. ♪ >> hello, this is bbc news i'm lewis vaughan jones.eadlines -- another day, another record. more than 93,000 new cases of coronavirus and the u.k. in the last 24 hours. as cases jump in the u.s., the leading expert on health takes note of what is happening in the u.k. and warns about not getting jabbed. >> clearly unvaccinated individuals already high risk of serious involvement, including hospitalization. [cheering] lewis: a huge setback for u.k. prime minister boris johnson as his party loses one of its safest seats for the first time in newly 200 years. >> i hear what the voters a saying and in all humility, i have got to accept that verdict. ♪ lewis: and north korea marks 10 years since kim jong-un came supreme leader. ♪ hello and welcome to the program. we begin with more evidence, if anyone needed it, that the omicron strain of coronavirus is continuing to spread around the world. the headline figures are coming from europe right now, in particular the u.k.. in the past 24 hours for a third successive day, the number of infection

and former england captain michael vaughan has been - captain michael vaughan has been dropped from btgroup of asian players. michael vaughan denies the accusation. don't forget there's live snooker on bbc 2 right now, and updates on the bbc sport website from the fourth round of the uk snooker championship. ronnie o'sullivan playing thailand's noppon saengkham. he's losing 2 frames to 1. new figures from the ons show 688 homeless people died in england and wales in 2020. this is a decrease from 778 in 2019 — and is the first fall in the number of estimated deaths since 201a. the figures are affected by the everyone in scheme — where homeless people were provided with emergency accommodation during the pandemic. joining me now is dr zana khan who is a specialist gp in homeless and inclusion health. good afternoon. thank you so much for your time. good afternoon. thank you so much foryourtime. first good afternoon. thank you so much for your time. first of all, in terms of the decrease, the ons says there is a decrease, the first decrease for quite a few years and on the face of it, i a

i'm lewis vaughan jones.and trafficking teenage girls for abuse by a jury in new york. maxwell procured the girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein — she faces the rest of her life behind bars. it doesn't matter who you are, no matter what kind of circles you travel in, no matter how much money you have, no matter how many years have passed since the sexual abuse, justice is still possible. we'll be looking at the implications of the verdict for prince andrew, who is named in a lawsuit brought by a woman who says she was groomed by maxwell and abused by the prince.

vaughan gething, thank ou afraid, expecting. vaughan gething, thank you for— afraid, expecting.urther restrictions are about to be imposed or not in england. tim muffett has been in central london to weigh up the public mood. �*tis the season to be... ..uncertain. it's very frustrating, yes, because nobody knows what the heck is going on. would you rather some clarity now? definitely. then at least we know what the plans are going to be. there's no point leaving it until christmas eve and then telling "you can't actually meet your family and friends and everybody else." it's really frustrating, because we are planning to go to family in kent for christmas. if all of a sudden they decide tomorrow, "oh, no, you can't travel for christmas," then all of our christmas plans have gone topsy—turvy. i don't have a turkey in the fridge, you know? what are we going to eat for christmas if we are stuck at home? they are dilemmas currently faced by so many households. do you know what you are going to do on christmas day? we've got a pretty good idea but, i mean, everyone seems to be sort o

for more and all this i'm joined now by cor needle is honor by he is associate fellow at the alfred vaughan oppenheim center for european policy studies in berlin. welcome sir. how crucial are these talks for iran? there's clearly much at stake for the iranian people. right, and we've just heard from, from the people in the country themselves. they are seriously worried that this is not going to be a success. there is little expectation also because of the government. at the same time. this is the government, they will have to live with for the next 3 years round about. so the, the expectations in tehran is quite low. there is worry that the hard line government may drive this against the wall and then with possible consequences ranging from, from more conflict to more sanctions. so there is much at stake for the people off the wrong. one aim of today's talks is clearly getting the united states back into the agreement. why is the bite in administration reluctant to do, sir? well, there's 2 things to watch. the. the 1st is that the iranians, in fact, i don't want the americans at the table.

