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We are expecting to speak soon from the white house and we will bring that to you. But earlier today he released his plan. Here it is its about 21 pages in full. In it there are seven key goals. First, to restore trust in the governments control of the situation. Second, to expand the Vaccination Programme. He also is focused on preventing the spread so more mask wearing, better social distancing measures and higher testing rates. To help boost vaccine production he will immediately expand emergency relief and exercise the defense production act. That allows access for extra emergency funding and also measures for the supply chain. He aims to safely open schools and business while protecting workers, protect the most at risk particularly reducing the differences across racial and ethnic lines and finally, to restore the us as a Global Health leader and help prepare the world for future threats. That is how he describes it. At the centre of a lot of the plan is nationalising the approach something doctors around the country have been crying out for. I think a lot of the challenge with vaccine delivery here in the us has been that states were just left to do their own infrastructure and a lot of Public Health infrastructure here just doesnt exist. We dont have a, really, a national Public Health system, and so that has created a lot of bureaucracy and reinventing the wheel. And so, what the new administration has said is that they are going to really try to federalise some of this response. Are so very clearly a lot of work to do. And it is seemingly going to be more difficult than expected. Jeff zients, biden covid 19tsar told reporters, and he compared it to other countries the Vaccination Program is lagging. This graph shows that only 5 out of every 100 people have received a vaccine dose. Thats behind the uk, the uae and israel, who have already vaccinated 35 of their population. Israel is the standout Success Story there. But medical experts across the country are hopeful the team can turn it around. The most important thing is that we now have a Single Person in charge. We have been fighting this war with no general, with no data, with no logistics, with no funding, with no playbook. We now have all of those being put into place. Now, i am not naive, were not going to turn the corner overnight, but each of these factors and most of all the fact that we have kind of a head tsar for covid 19 response in our country now, that all points to the fact that there is hope on the horizon. That we are moving in the right direction, the right direction, that we will be able to conquer this virus in our country. Joe biden has made mask wearing a key point of difference between him and donald trump, so that the First Executive order calling for masks to be one in federal buildings, on federal lands and by federal employees and contractors. And while the president wants to expand in that order, experts say is just going to come down to convincing the american people. Premises that you really cant regulate include private settings like someones home. Yet we know that if you have had covid exposure or you are sick with covid you really should be wearing a mask in the house as well. So it is really going to come down to Public Health messaging, meeting people where they are at, working in communities and getting people to believe and agree upon the necessity for facemask use. So a huge task ahead to contain the outbreak in the us. But unlike his predecessor, joe biden will also focus on lending americas weight to the global effort. So another day one executive order. Was to reverse Donald Trumps decision to pull the us out of the World Health Organisation. President biden signed the order a few hours after his inauguration, but the job of notifying the who fell to doctor Anthony Fauci the president s chief medical advisor. I am honoured to announce that the United States will remain a member of the World Health Organization. The United States plans to work multilaterally, to respond to and recover from the covid 19 pandemic. President biden will issue a directive later today, which will include the intent of the United States to join covax. Doctor fauci there. Covax is the who led program that is designed to help poorer countries recieve enough vaccines. It is called vaccine equity. And americas involvement in the program and the larger global fight against coroanvirus will be key. Thats largely because the United States is the single largest donor to the who. They provided 400 million of funding in 2019 thats15 of the total who budget. So unsurprisingly, the director general welcomed the news. We have a lot of work to do and lessons to learn to end the pandemic and to meet the long list of Global Health challenges we face. But the world will be better able to meet them with you. Dr tedros there. Containing coronavirus in the us as quickly as possible is essential to the success of the us economy. That is Something Else that President Biden is going to be tackling. We are going to bring you to him live when he speaks at the white house. President biden has announced plans for a 1. 9 trillion stimulus package to boost the economy and safeguard jobs with a special focus on addressing the unequal way its hit different the unequal way its hit different parts of america. Today, the jobs crisis came into sharp focus the number of americans filing for Unemployment Benefits in the past week hit 900,000 as the pandemic continues to hammer work opportunities. And many of those finding themselves out of work are women, as this former adviser to barack obama explains. In this slide, we have lost 22 millionjobs. We regained 12 million of those, leaving a 10 million hole ofjobs, but within that about 5. 