>> governor hutchinson: well, you emphasized the key point, and that is that it's been a year.e last year, we've educated the public as to what's required in public health. our businesses have taken the right measures in place. we've had a mask mandate in place and there's just a limit as to how much the restrictions can be placed on business and for how long. they struggled, they suffered, and so we wanted to give more flexibility. it's not the immediate ending of everything. we still have our guidelines in place and actually there is an incentive to keep control of the facilities because that gives you a business liability immunity if you follow some of those guidelines, and so we are not having a cliff here. we keep the emergency in place, our mask mandate is in place until the end of the month and i asked her public health folks to give me specific criteria as to when we can lift that and we agreed upon the criteria of the public knows that we can lift that mask mandate, hospitalizations down, vaccines going out, testing is in place, positivity rate down. >> chris: so i wan

dorothy hutchinson, president of the american section.is sanders, member of the league's national board. vera foster, civic leader. and helen douglas, actress and former congresswoman. irna harris, journalist, and nancy reeves, lawyer. ruth freeman, author, and emily stewart, methodist clergy woman. mildred olmsted, a delegate to the first soviet-american women's conference held at bryn mawr. and josephine davis, public figure. orly pell, a teacher. the american guests were met by officials of the institute of soviet-american relations, including the leader of the soviet delegation, the secretary-general of the institute, and public figures. ♪ the american delegates came to the soviet union to exchange views with their soviet counterparts on the promotion of peace and to see the country. the conference was held at friendship house. hundreds of different languages are spoken here. but all people coming here are united by one common cause -- promotion of peace. the institute of soviet american relations and other soviet friendship societies

governor hutchinson: absolutely. you look at arkansas, of course we have a good diversity of energy sources from hydro to nuclear to power generation, from coal but trying to shift to a natural gas. one of the areas that we're really making great strides in arkansas is solar energy. we have significant investments in solar. we have a good regulatory mix here. we have a -- we have solar farms that are being developed that's being put on the grid. so i expect that to be a pattern in the future and, as solar gets even more competitive, i expect that to grow more. we have a lot of sunshine in arkansas and solar's a good mix for us. renu: absolutely. same here in texas. so as of this year, the minimum wage in arkansas is $11 an hour. this was thanks to a ballot initiative that passed in 2018. this is something you were against at the time. do you support it now and do you think that congress, the federal government, should raise the minimum wage, if not to $15 an hour, something closer to $11 which is what arkansas has? g

hutchinson said -- >> we are impressed by the architecture and the art treasures of leningrad.had dreamed for years of sometime seeing it and to really be there was a dream come true. ♪ >> the hermitage is one of the greatest art collections in the world. from leningrad, the delegation went to the soviet central asian republic of uzbekistan. ♪ only 50 years ago, uzbekistan was a common right of czarist russia and 2% of its population could read or write. illiteracy has been wiped out. the uzbek republic now has an academy of sciences, a university, 24 other institutions of higher learning, and thousands of schools. it also has an atomic reactor for scientific research. ♪ they saw a modern architecture -- they saw modern architecture. and ancient historical monuments. ♪ soviet government has brought emancipation to the uzbek women. before the revolution, they were downtrodden, deprived of all rights, and had to wear black males to cover their fit -- had to wear black veils to cover their face from strangers. now, women enjoy equal rights with men and hold their own in all bridge

and "face the nation" will be back in a minute with arkansas governor, asa hutchinson.ay with us. it's occasional constipation. maybe it's not. it could be a chronic medical condition called ibs-c, and time to say yesss! to linzess. linzess works differently than laxatives. it helps relieve belly pain and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements. do not give linzess to children less than six and it should not be given to children six to less than 18, it may harm them. do not take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. the most common side effect is diarrhea, sometimes severe. if it's severe, stop taking linzess and call your doctor right away. other side effects include gas, stomach area pain, and swel change your thinking to ibs-c. if your constipation and belly pain keeps coming back, tell your doctor and say yesss! to linzess. >> brennan: despite demand for the vaccine outstripping supply nationally, arkansas is one state that is expanding eligibil

