ed thomas, bbc news, liverpool.ament who breached covid—19 restrictions is facing calls to resign. margaret ferrier from the scottish national party travelled to london from scotland by train with coronavirus symptoms and made the returnjourney after testing positive. she has apologised and reported herself to the police and been suspended from her party. scotland's leader, nicola sturgeon, called her behaviour "utterly indefensible." amazon has announced that 19,816 employees tested positive for covid—19 in 2020. the figures, which equate to 1.44% of the tech giant's total us front line staff, were revealed in a blog on the company's website on thursday. the disclosure has long been sought by labour rights advocates who have criticised amazon's decision not to close warehouses with outbreaks. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the us model chrissy teigen opens up about the loss of her baby during pregnancy. we'll hearfrom one campaigner about how her comments could help thousands of other women going through

ed thomas, bbc news, liverpool.—i9 restrictions is facing calls to resign. margaret ferrier from the scottish national party travelled to london from scotland by train with coronavirus symptoms and made the returnjourney after testing positive. she has apologised and reported herself to the police and been suspended from her party. scotland's leader, nicola sturgeon, called her behaviour "utterly indefensible." amazon has announced that nearly 20,000 employees tested positive for covid—i9 in 2020. the figures, which equate to i.aa% of the tech giant's total us front line staff, were revealed in a blog on the company's website on thursday. the disclosure has long been sought by labour rights advocates who have criticised amazon's decision not to close warehouses with outbreaks. whales are threatening to scupper europe's largest joint military exercise due to take place in scotland this weekend. a pod of northern bottlenose wales has been stuck in gare loch in argyll for a few weeks now. on thursday, a flotilla of sma

our special correspondent ed thomas is in liverpool for us tonight. ed. tonight, sophie, a clearer picture is emerging across the uk. increasingly large parts of the north of england are coming under tighter and tighter restrictions. today, people here were told they we re today, people here were told they were next. no surprises though, because for 48 hours liverpool has waited to hear what's going to happen to stop this spread and rise of coronavirus cases. the mood music has changed. new coronavirus laws are coming to merseyside. households will be banned from mixing inside pubs and restaurants. i lost my husband last year, i am now faced with the possibility of losing my home and my business. is that close for you? it could get that close. anna runs an independent pub. she has invested hundreds of thousands of pounds in this business. say we get a group of four, five, six people in, we have now got to ask them to show proof of where they all live as well. do you understand, cases are rising? people are worried. absolutely and we all have to take a gre

ed thomas, bbc news, liverpool.also been stricter lockdown restrictions placed on areas in wales and northern ireland. we'lljoin emma vardy in stormont and hywel griffith, who's in north wales, but first our north of england correspondent fiona trott is in middlesbrough. well, george, the councils here wa nted well, george, the councils here wanted tougher measures, but they didn't want this. after midnight on friday, some 235,000 people here on teesside will have new restrictions for the first time. they follow seven other areas of the north east of england, but middlesbrough and hartlepool council say they are furious, they only wanted a household ban based on local data, which suggested that in september around 80% of cases came from infections within the home. they say here, in some of the uk's most deprived areas, these tougher measures will have a real effect on people's mental health and the local economy. of course, the government is in today that a support package of £7 million is being made available to lo

ed thomas, bbc news, knowsley. latest government data about new infections. 13,864 were recorded in the latest 24—hour period — down from just over 17,500 yesterday. it means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is 15,505. hospital admissions are also up, on average 561 people were admitted every day over the past week — those figures don't include scotland. 87 deaths have been reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive test for covid—19. it means on average in the past week, 59 deaths were announced every day. that takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,679. 0ur health editor hugh pym is with me. a lot of data and a lot of figures today. what does all this information tell us about why cases are going up? well, we have the survey findings which a week ago suggested the growth of the virus was levelling off but that now looks like a false dawn. the office for national statistics's infection survey suggests a doubling of infections in england ove