and i can say they were poor vaughan, but they've got rich with us. just flies through hard work commitment. so and i think for the 1st 2 years they didn't sleep more than 4 hours a night to shop. so the bottle sink if you take too much on board playing and let's just squeeze through their heading for their luxury yacht. germany has borrowed more than 400000000000 euros to stabilize the economy and secure jobs in the corona crisis. man corona has put america on its knees in america, so rich, not the american people. some don't even have a $1000.00 on as many a rich. but that doesn't account for the whole nation. mid sized businesses make a country, germany's emerged from the crisis in good shape for sure, there are bills to pay, the welfare state is kicking in again. today they're not here to kick back and relax. so homan byron georgia charlotta the upcoming policy that though i can get on a shawn hello home and i tell my volvo, thank you. yeah, there was places to work right there. yacht is the largest permitted to more on lake constance below the co

they have been the pivotal figures in yorkshire cricket since the war, certainly up to the michael vaughanan administrator and he did not have such a successful time as england's supremo. he demanded absolute power, a bit like chris silverwood has done as coach now and he did pick some good players like craig whyte but he also strangely overlooked star players like angus fraser and jack russell. it was not a successful period for england. they lost in australia in 94—95, and in south africa the following winter and he found it a really gruelling trip, he was in his mid—60s by then. it was a real shame he was not given that england supremojob it was a real shame he was not given that england supremo job earlier. he might have got the best out of that 19805 might have got the best out of that 1980s teen, ian botham, allan lamb, david gower, brilliant individuals and he might have been the man to give them the discipline, that side, and they would have achieve more success. ., ~' and they would have achieve more success. ., ~ , ., ., ., , success. thank you for “oining us. and sharing * succe

$340000000000.00 scheme to rival china's belt and wrote initiative european commission president ursula vaughan delay and cause it a true alternative. involves investment in digital technology transport and energy . uganda sending troops across the border into democratic republic of congo as the battles and on group itself. the air strikes on tuesday against the allied democratic forces, part of a joint operation with the congo lee's army, nato's threatening russia with economic sanctions. if a uses force against ukraine concerns over the military build up of the board of dominate to discussions in latvia as cap to reagan, at least 3 tal mom band members have been killed at iran's border with afghanistan . several iranian border guards were also injured. iranian media reporting the violence escalated after the taliban. open fire on iranian farmers. those are the headlines with back with more after witness the listening post cuts through the noise. we're talking about competing now. but seeing monday, tools being used to perpetuate those competing narrative separating spin from fuck all 3 versio

hello, this is bbc news. lam i am lewis vaughan—jones.e'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines. lord frost, the man in charge of the uk's brexit negotiations, has resigned citing concerns over the "direction" of boris johnson's government. another 90,000 covid—19 cases are reported across the uk, as the mayor of london declares a major incident in the capital. germany has become the latest european country to impose restrictions on travellers from the uk over the concern of the 0micron variant. the dutch prime minister puts his country into a tough new lockdown, as the latest coronavirus variant spreads. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejo philips, political commentator, and nigel nelson, political editor at sunday people and sunday mirror. tomorrow's front pages are in, but a spoiler alert in case you're yet to watch the strictly come dancing final, the papers reveal the winner. so look away now if you don't want to know. let's

bt sport's decision comes after the bbc dropped vaughan from their ashes coverage.iland's noppon saeng—kham, winning four straight frames to take the match 6—3, finishing with a century break. he faces kyren wilson or ben wollaston next. in the other fourth round match, zhao xintong beat england's peter lines 6—4. and before we go, glasgow has won the bid to host the world athletics indoor championships in 2024. more on that story on the bbc sport website. next sportsday with john watson at 6.30. i'm john watson at 6.30. guessing you are at the edge your i'm guessing you are at the edge of your seat waiting for the lights to be turned on. we try to catch the moment earlier and failed twice. but the prime minister has now switched them on. here it is.— them on. here it is. five, for the 84. three. _ them on. here it is. five, for the 84. three. two. _ them on. here it is. five, for the 84, three, two, one. _ them on. here it is. five, for the 84, three, two, one. cheering.| them on. here it is. five, for the - 84, three, two, one. cheering. nowa typical_ 84, three, t