i'll speak to the republican governor of arkansas asa hutchinson ahead.ello, i'm dana bash in washington, where the state of the union is at a tipping point. the biden administration is now more than two months into office and this week achieved their goal of budget 100 million vaccines in arms far ahead of schedule in just 58 days. as there are cautious signs that covid-19 pandemic is improving, the new administration is facing two other challenges, rising domestic extremism on display after the shootings in atlanta and a surge of migrants at the border. there are now more than 5,000 unaccompanied children in u.s. customs and border protection custody. that's nearly twice the number of children in border patrol custody at the peak of the 2019 border crisis at the trump administration according to a former border patrol official. now, more than 600 children have been in custody more than ten days. that's far longer than the 72 hours or three days allowed by lawsuit. while the administration not calling the situation a crisis, a former senior government of

so joining me now, arkansas governor asa hutchinson. thanks for joining me. right now cases are down in arkansas, but we are seeing troubling spikes, as we mentioned, across the country. dr. fauci is warning about a fourth surge as covid variants continue to spread. will you lift your mask mandate at the end of the month? >> i anticipate we will lift the mask mandate. i set a goal, if we have low hospitalizations and continue to reduce our cases, positivity rate is low, we can lift the mask mandate. i set some goals and we're making those goals, so i expect that to be lifted. it's not going to take away from the seriousness of the virus and we've got to continue to pay attention. if you just look at the ncaa basketball tournament and the fact that we had one team that was not able to complete the tournament, which is such a sad occasion, but it reminds us that the virus is still there. so even though we take away the mask mandate, we will make sure we do everything we can to protect ourselves and others and recognize the virus is still there. there's just a l

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sophie hutchinson, bbc news.ery country around the world grappling with the same thing, opening up but trying to keep infection rates low. here in america, all eyes are firmly fixed on a courtroom in minneapolis, day two of the murder trial of derek chauvin. he is the former minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into george floyd's neck for more than nine minutes last year. more witnesses took the stand today, including the young woman who filmed the video that brought the incident to the world's attention. >> do you swear or affirm -- >> the first full day of testimony was emotional. it started with the playing of an emergency call made by an eyewitness. >> this guy that wasn't resisting arrest, he had h knee on the dude's neck the whole time. >> he's heard describing how he saw a man handcuffed on his front, not resisting arrest, having his neck knelt on. >> you were concerned about mr. floyd losing his life. >> correct. >> two people walng from the left -- >> then cctv footage was shown with the offi

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.c news, talking movies reports on the forthcoming oscars ceremony, which because of the pandemic, will be radically different from anything that's come before. hello from new york. i'm tom brook and welcome to our talking movies oscars lookahead special. so, the oscars are on course to take place at an in—person physical event in los angeles on april 25. the organisers have mandated that it will be no zoom event. presenters, nominees and their guests will be required to be in attendance at the ceremony. so here's what we know about hollywood's biggest night of the year, so far. the first big change is that it will take place at two locations — at the oscars�* traditional home at the dolby theatre on hollywood boulevard, and for the first time, at la's spacious union station, which can meet social distancing requirements. obviously we need people who are socially distant, but you also have to do it in a way that's visually exciting, that feels like a big event. union station in los ange

chris: we'll ask arkansas governor asa hutchinson about starting to lift restrictions in his state andmer cdc director tom frieden about whether some states are moving too soon. plus, growing calls to impeach new york's governor over his handling of covid nursing home deaths and accusations of sexual harassment. we'll ask our sunday panel whether cuomo will survive the twin scandals. and our power player of the week, the head of peloton, on how the pandemic gave his bikes a big push. all right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ chris: and hello again from fox news in washingtonment -- washington. president biden's push for his $1.9 trillion covid relief package is now in the home stretch after the senate approved the measure saturday in a straight party line 50-49 vote. the legislation includes funding for vaccine supplies and distribution along with a new round of stimulus for families, businesses and state and local governments. democrats hope to get the bill through the house and put it on the president's desk before some benefits expire a week from today. in a moment we'll speak with we