ed thomas, bbc news, knowsley.subject to strict new coronavirus restrictions. in five health board areas in the central belt, which includes glasgow and edinburgh, they've had to close completely until october 25th, although they can still serve takeaways. premises outside this area can serve alcohol — but only outdoors, until 10pm. they can though open for food and non—alcoholic drinks during the day, closing at 6pm. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, said a further steep increase in cases was a sharp reminder of the seriousness of the situation. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith is glasgow. sarah. this is very definitely not what the centre of glasgow usually looks like at this time on a friday night but everything is shut, the streets are very, very quiet. and although this is not a return to a total lockdown, anything but, it still feels really pretty grim. last orders, folks! calling time at six o'clock in scotland. all bars in central scotla nd scotland. all bars in central scotland are now closed for 16 days

ed thomas, bbc news, burnley., says the country is at a critical point in the pandemic and she is considering travel restrictions that would ban entry to people from areas of the uk with higher rates of covid—19. she also set out new rules on face masks — they will become mandatory for workers while moving around in offices or in staff canteens. the big challenge for the government is how to balance protecting lives without crashing the economy. today the brewery marstons said it was cutting 2,000 jobs because of a fall in business. and there's a warning that around 10,000 pubs and restaurants will be affected in london alone. our business correspondent emma simpson is here. emma, it seems the restrictions are having a big impact. they are, and marstons isjust the latest pub operator to announce job cuts. it will be losing nearly a fifth of its workforce. these are staff that have been furloughed, the scheme will finish at the end of this month. it is a cliff edge for a number of businesses, and marstons basically

ed thomas, bbc news, merseyside.all causes at the height of the pandemic. weekly data between mid—february and the end of may showed there were almost 100 additional deaths per 100,000 people, putting the countries above most of europe, australia and new zealand. part of the ongoing crisis in the nhs is that some non—urgent procedures are being delayed in order to free up hospital beds for those suffering from the virus. 0ur health editor hugh pym looks at the challenge. some hospitals are under pressure, intensive care and general ward beds filling up with covid—19 patients, and there is a need to find more space. the really tough decision for hospital managers is whether to postpone non—urgent work to free up beds for coronavirus cases. an intensive care specialist in the north west of england said that was now looking more likely. when your back is against the wall and you‘ve got patients coming in with severe covid infections and also you are getting staff, medical and nursing staff who are also suffering from no

ed thomas, our special correspondent, with the situation in burnley and lancashire tonight.ment between regional leaders in england and number 10 is the question of how much financial support is needed for those areas facing greater restrictions. 0ur economics editor faisal islam is here now. is this the heart of the debate, really, what the chancellor, what the treasury can do in terms of these region and the help they are asking for? there is pressure on the treasury here. the government could just impose these tier three very high alert levels if they wanted to, but they need the local leaders in order to give it backing. locally, to get people frankly to comply, to have a point of these restrictions. so the people like andy burnham and greater manchester are using that leveraged to say, well, we want the return of the full furlough scheme as it was last march, 80% funding of wages. the treasury, my understanding is they are standing firm and that's not what they want to do. we heard the chancellor defending the two thirds rate for businesses that have to be shut saying i

ed thomas, bbc news, merseyside.em has reappeared. it's called "voter suppression" and ranges from excessively strict identity requirements to purges of electoral rolls — all of which disproportionately affect black voters. 0ur correspondent larry madowo reports from atlanta. waiting for hours. long lines at polling locations at the primary elections in georgia injune. i've covered elections in other democracies in africa, like nigeria and south africa, where america is seen as a beacon of democracy. but for some of its citizens, like here in the heart of atlanta, it is a game of cards — and they have been dealt a bad hand. we may have votes, but a lot of votes are going to be suppressed. and they could be every reason they can use to strike the ballot, like felonies or signatures not matching. officials at georgia's largest county are looking for redemption after accusations of voter suppression. fulton rolled out a mobile voting unit to serve voters who have been frustrated too many times. how are you, sir? fine, a

ed thomas, bbc news, liverpool.e also been stricter lockdown restrictions placed on areas in wales and northern ireland and in a moment, we'll hear from emma vardy in stormont and hywel griffith, who's in north wales, but first, our north of england correspondant fiona trott reports from middlesbrough. the councils here wanted tougher measures, but they didn't want this. after midnight on friday, some 235,000 people here on teesside will have new restrictions for the first time. they follow seven other areas of the north—east of england, but middlesbrough and hartlepool council say they are furious. they only wanted a household ban, based on local data, which suggested that in september around 80% of cases came from infections within the home. they say here, in some of the uk's most deprived areas, these tougher measures will have a real effect on people's mental health and the local economy. the government is saying today that a support package of £7 million has been made available to local councils affected by thi

