$70 million. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has told america that better days lie ahead after a year of lockdown and loss following the coronovirus pandemic. in his first prime time televised address since his inauguration he's said all adults would be eligible for a covid vaccine by may 1st and insisted the country would have enough supplies to vaccinate the entire adult population by the end of may. he also laid out a pathway towards july. he also laid out a pathway towardsjuly. he said people would be able to celebrate independence day onjuly the fourth only in small gatherings with their family or their friends and neighbours. he also reminded people of the dark days behind them. i'v e i've told you before, i'd carry a card in my pocket with the number of americans who have died from covid to date, it's on the back of my schedule. as of now, total deaths in america, 527,726, that's more deaths than in world war i, world war ii, the vietnam war and 9/11 combined. the bbc�*s david willis joins to discuss. there were plenty of things he talked about including hate crimes. . �* , talked about including hate crimes. . v , , talked about including hate crimes. , , ~ crimes. that's right, yes. and this the first _ crimes. that's right, yes. and this the first runtime - crimes. that's right, yes. and this the first runtime address| this the first runtime address from the oval office in the biden administration that pledged to get everybody who wants to be vaccinated eligible to do so by the first of may. doesn't mean, of course, that that time everybody here will be lining up for a vaccine or get it immediately afterwards, but that is the goal, he said, and also a goal of getting life back to some semblance of normality here by the fourth of july, a very significant date of course, the day that americans celebrate independence and joe biden said this would mark hopefully their independence from the coronavirus pandemic, but you are absolutely right. he spoke about the division and american life that had arisen from the coronavirus. divisions which the president said had manifested themselves in a variety of different ways. vicious hate crimes against asian—americans who have been attacked. — asian—americans who have been attacked, harassed, blamed and scapegoated. at this very moment, so many of them are fellow— moment, so many of them are fellow americans on the front lines — fellow americans on the front lines of— fellow americans on the front lines of this pandemic trying to save _ lines of this pandemic trying to save lives, and still, still, _ to save lives, and still, still, they are forced to live in fear_ still, they are forced to live in fear for— still, they are forced to live in fearfortheir still, they are forced to live in fear for their lives, just walking _ in fear for their lives, just walking down the streets in america _ walking down the streets in america. it's wrong, it's un—american and it must stop. david, — un—american and it must stop. david, at — un—american and it must stop. david, at the start of the year we will remember president biden same 100 millionjabs in his first 100 days. that brings an update about his new targets. an update about his new targets— an update about his new tartets. , . . targets. they have exceeded that and he _ targets. they have exceeded that and he took— targets. they have exceeded that and he took some - targets. they have exceeded i that and he took some pleasure in announcing that, i think, james. the united states company vaccinating about 2.1 million people a day, that is vastly more thanjoe biden promised. he has under promised and it is a good psychological tactic to use, of course, but he is also a warning of the danger of new variants of the virus and urging americans not to take theirfoot virus and urging americans not to take their foot off the pedal, if you like, at this particular time, pedal, if you like, at this particulartime, but pedal, if you like, at this particular time, but he sent a message of hope that there was light at the end of the tunnel and he took credit for exceeding those goals that he set on taking office.— set on taking office. when i came into _ set on taking office. when i came into office, _ set on taking office. when i came into office, you - set on taking office. when i came into office, you may l came into office, you may recall— came into office, you may recall a _ came into office, you may recall a set a goal that many of you — recall a set a goal that many of you said was way over the top — of you said was way over the top. i said i intended to get 100 — top. i said i intended to get 100 million shots in people's arms— 100 million shots in people's arms and _ 100 million shots in people's arms and my first 100 days in office — arms and my first 100 days in office. tonight, i can say we are not_ office. tonight, i can say we are not only going to meet that goal, _ are not only going to meet that goal. we — are not only going to meet that goal, we are going to beat that goal. _ goal, we are going to beat that goal, because we are actually on track— goal, because we are actually on track to reach this goal of 100 — on track to reach this goal of 100 million shots in arms on my 60th— 100 million shots in arms on my 60th day— 100 million shots in arms on my 60th day in_ 100 million shots in arms on my 60th day in office. no other country— 60th day in office. no other country in the world has done this — country in the world has done this. none. and i want to find the next _ this. none. and i want to find the next steps we are thinking about — the next steps we are thinking about. first, tonight, i'm announcing that all states, tribes and territories to make all adults, people — territories to make all adults, people 18 and over, eligible to be vaccinated no later than may one _ be vaccinated no later than may one let — be vaccinated no later than may one. let me say that again. all adult _ one. let me say that again. all adult americans will be eligible to get a vaccine no later— eligible to get a vaccine no later than may one. president