in winter where all these buses that are going around in cities that can no longer take any more passengers on because when they have a small percentage of the usual capacity on a bus, you are going to feel less inclined to go out. that's the biggest that to the economy. the government are fishing for people to government are fishing for people to go out, and spend money, and be part of normal society as best they possibly can but the reality is it's going to be really tough to do that because the infrastructure is not going to be able to cope. right. let's look further afield not from ft we can has the story about the us heading out of beijing. after hong kong postpones their elections citing virus fears. the timing of this is interesting, isn't it? jo, because just yesterday it was we heard president trump hinting at a possible postponement of the us elections. yeah, i'm kind of surprised because i thought it would be helpful for his argument to some extent if another place decides to actually it will be difficult to run of actions but there is so much going on with hong kong right now. and this isjust going on with hong kong right now. and this is just another escalation, another reason to have that war of words that's been going on between those involved in china and hong kong that is happening with the trump administration. it is a tough one, the reality is we have postponed erections here before, we postponed erections here before, we postpone them back in 2001 with foot—and—mouth which i think what was only by a month but we have postponed our mayoral elections until next year. there is an argument for doing so. however, the reality is that there is some really serious stuff going on in hong kong that we have looked at for months 110w that we have looked at for months now that mean the idea of elections being postponed has really serious concerns about the treatment of humans on that region. and john the critique here is that this postponement is not so much about coronavirus but this wider crackdown isn't it? absolutely, jo is right it isn't it? absolutely, jo is right it is very serious and another very serious infringement on the rights and liberties of the hong kong people. and it'sjust such a shame that we in britain postponed our major your and local elections because that cuts the ground from underour because that cuts the ground from under our feet. we can't say to china that the selection must go ahead in hong kong because we have postponed our own. that was a terrible escape, i don't think we should have done it, ithink democracy is far more important. —— that was a terrible mistake. we have given too much ground there. let's turn to the times here. story about the us election. this is interesting. john, why is kamala harris taking so much heat?l harris, i think you were talking about the times story about donald trump. we will get to that. joe biden is poised to announce his vice presidential running mate, and kamala harris is a favourite so she is going to attract all the attention from her critics. but i think... i don't know enough about american politics but i have been told that joe biden was always going told that joe biden was always going to choose kamala harris and he will choose her this coming week. to choose kamala harris and he will choose her this coming weekm to choose kamala harris and he will choose her this coming week. jo do you think that is what is meant to happen? it is certainly looking likely, there is always a thing with these elections that suddenly there can bea these elections that suddenly there can be a sort of i suppose a left—field candidate that could emerge but kamala harris has been talked about for some time and i think she has been very close to the family in particular ofjoe's late son so family in particular ofjoe's late son so i guess there is history there i guess you could call it but not ina there i guess you could call it but not in a positive sense. it's really interesting, the american elections and america generally, they do go over when anyone is nominated for anything whether it is judicial positions, whether it is nominations for vice president, etc, they trawl over people and the amount of nominations that don't make it are quite significant. it is going to be interesting to see. she has been an very interesting figure in american politics, it will be interesting to see what happens next. certainly will and here's your chance to talk about that surgery could to get into, john. president trump is saying "we must know the results on election night to avoid fraud." now, just give us a bit of background on this because this fraud that he's talking about, how much evidence is there of it? he is engaged and absolutely discreet. anti—democratic behaviour under nine the technician undermining faith in american democracy —— undermining faith in american democracy but he is playing a game and we are rising too and we shouldn't really give him the time of day. it's not up to us, it is not oui’ of day. it's not up to us, it is not our election but it is obvious what he is doing, he is trying to provoke his opponents into getting into a state, it is a tactic that he is adept at for some suggesting that he might not accept the results, suggesting the election on to be postponed, he can't do any of those things. we all know that and we shouldn't really give them the satisfaction of jumping up shouldn't really give them the satisfaction ofjumping up and down about it. all of that said, jo, a lot of people are listening to him about this, are they? and believing what he is saying? he's got this co nsta nt what he is saying? he's got this constant narrative which is railing against the system, it's geared up against the system, it's geared up against him all the time, and he sort of gets ahead of things to imply that should things than not turn out his way, he is already planting that see that there must be something or a stench around this, there must be a problem. the reality is elections across the world but in particular america, have had a problem where they have had to have recou nts problem where they have had to have recounts and recounts to take significant amounts of time. and therefore, results