nick watt comes across as such a fair and decentjournalist."oed by politicians including the prime minister and the home secretary, and journalists including gb news�* andrew neil. the bbc said in a statement... this behaviour is completely unacceptable. alljournalists should be able to carry out their work without intimidation or impediment." nick watt was back in the newsnight studio on wednedsay evening, where he repeated the expletive used by the prime minister about health secretary matt hancock, in a text revealed by boris johnson's former chief adviser dominic cummings. earlier, on the news at six — at a time when children were more likely to have been watching — laura kuenssberg was less explicit. in those crucial days at the start of the emergency, the adviser apparently messaged the prime minister, accusing the health secretary are failing to ramp up testing. the prime minister appears to have replied in expletive filled terms, totally hopeless. later, he raised concerns about ventilators and officials admitted they had been turning t

newsnight�*s political editor nick watt is most often seen in the studio, or in the lobby of the housesen he was haranged and chased by a group of people protesting against lockdown measures, who shouted "traitor" at him and accused him of "lying" about lockdowns being legal. footage of the incident, filmed by the protesters, was widely circulated on social media, and a man has now been charged under the public order act. trudi coyne was among many who condemned the scenes, writing... those sentiments were echoed by politicians including the prime minister and the home secretary, and journalists including gb news' andrew neil. the bbc said in a statement... this behaviour is completely unacceptable. alljournalists should be able to carry out their work nick watt was back in the newsnight studio on wednedsay evening, where he repeated the expletive used by the prime minister about health secretary matt hancock, in a text revealed by borisjohnson's former chief adviser dominic cummings. earlier, on the news at six — at a time when children were more likely to have been watching — laura ku

as nick watt now reports. nick. >> in the pink earmuffs, that's robin armstrong.ust bought her first gun. >> i brought a springfield xd, 9 millimeter. that is my first one but i do plan on buying two more. >> reporter: america is on a gun-buying spree. >> we've seen record numbers, for the past-few months and i fear that's going to continue. >> reporter: the government doesn't keep a tally but the fbi counts presale background checks. not perfect but shows the pattern. take march, 2019. 2.6 million. march, 2020, 3.7 million. this march? nearly 4.7 million. most in a month, since the fbi started counting, 20-plus years ago. why? >> fear. >> reporter: first up, pandemic panic. >> i think it's the perfect time to get a weapon for ourself. >> reporter: 40% of buyers in early 2020 were first-time buyers, says one industry group. >> up until now, gun owner, the first thing that popped in your mind, probably, an older white gentleman or younger white gentleman. >> reporter: now? not so much. in 2020, half of all buyers were women, say researchers. a fifth, hispanic. a fi

cnn's nick watt has more from los angeles. >> we're heading into god willing the summer of joy. a summer of freedom. >> but will the delta variant which recently ravaged india become the dominant strain here in the u.s. >> i anticipate that will be the predominant variant in the months ahead. >> over in britain, there's more contagious variant, now for 99% of new cases. what does that actually look like. well, case counts there are rising but death rates are not. the increase is primarily in younger age groups, as a british health official, a large proportion of which, were unvaccinated. >> will the delta variant bring us back into lock down? >> pyongyang because so many people have already -- i don't think so because so many have already been vaccinated. >> in the u.s. 65% of adults have had one shot, the vice president is touring the country, encouraging more. >> isn't that an extension of love thiy neighbor? >> michigan opens up tuesday. ohio's emergency declaration ended today. >> we have basically lifted almost all of the orders. >> the president's goal is this. 70% of adul

cnn's nick watt takes a closer look. >> reporter: it's one more reason if you are still on the fencego ahead and get vaccinated. >> reporter: it is the delta variant, as of last week accounts for roughly 10% of new covid-19 cases in this country. >> people who get it are about twice as likely to end up in the hospital. it appears to be about 60% more transmissible, more contagious, in other words, and especially so for younger people. >> reporter: but in arizona the governor just banned public colleges from mandating vaccines for students. over in california, state colleges will now mandate shots for almost all come the fall. and in this tale of two states, arizona won't even come close to the president's goal of at least one shot for 70% of adults by july 4th, california is already there. so the state just reopened. >> it was one sector of our economy that was particularly impacted by this pandemic and that was hospitality and restaurants and entertainment. >> reporter: disneyland vaccinated visitors now roam maskless. >> we're super excited just because of the heat to not have to w

cnn's nick watt has more. >> reporter: looks like today we will pass 600,000 people killed by this virus country. yes, average new case counts are now a tiny fraction of the peak, but the so-called delta variant could cause more pain. >> right now in the united states it's about 10% of infections, it's doubling every two weeks. >> reporter: today in england -- >> i think it is sensible to wait just a little longer. >> reporter: they delayed reopening due to a delta-driven surge. >> this could spike a new epidemic heading into the fall. the vaccines seem to be effective. >> the real risk is all the unvaccinated people who are very, very vulnerable to this variant. >> reporter: in part why president joe biden wants 70% of american adults to have had at least one shot by july 4th. >> i need you. i need every american to do their part. >> reporter: current projection, we will fall short in large part because of a stark partisan divide, 14 states already reached 70% and every single one went for biden in the last election. not a single state that went for trump has even reached 65%. >> it's e

