willis: we do not. we had a return traveler yesterday from south africa but that person turned out not to be infected by omicron variant. we are continuing to monitor. we have surveillance in place. we are not surprised to find the first case was detected in the bay area, because we know we have a population that tends to travel more and we have excellent surveillance systems, good rob -- laboratory relationships, and we were able to sequence more samples. anchor: this person who returned, the one with the positive case, in the contact tracing that is being done, did they have any contacts that are residing or working in marin county that you know of? dr. willis: not that we know of. we are just learning about this. i am sure that the contact tracing that is happening right now is detail oriented, and they are getting every bit of the history they can as to where the person may have been and who they may have exposed. we have not been notified that any one in the county was exposed. anchor: is marin cou

matt willis. dr. willis, thanks for your time. before we get to marin specific questions, if i may ask about the pfizer lab study released today, it shows the initial, two-dose effectiveness does drop a lot versus only chronic, but the third shot is apparently the charm. tell us what you know about that. dr. willis: it is consistent with what we are seeing in marin county. we have seen dramatic improvements in protection with that booster shot, especially for our older residents. when we look at older residents who had a booster shot, look at cases in the month of november and look back and see who had gotten a booster and who had not, we found a nine-fold increase in cases among residents who had not received booster compared to those who had in the older age group. it is another sign that we can think of this as a regimen that probably should have been three all along, rather than seeing the third as an extra. we should think of it as an essential part of the third series. kristen: i am hearing more doctors and researchers who s

>> willie? so great to see you unmasked. >> how you been? >> what's going on? >> drinking milk getting tall. >> you're digging deep, pal. >> almost like childhood dream stuff. >> crazy. i'm pinching the hell out of myself. is this really happening? >> oh, man you're trying to make me cry with this question. >> there is always an anniversary to be celebrated at "sunday today." >> i'm being burned at the stake and i am dying for -- >> you've had a long struggle with anxiety haven't you? >> yeah. it feels like life or death. >> we don't want anyone to think we -- it's been easy. if that is someone's expectation of a relationship and certainly a marriage it is a bad expectation to have. >> how do you do it? >> i have a good therapist. i'm not joking. >> important. >> it is very, very important. you just have to work at finding your way to stay grounded >> i use humor as a coping mechanism as a pressure release valve. >> for me, it's how i process the worst things in my life is through making fun of

. >> what you talkin' about, willis? return of "live in front of a studio audience", and boy, was it live. >> when something is over, you used the word so i will, it's [ bleep ] over. >> never before in the history of american television has a 99-year-old person used the f-word. >> norman lear, teaming up with jimmy kimmel once again, this time to bring back "different strokes." >> come here. >> kevin hart as arnold and john lithgow as mr. drummond. the all-star cast redoing the privacy episode that aired in season one of "different strokes." >> all right. now you two be nice to each other. >> we will, mr. drummond. >> okay. >> ah! >> peppering in some surprise appearances, too. >> hey, this is my room, too, willis. i want to play here. >> and at least one minor update to the 1979 script. >> hey, willis? >> uh-huh. >> how come vernon always smell like weed? >> ann dowd playing mrs. garrett in "different strokes" and in the other staging "the facts of life". >> tell me one thing about the grateful dead. if they're dead, h

. >> reporter: willie, good morning to you. people are waking up this morning, waking up to another nightmare. families are in anguish with hundreds still missing. crews on the ground are hopeful they will find more people alive. this morning emergency responders in hard-hit kentucky searching around the clock for any sign of life beneath the rubble. >> hopefully there is more survivors in there now. working and trying to recover debris and move everything out. >> reporter: it's a race against time as the candle factory in mayfield where daryl johnson says his younger sister began her night shift hours before the tornado roared through. >> i'm prepared for the worst but hoping for the best. >> reporter: more than 100 people were inside at the height of the storm. for daryl, the site brings tears and heart ache. >> she's all i got left. i lost my brother in 2016 to a murder, and. >> reporter: wow. >> i have nieces. she's it. >> reporter: but amid the devastation, some workers made it out alive. >> i thought it was over with for

david willis live for us there _ this country. david willis live for us there in _ this country.there in los _ this country. david willis live for us there in los angeles. | for us there in los angeles. thank you very much indeed for bringing us up—to—date with that. some breaking news. in the last few minutes, it's been announced that the former south korean president park goon—hay, who was jailed for 22 years on corruption charges is to be granted a pardon by the government. miss park was impeached and removed from office in march 2017 after widespread protests in south korea. the 69—year—old has been in hospital three times due to chronic shoulder and lower back pain. the current president moonjae—in had previously ruled out a pardon. a study from the british government offers hope that the omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause severe disease than delta, the previously dominant strain. earlier studies from the uk and south africa also suggest that omicron is causing a more mild version of the disease, although the sheer number of cases could still overwhelm he