5 million are women who lost in this economy and an extraordinary percentage of them are women of colour who are Front Line Service workers. So that is a real challenge that the biden team appreciates and that they will meet head on immediately. Its also the first day of business for the new senate. With georgias two new Democratic Senators now sworn in the senate is split 50 50 but Vice President Kamala Harris holding the deciding vote Democrat Chuck schumer is now the majority leader. Speaker pelosi will determine when she was in the article is over. The leader and i are trying to come up with a bipartisan agreement to conduct the trial, but make no mistake about it, there will be a trial, there will be emotion up or down on whether to convict the president. I believe he should be convicted. In the uk there were another 37,892 new coronavirus cases recorded in the past 24 hour period and also 1,290 deaths reported today, taking the overall figure ever closer to the 100,000 mark. But for every death many more are being saved by medical staff working under greater pressure than at any time in the nhs� s history. In his final report from the royal london hospital, clive myrie along with camera journalist David Mcilveen and producer sam piranty looks at the cost of the pandemic on patients and medics alike and what their experience tells us about the nhs. You may find some of this report upsetting. It does also contain flashing images. Hello, am i speaking to shamima . My name is doctor healy, im ringing from the royal london hospital. Its about your husband, asif. Consultant marie healy� s words will sting. One of her Covid Patients isnt doing well in intensive care. He is quite sick, he could die from this, im sorry to have to say that. Weve only been married for two years. He is the light of your life. He is. You know, hes never been away from me, for even a day. This is shamima, who already knows loss in this pandemic. Her brother in law was buried last month, a victim of covid 19, and this week her father in law died from the virus. Now her husbands life hangs precarious. It is a feature of the second wave that whole families have been blighted. We feel so empty and for me not to have my husband by my side, life is too short and you want to spend it with your loved ones because i have to be strong for my mother, i have to be strong for my sister in law. You know, they kind of rely on me and if i break down, then, you know, i dont know whats going to happen to the family. Asif lies limp, one of close to 4,000 people across the uk now breathing with the aid of a machine, due to covid 19. That is more than 4,000 families praying for the best, fearing the worst, lives on hold. The nhs is a family, too, and it has mourned its own. More than 200 frontline staff have died in the pandemic. And see you because they didnt want to get you tired. Senior charge nurse dom wood at the royal london feared he wouldnt make it after contracting the virus over christmas. I was doing everything i could to try and deep breathe and everything that i tell everyone to do and thats quite a scary moment. Because. You see. The trouble is, in the first wave and the second wave, ive seen what can happen. Its scary. Were all scared. That the grave diggers will keep working due to covid. This cemetery in North East London has had to expand because of the pandemic dead. Today, across the uk, more than 94,000 thats over 20,000 more than the number of civilians who died in our country in world war ii. Were all scared, that things will get worse before they get better. Were all scared of the cruel ripples of the pandemic lockdowns, Mental Health problems, economic shock. So where is the light . Martin griffiths is a consultant trauma surgeon at the royal london, more used to dealing with gunshot wounds and stabbings. Now he is helping out giving people vaccine jabs. What do you think of anti vaxxers . They have my thoughts and prayers. Theyre wrong. They are so wrong. And either by a lack of knowledge, a lack of understanding, an unwillingness to accept reality, what we are seeing is they are an unwillingness to accept reality of what we are seeing, they are actively contributing to the detriment of our society. Next, please. Salvation, then, at the end of a needle. And maybe soon we will all be able to smile. Its true, the nhs is here for us from cradle to grave, part of the origin myth of post war modern britain, but coronavirus has given us a glimpse into a dark future, a time when the men and women of the service cannot help everyone as they would like. Is that the true lesson of this pandemic that to see the nhs crumble means losing a part of who we are . Clive myrie, bbc news. Incredibly affecting report there, and if you missed the two previous reports you can still find them online. Thanks to clive and his team. To kenya now, where the uk foreign secretary has used his visit to call for a greater commitment to International Vaccine programmes like covax. Speaking at the start of a visit to eastern africa, Dominic Raab Dominic raab said wealthier countries must support Global Access to covid 19 vaccines. Of course every country wants to vaccinate their own people, but we all have a shared interest in making sure that we are all safeguarded from this appalling virus. Thats why were collaborating on a bilateral level, astrazeneca oxford, with the trials youre having here in kenya. Thats also why the uk is one of the leading funders of gavi and covax, which of course