nick watt is in los angeles for us. >> reporter: christine and laura, here in california we're gettinghich is a little bit like the old normal before the pandemic hit. the state is pretty much reopened. they are roaming, the vaccinated anyway, are roaming maskless at disneyland right now, dodgers stadium back up to full capacity. not quite as it was before because there is a mobile vaccination clinic at dodgers stadium for fans. now, the vaccines work, we know that, there is more data now to support that. cnn analyzed the states that have vaccinated more than half of their people, unsurprisingly the new case counts, the average new case counts, are lower in those states that are good at vaccinating than in the states that are trailing. makes sense. now, also arizona has just said that they are not allowed to at public schools, public colleges, they are not allowed to mandate vaccinations for students, here in california they have just said that they will mandate vaccinations for most students before they can go back to campus in the fall. back to you. >> all right. nick watt, thank you

cnn's nick watt went looking for the reasons why. reasons behind this country's surge in purchasing firearms. >> reporter: in the pink ear muffs, that's robin armstrong. just bought her first gun. >> i bought a springfield xd, 9 millimeter. that's my first one but i do plan on buying two more. >> reporter: america is on a gun-buying spree. >> we have seen record numbers for the past few months and i fear that's going to continue. >> reporter: the government doesn't keep a tally but the fbi counts presale background checks, not perfect. but shows the pattern. take march, 2019. 2.6 million. march 2020, 3.7 million. this march? nearly 4.7 million. most, in a month, since the fbi started counting, 20-plus years ago. why? >> fear. >> reporter: first up, pandemic panic. >> i think it's the perfect time to get a weapon for ourself. >> reporter: 40% of buyers in early 2020 were first-time buyers, says one industry group. >> up until now, you said gun owner, the first thing that pop in your mind probably an older-white gentleman or a younger-

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nick watt reports. >> cases and deaths are down more than 90% since the president took office. >> that'sses are that more contagious delta variant. >> if you are vaccinated, you are protected. if you are not, the threat of variance is real and growing. >> more than 432 million adults are fully vaccinated. 115 million are not. >> too many communities remain at risk because of low vaccination levels. >> mid april on average, over 3 million shots going into arms every day. now, just a little over 1 million. lower but steady. the government is recruiting students as young as 16 to promote vegas accination. >> as shots in arms rise, restrictions fall. >> ohio's covid-19 emergency declaration ends tomorrow. >> getting vaccinated gets us back to normal. >> last summer the stands empty for the u.s. open tennis tournament. this summer they can be full 100%. so might office also be full come the fall? >> if you can go to a restaurant in new york city, you can come into the office and we want you in the office. >> so this morning the white house coordinator was asked will the administration meet it

cnn's nick watt has more. >> reporter: this delta variant is on its way to becoming the dominant strainworld, it's been reported in at least 80 countries. now, here in the u.s. at the moment the news is pretty good, but delta does cast a little bit of a shadow. >> we're heading into, god willing, the summer of joy, a summer of freedom. >> reporter: but will the delta variant, which recently ravaged india, become the dominant strain here in the u.s.? >> i anticipate that will be the predominant variant in the month ahead. >> reporter: over in britain, this more contagious variant now accounts for 99% of new cases. what does that actually look like? well, case counts there are rising, but death rates are not. the increase is primarily in younger age groups, says a british health official, a large proportion of which were unvaccinated. >> so many people have already been vaccinated. >> reporter: in the u.s., 65% of adults have now had at least one shot. the vice president is touring the country, encouraging more. >> it's an extension of love thy neighbor. >> reporter: michigan opens up tue

areas with low vaccination rates could be inviting the severe new variant that ravaged india as cnn nick watts00,000 people kill by this virus in this kcountry. average new case counts are a tiny fraction of the peak but the delta variant could cause more pain. in the united states it's about 10% of infections. it's doubling every two weeks. today in england. >> i think it is sensible to wait just a little longer. >> reporter: they day dlaied reopening due to a delta driven surge. >> this could spike a new epidemic heading into the fall. the vaccine seemed to be effective. >> the real risk is the unvaccinated people who are very, very vulnerable to this variant. >> reporter: in part why president joe biden wants 70% of american adults to have had one shot by july 4th. >> i need you. i need every american to do their part. >> reporter: current projection will fall short in large part because of a stark divide. 14 states already reached 70% and every single one went for biden in the last election. not a single state that went for trump has been reached 65%. >> it's exactly where i expect to see