ed thomas, bbc news, knowsley.ew infections, 13,864 were recorded in the latest 24—hour — down from just over 17,500 yesterday. it means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is 15,505. hospital admissions are also up — on average 561 people were admitted every day over the past week, those figures don't include scotland. 87 deaths have been reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive test for covid—19. it means on average in the past week, 59 deaths were announced every day. that takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 42,679. last orders for more than three million people in scotland —— if at the close commitment to october the 25th although they can serve take as a premises outside this area can serve alcohol but only outdoors until ten p: m.. this area can serve alcohol but only outdoors until ten p:m.. they can open forfood outdoors until ten p:m.. they can open for food and nonalcoholic drinks during the day closing at 6pm in the evening. the fi

ed thomas, bbc news, merseyside.or, andy burnham, has threatened a legal challenge if the city is pushed into tier three restrictions — that's the highest level. the bbc understands that government scientists are suggesting greater manchester alongside much of north east and north west england, large parts of yorkshire and parts of the midlands should be moved into the toughest category of covid restrictions though no final decision has been made. 0ur correspondent, danny savage, sent this report. like so many town and city centres in the north, preston is being badly damaged by coronavirus. every time the rules change, people's habits change. as soon as the government say, i'm going to announce something, we don't see hardly anybody for three orfour days. they're worried, they're frightened, they're anxious, and then they start coming out. like everything else, they start coming out again. this area is currently in the middle tier — the alert level is deemed as high. so, among other things, you cannot meet indoors s

our special correspondent, ed thomas, has been to liverpool and the wirral, to find out how day one of can you drink up? is saying goodbye. for anna, shutting down. can you drink up? is saying goodbye. foranna, it's shutting down. can you drink up? is saying goodbye. for anna, it's not just herjob, it's her home. grip it's my livelihood, the people who work for have mortgages and kids. i am bitter and angry. can you last six months? i can't. is repeated in pubs and bars across the region last night, closing their doors for up to six months. is an industry, city and country, this is not good enough. joe is worried about his bar and staff. it could bring cases down. of course, but this legislation doesn't work. we are going to struggle so much. it will be such a dark place for so many. we have been telling each other for months we will figure a way out, as now is the end, there is no way out. it's done. this was the reaction from some at closing time last night. gone 10pm in liverpool city centre. this morning, open defiance. this gym on the wirral, like all gyms, ordered to close under

our special correspondent ed thomas is there.d its doors now, it is after ten o'clock. by wednesday there will be many places across this liverpool city region that will be closing their doors for the long haul. and there is a weariness here now. this isa there is a weariness here now. this is a place that has already experienced ten days of tough restrictions. people here are told they have been placed at the highest level. yes, to bring cases down. yes, to save lives. there is an a cce pta nce yes, to save lives. there is an acceptance here that needs to happen. but speak to some people in hospitality, and they are asking the question, why? why the liverpool city region has to close its pubs when you just go down the road to greater manchester, with high coronavirus cases, and their pubs are remaining open. some days, the news is hard to take. the strictest coronavirus rules. in liverpool, it will move to the highest level. there is no hope, because you don't know the end. avoid household mixing. pubs, bars to close. a los appe

ed thomas, bbc news, liverpool. let's switch from the uk to italy.in the world to impose a national lockdown. now it's infection rate is considerably lower than many other countries in europe. 230 in france and 330 in spain. our rome correspondent mark lowen looks at what italy is doing right. too young to grasp how their world has changed and how they too are part of the battle. a new initiative by italy to ease the pain of generation covid with drive—through testing for children. rapid negative results allow them back to school, a tool by the once global epicentre now a pioneer of covid recovery. we suffered a lot. for lockdown, we had many problems for the kids, so if the family are happy and the children can have a normal life, iam happy. italy was the first western country crushed by the virus. almost 36,000 have died. but now, la dolce vita is returning. cases are among europe's lowest. italy taking safety as seriously as its food, with screens, disposable menus and contact tracing. now i have to go in england, i have to say, i am scared becaus