no better one he did after when she lost. >> other than willie's. >> willie's has now surpassed it, naturallyesn't waste it. he uses it. 71 minutes. as long as it is an hour and 20 minutes. you never sit there and think any moment is wasted. he uses that space to really -- he's become a master of the form. i don't think anybody does long form interviews better than howard in any venue. >> peter baker is going to be doing an extraordinarily, well, personal, revealing interview with howard stern, we're sure, sometime soon. >> yeah. don't give it away. >> on the show. >> joe is a big music guy. i want to send you a tape of howard stern interviewing james brown in the studio. >> oh, my god. electric. >> you need to -- one of the rare times i saw james brown really get -- well, you need to watch the interview. to have james brown and howard stern in one interview, only god could make that -- >> only god could get you through that one. >> that's a lot. peter baker, thank you for being on. >> what are you working on other than your howard stern interview? >> if you listen to howard stern's interview

willie, it really is. look at everything that's going on right now in the republican party, and you're just waiting for adults, any adults, some adult, just to stand up and say, "hey, enough is enough. enough of the meetings." say, "we're against fascism. we're against anti-muslim fascism, just like we're against anti-semitic fascism." >> yeah, and these shouldn't be close calls. this is the easy stuff in politics. someone says the stuff we've been hearing, and we lay it out. if you're the leader of the party, that's an easy thing to say, "knock it off." we're not talking about policy disputes. if you disagree with congresswoman omar on policy, her view on israel, other questions, that's the debate. what we're seeing now is something else. it is a game. mika is right, it is a game to a lot of these people. the problem is, they have a lot of people cheering them as they play the game. we saw it in the video with lauren boebert, the crowd laughing, cheering, clapping when she said what she said. we're going

the biggest one being what you just said, willie.w whether that was actually what they had said or not. so -- i just don't see how they're going to regulate it, though, because this is not being but back into the bottle and we've seen congress' inability to regulate high-tech things so far. it's going in that direction, i think. >> jonathan on the up side could, have a deep fake host "way too early" three days a week and save yourself some sleep? >> not a bad idea, catch up monday, wednesday, friday, deep fake do it. i the other days. to katty's point, living in a time, politics defined by lies and misinformation and disinformation, this feels like a dangerous tool to add to that. >> jonathan, katty, thank you very much. >>> thank all of you for watching think morning. we'll be right back here with you tomorrow morning on "morning joe." for now, yasmine vossoughian picks up the coverage. >>> hey there, everybody. i'm yasmin

willie, i mean, let's be blunt.if all republicans are evil, then why are you hanging out with me? oh, you don't believe it. i go, but i do. no, you don't. and you tell an amazing story about going to vanderbilt. to think this is new, i lived on the upper west side when george w. bush was president. you couldn't go five feet without seeing him dressed as hitler on postcards, on t-shirts, on hats. george w. bush was hitler. if you voted for george w. bush, which i did, twice, i remember telling somebody on an airplane that. she gasped and threw down her drink and asked somebody if she can sit somewhere else. so this is not new. this is not new. but, willie, you actually tell an amazing story about going to vanderbilt during this time and what you learned by doing that. >> well, i always tell people, i think the best thing you can do is to leave whatever your bubble is, whether it is a conservative bubble or a progressive bubble, whether it is an urban bubble or a rural bubble, and burst it and go expose yourself. that

willie, i am looking forward to your interview with hillary clinton.is master class she's going to be doing online and i heard the tractors on the right have been attacking her, oh she lost and i don't want to hear about it. i sat there in amusement thinking this it is exactly who you want to talk to. anybody ever succeeded has had setbacks from abraham lincoln, pick any sports star. i am absolutely fascinated by her story and what she's going to tell and you got to sit down and actually talk to her about it. >> yes, we talked about this master class, online platform that people can sign up for but it turns into a conversation for so much more. we talked about a lot more, she had advices for democrats and joe, she talked about republicans, she had good feelings or disagreed with but thought they shared something in common until donald trump came along and she started asking herself what happened to them. >> this guy has no bases at all, no law or facts. he does not care. he wants to destroy this industry's institutions. and sadly the republican party h

willie got together with matthew in new york this week for a sunday sit-down.just imagine it. a spectacular musical that takes your audience out of this world. ♪ this girl is on fire ♪ >> thanks to the "sing" movies, matthew mcconaughey's audience now includes his children. >> i was tired of me and my kids getting asked, what's your favorite movie of your dad's, and they go, i haven't seen any. i hadn't made any they could see. what am i going to do, sit them down in front of "true detective"? a lot more questions than answers. not yet. i wanted to do something that they could see. and then it was just good family joy fun. it promotes great values which i believe in. when i was doing the voice, i come out of those sessions feeling younger, feeling like a kid again. >> dream big dreams. that's what i always said. right? >> uh-huh. >> such a different experience for you as an actor to walk into a booth in your street clothes and try become this optimistic koala. how do you prepare? >> similar to live action. meaning who is he? who is my man in in this case, who i