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.y the pandemic. the cramped and crowded conditions make it hard to stop the spread of coronavirus, and in the us, authorities have turned to solitary confinement as a way of limiting transmission. there are an estimated 60,000 inmates in solitary confinement in america. although that number is now believed to be much higher, many of them have been held in solitary for years. yet the united nations considers more than 15 days in solitary confinement as a form of torture because of the psychological damage it can cause. and, for some inmates, the impact is devastating. this special report by our correspondent hilary andersson does contain some distressing details. we have all now experienced lockdown in our homes. but try to imagine being confined to a room the size of your bathroom for 22 hours a day. that is solitary confinement. in new york, i met candie hayley. candie was held on remand at rikers island jail here for a crime she didn't commit, then accused of breaking prison rules. s

. >> next arkansas governor asa hutchinson and michigan governor gretchen whitmer join "politico" for discussion about their states response to the coronavirus pandemic. they talked about the future political plans working with the biden administration and the january 6 six attack on the capital. this is an hour. >> good morning. my name is renuka rayasam. , , course but for political and author of political nightly. welcome back to the morningng session of the 50 american governors. arkansas governor asa hutchinson was on his second term because of term limits his final term in office. thank you so much governor for joining us from arkansas. >> great to be here. >> we have a lot to talk about today. we will talk covid relief, abortion restrictions and the future of the gop. before we get started a reminder to all those tuning into a live re

here's our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson.n is easing, and with it has come the sun, a chance to socialise when record numbers of us now have antibodies against the coronavirus, the immune system's way of fighting off an infection. the number of people testing positive for coronavirus antibodies has risen steeply. injanuary, it was estimated one in seven people have them after recovering from the virus. that rose to one in four people in february, showing for the first time the impact of the vaccine roll—out. and this month, it went up to one in two people, reflecting the large number of those who have now been vaccinated. the rest of the uk now has similar levels of positive antibodies, although they are a little lower in scotland. it's amazingly good news, compared to where we were at christmas, to think we would be here by now is really good. and we know that it will make a big difference, it already is making a big difference, hospitalisations and deaths, because it's especially skewed towards the more vulnerable people. b

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. at the scottish government's handling of complaints against him and another on whether nicola sturgeon broke the ministerial code. our scotland editor sarah smith is in edinburgh for us. no sign alex salmond is giving up? no, he is angry that no one has taken responsibility for what he described as catastrophic failures in the scottish government's investigation of sexual harassment complaint against him. he is planning to take legal action against those who he thinks are to blame. he says he does accept the findings of the independent inquiry that ruled nicola sturgeon had not breached any ministerial rules and holyrood committee which found serious flaws in the scottish government does �*s processes that he won't leave it there. he is going to launch a court action over concerns about the permanent secretary, leslie evans, the most senior civil servant in the scottish government and will make a formal complaint to the police about a leak to a newspaper because he wants the police to

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sophie hutchinson, bbc news.xford—astrazeneca vaccine to people over the age of 60. the decision comes after more than 30 cases of people — most of them younger women — who developed a rare blood clot in brain after receiving the jab. around 2.7 million people have had the astrazeneca jab in germany. jenny hill is in berlin. tell us more about their concerns. germany has concerns focusing around what are now 31 cases, people who four to 16 days after receiving the astrazeneca dad developed a rare blood clot in the brain. we've had five such cases in the uk and here in germany and people have died and the vast majority of those affected were either younger or middle—aged women. we don't know if that a significant commitment simply be that younger women are disproportionately represented in the priority groups who have been given the astrazeneca vaccine here. angela merkel announced the decision to night and said this is about trust, she did not want she said to sweep these very rare though serious cases under the