biden is also _ later than may one. president biden is also very _ later than may one. president biden is also very keen - later than may one. president biden is also very keen to - later than may one. president. biden is also very keen to draw attention to the benefits that will come, he believes, from this massive fiscal stimulus plan and he intends to take it on the road, if you like. cognizant of the fact that the obama biden administration back in 2000 and nine produced this economic stimulus plan which really didn't quite resonate with a lot of the american people, to the point where they suffered badly, the democrats, in the following mid—term. (audio gap) we did get most of that. . , ., ., , that. david willis who gave us what he could _ that. david willis who gave us what he could from _ that. david willis who gave us what he could from los - that. david willis who gave us l what he could from los angeles there. we can now speak to dr mark morocco, professor of emergency medicine at the ronald reagan ucla medical center. eligibility for all adults for jabs by the first of may, does that sound about right? it does, and what i think was especially important about the president's speech is that it really was a call to war, as you called earlier, halfway objectives and places to go that were going to declare a little bit of victory. one of the problems that we had for the entire year, that we struggle with, was a lack of a unified message, and when you have a unified message, the problem becomes, it is hard to marshal the sort of medical resources that we can use to fight this virus so i thought it was an important speech and something to look forward to, a sense of hope and by the summer, everybody truly unifies you might have this war finally won but we're not quite yet. the fourth ofjuly was when he put that date, notjust the fourth ofjuly was when he put that date, not just for america but from the virus. as it too ambitious and optimistic to say that? i it too ambitious and optimistic to say that?— to say that? i don't think so. i think to say that? i don't think so. | think that _ to say that? i don't think so. i think that one _ to say that? i don't think so. i think that one of _ to say that? i don't think so. i think that one of the - to say that? i don't think so. i think that one of the things that we realised in the last time i spoke to the bbc was in the dark days of january when we thought our projections of the turning out to be worse than we projected. what has happened since then, by using the same analogy, the rollout of vaccines has dropped a little bit of an a—bomb on this covid virus, tremendously steep decrease in just six weeks. it is kind of hard to believe it has gone so well, butjust like the world war ii, similarly that we have used over and over again, the dropping of that bond was not the end of the war, there was still some fighting to do, so i think we are on a good trajectory now but the unity is the most important thing in this speech and it is notjust a national unity to the united states but again, like world war ii, it is going to be more important, ultimately, what we do in europe and the rest of the globe with vaccination, if we really want to get covid to a place like smallpox where it is essentially eradicated from the earth. is essentially eradicated from the earth-— the earth. and let's look at that american _ the earth. and let's look at that american recovery - the earth. and let's look at| that american recovery and rescue bill that mr biden passed, what does that mean in practical terms? fit, passed, what does that mean in practical terms?— practical terms? a lot of that money is _ practical terms? a lot of that money is going _ practical terms? a lot of that money is going to _ practical terms? a lot of that money is going to go - practical terms? a lot of that money is going to go to - practical terms? a lot of that| money is going to go to basic science and the nuts and bolts that we need, if you want to use that simile again, the actual bullets, tanks and planes, one of the things that we know is that there's gonna be a lot of money and medicine there but there will never be enough medicine. so much of what we have seen is basic science, research lab science, so the underpinnings of that the go from the lavatory bench into, as you guys call it, jabs into, as you guys call it, jabs in the arms, as many, many, many linked chain and each of those links is very expensive. i'm glad the word jab has made it across the atlantic. professor, thank you so much. let's get some of the day's other news. the former minneapolis police officer accused of killing george floyd now faces an additional murder charge, after a judge reinstated a charge of third degree murder. derek chauvin is already charged with second—degree murder and second—degree manslaughter. the third—degree murder charge carries a maximum sentence of 25 years. for the second day in a row brazil has recorded over 2,000 coronavirus deaths, with 2,233 fatalities in the last 21t hours, and 75,412 new cases registered. it comes as health officials there warn that hospitals are reaching capacity. the house of representatives has approved two bills to strengthen gun laws. the democratic house speaker, nancy pelosi, said america's gun violence crisis challenged the conscience of the country. a handful of house republicans supported the legislation, but the bills face an uphill battle in the senate. the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine has been suspended in three european countries, after reports that some people who've had the jab had developed blood clots. the european medicine agency has stressed the move was precautionary. norway and iceland announced their decisions after denmark stopped its rollout for two weeks. paul hawkins reports. the dma's message is clear. there is no link between blood clots and the astrazeneca vaccine. the manufacturer says the drug's safety has been studied extensively in clinical trials. nevertheless, denmark, norway and iceland have temporarily suspended the rollout of the vaccine after two women in europe died after getting the jab. one of them in denmark itself. translation: in denmark, more than 140 have received the vaccine, so that alone would mean that there may be random things that would otherwise also happen, even if people had not been vaccinated. the suspensions are a precautionary. the other death, also from the same batch, was in austria, one of six countries that have stopped using that specific batch began as a precaution. the ema, meanwhile, say 33 people in total have developed clots out of 5 million euros who have had the jab. of 5 million euros who have had the 'ab. �* , of 5 million euros who have had the'ab.