bt sport's decision comes after the bbc dropped vaughan from their ashes coverage. the uk snooker championship in york. the seven—time champion saw off thailand's noppon saeng—kham, winning four straight frames to take the match 6—3, finishing with a century break. he faces kyren wilson or ben wollaston next. in the other fourth round match, zhao xintong beat england's peter lines 6—4. plenty of support happening and more on the website but that is it for me now. thank you so much. alec baldwin has denied pulling the trigger of the gun that was fired and killed a cinemetographer on the set of the movie rust. in his first interview since the incident, the actor told abc news he would "never point a gun at anyone or pull a trigger at them" and he had no idea how a live round got onto the film set. the trigger was not pulled, i did not pull the trigger. you the trigger was not pulled, i did not pull the trigger.— the trigger was not pulled, i did not pull the trigger. you never pull the trigger? _ not pull the trigger. you never pull the trigger? no. — not pull the tri

including dana kennedy, lisa lucas at pantheon, and adrian vaughan at bloomsbury usa. in other news, borders reports that french legislation is taking aim at amazon shipping costs of customers in the country. french law prohibits discounting the price of new books. amazon charges one cent to get around that, and the new legislation would set a minimum delivery fee. the french minister of culture said, quote, this law is necessary to regulate the distorted competition with online book sales and prevent the inevitable monopoly that will emerge if the status quo persists. amazon argues that the law will hurt customers in rural areas of friends. in other news, performing artist salons has started a library of rare books by black writers and artists. the saint here on library collection, named after salon just studio, contains 50 books that are available on the first term, first serve basis. the inaugural collection was selected by rosa duffey who owns the atlanta bookstore keeps. for more information on solange's book shop, go on her website. and according to an pd book st

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340000000000 dollar scheme to rival china belts and road initiative. european commission president ursula vaughan de leon cause it a true alternative. involves investment in digital technology, transport and energy. at least 3 members of the taliban have been killed at ron's border with afghanistan. several iranian border guards were also injured during the confrontation. iranian media is reporting the violence escalated after the taliban opened fire on iranian farms. the pony parliament on wednesday began debating a new build that would ban all abortions. a prompted protest by women's rights activists earlier in the week currently in poland. terminations are only allowed in cases of rape incest. or if the woman's life or health is in danger, those all the headlines were back in half an hour right now on al jazeera. it's inside story. ah. hunting down rebels, uganda and troops launch an operation in eastern democratic republic of congo. there target, the allied democratic forces claimed for years of violence, but will and military solution resolve the conflict. and can the adf be defeated? this i

i'm @lvaughanjones i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. bye—bye.ed chilly all day, but at least we've had the sunshine to compensate. the weather watcher picture behind me shows a lovely sunset there in the wirral. it's been a different story for other areas, particularly across southern parts of england into wales and northern ireland, rather grey, gloomy skies, some mist and murk and also a little bit of drizzle in the air. 0ur area of high pressure is holding onto our weather through the rest of the day and indeed into the weekend. it's going to bring a lot of dry weather overnight. the cloud tending to return to many central areas, some dense mist and fog patches developing as well across northern and eastern england. but under those clear skies, temperatures will be plummeting down to freezing or below, so cold here versus much milder conditions further south, where we hold the thickest could. very little change into the weekend, our blocking area of high pressure will continue to bring a lot of cloud around. it's going to stay mostly dry, bar

and i can say they were poor vaughan, but they've got rich with us. just flies through hard work commitment. no, and i think for the 1st 2 years, they didn't sleep more than 4 hours a night as well. so the vital sink, if you take too much on board playing and let's just squeeze through their heading for their luxury yacht. germany has borrowed more than 400000000000 euros to stabilize the economy and secure jobs in the corona crisis. man corona has put america on its knees in america, so rich, not the american people. some don't even have a $1000.00 on as many a rich. but that doesn't account for the whole nation. mid sized businesses make a country, germany's emerged from the crisis in good shape. for sure, there are bills to pay, the welfare state is kicking in again. today they're not here to kick back and relax. so hallman byron, georgia, charlotta, the upcoming policy that so i can get on a shawn hello, home on i come on, waldo. thank you. yeah, there was places to work right there. yacht is the largest permitted to more on lake constance renewal

