john kay reported from one particular street in the west midlands.hers, it is personal. sarah at number” is on the front line. she's a health care assistant at the birmingham hospital trust that's had more than 600 covid deaths. does this help you get through? 100% helps me. every thursday. it's like a release. it's like a release, yes. when they are all clapping, it is another week coming to an end. it's just amazing, just fantastic, i can't believe it. at precisely eight o'clock, for the fifth week in a row, it felt like the whole of the uk erupted. # let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.# 8000 miles from home, members of the british antarctic surveyjoined in. in the middle east, divers from hms ledbury clapped and washed their hands at the same time. in the skies above wiltshire, the pilot of a light aircraft plotted his flight path to spell out his gratitude. while on the ground, the social distancing red arrows. from bin collectors in norfolk to the royal family. back in the midlands, sarah and her husband, gary, who's a delivery driver, hav

john kay reporting.care home visitors over concerns they fail to detect enough infections. figures suggest lateral flow tests — which can produce results within 30 minutes — miss about a third of the most infectious cases picked up by conventional laboratory tests. the government says rapid testing as way of reducing, rather than eliminating, risk and can quickly identify those who are carrying the virus. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has more. at 96 years old, barbara has had enough of the coronavirus. do you find it annoying? well, it is a bit irritating. it's not a life, it's a bloody existence. sorry for the language! measures introduced in march to stop the spread of the virus at a care home means she's been missing the human touch. impossible! awful. i want to grab them and... grr! ifeel like i am isolated. nobody to hug me or hold me or me to hold somebody, i don't know who if this bloody thing wasn't there. —— i would even hold you. now, care homes have been offering testing kits that c

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we still got john heilemann and katty kay with us.ng us is capitol hill correspondent and host of "way too early," kasie hunt. let's talk start with the status of the covid relief bill. and the senators said we're on the doorstep, it's imminent, there's going to be a $900 billion deal. feels like we're still where we were 24 hours ago. what's going on? >> so that's -- that's mostly right, willie. i would say that the difference between our conversation yesterday and today is that president trump seems to have gotten involved which has really never boded well in terms of congress being able to move forward with what it needs to do "the washington post" reported yesterday that he had to be talked out of making the demand that bigger stimulus checks be included in this package. it is worth noting there's pressure from senators like josh holley and on the left, senators like bernie sanders to increase these stimulus checks to people. people on both sides of the aisle are saying this isn't enough but however the compromise that will get th

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texas congresswoman kay granger called the case a distraction and told nbc news she's not supporting it. meanwhile, senator johnn't want other states having a chance to change the texas law based on similar efforts. idaho's republican attorney general, lawrence wasdan, echoed the sentiment. in declining to support the suit, he said idaho is a sovereign state and should be free to govern itself without interference from any other state. joining us now, republican consultant matt coramin, vice president at the firm targeted victory. matt, good morning. always great to see you. can you please help explain to me and all of us why there are so many republicans signing onto this? i mean, what we just read through from cornyn and from others is very clear. conservatives have said for years that elections are the subject of states, the federal government shouldn't be terribly involved in it. certainly, one state should not be telling another state what the results of their elections are, but president trump is again seeming to pressure these republicans in ways that have them completely disregarding their previous posi

congresswoman kay granger telling cnn about the lawsuit, quote, i'm not supporting it. i don't think it's going to go anywhere ten as a distract. senator john cornyn saying i frankly struggle to understand the legal tlooerry. why would a state, even such a great state as texas have a say on how other states administration elections. sometimes you need to say the obvious and then there's congressman chip roy. his comment respectfully i will not join because i believe the case represents a dangerous precedent of one state asking federal courts to police the voting procedures of other states. okay, that's good, at least there are some republicans willing to stand up for the longtime republican priority of states' rights and federalism which is at the entire core of the american politic reality. but none of this matters to the president. today he actually sent out more than a dozen tweets and retweets with known lies about the election and trump's latest comments on tape last night at another holiday party, you know, of mingling and lots of people indoors and no mask, his comments weren't to honor lament the nearly 300,000 americans who died so

texas republican john cornyn says he is struggling to understand the legal theory behind this case. texas congresswoman kayranger called it a distraction and mitt romney summed it up in just one word, madness. we are seeing the states involved at issue in this case pushing back as well. the top prosecutor in pennsylvania calling the suit, quote, moot, meritless and dangerous. george? >> mary, thanks very much. michael? >>> all right, "time" magazine announcing its person of the year. but they're celebrating two people on their cover. president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris. every elected president since fdr has received the honor, but harris is the first vice president to ever be included. also honored, dr. anthony fauci and frontline health care workers who were named guardians of the year. deservedly so. >> certainly. thank you. >>> coming up we'll look at the mission of the century. how u.p.s. and fedex are preparing to ship and track millions of doses of the vaccine as they make their way across the country. >>> also some big news about the future of "black panther" and the ret

john. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today.that this will grow in numbers of the variant across the country, and i think it is likely, therefore, that measures need to be increased in some places in due course, not reduced. the french government is to announce plans to lift the cross—channel travel ban — lorry drivers have spent a second night in their cabs waiting at the port of dover. the at the port of dover. port of dover remain shut for second the port of dover remain shut for a second day and many lorry drivers here are wondering will they be home in time for christmas? rugby league legend kevin sinfield adds his voice to calls for more research into concussion. he says it's important not to make assumptions about the links between rugby league and brain injuries. it isa it is a cold day ahead in the north of the country, but a lot of sunshine for you with just showers in the north and the west, whereas in the north and the west, whereas in the south, a mild day with a lot of cloud and rain at times. i will have all the d