�* , ._ of 5 million euros who have had the'ab. , ., , , the 'ab. because so many people of the jab. because so many people of god, just _ the jab. because so many people of god, just by — the jab. because so many people of god, just by chance, _ the jab. because so many people of god, just by chance, many - the jab. because so many people of god, just by chance, many of. of god, just by chance, many of them will have had different conditions happening soon after they got the vaccine, unfortunately. so this does not mean the vaccine caused at. suspending vaccine rollout is the last thing europe needs, delivery delays mean vaccination rates across the continent are still way behind the uk. and some people suggest the uk. and some people suggest the single—dosejohnson & johnson vaccine which was approved on thursday may not arrive until april. most of the countries with the highest infection rises are in central and eastern europe stopping to check republic and slovakia have had to move covid hospital patients to other european countries, while parts of estonia ran out of hospital beds this week, triggering another partial lockdown. the vaccine can't come soon enough. paul hawkins, bbc news. a major study is underway to determine what the long term health effects of covid—19 might be. the genetic details of half a million people were already stored in the biobank uk database before the pandemic struck, and now researchers are carrying out detailed scans of thousands of covid patients, to see how their organs might have been affected by the virus. rebecca morelle has the story. searching for the after—effects of covid. these scans are part of the world's biggest imaging study, shedding light on the long—term impact of infection. this is brian shepherd, who is taking part in the research. in november, he was taken to hospital with covid. when i got in the ambulance, my wife was standing on the pavement and you think, "when will i see her again?" after five days of treatment, he was allowed home. but months later, he is still feeling the effects, and hopes the scans could explain why. we're all very proud to have taken part in it and feel that our little bit can help somewhere along the line for the rest of the world. the scans are being carried out by biobank uk. it's a huge study that holds medical images, genetic data and health information on 500,000 people. now it's imaging 1,500 of these participants who've had coronavirus. they range from asymptomatic cases to those with long—covid, who still feel ill months after infection. having these standardised scans both before and after infection, researchers will be able to investigate the direct effects of coronavirus infection on changes in both the structure and function of organs, which is obviously what we all want to know. these scans can provide vital clues about the impact of covid on different organs. the virus infects the respiratory system and damages cells in the lungs, so scientists will be searching for any scarring. they'll examine the heart for inflammation or muscle damage and see if this is worse after a severe infection. the virus also affects the brain, and this study could pinpoint where in the nervous system these changes are happening. the brain scans can tell us whether there's evidence for inflammation in the brain that may be persisting, and whether there has been damage enough to actually kill nerve cells in the brain that may cause some shrinkage. these scans will be repeated over the coming years and made available to researchers all around the world. our understanding of the pandemic�*s health legacy isjust beginning. rebecca morelle, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: $70 million for an artwork that doesn't physically exist — the digital art auction that's become a record—breaker. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this, the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours, then, the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these gunshots in the gym. then he came out through a fire exit and started firing at our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, - sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, i travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight—car convoy. i paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now? is it going to change your life much, do you think? i don't know, really — i've never been married before! this is bbc news. the latest headlines: in the us, president biden gives a prime time address on the pathway out of the pandemic, saying americans could be able to gather byjuly 4th. the chinese communist party has approved a resolution to overhaul hong kong's electoral system, the latest move tightening its control of the city. it was passed at the national people's congress and will allow a pro—beijing panel to vet and elect candidates for hong kong's parliament. the british government says the change will "hollow out the space for democratic debate" in the city. our china correspondent john sudworth reports. the electronic buttons were pressed and the unanimity said it all. just one abstention as china's compliant parliament voted to remake hong kong's political system in its own image. the decision is clear. the country's premier li keqiang told the assembled media afterwards "we should always have patriots ruling hong kong". after british rule ended in 1997, china promised hong kong's freedoms would