>> i sure hope so, willie. we got to make it happen.i know very well. >> secretary clinton shares some advise for democrats heading into the midterm elections how they may run and run better to try to hold onto the house of representatives and made a prediction of what we'll see in 2024. >> if i were a betting person right now, i would say trump will run again. if he's not held accountable, he gets to do it again. i think that could be the end of our democracy. i want people to understand that this is a make or break point. if he were or someone of his ilk were to be elected as president and especially he had a congress that'll do his bidding, you will not recognize our country. >> given everything you have described, do you have moments of responsibility or even guilt of what's happened? >> i try to warn people and try to make the case that this was dangerous of people who was allied with and what he was saying and what he may do. for james comey and what he did, i felt terrible for not stopping him and the people around him. i feel th

ok, david willis, _ events ofjanuary six. ok, david willis, thank - events ofjanuary six.nts ofjanuary six. ok, i david willis, thank you very much for being with us. the british socialite, ghislaine maxwell, who's facing sex trafficking charges in the united states, has told the court she won't be giving evidence. ms maxwell said there was no need to testify because the prosecution had failed to prove her guilt beyond reasonable doubt. she denies grooming girls for the late convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein. our correspondent nada tawfik has been outside the courthouse in new york. the defence has rested its case today and it comes after ghislaine maxwell decided not to take the stand in her own defence. as she stood up and addressed the judge, she said that there was no need for her to testify because the prosecution had not proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt. so a very defiant response there from ghislaine maxwell, who has been very involved throughout this whole trial, passing notes to her lawyers during cross—examination of the accusers and others who hav

matt willis, marin county public health officer. thanks so much for joining us today. marin county is seeing what much of the bay area is seeing now, an omicron surge. how is it going up there in the north bay? >> it is clear we are deep in our omicron surge. we had 300 new cases this morning when the team arrived to process the positive results. that's the most they'd ever seen coming into a given day. it's clear that the surge that started around the 20th of december has really taken hold. we think that that current surge was really amplified by pre-christmas gatherings. most of the people who were tested were tested on the 26th of december. so that would have been events that happened before christmas. so obviously, there's a concern there that christmas day and gatherings associated with that particular holiday might lead to even higher case rates in the coming days. >> are there any break downs on how many people are vaccinated getting omicron versus non-vaccinated? >> yeah, we're seeing, as other areas are, significant numbers of people who are infected who are v

>> i'm still soaking it in, willie. i started covering politics in nevada in the dark ages of 1996 when he was first running for the senate. and i remember meeting him for the first time. i was this, you know, wet behind the ears political reporter. what, this guy is going to be in the u.s. senate? he was so soft-spoken. i later described him as, you know, charismaticly challenged. i couldn't believe that he was running to be in the famed club of 100. but, boy, did he prove me wrong in that campaign and going forward. and as mike barnicle said, his toughness cannot be underestimated. you heard all of the cliches about him being a boxer, growing up in poverty, in searchlight. this is when the cliches really resonate. that's who harry reid really was. this guy who grew up in a place that is almost unimaginable, this tiny spac in a nevada desert, indoor plumbing, with siblings. they barely had any medical care. and his character was forged there. and whether you like him or not, as you know, willie, a lot of people did not

. >> what you talkin' bout, willis?diff'rent strokes" and "the facts of life." >> i'd know those knees anywhere. >> the hair, the head gear. the throwback commercials. the surprise guests. the original stars. ♪ the facts of life ♪ >> and the classic theme songs. ♪ together we'll be fine diff'rent strokes yes it does ♪ ♪ it takes diff'rent strokes to rule the world ♪ >>> no, it is not 1994. it is 2021. good morning, america. hope you're doing well this morning. >> those are fun. people have been enjoying those throwbacks and that music, that song. >> the theme songs. >> love those, yes, we'll talk more about that. >>> but the big story, of course, continues to be this race to contain omicron, the new covid variant now confirmed in at least 21 states, just a week after it was first detected in the country. >> this as we're getting brand-new data from pfizer just this morning. dr. jha is here live. he's standing by in our studio to talk about that and more. >>> first let's go to whit johnson who is at a hospital and vaccin