brady hutchinson, joe evans production. 268 yards in two touchdowns, two schools separated by nine miles but first meeting since 1971. dons hung on. scored a 246-yard two touchdown night. >>> nhl, as the sharks want to roll, skating with anaheim. sharks up 1-0 first period. martin jones said i'll stop the puck right here. jones allowed just one goal, stopped 26 shots. tied in the second period but the sharks didn't stress. nice pass. san jose won it 3-1, sharks have won three straight games for the first time all season. but wait, wait, wait. there is more. on the other side, segment two, college basketball, and ncaa tournament fans were handed out, including the winner let us take you to a place you've been craving. where the aroma of authenticity turns into the scent of home. and the warmth of friends and family is in every bite. here, there's a story behind every meal. with cacique, you'll be inspired to add your own flair. so you can tell a story of your own. cacique.your auténtico awaits. >>> college basketball and are you ready for the ncaa tournament? before we can get you there t

pamela hutchinson is in conversation with the chief operating officer and chief diversity officers fromk. let's have a listen. >> if i could pause for a little bit longer and just about the impacts of the pandemic. have recently celebrated international women's day. we have increasing data to show that women are impacted by the pandemic both professionally and personally. if we stay with this year's international women's day mantra, what is facebook choosing to challenge both inside and outside of the firm? maxine? sheryl: maxine, please. maxine: cheryl, go ahead. sheryl: go ahead. maxine: international women's day is always a big moment, right? but this moment is part of a movement. we are continuously on course to empowering women, trying to reposition, we level this playing field. this is a good time to come together and look at it and say, what are we doing, have we done enough? for us as a company, it has always been important for us to increase representation of women in tech. over the last seven years we have moved from 14% to 25% women in technical roles. which is important, bec

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.ds can get together. for the first time in months, children's birthday parties can take place and friends can be reunited — as our correspondent adina campbell reports. feeling the burn in the fresh air. for these mums in manchester, they are now able to get fit again outdoors, and, more importantly, socialise face—to—face. filth. outdoors, and, more importantly, socialise face-to-face._ outdoors, and, more importantly, socialise face-to-face. oh, it feels areat. i socialise face-to-face. oh, it feels great- i feel _ socialise face-to-face. oh, it feels great- i feel happy _ socialise face-to-face. oh, it feels great. i feel happy already, - socialise face-to-face. oh, it feels| great. ifeel happy already, happier than i've been without being able to do anything like this, definitely. it's been quite difficult, actually, a bit _ it's been quite difficult, actually, a bit isolating, not being able to meet _ a bit isolating, not being able to meet new— a bit isolating, not being able to m

hutchinson and michigan governor gretchen whitmer join "politico" for discussion about their states response to the coronavirus pandemic. they talked about the future political plans working with the biden administration and the january 6 six attack on the capital. this is an hour. >> good morning. my name is renuka rayasam. , , course but for political and author of political nightly. welcome back to the morningng session of the 50 american governors. arkansas governor asa hutchinson was on his second term because of term limits his final term in office. thank you so much governor for joining us from arkansas. >> great to be here. >> we have a lot to talk about today. we will talk covid relief, abortion restrictions and the future of the gop. before we get started a reminder to all those tuning into a live stream today you can follow the conversation on twitter using the hashtag the 50 governors. with that lets get going. i want to start with covid which is the topic that is affecting all of us now and on all of our minds. two of your neighbors texas and mississippi announced an end to mask

joining us now is arkansas governor asa hutchinson. your take on this issue.iously you watched it over the years. do you feel like it is different this time or more of the same? >> well, it's a change in course and as you know, i served in the bush administration as head of border security so i've been in the border many, many times. and i understand the challenges there. but this is a humanitarian crisis that has been created by a change in policy by this administration. they need to think long and hard about what they've done and they need to do something very quickly to change course because right now it is a humanitarian crisis but it is only going to get worse with the unaccompanied minors. it is simply because the signal was sent that this is a good time. that we have an open border. that you can come and you'll be released into the united states of america and that impacts us all across this country. we're a compassionate nation and that is reflected by the mayors and their comments along the border. everybody cares about these children. >> dana: i thin