the health secretary for england, matt hancock, said the disease was "spreading fast" as ed thomas explainshe uk, and especially across the north of england, as areas here face tighter and tighter coronavirus restrictions. today, it was people here in liverpool who were told they were next. but no surprise, though, because for the past 48 hours this has been a city waiting to hear what would happen next. looking for action to stop this rise of coronavirus cases. meanwhile new measures being introduced in north wales now forbid people from leaving or entering conwy, denbighshire, flintshire and wrexham without a "reasonable excuse." pubs and restaurants won't be allowed to serve customers indoors in the derry and strabane council area of northern ireland. we know that covid—19 has been devastating to lives and to livelihoods. but it's now becoming clear the level to which people in low paid jobs, many of who are not white, have been disproportionately affected. around 22 milion usjobs were lost during the height of coronavirus. the most recent figures show that that about 10 million jobs hav

and i worked for thomas ed murrow on all of those farms. the farms were so large and big, they had to raise crops of corn and we bailed hay. it was amazing. i listened to this program that i couldn't believe it that here i am sitting here, i'm 68 years old and i worked on his farm bailing hay and farming. i thought i would just -- >> thanks, august. let's talk about the farm. your father runs in 1938 for governor and loses and buys the farm. he's made a name for himself at this point. decides to run for governor. why? >> i could only speculate that it was the -- some ways a throwback to his youth, to his childhood. he had come from a farming environment. he had, in fact, during world war i, he was too young to enlist and he worked on a farm in the area. my sense is -- you know much better, he was very happy being a dairy farmer. it was a side of him that probably would surprise the public. and i'm not sure your mother was wild about it. i'm not sure you were wild about living -- >> what was it like? >> we were givenn't given a cho. he was v

and collects books on and likes to read about and have inspired him in the same way henry ford and thomas ed son were people who inspired him in business. ed, are you there? >> caller: i voted for perot and '92 and i believe that's how clinton got elected and bush didn't seem like he cared whether he got elected or not. >> thanks very much. do you think that ross perot is responsible for the election of bill clinton, carolyn barta? >> i do. and i think there were two impacts, one is, he -- similar to teddy roosevelt, he split the republican vote and that way roosevelt denied taft a second term. perot split the conservative vote and denied bush a second term. but he did another thing, i think, by getting in the race and beating up on bush all along the way, kind of softened him up for clinton to come in and make the kill. so i think it was sort of a two-tiered effect there and i do -- i'm not sure how the campaign would have played out without him. but i certainly think that part of the impact of his being in the race was that clinton was elected. >> next call is from rick in memphis, tenness

except i would not put ed lowell and larry thomas in the same categories of farmers. they were people who had some land, but they were basically broadcasters and they were there for weekends. >> the caller referred to a mansion. that house had a mortgage on it for a very long time. >> which one? >> appledeer. >> it wasn't a very big one but it did get paid off. >> why was it so important to your father? >> i have no idea. he liked farming. it was his number one hobby. >> what's the significance of this area, richard norton smith, where he buys the farm? >> it's just gorgeous. a little bit of historical footnote, trivia, 1944 was the only election in american history where both major candidates come from the same county. >> let's hear from john next in eugene, oregon. john, you're on the air. >> caller: hello? >> we're listening, john. go ahead. >> caller: thanks, this is a great series of c-span. i'm really enjoying it. quick comment and then a question. first of all, professor smith, i enjoy hearing you and i learn a lot whenever you're on. i did not know that oregon

thomas jefferson, john adams, james madison and benjamin franklin. also alexander hamilton was part of that originally. itionsese and other ed like that are responsible for basically making all of early american history accessible to the reader without having to go and read the original documents. we are in close contact with our friends at the atlas papers and some of these other places. we we use their volumes when they are out ahead of us and vice versa. we aren't usually working on a document at the same time. so most of our disagreements are in how we handle a document. we we don't do gotcha in the volumes that we print but we , will do it our way and we will tell them and they might put something into theirs, and certainly the opposite is for us. most of our differences are not so much in our disagreement about how a word was transcribed, we are pretty good at that, but we may have a difference in how to present it because we have a body of documents that goes in a certain direction, and they go in another direction. they may not look the same, but the basic feel will be pretty similar. question. >> how do you decide w