is the leading International Body and organisation for making sure that we get the virus, 1 billion doses, to the countries that need it most, and that group that will benefit from covax includes kenya. Dominic raab fair. A full lockdown and 24 hour curfew is in place in lebanon to try to slow a surge in coronavirus cases. Its a small country, but its seen one of the worst outbreaks in the arab world. The bbc� s Carine Torbey reports from beirut. Hospitals in lebanon are overwhelmed and operating on full capacity. Many have had to reject patients. The staggering increase in the number of coronavirus cases is bringing the whole Health System to its knees. With their beds filling up, many hospitals in the country are forced to improvise. Until a few days ago, this was a hospital cafeteria. Now it has been converted into a makeshift ward. In other hospitals, Emergency Rooms have been turned to receive patients. And for almost everywhere, several awards have been shutin everywhere, several awards have been shut in order to redirect all resources to the overstretched covid 19 teams. Translation figs covid 19 teams. Translation is infection sword, medical teams were phoning in sick with covid 19 as well and because of the worsening economic situation, many doctors and nurses had to leave lebanon in order to make ends meet. The nurses had to leave lebanon in order to make ends meet. Nurses had to leave lebanon in order to make ends meet. The pandemic has hit lebanon as to make ends meet. The pandemic has hit lebanon as it to make ends meet. The pandemic has hit lebanon as it has to make ends meet. The pandemic has hit lebanon as it has been to make ends meet. The pandemic has hit lebanon as it has been going hit lebanon as it has been going through the worst financial and economic crisis of its history. This is a country where the local currency has lost more than 70 of its value in a year, and where more than half the population lives in poverty. Now lebanon has entered its third and most strict lockdown. Previous lockdown downs had forced businesses to close. It is an economic disaster, on top of all the pandemic misery. But the authorities here say that as painful as it is, the measures are necessary. Thanks so much to careen torbay there. Lets turn away from coronavirus for a couple of minutes, to iraq. Where thankfully Violent Attacks have become increasingly rare but it does make todays events shocking. A busy market in the centre of baghdad has been hit by a double suicide bombing. These pictures show the moments after the first explosion. You can see people all over the area, and towards the right of the screen a crowd of people gathered around the site of the first blast it was among them, moments later, the second bomber detonated their device. This was the aftermath. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 wounded. Its the first such attack in baghdad for more than a year and a half. Our middle east analyst sebastian usher has the details. The attack happened at about midday in this very crowded, very busy market, a closed market in the centre of baghdad. People have started to come out again in iraq. Obviously there were strong measures to combat covid 19. Some of those are still in place, but they have been relaxed to some extent, so this was people coming out ready for one of the first times that they have for a while, so clearly the two bombers knew that their target was going to be a large number of people. It is the kind of attack that we have seen in the past, though, as you say, not for some years. A double attack, essentially, where you have one bomber who blows himself up, draws the attention of other people and as they come the other people and as they come the other bomber then blows them up to maximise the number of casualties. An interior Ministry Spokesperson said, that the first bomber had actually gathered people around him by saying that he was feeling ill, so people gathered round him to actually give him assistance. Thanks to sebastian actually give him assistance. Thanks to sebastian there. And in china, a group of miners have had a collapsed underground. These are the pictures that show you rescue teams drilling new shafts you try to reach the remaining miners. The plan involves digging a tunnel 70 centimetres wide to extract. Stephen mcdonell has the from beijing. Terrible news all round, anyway, for the miners who are trapped underground. Emergency teams are saying now it is going to take 15 days to be able to dig through to where they are. Bear in mind they have already been underground, trapped, since the blast for well over a week now. On top of that, one of their colleagues who had been alive suffered a head injury and actually he had been in a coma, but they have now told those above who are trying to reach them that he hasnt made it. Another colleague of theirs who had been alive, but was 50 metres below them, stuck in a different area, they have lost contact with him and they are now assuming that he has also died. Ten others are missing. However, those who remain comedy ten survivors who remain have moved to another area, hopefully a more safe area, where they are saying there is less water because the rising water level is threatening them. There are efforts to pump that water out. Two tunnels have been dug through specifically to remove that water, so you can imagine it is a race against the clock, though, as the water is coming up and they are saying it is going to take more than two weeks to make a tunnel wide enough to get them out. The granite in that area is very tough, so it is one thing to be able to punch a narrow tunnel through to where they are, another to bore one out, which is wide enough to get human beings 600 metres up to the surface. 