be preserved by a one country, two systems formula. some believe that's now been broken. if they are going to impose a system on hong kong whereby my party — or other pro—democracy people — will not be free to take part in elections and to be elected, and to carry out their duties with dignity, independently and freely, then, i mean, that one country, two systems is over. but the harder hong kong's pro—democracy movement has fought, the more china has tightened its grip. under a new national security law, dozens of politicians and activists were rounded up in dawn raids injanuary and now face sentences of up to life in prison. the latest measures attempt to tame hong kong's sometimes unruly parliament. already stacked heavily in favour of beijing, in future, a committee will be able to disqualify any cabinet deemed not patriotic enough. —— candidate. there's been plenty of moments in recent years when observers have proclaimed the death of hong kong, but few can doubt the symbolism of what's just happened here in beijing with delegates dutifully rubber—stamping a decision to insist that hong kong's politicians show the same loyalty — and notjust to flag or country, but some senior officials have suggested to the communist party, too. in the end, it's the massive popular backing for democratic reform that's probably spooked beijing more than any violence. even hong kongers supportive of china appear to admit the ideal of democracy has now been dropped. ..democratic system has no intrinsic value unless it can deliver good outcomes. and we have had 23 years of experiments with democracy. the outcomes are far from satisfactory. we are underperforming. with the voting over, china's parliament drew to a close. short on dissent, long on applause, it offers a vision of hong kong's political future. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. a digital artist in the united states has become one of the world's top three most valuable living artists after one of his pieces, which doesn't physically exist, sold at christies for nearly $70 million. its creator, known as beeple, combined images he made every day over 13 years. the sale of the piece, entitled "everydays — the first 5000 days" became the first ever by a major auction house using what's known as a �*non—fungible token'. it's a type of digital certificate authenticated by blockchain technology. it can be sold and traded in a similar way as physical art. a record 22 million people watched online as thursday's auction came to its world—record close. the bbc�*s art editor will gompertz spoke to beeple. his real name is mike winkelmann, and he reflected on his accomplishment. well, the money is crazy and awesome and i think it's going to do a lot of good and i'm going to do as much good for the world with this money too. i'm very focused on, like, the work, i'm very focused on what, how can i use this money to make bigger and cooler projects and just, make bigger and cooler projects andjust, like, make bigger and cooler projects and just, like, you know, sort of take and reinvest this into the art world. here to explain more about non—fungible tokens, what they are, how they work, is dan kelly, cofounder of nonfungible.com, which tracks these digital sales. he joins us from concession in nova scotia. thank you so much, i will take a deep breath when i ask this question, what is a non—fungible token? question, what is a non-fungible token? question, what is a non-funtible token? ., ~ , ., non-fungible token? thank you. a non-fungible _ non-fungible token? thank you. a non-fungible token _ non-fungible token? thank you. a non-fungible token is - non-fungible token? thank you. a non-fungible token is a - a non—fungible token is a technology which supports the ownership of digital items, so that could be art in the case of beeple or collectables in the case of crypto kitties and game items, uses's domain names. it is really an immutable and irreplaceable digital certificate. latte immutable and irreplaceable digital certificate.— digital certificate. we are used to the _ digital certificate. we are used to the idea - digital certificate. we are used to the idea all - digital certificate. we are | used to the idea all grown digital certificate. we are - used to the idea all grown up with the idea that anything digital can be copied, to be as good as the original. but this is not the case?— good as the original. but this is not the case? no, absolutely not. is not the case? no, absolutely not- when _ is not the case? no, absolutely not- when you _ is not the case? no, absolutely not. when you interact - is not the case? no, absolutely not. when you interact with - is not the case? no, absolutely not. when you interact with a l not. when you interact with a blockchain, you need to prove you hold the wallet that you are trying to transact for. so you provide that in a password sort of scenario so you are the only one who can execute transactions on that wallet�*s behalf. transactions on that wallet's behalf. ~ ., , transactions on that wallet's behalf. ., , , , behalf. who is buying? collectors, _ behalf. who is buying? collectors, what - behalf. who is buying? collectors, what else? | behalf. who is buying? l collectors, what else? a behalf. who is buying? - collectors, what else? a lot of people from traditional markets that are starting to get into this. fans of nba now, fans of doctor who, various different projects are bringing on a lot of mainstream immunities. i heard you say doctor who, my ears pricked up at that. tell us about that.