willis alignment, bright young morning finalists for the pro football hall of fame class of 2022 willis was a seven-time pro bowler and five-time first team, all pro he only played 8 seasons all with the niners, but he's still the franchise's all-time leader in solo tackles he is considered a shoe in to make the hall of fame, although it wasn't picked in his first 2 years of eligibility. meanwhile, young was a four-time pro bowler. he ranks second on the forty-niners list of career sack leaders, young help the niners to their last super bowl titles. a rookie in 1994 and he was the league's comeback player of the year in 18, 80 night. >> i think it's a no-brainer that patrick is a hall of famer. you talk about speed, you talk about physicality, you talk about smart. i he's everything you want in an inside linebacker and he set the tone for the defense here. you know, for play, a 9 years that he was here. you know, he was that guy. he was the leader of this defense and and i was just always fun to watch him. >> reporting for us this morning. you can watch the forty-niners this sunday afte

we had so many memories willie and i. we really spanned. >> you are looking good. >> 15 years is enough. can you believer we are on year 15, guys? that's pretty exciting. >> let's get to -- you are going to interrupt? i am waiting and i am seeing it. i would like to do and if this is okay what we call in the football business and audible. just for a second. >> you may. >> do you have those phone numbers before we go to the first story? mark meadows? whatever. >> i was fascinated because we have you here adrienne. i was looking at polling yesterday and talking to a good number of people on the hill on both sides and it seems that top priorities for democrats if you ask democrats what are the top three issues and you ask independence what are the top three issues and you ask republicans what are the top three issues, it's one of these things, which one does not belong. democrats' issues don't line up just where two-thirds of americans are. i was telling mika about this yesterday, my gosh, they are for a field where the amer

doctor matt willis.says the exemption to mask-wearing indoors had to change given the numbers and the science behind omicron. it is highly contagious. >> we're also learning that people are fully vaccinated and nia are vulnerable to being affected masking while working out may not settle well with gym members, but it's a health conscious decision. everyone has to go along with. i don't like wearing a mask, but i know it's a good thing. >> the statewide mask mandate is set to expire january 15th san francisco says they will continue to require masks indoors regardless of vaccination status until january 31st in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news from san francisco to the south bay with the children's discovery museum in san jose is turning into a vaccine clinic this weekend. >> and it's offering an incentive for families who get their shots on january. second, this sunday and the 23rd of next month. families who get a kids or adults covid shot. we'll also get a free museum day passed. you can use

. >> what you talking about, willis?t's [ bleep ] over. >> never before in the history of american television has a 99-year-old person used the "f" word. >> reporter: norman lear teaming up with jimmy kimmel once again, this time to bring back "different strokes." >> come here. >> reporter: kevin hart has around and john lithgow as mr. drummond. and peppering in appearances, too. >> this is my room, too, willis. i want to play here. >> reporter: and at least one minor update to the 1979 script. >> hey, willis? >> uh-huh. >> how come vernon always smell like weed? >> reporter: and in the evening's other staging -- "the facts of life." gabrielle union as tootie. >> a little far? girl. >> reporter: jen aniston as blare. >> sure. beautiful people like rock 'n' roll, too. >> reporter: allison coleman as natal natalie. >> karl paid for this. and part of the package was a charming, lovable dinner date. and that's me. >> reporter: jen aniston managing to sneak a "friends" reference. >> no. i'll be there for you. >> reporter: eve

oh, so can we all go well in the house earlier sibling, willis, feebly. daphne willy. out of me ear, bailey. well yeah, that's fine. okay, a few and it's been a good a i was actually a a, a thought ah, dories of determination. enjoy a busy luck. darwin, depot gina duke. i remained a short documentary by african filmmakers from molly, wanda, and cameron, desert libraries, the young cyclist and happy africa direct on al jazeera with with, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is al jazeera, ah, oh, they're on the clock. this is, it is our life and they're all coming up to the next 60 minutes. an air force helicopter, carrying indian defense chief and other senior military officials and crunches and tunnel nodded. will have the latest. new political era begins in germany as though law shops takes over. as john smith from england, michael is fictional party was a business meeting and it was not associate.

