we'll be hearing from our scotland correspondent james cook in glasgow, our wales correspondent tomosorgan in cardiff, but first here's our ireland correspondent emma vardy. just think back, the brexit process was so seismic for the island of ireland, because it threw up all of those questions over what to do about the irish land border and it reminded everyone of the troubled history of this place. but now many of the issues which once seemed unresolvable, there are now agreements on. and northern ireland enters this new era where doing trade here will be different from the rest of the uk, those special arrangements in order to keep that irish land border invisible. now, the trade deal has been welcomed here, it is likely to make some of those special arrangements for northern ireland easier to carry out in future and it will bring great relief in the irish republic, where many people's livelihoods, particularly in the food industry, depended on there being a deal for the future of trade between our two islands. well, most of the reaction in scotland so far has focused on fish and ch

and should be able to set off at the end of the month towards south georgia, on the research ship james cookated by the national oceanography center in southhampton. we are planning to do measurements from the ship while we are in the area, but also with these robotics to carry on further measurements after we left -- after we have left. they will conduct further measurements on the seabed, because they will get damage from the iceberg itself plowing into the sea floor. as it comes to rest on the w shelf, il be melting, releasing electric freshwater into the ocean in the area, and ngalso cooown the ocean. and for ver highly adaptede creatures like see the oceans in antarctica and aroun south georgia, this could be quite bad for plankton at the very bottom of the food chain. ros: before i go, we haven't mentioned brexit trade talks, they are still ongoing, but there has been no news of any concrete deal. there'ly so much to pass on. but efforts continue with just over two weeks to gomb before de 31, the date on which the u.k. and its brexit transition period. no doubt, we will turn back to th

we'll be hearing from our scotland correspondent james cook in glasgow, our wales correspondent tomosorgan in cardiff, but first, here's our ireland correspondent emma va rdy from stormont. just think back, the brexit process was so seismic for the island of ireland, because it threw up all those questions over what to do about the irish land border and it reminded everyone of the troubled history of this place. but now many of the issues which once seemed unresolvable, there are now agreements on. and northern ireland enters this new era where doing trade here will be different from the rest of the uk, those special arrangements in order to keep the irish land border invisible. now, the trade deal has been welcomed here, it is likely to make some of those special arrangements for northern ireland easier to carry out in future and it will bring great relief in the irish republic, where many people's livelihoods, particularly in the food industry, depended on there being a deal for the future of trade between our two islands. well, most of the reaction in scotland so far has focused on

let's cross straight to our correspondent james cook who has been following that press conference so s then. let's look at what is happening here, and what is happening is in broad terms come relatively similar to what the prime minister boris johnson has announced, i'll be at the first minister was at pains to point of the situation here in scotla nd point of the situation here in scotland was not yet as serious as that in london, the southeast and the east of england. she said that 17 cases of this new variant of a new more transmissible variant of the virus had been detected in scotland, but given how transmissible it was can be given the concern about how fast it was spreading in the southeast of england, she said she was bringing in measures here and those measures include, and this will come as a blow to many people of course in the country, those measures include squeezing that period of her christmas when indoor socialising will be allowed from five days to just christmas day itself. the first minister said the statutory limits on that indoor mixing during which people should

let's speak to our correspondent, james cook.act that nicola sturgeon was keen, she said not to let the figures run out of control as they have done in england and she said the country is still in the phase where we can take preventative action, described to us where scotla nd action, described to us where scotland is and what she means by preventative action. where scotland is in terms of this new variant of the virus, which scientists are telling the government, both governments, is considerably more transmissible. nicola sturgeon repeating the prime minister's statement that it may be up to 70% more transmissible than the old variant. she said there are only 17 confirmed cases of that new variant in scotland but since we heard that she has been cautioning and her experts are standing with her and they have been saying that reaching that type of sequencing, figuring out which strain is spreading, takes quite a long time, so they'll put some parts of scotland where there is an uptake of the virus and the figures for scotland hav

james cook, jon kay and chris page, thank you all. what do we know about the roll—out of this first vaccine, who will get it — and how does it actually work? here's our health correspondent anna collinson. you will have it in your left hand side... a vaccine has always been our best hope of life returning to normal. it'll be months before we see its positive effects, but it's hoped today will mark the beginning of the end. the pfizer vaccine needs to be stored in freezing temperatures, so initially the roll—out is taking place at hospital hubs across the uk. elderly patients, workers in care homes and nhs staff are first in line. what we want to make sure is that as many people as possible are vaccinated, but that's going to take some time. it is a marathon, not a sprint, so while you are waiting to be called for your vaccine, please keep following the social distancing rules. work is also taking place to safely transport batches of vaccines to those deemed most vulnerable — care home residents. there are several versions of vaccines