e u commission president ursula vaughan delay and had also highlighted the need for the block to step up its military capabilities in order to be able to confront security threats and global crisis or european union is a unique security provider. there will be missions where nato, all the united nations will not be present. but where you are should be. you can have the most advanced forces in the world. but if you never prepared to use them of what use are they? what has helped us back until now is not just a shortfall of capacity. it is the lack of political will. and let's take a closer look at how much you government spend on defense. a recent european defense agency report showed the block spent a record 225000000000 dollars last year, a 5 percent increase on 2019. but there was a full in joint investment. the continent spent just 11 percent of that total equipment purchases in cooperation with other u government. despite the lack of cooperation, the block still plans a joint military force of up to 5000 troops by 2025 to deploy during emergencies. the less bringing our guest now

vehicle into a group of protested dozens more were injured during the anti q demonstration in young vaughan vote counting on the way in the gambia. oftentimes, today's presidential election has been high turn out the whole scene of the test of stability and democratic progress. now the number of new daily cove is 19 cases in south africa is nearly quadrupled in just 4 days. more than 16000 infections were recorded on saturday. it's underscore and concerns about the rapid spread of the new on the chrome variant from johannesburg for me, the miller explains how the government is responding by encouraging more people to get vaccinated. this is one of a few 100 vaccination centers in the halting province in south africa. how ting has been hard to hit by the rise in covert 19 infections between 70 and 80 percent of new infections across south africa in this province alone. and that is why authorities are saying that people need to get out and get vaccinated. there has been some level of vaccine hesitancy, about 42 percent of people who are eligible for a vaccine have actually taken that up. but

allow me to say travel upper tight a european commission president ursula vaughan delane is calling on the you to consider mandatory vaccinations to help fight the rise in cases. several you nations announced booster shots and plans to vaccinate children. the arm across varian has now been reported in at least 24 countries. the united states has accorded its 1st case. that's where we're going to go right now. alan fischer is life for us in a washington. so alan, what more we hearing about this patient that's man arrived in the united states in california on the 22nd of november from south africa. that of course, before the travel bands were put in place, didn't feel terribly well tested on the 29th of november. it was then he was positive, it was sent for further testing on the 30th by 3 pm. public health experts had the sample by 8 pm, the confirmed it was the new variant at you. remember that when corporate was found in the united states, it was also fast on the west coast. now this man is an isolation, has caused contacts have tested negative, but of course track in trace his underw

iam i am lewis vaughan—jones. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment.s over the "direction" of boris johnson�*s government. another 90,000 covid—19 cases are reported across the uk, as the mayor of london declares a major incident in the capital. germany has become the latest european country to impose restrictions on travellers from the uk over the concern of the 0micron variant. the dutch prime minister puts his country into a tough new lockdown, as the latest coronavirus variant spreads.

seen anything that suggests the vaccines don't perform well in their most crucial aspect michael vaughanve the message of get your shot and get your booster shot, is this a message that we will start to hear every six months and is there a risk that people will tire of that?- people will tire of that? there is a risk of _ people will tire of that? there is a risk of that, _ people will tire of that? there is a risk of that, yes, - people will tire of that? there is a risk of that, yes, and - people will tire of that? there is a risk of that, yes, and i - is a risk of that, yes, and i think we have to be very clear about why we are boosting. i think that boosting can decrease infections temporarily and that's very important for some populations but i don't necessarily think that boosting just to decrease infection is sustainable and it brings up tremendous equity issues because when you have that is your goal, suddenly the demand for vaccine in high income countries will skyrocket. so i don't think that that should be how we do it for most people. i think that an annual shot could be in o

the economy minister vaughan gething has also said today even though there are 600 omicron cases hereate that figure will be close to the thousands and that is why they are bringing in these additional measures. he also says they are not ruling out further measures coming in after christmas, nothing more before christmas, although cabinet is meeting here in the building behind me to discuss what measures could be brought in on the hospitality sector after christmas. that's the situation in wales, let's cross over to glasgow to hear from wales, let's cross over to glasgow to hearfrom lorna gordon. the scottish cabinet has been meeting this morning to discuss next steps in dealing with covid in scotland, the bbc understands ministers have been looking at whether to introduce further restrictions on big events or indeed whether to cancel them altogether. i think the concerns are the type of events that rely on back—up from emergency services like the ambulance service or police and the ambulance service or police and the movement of people to and from these events and the queueing that m