i want to increase accountability of willis. i won't be grieved for that. i have one beta 46. i want better osha the homes. i want better rehab alleviation. so both the systems and boulevard the need that one is, you know, trying to fight for and job. i very strongly believe in systems. i believe that if justice is delivered in time, a lot of change can happen than that before to fight before. so i will, i will thank you so much for joining us on upfront. the trans phobia is rising in the u. k. hate crimes are increasing every year. hostile rhetoric dominates the media coverage of trans people, and despite prime minister boris johnson's pledge to ban conversion there, the government continues to delay reforms some on both the left and the right side of the political spectrum argue that trans rights are a threat to women's rights just how dangerous is it to be transgender in the u. k. and is transforming it in the media, making things worse? joining me to discuss this are christine burns, editor of trans britain, and nancy kelly chief executive of stolen law. the u. k based l g

willie, we are all excited to see this on sunday. the former secretary. >> good to see you, good to be back on "way too early." >> hillary clinton has this new master class online, education platform where she talks about resilience, we talked about, a lot of people have seen the clip where she delivered her victory speech, she gave an emotional reading of that. what she sees as coming next as we move along january 6th investigation and look ahead of donald trump's future in 2024. >> if he's not held accountable he gets to do it again and try to squeak through the electoral college because he's going to have hand pick people running elections in critical states. that could be the end of our democracy, not to be too poignant about it but i want people to understand this is a make or break point. if he were once again to be elected president and especially he had a congress that would do his fitting. >> john, she said that at the top of that clip i believe he's going to run again. she talks about what she believes may follow from that.

>> it really is possible, willie.lutely. mika and i will have a word for williams college in a moment. >> yes. >> but the thing is there was such a feeling in 1941 that only pearl harbor could have brought american almost united into world war ii against nazi germany that there was such a thing in 1941 even called a conspiracy theory. there was some americans who said, therefore, that means the reason why fdr put all of those big ships in a row at pearl harbor was he wanted there to be an attack that would shock americans and anger them into joining a war against nazi germany that they otherwise would not be in favor of. as it happens, i would say that roosevelt made a big mistake by putting those boats there. he thought it would be a deterrent. he thought there was no way japanese would ever dare to bomb them. but in the spirit of 1941 fairly few people, but some did, fairly few, a minority, had the conspiracy theory saying fdr deliberately encouraged pearl harbor to get into the war. once again, advance the clock, w

willis alignment, bright young morning finalists for the pro football hall of fame class of 2022 willis was a seven-time pro bowler and five-time first team, all pro he only played 8 seasons all with the niners, but he's still the franchise's all-time leader in solo tackles he is considered a shoe in to make the hall of fame, although wasn't picked in his first 2 years of eligibility. meanwhile, young was a four-time pro bowler. he ranks second on the forty-niners list of career sack leaders, young help the niners to their last super bowl titles. a rookie in 1994 and he was the league's comeback player of the year in 18, 80 night. >> i think it's a no-brainer that patrick is a hall of famer. you talk about speedy. you talk about physicality. you talk about smart. i he's everything you want in an inside linebacker and he set the tone for the defense here. you know, for play, a 9 years that he was here. you know, he was that guy. he was the leader of this defense and and i was just always fun to watch him. >> the san jose sharks also in action right now. we'll have a look at those highlig

. >> the covid thing he already had it and willie. he did what all honorable presidents have done, he threw gold star moms under the bus. >> it's hard to be shocked. my god. >> he tested positive a day before the gold star event. he knew it's covid. >> let's get it straight. he was given the gold star mom covid. that's right. >> he stepped out and he did the event for amy cone y barrett. and once it was public that he has covid to blame the families who lost their sons and daughters in water. >> he knew he had covid before he went to these families who are grieving the loss of their family. >> this is the moment, mark meadows, trump tested positive for covid and perceived to blame everyone else, he threw hope hicks under the bus suggested in this clip that we saw that gold star families may be the one to blame. he had the virus and he went to the super spreader event and he traveled after testing positive for covid. one reporter got sick with covid. he was appeared to be patient zero for this outbreak. and he proceeded to blame everyo

it's willie geist. crucial and also on the back end of what happens counting the votes? >> you may remember when the supreme court got the voting rights act of 1965, it played to congress. we went back and did that. and that is what is in the john r. lewis voting rights act. dealing with the history of voting and that formula would allow us to preemptively look in the law that's passed. you look at the georgia law and you say before it's ever implemented there is a problem here. we need to clean this up. that means declare the law before it is used. that is what's important about john r. lewis and the same thing should apply for redistricting. the supreme court said, yes, you can do -- you will have redistricting but you cannot do racial considerations, and we do know that some of what is taking place now especially in texas and georgia deals with the issue of race. >> you and i and martin luther king met and the end of august, you kept telling us watch nullification. we've seen what you're talking abou