— us about that. that was not necessarily _ us about that. that was not necessarily a _ us about that. that was not necessarily a collectables i necessarily a collectables project but they made cards, digital cards, with some artwork on them and it sounds like they are creating for lack of a better word a pokemon —like battle came from the various doctor who characters. —— game. various doctor who characters. -- game-— -- game. are these digital works ever _ -- game. are these digital works ever exhibited - -- game. are these digital- works ever exhibited anywhere physically that we will be able to go and stand in front of and say wow! there is a $70 million painting! say wow! there is a $70 million ”aintin! ~ , , ,, painting! absolutely. i think now that there _ painting! absolutely. i think now that there is _ painting! absolutely. i think now that there is a - painting! absolutely. i think now that there is a medium | painting! absolutely. i think. now that there is a medium for proving ownership of digital items, we are going to see that more and more in these museums, where they can showcase these digital items, and on the contrary as well in digital themes and digital yeah, exhibitions.— exhibitions. what is this market going _ exhibitions. what is this market going to - exhibitions. what is this market going to look. exhibitions. what is this| market going to look like exhibitions. what is this . market going to look like in five years time?— market going to look like in five years time? many billions of dollars _ five years time? many billions of dollars in — five years time? many billions of dollars in trading _ five years time? many billions of dollars in trading volume! | of dollars in trading volume! this past year alone, sorry, up until this point in the past three years we have already hit $1 billion in trading volume and in the next five years we will see nfts back the value of various different digital items that people will not even know inaudible. that people will not even know lnaudlble-_ inaudible. thank you for speaking _ inaudible. thank you for speaking to _ inaudible. thank you for speaking to us, _ inaudible. thank you for speaking to us, dan - inaudible. thank you for| speaking to us, dan kelly. thank you. speaking to us, dan kelly. thank yon-— speaking to us, dan kelly. thank ou. ., . , thank you. touch line has been tiven a thank you. touch line has been given a vasectomy _ thank you. touch line has been given a vasectomy after - given a vasectomy after fathering a too many carbs. he had the surgery on thursday to make sure that he did not over populate the gentle at the bergen zoo. they said the castration was required so he did not lose his mane. bardi's partner ken has returned to his original looks, samples, swimming shorts and a towel. a designer says he has gone through far too many fashion transformations. more on that story on our website. i'm on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. stay with us. hello. thursday felt like one of those days where someone up there was just playing with the taps — raining one minute, then dry, then rain, then dry. it was like that pretty much all day. and some of the storms pretty impressive. we brought some hail to the streets of carlisle. some of the storms dropped temperatures by up to 5 degrees celsius as they went through, and we had some of this spectacular mammatus cloud on the underside of some of the cumulonimbus thunder clouds — a sign of really vigorous storm clouds building. and more recently, well, some of those showers have started to turn to snow across parts of northern scotland, particularly in the high ground, so we've had a bit of everything really and we've got more of the same to come as well on through the course of friday. a risk of icy stretches, then, where we have this snow and those lower temperatures, particularly across the high ground in scotland. but there could be a bit of sleet or a bit of hail mixed in with the showers just about anywhere over the next few hours, and it's going to be a blustery old start to the day on friday. heavy rain for a time across wales and south west england, slowly pushing eastwards with some thunder mixed in with that. then we'll probably have a more generally showery kind of spell of weather for most areas of the uk. some sunshine, some hail mixed in with the showers, temperatures dropping sharply when those clouds go through. and then late in the day, another spell of more general rain is set to move in as the winds start to crank up again. yes, it's going to be a particularly blustery friday night and early part of saturday morning. now, temperatures, by the time we get to the first part of saturday morning, well, low enough to give us some frost and again, there will be some snow mixed in with those showers over parts of higher parts of scotland, so for some, and the weekend, well it's dominated by low pressure. we're going to continue to see strong winds, showers or even a few lengthier outbreaks of rain diving across the uk. so on saturday, it is a day of sunshine and showers. again, some of the showers will have hail mixed in with them. still a bit of snow over some of the higher ground because yes, it is maybe just about cold enough for that. and again, when those showers come through, the temperatures will drop sharply by several degrees celsius, but these are the kind of maximum temperatures that you might expect to see — highs of about 7—10 degrees celsius — but perhaps feeling cooler, given the strength of the winds. for sunday, another weather system dives south—eastwards across the uk, bringing more general rain with it. probably the driest, brightest weather across northern scotland, and those temperatures coming up just an odd degree or so. that's your latest weather. rebecca morelle, bbc news. this is bbc news, the headlines: in the us, joe biden uses his first primetime address as president to set out what could be the country's pathway out of the pandemic. he's urged americans to get vaccinated saying they could be able to gather byjuly 4th. norway, iceland and denmark suspend use of the astrazeneca vaccine after reports that some people who were given it, went on to develop blood clots. around half a dozen other countries have stopped using doses from specific batches. but the eu's medicine's regulator says it is safe. a digital artwork has sold at auction for a record $69 million. the work is by an artist, known as beeple, and is a collage of 5,000 individual images, made over more than thirteen years. it was the first major auction of a piece of art that doesn't exist in physicalform. now on bbc news, the week in parliament.