many were hard to watch, especially in such a traumatized society as in the young state of israel vaughan. at the same time, the witnesses and survivors came to be perceived as mediators asking, they were messengers through a telling the stories of the dead rather than their eigen and wished courtroom footage left its global audience stumped as people began to grasp the magnitude of the suffering inflicted by the nazis lightman displayed no emotion. his sole concern was preserving a carefully crafted image. that's clear from an episode that occurred one evening after a day of proceedings via void was and am i leg and i dropped it off him. psych, info. it says, one of the things we had prepared for the trial was the documentary. i hope we had received 300 films from poland. lag meet 1000 about the gas chambers and the death camps with thousands of corpses of jews and so on. algae, or it was gruesome, right? tag owned by a nation. it so that we have spent 3 days and 3 nights watching on this footage. and put together a 4 to 5 minute film. you know, i was finished as i get that be fair to th

i'm lewis vaughan jones. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell is found guilty on five counts of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse by a jury in new york. maxwell procured the girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein — she faces the rest of her life behind bars. it doesn't matter who you are, no matter what kind of circles you travel in, no matter how much money you have, no matter how many years have passed since the sexual abuse, justice is still possible. we'll be looking at the implications of the verdict for prince andrew, who is named in a lawsuit brought by a woman who says she was groomed by maxwell and abused by the prince. a jury in new york has found the british socialite ghislaine maxwell guilty of having helped the late financier, jeffrey epstein, sexually abuse teenage girls. the jurors found the sixty— year— old guilty of another four charges connected with procuring the victims and facilitating the abuse. she was found not guilty on one other charge. th

very many successful employees on including a couple of brothers asti and i can say they were poor vaughan, but they've got rich with us. just flies through hard work commitment. no, and i think for the 1st 2 years, they didn't sleep more than 4 hours a night as well. so the vital sink, if you take too much on board playing and let's just squeeze through their heading for their luxury yacht. germany has borrowed more than 400000000000 euros to stabilize the economy and secure jobs. and the corona crisis. man corona has put america on its knees in america, so rich, not the american people. some don't even have a $1000.00 on as many a rich. but that doesn't account for the whole nation. mid sized businesses make a country. germany emerged from the crisis in good shape. for sure, there are bills to pay, the welfare state is kicking in again. today they're not here to kick back and relax. so hallman byron, georgia, charlotta, the upcoming policy that so i can get on a shawn hello home and i'm like, i'm on waldo. thank you. yeah, there was places to work right there. yacht is the largest permit

like stevie ray vaughan, late great guitarist singer, caught in a crossfire. crime and omicron. my former employer pricewaterhousecoopers, we're caught at retail stores because of omicron and the other 25% are afraid to shop pause crime pervasive because of your great interview before the commercial break. edward: i will ask you pull out the crystal ball, americans are feeling inflation with rising prices. you mentioned that. will consumers pull back in the first part of 2022? will this continue? >> edward, consumers are already pulling back. they're leaving restaurants. i just did an interview with the "l.a. times." we will have record high grocery sales in food retailers across america this week, christmas week, and again next week during new years and people can't afford to even go through the drive-through window in mcdonald's and there will be a pervasive switch to private label. 50% of the sales in canada and the uk, other english speaking country, england and ireland, scotland, are private label because the cost of equivalent pound of general mills or k

and i can say they were poor vaughan, but they've got rich with us to slice through hard work commitment. no, and i think for the 1st 2 years, they didn't sleep more than 4 hours a night. michelin saw the bottle sink. if you take too much on board showing him, let's just squeeze through their heading for their luxury yacht. germany has borrowed more than 400000000000 euros to stabilize the economy and secure jobs. and the corona crisis. corona has put america on its knees in america. so rich, not the american people. some don't even have a $1000.00 on as many a rich. but that doesn't account for the whole nation. mid sized businesses make a country. germany emerged from the crisis in good shape for sure. there are bills to pay, the welfare state is kicking in again. today they're not here to kick back and relax. so hallman byron, georgia, chowder, the upcoming policy that though i can get on a shawn oh, home on i me say why come on waldo? thank you. yeah, there was places to work right there. yacht is the largest permitted to more on lake constance renewal. the company there, i'm just th