>> the costume from bruce willis is the only one i have left. have the chris tucker one left. myla's character was originally going to be played by julia roberts. reporter: is making film costumes another job or a natural extension of your creative work? >> it is an extension, but different because it is not my story. by that, i mean, when i create a collection, i am telling my own story, my desires and the choices i make. and there are things i don't want to include in the end. on the other hand, the film as a director's story told in their own way, and i adapt to that in what i make for them. reporter: that seems to correspond to your mantra that there is not just one kind of beauty, but many times. you lead the way with queer body types. have you pushed boundaries? for instance, on gay marriage and freedom to express themselves with their bodies? >> aolutel but i help simply by using my abilities. my work, my collections, they were honest. they weren't propaganda. things developed naturally and corresponded with what i saw as evolution and wh

in lineman, bryant young were named finalists for the pro football hall of fame class of 2022 willis was a 7 time. pro bowler and 5 time. first team, all pro he only played 8 seasons all with the niners. but he's still a franchise's all-time leader in solo tackles he is considered a shoe in to make the hall of fame, although he wasn't picked in his first 2 years of eligibility. young was a 4 time pro bowler. he ranks second on the forty-niners list of careers. sacked leaders young help the niners to their last super bowl titles. a rookie in 1994 and was the league's comeback player of the year. in 1999 after returning from a knee injury that's all we was a no-brainer that patrick is a hall of famer. you talk about speed, you talk about physicality. >> you talk about smart. i he's everything you want in an inside linebacker and he set the tone for the defense here for play. a 9 years that he was here. you know, he was that guy. he was the leader of this defense and and i was just always fun to watch him. >> that's all we've got for sports. we'll send it back to you in the studio. all

great bruce willis john maclaine look other die hards never happen right two, three, four, five butave people doing things that are anything but selfish he does it without shoes by the way. and grouper one of the great scriewdges of all time if you'ring loo at bad movie you know bad guys in movies. so all i know is dan, that there's going to be a die hard six coming and guess who is starring not brewings willis but this guy -- look at him he's perfect for the role, dan. dan: every time this is why i can't have you on the show. megyn concha is banned from the show every time folks really i have no idea what he's doing trust me this is not just like my fights with geraldo none of this is ever prepared i have no idea it is awesome. joe i love you and your take on that yes what the heck were they doing at a christmas party rather than waiting for santa with kids is one of the most brilliant moments you're awesome you and family merry christmas. thanks for coming on. >> you're looking great and glad your health is coming along as it is. >> thanks you're a good man. coming up for miracle

david willis speaking to me there. far, what david had to say in that interview, for instance, i'm on twitter at @bbckarishma. i'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... and the winner is a traditional irish pub. the belfast based array collective wins the turner prize with an art installation depicting issues affecting northern ireland. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. we feel so helpless. the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11 o'clock this morning, just half a metre of- rock separated britain i from continental europe. it took the drills just i a few moments to cut through the final obstacle, - then philippe cossette, a miner from calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags _

doctor, willis says vaccines booster shots of cat. many people out of the hospital. now it's not just over county. the entire bay area is bracing for a post holiday surge, although some experts say you shouldn't change your holiday plans. if you are fully vaccinated. the number of breakthrough infections from the omicron variant is raising some concerns kron four's. dan thorn has more now from contra, costa county. >> the new covid-19 variant is spreading in the bay area public health officials are worried a surge of omicron cases might follow the holiday gatherings. federal experts have warned about the new variants ability to transmit rapidly. it's really concerning the doubling time of every 2 days means we could see, you know, hundreds of thousands of cases within a few weeks whether that will turn into a surge of hospitalizations. >> is is yet to be seen breakthrough infections for vaccinated. people have also become more common with omicron leading to a continued push for booster shots. >> the strain might not be as severe as other covid variants. but health of

our north america correspondent, david willis, is in los angeles.g you the initial reports of this incident in the desert in new mexicojust under six incident in the desert in new mexico just under six weeks ago, and at the time, it seemed ago, and at the time, it seemed a tragic but ultimately quite straightforward incident. the report from the santa fe the police department refers to a shooting on the side of the film rust after a prop firearm was discharged by alec baldwin. over the course of the last few weeks, it seemed that this is anything but a straightforward incident. there are reports of multiple rounds of live ammunition on the set, contrary to the industry protocol. there were reports of members of the crew walking offset in protest over safety standards just the day before halyna hudgins lost her life. even reports of potential sabotage raised by solicitors for the armour on this film set. now alec baldwin has come forward to say he didn't pull the trigger, which raises the question, if he didn't, who did? was this an accidental discha