nick watt from cnn now looks at how bad it's getting.orter: a man was stopped at the door of a south florida synagogue recently. then, police say, he left feces outside, spat at a menorah. >> we live in a world where hate is easy. >> reporter: and jews are the most targeted religious group in america, says the fbi. and it's getting worse. >> we've seen an alarming increase in hate crimes across the country, many targeting members of the asian-american pacific islander and jewish communities. >> i notice you're wearing a kippah. >> i'm terrified to wear this outside. >> but do you? >> no. >> reporter: 12% of americans told pollsters that jews in this country have too much power. you're dealing with tens of millions of people in the united states that have anti-semitic tendencies. >> reporter: and it's not an aging racist rump. >> anti-semitic activities not very long ago consistently show higher levels among young people. that is worth emphasizing because most forms of prejudice are higher among older people and lower among younger people

more than double this may compared to may 2020 as nick watt reports. >> we feel unsafe. >> reporter:ence, this on the synagogue door, a swastika and slur. three weeks ago a rock smashed through the window of another synagogue in the same city. >> sadly it's a new reality we're living and weaver's seen this rise across america. >> reporter: in the bronx there was a spate of attacks on synagogue, stones also reportedly thrown at volunteers trained by a group called css to protect temples. >> we've had at least 50 new synagogues that reached out in the last month. it's becoming real for our volunteers and the community. we're trying to give them the best training we possibly can to deal with this. >> reporter: when this began, mid-may in gaza and israel, anti-semitic incidents in the u.s. spiked according to the anti-defamation league. jewish diners attacked in los angeles when a pro-palestinian motorcade stopped, a man got out and -- >> starting running toward the tables and asking indiscriminately who is jewish. >> reporter: a jewish man badly beaten in new york city. >> i thought the

nick watt�*s treatment was condemned by the prime minister and home secretary, who tweeted that "theovid vaccinations are to be made compulsory for care home staff in england, who face losing their jobs if they don't get the jab. us presidentjoe biden and his russian counterpart vladimir putin are preparing for theirfirst summit — at a time when both sides describe relations as being at rock bottom. a warning today from scientists that the uk is "shockingly unprepared" for rising temperatures and extreme weather caused by climate change. the murders of a six—year—old girl and her baby sister in spain, allegedly by their father, spark nationwide protests against domestic violence. in an interview with the bbc, the countess of wessex speaks of the impact of the duke of edinburgh's death on the royal family. this week on bbc news we're reporting from across the uk to find out what you think about life during and after the pandemic and the impact it's had on your businesses and communities. we'll be hearing from residents of all these locations throughout the week. yesterday we visited t

. >> reporter: i'm nick wolf -- watt in california. the state has vaccinated enough people.ack at full capacity. at disneyland, visitors across the u.s., the vaccinated ones anyway, can roam free maskless. >> all right, something else opening up. late night shows with live studio audiences, not to mention phenomenal live guests. >> when you were here, 15 months ago i asked you if it was time to stop dating, and you said yes. dr. sanjay gupta -- >> that was science. >> i understand. >> -- can we date again? are you endorsing hot vac summer? no pressure. >> yes, i am. >> that's science. >> that's science. >> joining us now, cnn chief medical correspondent and love doctor, sanjay gupta. >> i didn't know where he was going go with his question. >> now i have weekend plans thanks to you. what was it like to be in the studio there after all that time? >> it was wonderful. and it was weird too. you know, i mean even here, john, to be honest with you, we're sitting like this. this hasn't happened since, you know, the beginning of last year. >> there's an electricity. >> that's right

nick watt was back in the newsnight studio on wednedsay evening, where he repeated the expletive useduote them ourselves — as he did on this tweet — here's the rest of what he had to say... meanwhile, shirley from torquay thought we were hearing too much about the dispute between dominic cummings and matt hancock... thanks for all your comments this week. if you want to share any opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media, e—mail newswatch@bbc.co.uk, or you can find us on twitter @newswatchbbc. you can call us on 0370 010 6676, and do have a look at our website, bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: england and scotland play out a goalless draw at wembley in their first clash at a major tournament for 25 years. we underestimated them thinking we would easily destroy them. no, that's not the case. fantastic. from a scot's perspective, fantastic. and at least we'

but it is distressing when one sees what happened to nicholas watt in it. it is. nick and followed, and physically intimidated. in the end, he was able to make his way to downing street as a westminster reporter, he has a pass to be able to access downing street which is behind protected gates. and from there, he was able to seek sanctuary. today there has been a response from the prime minister and a couple cabinet ministers. the prime minister saying on twitter that it was disgraceful to see the hounding of nicholas watt. johnson's spokesperson early on said the premise or had seen the footage earlier on and it was deeply to disturbing. violence and threats are never acceptable. the health secretary, pat hancock, describe the footage as appalling —— hancock, that nicholas watt was abused by a small mob. "we must always be protective, this behaviour is completely unexceptional." priti completely unexceptional. " priti patel used completely unexceptional." priti patel used similar language to condemn the protesters and their harassment of nicholas watt. she also links