republican governor asa hutchinson had previously expressed reservations about the bill which only allows procedure to save the life of the mother. arkansas is one of at least 14 states where legislators have proposed outright abortion bans this year. >>state lawmakers are proposing a bill that would require having counselors rather than police respond to calls involving people with mental health problems. callers could be connected by dialing or texting 9, 8, 8, they would get help from a mobile crisis support team and that would include mental health professionals, supporters of the idea say this is better than a confrontation with police that often turns violent the bill would be funded through a surcharge on phone lines similar to 911. >>coming up next the grammys are almost here and music's biggest night will look a whole lot different this year. how first time host trevor noah says he'll >>well the 63rd annual grammy awards. the show is set for sunday night a lot of people are looking forward to one of music's very biggest night entertainment tonight's nischelle turner is breaking d

for transgender minors, including reversible puberty blockers and hormones unless governor asa hutchinson to veto that bill arkansas will become the first state to ban gender affirming care for trans youth. >> california is hiring nearly 1400 additional firefighters ahead of the upcoming fire season. governor newsome announced a nearly 81 million dollar investment in forest management and wildfire response. the emergency funding includes a surge of close to 1300 seasonal firefighters for maximum flexibility through june 30th. it will provide fire crew and fire engine staffing augment 8 currently understaffed fire crews and allow for the. early hiring and training of fire crews for fire management. the state will also on board 24 seasonal firefighters for california national guard hand crews and state senator bill dodd of napa, thank the governor for the emergency funding tweeting preventing in preparing for wildfires has to be a top priority in california. >> all right. bay aquarium will reopen to the public on may 15th ending an unprecedented 13 month closure. the aquarium was last open

sophie hutchinson, bbc news.e we turn to that debate in the house of commons. the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, has this morning said the government "bows to nobody" in the protection and promotion of lgbt rights. his comments follow the resignation of three members of the government's lgbt+ advisory panel, amid concern it is being too slow in bringing in legislation to ban "conversion therapy", which aims to change sexual orientation or gender identity. three people have now resigned from that government advisory group. jayne ozanne was one of those who resigned after accusing ministers of creating a "hostile environment" for lgbt+ people. shejoins me now. hello, good afternoon. explain initially if you can, for those who haven't been following this, why haven't been following this, why have you resigned? what was your key complaint here? i have been considering my position for some time now stop i have been increasingly concerned about decisions government have made without engaging with the advisory pane

announcer: next arkansas governor asa hutchinson and michigan governor gretchen whitmer join politicosion about their state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. they talked about their future political plans, working with the biden administration and the january 6 attack on the capitol. this is an hour.

. >>> the "associated press" says arkansas republican governor asa hutchinson signed a near total abortionan into law. the bill only allows abortions to save the life of the mother. it does not provide exceptions for women who become pregnant because of rape or incest. abortion rights supporters say they plan to challenge the ban in court before it takes effect later this year. >>> and "the washington post" reports defense secretary lloyd austin approved a request from the capitol police to extend national guard protection at the capitol. troops will continue to provide security through may 23rd, but the force will be cut to 2,300. the national guard has been on duty around the capitol since january's deadly riots. >>> still ahead, a floppy landing. a bird cam captures an albatross missing its mark. captures an as missing its mark. ♪ this is the checkers game where grandson and grandad will bond. this is the pool where cannonball records will be broken. and this is the kitchen where the new boyfriend will unofficially become family. these are the vrbo vacation homes waiting for you to fill

the governor is a hutchinson. >> he signed a law banning transgender women and girls from competing in school female sports. the law covers k through 12 as well as collegiate sports in reaction to that law. hundreds of college athletes have urged the nc double a to refuse to hold championships in states that enact such bans republicans have been pushing for similar bans in at least 20 state legislatures this year. mississippi's governor signed a pro prohibition into law earlier this month. >> kron 4 sports. >> quarterback questions have been endless since the red and gold had to endure another season with jimmy garoppolo injured on the sidelines and the team seems to address that today with a trade san francisco acquired the 3rd overall pick in this year's draft from miami now quarterback questions have really bin and listen, let me tell you a little bit more about this trade. so they sent the. number 12 overall pick to the dolphins. they also something up pick from in the first round of next year and the following year and also a compensatory. >> 3rd round pick next year. so why would

