that act. the question i think before the biden administration is how they handle saudi arabia's human right as becauses while at the same time recognizes that saudi arabia is an ally against china and iran in the region. >> neil: so we don't want to go too far is what you're saying. they're an important business

blake federman, executive director of the center located in dallas is with us.? >> >> well, thank you for having me today, excited to be able to share the great work that we're doing to help our local community. you know, it's really interesting what's happening in texas especially when you put it in the context of what's happening around america with regards to the pandemic that's created this unprecedented need. and there are, fortunately, we are strong and we are resilient, and there are organizations like the salvation army who were built for these types of crises whether it's the pandemic or the severe winter storm that we just experienced. it is in our dna to step up and serve when communities need us the most. and that's how we were able to scale 13 food pantries across north texas and serve five times as many people than there were before the pandemic and how we've been able to provide more than a million in rental assistance to keep people this their homes. so when we knew the wasn't storm was approaching -- the winter storm was approaching, we quickly

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jonathan blake, bbc news.jor vaccination target, how does the roll—out proceed from here, and who is next in line forthejab? our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. from margaret keenan, in december, the first person to be vaccinated, to, less than ten weeks later, 15 million people having had theirfirst dose. so, who will be vaccinated next, and when? the next stage starts with 65—69—year—olds. that's nearly 3 million people. and those with underlying health conditions, an estimated 7 million. next up is 2 million 60—61i—year—olds, then the 5 million 50—59—year—olds. that's a total of more than 17 million people who will be offered vaccines by the end of april. then for phase two, another 21 million people, the rest of the adult population, should be vaccinated by the autumn. more than a million over—65s have been sent letters this weekend. in some areas, they have even started delivering jabs. it's an indication of the different demographics of different parts of the country. obviously, certain po

jonathan blake.ave launched a campaign to reassure parents it's safe for children to return to the classroom. the back—to—school adverts will highlight extra measures, such as coronavirus testing and masks, being introduced ahead of schools reopening fully on march the 8th in england. 0ur correspondent, jon donnison, has the details. these are some of the reasons the government in england think it's important to get young people back to school. teachers unions, though, are urging caution. our view is that it is the right time to go back into school. we would have had a phased return because that is what we see in wales, in northern ireland and in scotland. we haven't really seen the evidence for why it is so different in england. 0n the other hand, this is all about managing risks. and the risks of children not being in school are very significant as well. so, yes, it is the right time. but let's be realistic and recognise that it must be done with a real sense of honesty and of caution. and the unio

blake, thank you very much.ew york governor andrew cuomo's cover-up of the covid-19 nursing home deaths getting worse by the hour. but remember not long ago when he said this, watch. >> the premise of your question is just factually wrong. people lost, people who were lost in nursing homes were lost because that's where the preys. the virus preys on senior citizensment i put -- citizens. i put my head on the pillow at night saying i saved lives. that's how i sleep at nightment. david: joining me now is ranking republican james comer. congressman, at the time that cuomo said that, he was right smack in the middle of covering up the deaths of thousands of seniors who died because of his nursing home policies. was his cover-up criminal? >> well, it appears it could very well be criminal. here's what we know. he ordered thousands of contagious patients to go to nursing homes, then he lied about it, then he tried to cover it up. and anyone like myself who's trying to hold him accountable for that or ask him for answe

jonathan blake, bbc news.sts he could make a political comeback after he's cleared of inciting insurrection in his impeachment trial. uk prime minister borisjohnson comes under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april. thousands of people in myanmar return to the streets for a ninth day of protests against the military coup. germany has re—introduced controls on its borders with the czech republic and parts of austria, to try to limit the spread of new coronavirus variants. trade will be allowed to continue but transport links have been cut, and most people won't be able to move between countries. damien mcguinnessjoins me now from berlin. so, the authorities are playing pretty tough here. that so, the authorities are playing pretty tough here.— so, the authorities are playing pretty tough here. that is right. what it means _ pretty tough here. that is right. what it means in _ pretty tough here. that is right. what it means in concrete - pretty tough here. that is right.