with that, vaughan, i want to go to you, thank you for standing by, i know you are at laguardia airport talking about the travel difficulties we have been dealing with over this holiday season. so you've got omicron and you've got these weather situations across the country as well. we have been seeing cancellations across the board, thousands of people stranded. talk me through what you're seeing today. >> reporter: exactly, yasmin. as you and the doctor were just saying, this has a trickle down effect of jamming up commerce, the economy and travel. i think that the numbers here at 9:00 a.m. out east, it's only 6:00 a.m. out west, there's already more than 1,200 canceled flights today alone. look out in denver, already today 245 flights in denver international airport that have already been canceled. you are seeing this over the course of the last more than a week. just look at these numbers. yesterday more than 1,400 canceled flights, seattle was so hard hit by the winter storms over this last week, today 300 canceled flights. you are seeing a backlog of americans who are trying to tr

more and all this, i'm joined now by cor needle is honor by he is associate fellow at the alfred vaughan oppenheim center for european policy studies in berlin. welcome, sir. how crucial are these talks for iran? there's clearly much at stake for the iranian people. right. and we've just heard from, from the people in the country themselves, they are seriously worried that this is not going to be a success. there is little expectation also because of the government at the same time. this is the government they will have to live with for the next 3 years round about. so the, the expectation in tehran is, is quite low. there is worried that the hard line government may drive this against the wall and then with possible consequences ranging from from more conflict to more sanctions. so there is much at stake for the people of iran. one aim of today's talks is clearly getting the united states back into the agreement. why is the bite in administration reluctant to do, sir? well, there's 2 things to watch. the 1st is that the iranians in fact, don't want the americans at the table. and so thi

hillary vaughan on capitol hill. of them that signed onto this letter are group, or companies that have supported at least outwardly through statements or even in some cases donations to groups that called for defunding police, calls for lenient bail reform or things like shoplifting charges to be lowered from felony to misdemeanor on certain thresholds but it is not just retailers who are concerned, voters are concerned about crime. a foxbusiness poll found 70% of voters are extremely or very concerned about higher crime rates in the us, 57% say they disapprove of how president biden is handling the crime crisis but companies are trying to ask congress to help. 2 dozen ceos and target, levi strauss and home depot are asking for this help but some of those retailers have funded group that called for defunding the police. nordstrom in january spoken support black lives there, a group that is publicly called for defunding the police, home depot pledged $1 million to the lawyers committee for civil rights under law with

good morning, vaughan gething. thank you forjoining us. evidence from our on i these measures? we have got to be i modelled evidence from our on people in wales. _ modelled evidence from our on people in wales, who have also been looking at the _ in wales, who have also been looking at the rest _ in wales, who have also been looking at the rest of the uk. our advises that london is about a week ahead of us in terms _ that london is about a week ahead of us in terms of the curve, the number of cases _ us in terms of the curve, the number of cases. yesterday we had a big day. _ of cases. yesterday we had a big day. with— of cases. yesterday we had a big day, with the record number of cases identified _ day, with the record number of cases identified in— day, with the record number of cases identified in wales. it is entirely possible — identified in wales. it is entirely possible omicron is entirely dominant in wales. case rates have risen _ dominant in wales. case rates have risen significantly in the last couple — risen significantly in th

to also impact the lives of americans, i intend to introduce the kimberly vaughan storage bill. in light of oakland county and the tragedy of a family leaving a gun as they gave it to a child for a birthday, believing it access to be that child, four precious lives are lost. i think this is certainly bipartisan legislation to create the opportunity for you to buy a gun, but to have the message, storage is important. this bill will provide a variety of best practices and penalties for those that do not store their guns. support me in the kimberly vaughan storage bill to make sure that we do what is right for our children. i yield back. store your guns and make them safe. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: madam speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today to recognize an extraordinary citizen