populist to rule europe all you have to do is open the book also has a very warm welcome to to joseph hutchinson u.s. lawyer and activist his opinion biden's ambitious plans are doomed to fail in the anti democratic u.s. senate. over got so much to talk about only let's begin with you as i said joe biden has made reform of america's immigration system one of the central. planks of his politics for the food for years to come now are you surprised i'm not surprised because a lot of oregon nice groups from the civil society aggressors are going to say show us made him go to power today and he wanted to them many of them were going to facial. organizing groups which are you know the basis of migrant relations as well so i'm not surprised he only us part of his narrative throughout the campaign i'm just basically surprised that he started his 1st day with gladden which there is actually right now who in the future is absolutely they were not prepared and they're not prepared and we have seen that in. this in this they say that they're not prepared there's still plenty and they're still working on tha

rule europe all you have to do is open the book but it has been a very warm welcome to to joseph hutchinson u.s. lawyer and activist his opinion biden's ambitious plans are doomed to fail in the anti democratic u.s. senate. we go so much to talk about only let's begin with you as i said joe biden has made reform of america's immigration system one of the scent. planks of his politics for the years to come now are you surprised i'm not surprised because a lot of oregon nice groups from the civil society aggressors are going to say show us made him go to power today and he showed it to them many of them were organizations. organizing groups which are the basis of my grant relationship as well so i'm not surprised he owed it to them us part of his narrative throughout the campaign i'm just basically surprised that he started his 1st day with some bishops platen which definitely right now who in the future is absolutely but they were not prepared and they're not prepared and we have seen that in. this case that they're not prepared there's still plenty and they're still working on that ok if. t

to rule europe all you have to do is open the book also has done a very warm welcome to joseph hutchinson u.s. lawyer and activist his opinion biden's ambitious plans are doomed to fail in the anti democratic u.s. . said you. know we got so much to talk about i mean let's begin with you as i said joe biden has made reform of america's immigration system one of the central plugs of his politics for the years to come now are you surprised i'm not surprised because a lot of oregon nice groups from the civil society aggressors are going to say show us made him go to power today and he showed it to them many of them were going to facial. organizing groups which are you know the basis of migrant relations as well so i'm not surprised he only us part of his narrative throughout the campaign i'm just basically surprised that he started his 1st day with some vicious platen which definitely right now who in the future is absolutely they were not prepared and they're not prepared and we have seen that in folding this in this case that they're not prepared to still plan and they're still working on t

populist to rule europe all you have to do is open the book also has a very warm welcome to joseph hutchinson u.s. lawyer and activist his opinion biden's ambitious plans are doomed to fail in the anti democratic u.s. senate. but we've got so much to talk about i mean let's begin with you as i said joe biden has made reform of america's immigration system one of the central plugs of his politics for the food for years to come no are you surprised i'm not surprised because a lot of oregon iced groups from the civil society aggressors are going to say show us made him go to power today and he showed it to them many of them were going to facial. organizing groups which are you know the basis of my grand relations as well so i'm not surprised he owed it to them us part of his narrative throughout the campaign i'm just basically surprised that he started his 1st day with some bishops platen which definitely right now who in the future is absolutely but they were not prepared and they're not prepared and we have seen hadn't been unfolding this in this case that they're not prepared they still plan

roxas to health care passing the state senate the bill was approved last friday by gov hutchinson advocacy groups say that the new law will discriminate against people over the state governor stressed the right to refuse care does not apply to emergency treatment and the federal laws banning discrimination still apply i support this right of conscience so long as emergency care is exempted and conscience objection cannot be used to deny general health service to any class of people most importantly the federal laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race sex gender and national origin continue to apply to the delivery of health care services that's one of several bills making their way to the arkansas governor's desk the state senate recently approved a ban on gender affirming treatment including hormone therapy for children who identifies transgender center say the legislation will protect children of the world g.b.t. group say that could lead to an increase in depression and suicide among youngsters we put the issue up for debate. religious liberty is a fundamental american val

