laura foster, bbc news.ent biden. the time now in washington, just after half past midnight. we are in the final 12 hours of the trump presidency. a changeover at 12 noon exactly local time. changeover at 12 noon exactly localtime. 0f changeover at 12 noon exactly local time. of course, very different inauguration one we have ever seen or be extensive coverage. you can reach me on twitter i'm @benmbland. hello there. storm christoph will bring disruptive weather over the next 48 hours. the rain's been falling through the day on tuesday, already mounting up to over an inch in places, and there's a lot more rain yet to come. and as it bumps into the cold air in the north, potential for snow as well. let's focus on the rain because in some parts of england and wales, we could have around 150—200 mm of rain falling over the hills onto ground that's already saturated. river levels are already high. so, this amber warning from the met office highlights those areas particularly saturated at the moment with the high

laura foster, bbc news, hull.h—needed work for taxi drivers. cabs forjabs uses donations to fund free taxi rides for those who need them most. duncan kennedy has more. the idea could not be simpler. from door to door, via a free to use taxi. it's called cabs forjabs. 0h, they're great, yeah, great. the doctors told me about them so, yeah, very good. 75—year—old sylvia from winchester is about to take her taxi. are you 0k there? it would normally take sylvia two bus journeys to get to the vaccination centre. instead, sean, a local taxi driver, is taking herforfree. they're really flexible on the time of the jab as well, so don't panic about timings. cabs forjabs was the idea of a group of friends who set up a go fund me page. the money raised pays for the taxi. so far, it's helped more than 100 elderly people. a lot of people in rural communities are going to struggle getting to their vaccination, a number of different buses. so, just to know that they can call a service, get a free taxi and get to their appointmen

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laura foster, bbc news, hull. many more people are out and about, just enjoying nature and what it can give to us. for miranda's son, oliver, the simple act of looking out of the window can be a welcome break from a computer screen in between virtual lessons. when i can, i try and get some extra time, just in a breaktime, five minutes between a lesson, come downstairs, and just see what's happening, really. this time of year, quite commonly on the ground, there is a robin and they have a lovely song. i quite enjoy seeing those at break time, or lunchtime, or something. despite the name, this is notjust about gardens. the rspb wants to involve anyone and everyone, who can spot birds from a window, from a nearby park, or evenjust on a bird feeder or a tree. there is no need for a garden, in this case, 0k. if you are lucky enough, as i am, to have a little balcony space, you can definitely set up some bird feeders here. nadeem perera is one of the founders of flock together. our primary focus is to combat the underre

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. >> laura: america is so rigged that susan rice attended two of the country of foster's most prestigious universities. except in at stanford university stands at 4% compare that toeo someone like shelby steele, a current fellow at stanford's hoover institution who said this on our show lastou week. >> is white guilt still an animating force in american life? we won't ever get beyond it. until white america begins to feel, to lose its insecurity around race. yes, we did horrible things. but today, america is remarkably free of racism. if you arere a black person in america today, your life is not going to be stunted by racial persecution. >> laura: if what rice and the rest of the biden team is claiming is true, then why should we ask anyone here to sacrifice for this country, for instance in the military, as a member of the police force, frankly any public service servant?why did susan rice natil public security advisor sign up our troops abroad to die for the country? why would a rotten, racist evil contribute worth defending? w why would we want our systemically evil values to be expor

foster is live in london for us. max, nice to see you this morning. walk us through what happens next now. >> laura, i'm in oxford.eason we're here is because this is where the vaccine was developed. but also where the first patient in the world received the vaccine today, an 82-year-old former maintenance engineer who is on dialysis and therefore, extremely vulnerable. there's a message there in he received it first. but the government is calling this a pivotal moment in the pandemic. the reason they're saying that is that this vaccine has certain advantages over the pfizer vaccine which has been approved here. and that is that it's cheaper. it's easier to store, easier to transport. and that crucially means it's easier to get out to the care homes which are the top of the priority list here in the uk. so by the end of the week, the government thinks they should have 1,000 centers across the uk getting this vaccine out to more people. the other reason is pivotal is because of this graph. let me show you this, laura. it shows you the number of coronavirus cases in the uk since the beginning of the pandemic. . you

foster city this morning. what should people heading out to the coast be aware of, these warnings that we keep giving out? >> good morning lauravice has not extended the high surf warning from this weekend, but they are warning about the possibility of minor coastal flooding because you're still going to have waves of 18 feet and lower. you know, in that range, on the pacific coast shoreline this morning, you combine that with the king tides, which will be happening and you get the two of those factors and you could have some flooding. so something to be aware of if you're out and about on the beach this morning. a woman is still missing after she and a man were swept in the ocean. this is while they were looking for muscles yesterday afternoon on the rocks at pescadero state beach. the man was rescued, but the woman was last seen going under the water. also sunday afternoon, a large wave swept a san jose man into the ocean. this happened off point bonita. the man and two friends were walking along the bluffs when the large wave came in. the coast guard had to call off their search at night fall last night. they're supposed to