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monica, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning. the biden administration enacting the stricter testing requirements for international traveler, including american citizens. health experts acknowledge it will likely be widespread soon, regardless of the new policy which applies to anyone entering the u.s. but doesn't go as far as some other countries which also require quarantine. while scientists wait for more data on how transmissable the new strain may be. the goal is vigilant but not panic. the president is closely watching another volatile situation overseas while tensions escalating between russia and ukraine and reports of a possible invasion by the kremlin after a significant troop buildup on that border. president biden is scheduled to share his concerns with president putin via video conference tuesday. their first face to face since the switzerland summit in june, all while the president continues to share his massive social spending and climate plan with a goal to pass that by christmas, complicated by everything that ne

what a ghastly affair willis. the story unfolded last night. guess we spoke. he said that the incident did appear to be a provocation by ukrainian military the to development, the deliveries of weapons from the u. s. the readiness of joe biden to support the ukranian side, much stronger than his pre di. busy has emboldened at least the falcons in key f, and has kind of the hope that yes, there is a possibility to military li, reclaim successfully reclaim the territory of the break away republics. this amounts to the mother of old sanctions, which of course key of makes key of believe that they have the sort of cap blash. so here now the key for a potential war in europe lives now 100 percent with the, the key of government if key, if decides to provoke russian invasion and there will be a russian invasion as soon as g of starts a major offensive against the break of a republic in that case automatically. busy the blank check will be full of. busy western support for the ukrainian side from the point of view is after the disaster because they don't want to incr

so if a woman comes and reports a case, thought willis station, right from the time the plus bullets officer meet that woman built the time, her case is actually the can, the, the conviction happens. the entire system needs to be made more sensitive. if you ensure that an 8 month old baby was raped, if you will ensure justice to hard with them 6 months to the justice system prove the live to all of the of different people who have different roles in this process that this, when there will be a message in the society that you cannot go, you cannot just get away with times against women. let's circle. it just looks like you in 2019. you went on a 12 day hunger strike demanding the death penalty for individuals who are convicted of raping minors. but according to the death penalty information center, there hasn't been any conclusive evidence that the death penalty reduce his crime. in fact, the un high commissioner for human rights has said, quote, evidence shows that the certainty of punishment rather than its severity deter crime. how do you respond to that argument? a 5 year old girl

a concern for the county's public health officer doctor matt willis.mption to mask-wearing indoors had to change given the numbers and the science behind omicron. it is highly contagious. >> we're also learning that people are fully vaccinated and nia are vulnerable to being affected masking while working out may not settle well with gym members, but it's a health conscious decision. everyone has to go along with. i don't like wearing a mask, but i know it's a good thing. >> the statewide mask mandate is set to expire january 15th san francisco says they will continue to require masks indoors regardless of vaccination status until january 31st in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> the current surge of covid cases is prompting another wave of event cancellations in san francisco. the sketch fest has announced it is postponing the festival for next month due to the rising covid cases. the 20th annual sketch fest was set to run in the city from january 7th through the 23rd featuring live comedy shows and performances organizers have not decide

willis alignment, bright young morning finalists for the pro football hall of fame class of 2022 willis was a seven-time pro bowler and five-time first team, all pro he only played 8 seasons all with the niners, but he's still the franchise's all-time leader in solo tackles he is considered a shoe in to make the hall of fame, although wasn't picked in his first 2 years of eligibility. meanwhile, young was a four-time pro bowler. he ranks second on the forty-niners list of career sack leaders, young help the niners to their last super bowl titles. a rookie in 1994 and he was the league's comeback player of the year in 18, 80 night. >> i think it's a no-brainer that patrick is a hall of famer. you talk about speed, you talk about physicality, you talk about smart. i he's everything you want in an inside linebacker and he set the tone for the defense here. you know, for play 8, 9, years that he was here. you know, he was that guy. he was the leader of this defense and and i was just always fun to watch him. >> well, that was kylen mills reporting for us. and you can watch the forty-niners

our correspondent in los angeles, david willis, has more details.rst broke six weeks ago, it seemed tragic, undoubtedly, surprising, but a fairly straightforward incident. indeed, the local sheriff's department, within a couple of hours of this shooting, issued a statement in which it referred to the discharge of a gun by the actor, alec baldwin. but as the weeks have gone by, this whole thing has started to seem less and less straightforward. now we have alec baldwin himself coming forward to dispute what had seemed to be up till now an incontrovertible part of the whole narrative, if you like, and namely that he was the person who pulled the trigger of the gun that fired the live bullet that killed the cinematographer halyna hutchins. naturally, this raises a whole load of questions — triggers don't pull themselves, so how did this gun go off? could alec baldwin perhaps have inadvertently applied pressure to the trigger that caused the gun to fire? combined with a range of other uncertainties, disputes on the part of members of the film crew, the