jonathan blake, bbc news.chaand nagpaul, a gp and the council chair of the british medical association — the trade union and professional body for doctors and medical students in the uk. good to have you with us again and to talk about something which is very good news for all the people who have been vaccinated which means you can get onto the next ones. there are people who have declined to receive the vaccine, to be no enough about who those people are? we certainly know that people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds have taken up the vaccine at about half the rate of the white population and of course thatis the white population and of course that is of concern because what we have learned throughout pandemic is that people from ethnic minority backgrounds are at far higher risk from the virus, far higher risk of serious ill—health, hospitalisation and intensive care treatment and unfortunately higher risk of death so it is very important that the milestone is very important and we should be proud

here in wallasey, joanne has been home—schooling faith and blake.e days it's like pulling teeth. it's like being a one—on—one teacher. you have to sit with him and read through everything. i am well and truly ready for half term. it's notjust lost learning but broken friendships which has made life in lockdown hard. she'd created this bond and the fact that that was broken so quickly, she struggled. no, 0k. 0k. this is a really tough job and we're really proud of your efforts with that. forjoanne, a day of online learning followed by a virtual parents' evening. you are doing what you are not paid to do. the head teacher at egremont primary has a surprise — an end—of—term party to say thank you to parents. get dressed up. let's give yourselves a little clap. we're eating our food right now. and we're having a party. and we're dancing to music. the children of critical workers and those classed as vulnerable are in school. party bags have been sent to children's homes and it's a chance for all families to celebrate. it would be amazing to have them al

we have our fox business team coverage with blake burman cover ing the white house, also have hillary vaughn standing by on capitol hill, ashley webster is in florida so blake, let's start with you on this news breaking getting the children back-to-school. what's the latest there? reporter: there is not a mandate , connell, from the cdc to recope schools they say they can't do that and rather what they provided to was guidance and a roadmap as to how schools could potentially reopen safely here in the future. it's not one-size-fits-all either, for example, four different color codes as to how school districts and communities can operate, based on what the transmission rate of covid-19 looks like within those communities; however these are the main guiding principles going forward, according to the cdc. for example, they say that there should be connell: use of wearing masks, physical distancing and hand washing along with focusing on cleaning and maintaining healthy facilit ies and contact tracing. the cdc also recommending the use of pods, meaning student s staying together in groups

larry: thank you, blake burman. appreciate it.ng usk now, art laffer, medal of freedom recipient for his contributions in the economics field. i have no objectivity here, he's one of my dearest friends and my mentor. arthur, first of all, thank you for this debut. you helped us on the radio, and now it's on tv. that's the way it has to be with me.and do we need this stimulus package, first of all? let us assume -- 2 trillion in spending, forget all the minimum wage stuff. if you had pure $2 trillion of spending in the next year, do we rineed this? is this going to help? >> first, congratulations, larry, on the show. i just am very, very proud of you and what you've done, it's just amazing. congratulations. larry: thank you. >> when you look at 2 trillion, you just ask yourself how many zeros are there in a trillion, to go 12 the zeros to get a trillion. it's a huge amount of money. talks about the polls are in favor of it. frankly, i'm looking at the polls after it's been in place and you've had a crash in the market or something

blake burman is live at the white house with the very latest blake?e charles first up this evens house democrats are going to attempt to have that $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. democrats in the house have the slim its of margins, republicans not expected to vote for it so democrats can only lose just a handful of members within their own party, and if it passes, it would then go over to the senate, and at this point , the non-partisan senate parliament has already ruled the component which calls for raising the minimum wage to $15 cannot be a part of the package. now, the white house says that president biden is disappointed that they are going to respect the process though and that they are going to look to other potential avenues as it relates to raising the minimum wage. here was the white house pre secretary jen psaki earlier today speaking to reporters on board air force one. >> we have not reviewed and we don't have a final conclusion on that proposal. i will tell you that we are committed to finding the best path forward to increasi

bl blake essig joining me live for more on that. blake, hi. >>> yeah, robyn. japan, the first act. but, you would be hard pressed to believe they are going to be the only country to move forward with the idea of grounding domestic airlines that operate this boeing 777 aircraft with the pratt and whitney pw 4000 series engine. here in japan, there are two -- two air lines that have those planes in their flight. japan airlines and nippon. they operate 19 and 13 planes, respectively. now, the japan transport ministry has not issued a timeline regarding how long this suspension will take place. but they did say, essentially, that safety concerns and studies will need to be addressed, before that suspension is lifted. robyn. >> and there is, also, some suggestion that there was a concerning incident involving some of this equipment back in december. tell us more about that. yeah, robyn. japan is unfortunately familiar with the problems that boeing, you know, experienced just -- just yesterday in -- in denver. it happened, late, last year. december 4th. there was a plane flying from okin