jack blanchard, katy balls, thank ou brexit. jack blanchard, katy balls, thank you both — brexit. this is your latest sports news. leeds are back into the top half of the premier league, after beating crystal palace 2—0. jack harrison's early strike got them on their way — a deflected long—range effort afterjust three minutes gave them a great start. and patrick bamford — a man very much in form this season, as he looks to stake a place in the england squad — scored their second, his 12th of the season. leeds have now won three of their last four games. bayern munich have beaten al ahly 2—0 in the semi—finals of the club world cup in qatar. the german champions will play the mexican side, tigres, in the final. robert lewandowski put them ahead 17 minutes into the first half. and the prolific polish striker wrapped things up against the egyptian champions with five minutes to go. it's his 29th goal in 27 games this season. the first leg of manchester city's uefa champions league tie against borussia monchengladbach has been moved to budapest. the match is due to be played on 2a feb

with me are the deputy political editor of the spectator, katy balls, and uk political editor at politico, jack blanchard. tomorrow was �*s front pages... let's start with the financial times. it says borisjohnson has expressed his confidence that vaccines being used in the uk are effective against variants of the virus. the telegraph leads with comments from england's deputy chief medical officer, who suggested the south africa variant was unlikely to become dominant in the uk in the short term. over—70s in england who have not yet had their coronavirus vaccine are being asked to contact the nhs. that's in the i. a different story in the metro — it reports on disruption caused by storm darcy, with coronavirus vaccination centres and schools shutting in some areas. and the daily mail leads with a campaign to help lockdown pupils study from home — it says 6,500 laptops have been pledged. so let's begin. let's start with the headline "call nhs if you still need a jab, over 70s told." nhs if you still need a jab, over 705 told." if i nhs if you still need a jab, over 70s told." if i thought

the ball is in their court. >> katie: seems like the ball is in their court a lot. kick out inspectors, enrich uranium. where are we with iran at this point? >> the sad thing is, they'll have more balls. they'll have money, wealth, the capacity across the world. this is what the previous administration did for eight years. when i hear president biden saying we're going back, america can't afford to go back to what they did with iran. they built up their missile program, created capabilities that threatened the world. that's not the back america wants us to get to. it's dangerous. looks like this administration is headed down that path. they spoke to the chinese and the russians and not to congress about their intentions. they have not spoken with if government state partners and the israelis who have a big interest. those are the partners that you build out a security alliance and niece the coalition that the keep america safe. >> katie: i want to get your take on that further. when you talk about the iranians, not just talking about the country of iran but the terr

ball. and it has cause the entire world great harm. and economic pain and death and loss and they should absolutely be held accountable for that regardless of where it came from. >> katiechina that dropped the ball, the world health organization which was white china pulled out of it, the world health organization. they lied about the fact that it had human to human transmission, they knew it but more in saying it in january of 2020 and yet they expect us to believe their "findings" of an investigation where all the doctors involved in the lab have disappeared and what they are supposed to believe with what they are saying about this. >> jesse: honestly we will never know the true origins of the coronavirus. china has had a year to cover this thing up and now they are running a disinformation campaign and the ambassador here is saying it came from america. i wish american media companies would be as aggressive covering disinformation campaigns, in this case, because this information campaign is coming from beijing. many comic may be their parent companies are too scared because they have too much at stake over there in the mainland, but it's a propaganda arm, the w.h.o

katie -- >> i'll call her tomorrow. >> all right. personnel. >> what do you do when it's unbearably cold outside? this polar bear is named blizzard. he lives in the tacoma, zoo. he's having a ballboy. >> feeling at home. >> very cute. >> i like that. all right. i'm going to go now -- so you guys have heard of the great wall. what about the great wall of thanks. take a look at this thank you wall at the javits convention center. after her second shot, a lady that calls herself mary midtown on twitter said she wants to respect kindness and professionalism to everyone. the wall of thanks got started with one note. the javits center has passed 50,000 shots. when a blessing to the big apple. jesse, you're up. >> sometimes i feel like this on the show, juan. ever heard of the phrase of skating on thin ice? some guys from amsterdam knows this. he watches the movie "white men can't jump." he's in the frozen river and has to get rescued. happens to all of us. >> wow. caught the edge. >> he had a man bun, i believe. >> yeah. >> he deserved it. >> looks like he was skinny dipping there. wow. thanks, jesse. that was scary. that's it for us, folks. "special report" is up next. hey, bret bai

ball went. this you? hmm... no, mine had green lights. whatever your business is facing. let's workflow it. maybe i should workflow my swing... servicenow. >>> hello, i'm kris jansing. we're having some problems with katya moment. try asking a press secretary or any top member of the biden administration. good luck with that. that is because they are laser focused on the hard sell of the president's $1.9 trillion relief plan. the time table to pass it is so short and ambitious that they're likely not to get any republican votes. there is no room for error. they are unveiling another package to give $3,000 per child. as the fight over that plan plays out, the united states of america, the richest nation on earth, has one of the highest rates of child poverty in the developed worlds the washington post points out in part because it spends less on child benefits than almost any other. joining me now, jared bernstein. let's start with a new-found emphasis on children. what is the thinking behind it and what are the chances that republicans might get on board? >> first of all, it was going to be katy, but also nice to see you, kris. this is not new to president biden. he was talking about this during the ca