sophie hutchinson, bbc news., the fastest shipping route from europe to asia. companies may now have to re—route cargoes around africa. the 200,000—tonne ever given container ship, which carries panama's flag and whose operator evergreen is based in taiwan, was travelling from china to rotterdam in the netherlands. our global trade correspondent dharshini david takes a look at what's going on. there are bottlenecks on the daily commute and then there's this, a ship the size of the empire state building, blocking one of the busiest shipping channels, blown adrift by a gust of wind. behind the giant ever given, a mounting queue of marine traffic, carrying cargo from oil to clothes and food, where ever they hailfrom — china, the middle east or south asia, they are going nowhere. seen from above, the problem is clear. ships have grown to match our appetite to consume more but they are ill suited to a waterway that's just 205 metres wide. this canal, connecting the red sea and the mediterranean, is 150 years old but c

also, the defendant at the ht vn at the fred hutchinson cancer research center performed all the immunological testing. the data and safety monitoring board was established by an aig and an extensive support from barter to conduct the trial and the prepurchase hundreds of millions of dollars for the vaccines by barter. it's a competent process so even though it looks like it was quick and done in a very relatively short time it was a lot of effort, including fundamental basic preclinical and clinical research that went into that. i will stop there and handed over to doctor nunez smith. >> thanks so much, doctor anthony fauci. this is all very good news. all three vaccines are safe and highly effective at preventing what we care about most and that is the serious illness and death. all of the authorized vaccines will be distributed across states and jurisdictions and across all of our federal vaccination channels. that does not mean that every vaccination site will have every vaccine but it means that all vaccines will reach all communities. all three authorized vaccines available in the suburb

but soothing words don't reassure loyalist politician billy hutchinson, who feels irish nationalism isn jail for murdering two catholics during the troubles, but later became an advocate of the peace process. more than 20 years after the peace agreement, it's a measure of enduring mistrust here that for him irish unity would mean victory for sinn fein, the party that spoke for the ira. if we were to live in a 32—county- ireland i would imagine some of that power would be decentralised - and if that power is decentralised, i if ulster was six counties or nine. counties, we would feel persecuted because the people who would - have the power would be sinn fein. i think i am right in saying we are the most mild part of great britain. but 100 years after the foundation of a unionist—ruled ulster at the heart of the british empire, that world has been changed by the troubles, by demographics, and global transformation. news archive: belfast, - city of a thousand launches... the industrial muscle of the unionist working class is gone, memorialised in popular art. where thousands once laboured

today i'm joined by arkansas governor asa hutchinson was on his second term in his term limits in his final term in office. thankfi you so much governor for joining us from arkansas.

middletown, little james hutchinson, a 6-year-old boy was driven to an abandoned park and forced out refused and she ran over him and killed him. leila peterson was sitting on her grandfather's lap and a bullet came through and hit her in the head. those low income communities black and white are the issues we should be confronting instead of talking about reparations. so what we are doing at the woodson center is direct attention away from the real problem. but we need to address the problems in these community and other cities around the country. jesse: do you believe anything should be done for black americans, the ancestors of slaves, if that can be proven, which is a tall order. anything financial for those deseason sent to make good on slavery? >> no, the problem is not transactional. what we are doing at the woodson center is demonstrating that when whites were at their worst we were at their best. we built our own hospitals. we even owned a railroad. we need to focus on what blacks achieved in the faces of oppression and what principles and values did they follow that could b

more details from our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. place on the nhs. the latest figures lay bare of the vast number of non—covid—19 patients who have missed out on treatment. nhs england says an unprecedented 11.6 million patients are now waiting for treatment. more than 300,000 have waited over a year, compared tojust 1600 before the pandemic. and the number of operations has more than halved. another concern is that 8% reduction in the number of patients starting cancer treatment compared with january 2020. patients likejean robinson, who had started chemotherapy and then had it stopped because of the virus. i was really, really shocked, really upset, obviously started crying, because it is my lifeline. what they are saying to me is it's either chemotherapy, no chemotherapy, die of cancer or die of the pandemic. you know, i don't really have much of a choice, you're removing my lifeline. the figures for the backlog include the second wave injanuary which brought some parts of the nhs perilously close to break point. despite that, nh