we'll be hearing from our scotland correspondent james cook in glasgow, our wales correspondent tomosorgan in cardiff, but first, here's our ireland correspondent emma va rdy. just think back, the brexit process was so seismic for the island of ireland, because it threw up all those questions over what to do about the irish land border and it reminded everyone of the troubled history of this place. but now many of the issues which once seemed unresolvable, there are now agreements on. and northern ireland enters this new era where doing trade here will be different from the rest of the uk, those special arrangements in order to keep the irish land border invisible. now, the trade deal has been welcomed here, it is likely to make some of those special arrangements for northern ireland easier to carry out in future and it will bring great relief in the irish republic, where many people's livelihoods, particularly in the food industry, depended on there being a deal for the future of trade between our two islands. well, most of the reaction in scotland so far has focused on fish and chip

castle and she wasn't but nonetheless, she's broken her own law and she says she is kicking herself. james cookch quieter than usual this christmas — notjust because of restrictions on movement, but also because worshippers of all religions have been asked not to sing, to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. but a team of scientists from university college london is using lasers and high—speed cameras to try to see if wearing a face covering could make singing safer. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns takes up the story. singing. a sign of the times. the words are more than a thousand years old but with the 2020 twist... ..a facemask. but what does that have to do with this? la! religion and science, two parts of professor lawrence lovett‘s life. he says that most of the evidence on face coverings looks at coughing and sneezing. he wants to know what difference they make to singing. i think that singing in communal worship is incredibly important, it's an absolutely central part of worship. and if it's safe to do, then i will be the first person to do it. if it's not safe to do, i'm fo

this is about polynesia and how, in the early days of european expiration captain james cook made his way to these remote island in pacific of polynesia. it took a lot of navigational prowess to get there for him. yet the big ships and get these fancy compasses and all the latest sort of devices and know-how to try to navigate to these very distant island in the middle of the ocean, very difficult to get to those places. he figured it out and got there and then he was amazed to find there's people that are already, tons of people come all the islands are already populated with these polynesian people who had gotten there. he couldn't understand because he said they only have stone age technology. how could they have possibly gotten here? he couldn't fathom the idea that people had migrated to these very remote islands. the people there of course was like no, we paddled on canoes. our ancestors paddled on canoes from asia and they got it and that's why we are here. captain cook and all european explorers who followed him to polynesia said no, , they did nt buy it. that cannot be true.

should be able to set off at the very end of the month towards south georgia and this will be on the james cookto carry on further measurements even after we have left. concern about the creatures that live on the sea bed because they could get damaged or killed by the iceberg itself ploughing into the sea floor. but as it comes to rest on the shelf, it will be melting and releasing a lot of fresh water into the ocean into the area and also cooling down the ocean and for very highly adapted creatures like we see in the oceans around antarctica and around south georgia, this could be quite bad for the plankton at the very bottom of the plankton at the very bottom of the food chain. we will keep an eye on the story in the coming weeks or months. thank you for watching. you can get more on bbc online and i will see you soon. —— more on what is being reported. good evening. unsettled and mild are the two words that sum up the weather really for the rest of this week. we've had some showers around through the day on tuesday and this is how we ended the day in york — bit of patchy cloud here and ther

we heard from james cook in glasgow, thomas morgan in cardiff, but for us from our ireland correspondent was so seismic for ireland because it raised all those questions over what to do about the irish land border and it reminded everyone of the troubled history of this place. many of the issues which one seemed unresolvable, there are no agreement on. and it means northern ireland enters this new area where doing trade here will be different from the rest of the uk in order to keep that irish land border invisible as it is now. so, the trade deal has been welcomed here. it's likely to make some of those special arrangements for northern ireland easier to carry out, and importantly, it will bring great relief in the irish republic where many people's livelihoods, particularly in the food industry depended on there being a deal for the future of trade between ira two islands. in scotland from the initial reaction is focused on fish and chips, or to be more accurate, seed potatoes, the kind farmers grow that rather than the kind you and i will roast anti—tomorrow. now, this deal appears to

so, early next year, we are going to south georgia on the royal research ship james cook, going to southrg is there, we will take the opportunity to go and study it. that's both from the ship putting nets into the water to look at the plankton, using echo sounders and other instruments, but also to deploy two little robotic submarine. and what impact will all that fresh water have been released into the ocean? well, the sheer size of the iceberg means that we will see quite a lot of cooling and freshening of the water around it, and the ecosystems in the polar region are usually very highly adapted to their local environment. so we would expect that it could very well because problems for the animals at the bottom of the food web there. as well as impacting any animals that live on the sea bed, if the iceberg scours the sea bed. so you have released these underwater robots and you just leave them to do their business and they come back and report what they can? yes, these are little vehicles, about a metre and a half long, cold gliders. they will go off completely on their own, untethere

be able to set off at the very end of the month towards south georgia, and this will be on the james cooking to tell you? these are they going to tell you? these are small ocean robots. they are about1.5 are small ocean robots. they are about 1.5 metres long. and they can move by changing their buoyancy, so they go up and down through the water, and since they have wings attached that gets converted into forward motion, so they end up gliding through the ocean. they will measure things like the temperature and the salinity of the water, and the concentration of chlorophyll, which is related to the plankton in the water. and amazingly, they are operated here from the uk as they are doing that. correct. every few dives they will pop up to the surface, stick their tails into the air, and they are full of antennas, they can get a gps position and phoned home to a server in southampton, and say where they are, send us back some of the data, and check for updated instructions. what about the wildlife. they see some of the signs. they have not got much options as to where they are going to go. n