willis alignment, bright young morning finalists for the pro football hall of fame class of 2022 williseven-time pro bowler and five-time first team, all pro he only played 8 seasons all with the niners, but he's still the franchise's all-time leader in solo tackles he is considered a shoe in to make the hall of fame, although wasn't picked in his first 2 years of eligibility. meanwhile, young was a four-time pro bowler. he ranks second on the forty-niners list of career sack leaders, young help the niners to their last super bowl titles. a rookie in 1994 and he was the league's comeback player of the year in 18, 80 night. >> i think it's a no-brainer that patrick is a hall of famer. you talk about speed, you talk about physicality, you talk about smart. i he's everything you want in an inside linebacker and he set the tone for the defense here. you know, for play, a 9 years that he was here. you know, he was that guy. he was the leader of this defense and and i was just always fun to watch >> and that was kylen mills reporting and you can watch the forty-niners this sunday afternoon at

willis alignment, bright young morning finalists for the pro football hall of fame class of 2022 willis was a seven-time pro bowler and five-time first team, all pro he only played 8 seasons all with the niners, but he's still the franchise's all-time leader in solo tackles he is considered a shoe in to make the hall of fame, although wasn't picked in his first 2 years of eligibility. meanwhile, young was a four-time pro bowler. he ranks second on the forty-niners list of career sack leaders, young help the niners to their last super bowl titles. a rookie in 1994 and he was the league's comeback player of the year in 18, 80 night. >> think it's a no-brainer that patrick is a hall of famer. you talk about speed, you talk about physicality, you talk about smart. i he's everything you want in an inside linebacker and he set the tone for the defense here for play. a 9 years that he was here. you know, he was that guy. he was the leader of this defense and and i was just always fun to watch him. >> well, that was kylen mills reporting for us. and remember, you can watch the forty-niners this

this has been demanding for the past 13 years. 6612 and willis both know from the central government and it has failed to get a me. i had to sit on a 10 day, 13 day, long hunger strike in order to get creed call him for the state of daily. but how many have more hunger strikes to people like us have to do in order to get what is the do of the daily lives. but not just that this also side. the fact is that if they're not accountable and if you just add more than sources to them, nothing will change. so i think it is important that accountability set that resources are given. i'm systems are created. you see if you create good system, but you're going to be delivered and i think your point about systems, an accountability, but there's also an idiot. logical piece of this. for example, in delhi, over half a police officer survey said they believed either a high or a very high amount of gender based violence. complaints were false in motivated. so even if we add more police and make them more accountable, a be funded really don't believe women will any of it matter? of course, the entire

david willis there in los angeles. a sharp increase in coronavirus infections which have doubled across the country since monday. health officials say the newly discovered omicron variant may be fuelling the surge, although it isn't clear how many of the new cases it accounts for. 8,500 covid infections have been registered in south africa in the last 2a hours. officials there say omicron is "rapidly becoming the dominant variant" after the country became the first to detect the highly mutated new variant last week. since then, omicron has been identified in two dozen countries. the latest is the us, specifically san francisco, whether city public health department gave more details. the person recently travelled to south africa and they got tested and reported their travel history. they had received a full dose of the moderna vaccine but no booster. they had mild symptoms, and thankfully, have now recovered. we can now speak dr craig spencer, who's director of global health in emergency medicine at columbia university

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.nally been given a voice of his own, thanks to a generous donor. 20—year—old leo carstensen has been speaking with our reporter rachel stonehouse. we can grow our own fruit. how old does this voice sound? it is a nice relaxing... a0, 50, maybe even 60. it actually belonged to 20—year—old leo, who has cerebral palsy and uses a communication device to help him speak. this is a bigger bathroom... for years, leo has been desperate for a voice that sounds a bit more like him. which is where 2a—year—old dan comes in, who heard about voice donation through a friend. i think i did just over 1200 phrases and i was holed up in a recording studio in high wycombe and ijust had to say it as clearly as possible. it was a bit nerve wracking at first. i didn't think i would be picked. i thought there'll be a few other voices. leo chose dan's voice with the help of his speech and language therapist. we send out a search for the ideal voice. i we got back a sample of six, - so we sat down, myself and le

our north america correspondent david willis told me more about the trial.uary 6 to be prosecuted in connection with assaulting a police officer and, as you say, he received the longest sentence so far — 63 months orfive years and three months in prison. and previously, 43 months — 41 months, sorry, had been the longest sentence handed down, but none of those defendants had faced such serious charges and the judge was told that mr palmer attacked police with a wooden pole with a stick and with a fire hydrant as well, and they concluded that these were very serious charges that merited the sort of sentence that he received. now, of the 700 people who are facing charges in connection with that insurrection in the capitol building onjanuary 6, most face more minor charges but there are some serious charges of assaulting police and possession of a deadly weapon and so on which could lead to charges similar to those levelled against robert palmer today. david, we saw pictures of him just there — he looked very emotional. what was his defence? well, in a handwritt