now, one interesting think the economy minister said vaughan gething, is that he's expecting today andd mixing would be strongly advised. a limit, bubbles on that, potentially, and there'll be regulation and law for hospitality measures as well. we're expecting other sorts of restrictions as well, but we'll have to wait until midday to hear what exactly they may be. that's the situation in wales. we'll hear more at lunchtime. let's cross over now to northern ireland, to hearfrom chris page. well, ministers in the devolved governments here at stormont are meeting today to decide which restrictions to reimpose. the spread of the omicron variant here is a few days behind the rest of the uk. the number of covid patients in hospital has actually dropped to its lowest level since july. but ministers have been clear they're going to have to take some action to get northern ireland through the peak of this coming wave of the virus, which is expected to come here in january. so among the measures understood to be on the agenda — potentially the closure of nightclubs, some more regulations for t

hillary vaughan at a testing site in arlington, virginia. >> the line is around the block, they go spendd how many people are in it you see the line getting longer and longer, the white house and the president's, 500 million free at home tests are going to be made available to people but they will be arriving not in time for the holidays, that's not going to ease any lines and the holiday crunch around the country will announce new federal testing sites around the us and a website so americans can get home tests delivered for free but additionally the white house has been keenly aware testing is not where it needed to be. earlier this year they said they would investor billion dollars to increase access to testing but the year is over. it is december and that $1 billion is not seemed to ease any of the bottlenecks in virginia. multiple site had to close because covid tests were trapped due to shipping delays so they were is shutting down facilities yesterday. wait times in dc were over an hour, sometimes multiple hours of waiting in line and new york was worse, people were waiting in lin

hillary vaughan on capitol hill.on. >> putting the programs in the permanent and some burgers lawmakers saying this discredits the nonpartisan congressional budget office because they have an issue they engaged in the first place because they are scoring a bill that doesn't exist but the chair of the congressional progressive caucus admitted openly the reason they had to sunset some of these programs in the package is because they were forced to keep the price tag down but other lawmakers on capitol hill are saying the reason they sunset and programs is they wanted to see what exactly works and what should be extended. >> one of the reasons you write the program for shorter time, you want to make sure they are working. >> the federal government collected $565 billion in taxes for the first two month, october and november of 2022 fiscal year according to the treasury but spent over $900 billion. there is a massive deficit already even though democrats promised combined with new tax hikes there's going to be enough mon

with the holiday weekend just days away, going to americans traveling, hillary vaughan at reagan internationale surge in omicron affecting travel plans? >> reporter: doesn't seem like it. if you look at numbers from the transportation security administration this holiday season. airline travel is expected to be almost double what it was last year because consumer confidence is way up even though the omicron variant is gaining ground in positive cases popping up around the country. 4.3 million people pass through airport security checkpoints friday and saturday. that is nearly double. the 2.1 million who did on those dates in 2020 according to the tsa, 2 million people pastor airport security checkpoints daily for five consecutive days leading up to christmas but the white house is trying to make sure people feel comfortable gathering with their families for the holidays on the one condition that they are vaccinated. >> president biden: some americans are wondering if you can safely celebrate the holidays with your family and friends the answer is yes, you can. if you and those who celebrate wi

last night as well vaughan gething, the economy minister. _ as well vaughan gething, the economy ministert the very least when it comes to households there will be _ when it comes to households there will be guidance on household bubbles — will be guidance on household bubbles. what is interesting there is the _ bubbles. what is interesting there is the difference between guidance and low _ is the difference between guidance and low i— is the difference between guidance and low. i think we could potentially see in hospitality sectors _ potentially see in hospitality sectors and in businesses that maybe there will— sectors and in businesses that maybe there will be law, certain restrictions, but when it comes to household — restrictions, but when it comes to household mixing, that might be strong _ household mixing, that might be strong advice, guidance, which is different— strong advice, guidance, which is different to what we had before. certainty — different to what we had before. certainly nowhere near lockdown measures — certainly nowhere near lockdown measures. none of these will com