thomas have made about reevaluating that decision. does she see the 2015 decision as a super precedent like brown v. board of edamy klobuchar would have had -- kennedy: oh, amy klobuchar wasted her time talking about -- we used to walk into the woods and we would see tracks, and we'd see what kind of animal made those tracks. probably one who hates gay people and abortion. all right. [laughter] party panel, the first, the relaunch, i love you all, guy, jessica and mat. i love you too. see, yea! twitter censored "the new york post" after a controversial article on hundter biden, but why doesn't twitter also block users who go after president trump for the same thing? i'm going to ask the legendary lou dobbs. that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ engines revving ] ♪ ♪ it's amazing to see them in the wild like th-- shhh. for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. noand if you're troubledan a lifby falls and bleeds,ers. worry follows you everywhere. over 100,000 people have left blood thinners behind with watchman. it's a one-time, minimally invasive procedure that reduces stroke risk-- and bleeding worry--for life. watc

thomas have made about reevaluating that decision. does she see the 2015 decision as a super precedent like brown v. board of ed wish amy klobuchar would have had -- kennedy: oh, amy klobuchar wasted her time talking about -- we used to walk into the woods and we would see tracks, and we'd see what kind of animal made those tracks. probably one who hates gay people and abortion. all right. [laughter] party panel, the first, the relaunch, i love you all, guy, jessica and mat. i love you too. see, yea! twitter censored "the new york post" after a controversial article on hundter biden, but why doesn't twitter also block users who go after president trump for the same thing? i'm going to ask the legendary lou dobbs. that's next. ♪ 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. an

they have inspired him in the same way henry ford and thomas edison were people that inspired him in business. >> and in taylor's ville, illinois. ed, are you there? >> yes. i voted in perot in 92 and i believe that's how clinton got elected. bush did not seem like he got -- like he cared if he got elected or not. >> thanks very much. do you think ross perot is responsible for the election of bill clinton, carolyn barta? >> i do. similar to teddy roosevelt, he split the republican vote and, in that way, roosevelt deny taft a second term. perot split the conservative vote and denied bush a second term. but he did another thing by getting in the race and beating up on bush all along the way. he kind of softened him up for clinton to come in and make the kill. so i think it was sort of a two tiered effect there. i'm not sure how the campaign would've played out without him. part of his impact being in the race was that clinton was elected. >> next call is from rick in memphis, tennessee. hi, you are on the air. >> glad to be here, folks. i'm going to assert that ross perot, last time he ran, was exactly what the united states needed.

ed luce, thank you very much. we'll be reading your latest column in "the financial times." shawna thomasu about the women, specifically those who are still voting for donald trump or on the fence or women who may get out to vote for biden now. i'm just thinking that the dishonesty coming from the highest office in the land about the coronavirus, about who in the administration may have been exposed, when the president tested positive, which they refuse to reveal, this constant flouting of science and the president receiving the best of care that anyone could ever imagine. for women, often the health of our families is always on our minds and something we care about every day. not that men don't but often it's on us when things go wrong, whether it's our children or our parents who we have to take care of. i can't imagine this is faring well for women voters who care about the health of their families when they see a president clearly being dishonest about not only the numbers of the coronavirus outbreak, in his own white house, but about his own health. >> yeah. i think it's an important

a brand new op-ed on foxnews.com, our next guest argues barrett deserves the same fair hearing that justice ruth bader ginsburg once received. here now is former clerk to justice thomasteve: okay. so what kind of a hearing did ruth bader ginsburg get? >> well, you know, ginsburg, despite having a long history of being associated with very liberal positions and causes having worked for the aclu, etc., she wasn't grilled on those things. it wasn't that she couldn't qualify for those, saying how her jewish faith inspired her going into law in the first place, she wasn't told that she need not apply because she was a person of faith. in fact, she was someone who was treated with respect by the committee, they recognized her clear qualifications with amy coney barrett has herself just received a well qualified rating from the liberal aba today. this is something we ought to expect for every nominee, and it's something that ginsburg during the kavanaugh hearing said we should be expecting. she was very bold saying the process was very broken, she didn't think it should be like that. and she was confirmed virtually unanimously. steve: and back in the day at her hearing, she