cook. daisy bonner, who i mentioned. james carter. there was a jimmy carter before president carter. heredity was the assistant cook . lizzie mcduffie, elizabeth moore and catherine smith. henrietta nesbitt has a lot of praise for ida allen. even though she was temperamental, she could work magic and make anything happen if it needed to happen. you get an idea of the interplay in the white house. the interesting thing that happens when the roosevelt come to the white house is that they actually come in a way, end a segregated practice. back in the time of president taft, he hired a woman named misses jaffrey, a segregationist . even though there was a multiracial white house cooking staff, she created segregated eating spaces. before, all the servants ate together, but she had a separate table for whites in a separate table for blacks. by the time eleanor roosevelt gets the white house, she rectifies the situation by firing most of the white people. i will let you decide if that's progress or not. no longer segregation, because you have one race working in the kitchen. overall, we see

cook. daisy bonner, who i mentioned, james carter, there was a jimmy carter in the white house before presidentr. loretta deans, who is assistant cook, lizzie mcduffie, elizabeth moore, and catherine smith. in her diary, henrietta nesbitt has a lot of praise for aida allen, she said even though she was temperamental, she could work magic can make anything happen if it needed to. you get an idea of the interplay in the white house staff. when the roosevelts come to the white house, they actually end a segregated practice. back in the time of president taft, he hired a woman named mrs. jaffrey who was a segregationist. even though there is a multiracial cooking staff, she created segregated eating spaces. she had a separate table for whites and blacks. by the time eleanor roosevelt gets to the white house, she rectifies the situation by fiery -- by firing most of the white people. i'll let you decide if that's progress or not. no longer segregation because any praise asked because it is pretty much one race working in the kitchen. overall, we see we have cooks who are culinary artists and many ti

cook. daisy bonner who i mentioned. james carter. there was a skrimy ca jimmy car white house before president carter. lizzi mcduffy. elizabeth moore and katherine smith. henrietta has praise for ida. she said even though she was temperamental, she could work magic and make anything happen. you get an idea of the interplay. the interesting thing that happens when the roosevelts come to the white house is they actually in a way end a segregated practice. back in the time of president taft, he hired a woman naped mrs. jaffery who was a segregationist. there was a multi-racial cooking staff, she created segregated eating spaces. before all the servants ate together. but she had a separate table for whites and blacks. eleanor roosevelt fired most of the white people. i will let you decide if that's progress or not. it's no longer segregation. you have pretty much one race in the kitchen. overall, we see that we have these cooks who are culinary artists and many times they are family confidants. presidents go to the funerals, they go to t

edition of canal house explores a new theme from la dolce vida and italian cooking to farmer's markets and gardens. they won the jamesipes for home cooks by home cooks. >> we don't like to think of ourselves as chefs. we say we're cooks. chefs really run kitchens, and we have to run our kitchen, but our food is more recognizable. we're looking for someone to recognize something when they eat it. and you think of chefs today. they're often trying to surprise you. the way that we cook, we feel like it takes it back to sort of a classic place and flavor. >> reporter: now with their first restaurant, canal house station, the feature for hirschheimer and hamilton has been on long sunday dinners. a five-course meal meant to be a throwback. >> when we opened here, we sort of revived a tradition that used to be a tradition all across this country, and, of course, everywhere. the sunday dinner. families got together, aunts and uncles. it's how you found out what was going on with everyone. >> reporter: they showed us how they bring it together. >> okay. let's see what's living in here. >> reporter: including this giant mushro

cook county clerk's office workers, and employees from the sheriff's office say county officials have been refusing to negotiate as workers continue to serve essential frontline roles amid the pandemic. this is reverend jamesphipps, who serves on seiu's executive board for cook county and was an organizer with the student non-violent coordinating committee during the civil rights movement. >> they disrespect us. they disrespect our unions. but at the same time, they want us to support them financially, for them to attain their goals. we are fighting for our families. we are fighting for economic justice for the community at large. ,e understand in this country most of the black and brn people don't know what generational wealth is. nothing ever trickles down to them. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman in new york joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: the united states hit the grim milestone of the worst day yet of the coronavirus pandemic this week, with 3350 covid-related de

james in bristol, tennessee. good morning. think as a joke it is something mitch mcconnell cooked up. i do not think it is a problem.hat i do not understand is these people -- a heartless person like mitch mcconnell, i think it is a joke. host: as far as the liability protection itself, what is your reasoning for or against the protections? caller: like the other lady said , most people have compensation and things like that. people should know enough to keep the masks on. that is my opinion for that. host: on the twitter feed we showed you a little bit ago, any increase in numbers, but most of them still in the know category. no to you saying businesses getting these protections from the covid lawsuits. .articipate at @cspanwj the washington times highlights money in congress. "more time on a full-year spending bill" adding the extra week kicks in saturday and buys congress an extra week to take congress to the end of fiscal 2021. wednesday's overwhelming vote in the house highlighted the appetite on both sides of the aisle to avoid any shut down brinksmanship. two members of congress joining us later on in the pro