can be delayed. but obviously from his perspective he is trying to say that could suggest something is wrong and u ntowa rd suggest something is wrong and untoward will be going on. the reality is that actually when elections are very close to call, they had to make sure they have done theirjob properly. all right. and we will go back to the telegraph again and look at our final story, this one is about honours come on the left borisjohnson's brother, conservatives of former treasurer, and a union firebrand, what you make of that wits, john? it further undermines the authority of the house of lords. i'm not a fan of the house of lords. i'm not a fan of the house of lords. i'm not a fan of the house of lords, particularly. it just was terrible to be appointing and advocating gear brother to the peerage. it is very bad politics on borisjohnson's part. peerage. it is very bad politics on boris johnson's part. jo? i'm really torn on this one actually because i think it's hard. there is a trend to move former mps into the wards and for good reason often because they've done great things, many are ministers who have expertise, interesting this particular group of people. there is a lot that look like anti—a lot of the positions boris took, particularly over brexit. so we have people like philip hammond and ken clarke. it isn't necessary going to be an easy punch that are going in but the idea thatjojohnsonjust punch that are going in but the idea that jo johnson just because punch that are going in but the idea thatjojohnson just because he is borisjohnson thatjojohnson just because he is boris johnson positive thatjojohnson just because he is borisjohnson positive brother can't be included in that list of former mps be included in that list of former mp5 is be included in that list of former mps isa be included in that list of former mp5 is a difficult one because i thinkjo what had spent time in dentistry and was a good minister but there is no question people are going to say field office of —— spent time in downing street. thank you you both and i will see later at 11:30pm byjust a quick one before we go. is there anyone that you think you would have liked to seen on that wits, jo that isn't on at?” have fasted a coat myself actually, i'm not sure if i'm that significant enough to make it! i think every year there is a wonder of weather are the people should have turned up. iwas are the people should have turned up. i was pleased to see kate how he who has worked extreme a heart as an mp facade, it was nice to see her on that was for some would you want to ta ke that was for some would you want to take a stab at that, john?” nominate jo tanner. i was starting about where want to be! john and jo, thank you very much. i will be seeing you both later. there will be backin seeing you both later. there will be back injust over seeing you both later. there will be back in just over half an hour. that's it for the papers. half an hour to look at more of the stories being covered goodbye for now. scorching hot day across many parts of england but particularly in the south—east and the met office recorded a temperature of around 38 celsius at london heathrow. not a record but not far off. certainly one of the highest temperatures ever measured in our shores. now, the weather is freshening up. that's the good news if you don't like the heat and this is where it's coming from. off the atlantic. this cool front here has already brought rain to parts of northern ireland and western scotland. and this process is going to continue through the course of friday evening into saturday. we will see these atlantic winds winning and they are going to push the heat a little bit deeper into europe. but it's still a very warm if not hot evening out there. temperatures in east anglia in the south—east hovering around the mid—20s late evening and 22 degrees also in newcastle. this is the forecast for this evening and overnight. we could see some storm still rumbling across some eastern areas. gusty winds and hail with that. later in the night it looks as though those storms will fizzle away. the fresher atlantic winds already setting in across ireland at this stage at 5am in the morning on saturday. we're talking around 1a in belfast. still pretty warm in east anglia in the south—east, around 18 degrees. here's the weather map for saturday. you can see yellow colours here. that indicates that fresher air coming off the atlantic driven by this low close to iceland. basically, by this stage the hot air is further east into europe. and we have a mixture of sunshine and showers. all in all a very pleasant saturday on the way. most of us will miss the showers and will have frequent sunny spells. 25 the top temperature in london, so quite a dip in what we had on friday and in the north of the uk, we are talking closer to around 18 degrees. how about for the football? the fa cup final. beautiful weather around, really rather ideal weather conditions with temperatures in the low to mid—20s and sunny spells. saturday into sunday, we'll see weather fronts moving across the northern half of the uk. that showery theme continues. i think for northern ireland, scotland and it looks as though the lakes and maybe parts of yorkshire, we could see some showers around on saturday but south of that, the weather is going to be dry. it's going to be a little bit cooler. temperatures 20—23 across southern areas of the uk. more like 17 in the north. that's it for me. bye— bye. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a gloomy warning from the head of the world health organisation — he says the impact of the coronavirus outbreak will be felt ‘for decades to come'. the uk halts any further easing of lockdown restrictions due to come into force in england. borisjohnson said it's necessary; to deal with a rise in infections. we cannot be complacent and i will not stand by and i love this but is to threaten to cause more pain and more heartache in our country. —— and let these virus continue to threaten. three people, including a teeanger, are charged in the united states in connection with the hacking of high profile twitter users.
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