0k, ok, we are keeping an eye on the white house, expecting joe biden, President Joe Biden, and is thursday to speak and we will bring up to you as we get it, but lets talk about one, i suppose, as we get it, but lets talk about one, isuppose, of as we get it, but lets talk about one, i suppose, of the events that happened yesterday during joe bidens inauguration that caused so many people to be chatting about her afterwards. It was the performance of 22 year old poet Amanda Gorman. 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When you have to teach yourself to speak, you gain a real appreciation for the musicality and complexity of sound. Poetry is a weapon, it is an instrument of social change and poetry is one of the most political arts out there because it demands that you rupture and destabilise the language that you are working with. Inherently, you are pushing against the status quo. Inherently, you are pushing against the status quo inherently, you are pushing against the status quo. Incredible, Amanda Gorman bear. The status quo. Incredible, Amanda Gorman bear, and the status quo. Incredible, Amanda Gorman bear, and you the status quo. Incredible, Amanda Gorman bear, and you know the status quo. Incredible, Amanda Gorman bear, and you know what i| the status quo. Incredible, amanda i gorman bear, and you know what i did seejust gorman bear, and you know what i did see just before i gorman bear, and you know what i did seejust before i came on air, that Hillary Clinton has been tweeting about after meeting ms gorman and apparently she made miss gorman promise that she would run for president in the coming years and that, in fact, she is going to hold her to it, so there you go that is a little bit of mrs clinton and miss gorman speaking yesterday at the inauguration, just a reminder of our top story, in his first day in office us President Joe Biden has announced a plan to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. He is due to speak in the white house shortly, so we will bring you back to you. Earlier the president s chief medical advisor, earlier the president s chief medicaladvisor, doctor earlier the president s chief medical advisor, doctor anthony faucl medical advisor, doctor Anthony Fauci, told the World Health Organization that the United States intends to join multilateral efforts to share coronavirus vaccines and also they have rejoined the who. Good evening. The rain may mostly have eased off now, but flooding will remain a concern over the next few days, but all that water has to get through the weather systems and you can check all the flood warnings on the bbc weather website. Storm christoph bought more than a months worth of rain to some places over the last few days and you can see where it piled on relentlessly over north wales and Northern England especially, but as that rain began to clear away during today on the back edge you can see we had some snow mixing and, quite a lot of snow over some parts of scotland, a beautiful scene for this weather watcher earlier on in east lothian. Still some snow to come across northern scotland particularly through tonight, and think along the coastline along the north east they will be rain falling stock prices likely to be a concern, especially across the western side of the uk, but may be further eased as well, with temperatures dropping down to around freezing or below in some spots, still a scattering of freezing showers across Western Areas at low pressure will remain to the north east of the British Isles during tomorrow. The wind is coming down from the north, quite a chilly wind direction, one that will bring some wintry showers. Nor scotland will see some further snow showers during the day, a mixture of rain, sleet and snow across parts of northern ireland, north east england and some wintry showers and parts of east wales and north west england as well. Further east will stay predominantly dry with some spells of sunshine, quite a windy prospect, especially across scotland and as far as the temperatures go, no great shakes, 4 8. Friday far as the temperatures go, no great shakes, 4 8. Friday night will be very cold, lows of 7 possible in places. Could see some fog patches around on saturday morning, could be around on saturday morning, could be a bit of rain scraping very close to 7 counties of england first thing. For the most part a mini fine day with some spells of sunshine, one or two showers, likely to be wintry, could even bring some snow to low levels, drop temperatures 2 7. We will have that cold air in place during saturday night into sunday, this frontal system pushing in from the west, uncertainty about the exact of this, but some places, particularly down towards the south, could see some snow for a time, even to quite low levels. It will be another cold day, highs of 3 6. Hello, im nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. Joe biden has begun his first full day as president of the United States. After a flurry of executive orders last night President Biden has signed ten more this time to boost americas fight against coronavirus. He has already reversed a travel ban on more than a dozen muslim majority countries. He has also put an end to the construction of the border wall that was so central to Donald Trumps presidency over 1,200 people have died from covid 19 in the uk in the last 24 hours, well look at the challenges healthworkers face in the royal london hospital. Also in the programme. The head of the Olympic Committee says there is no reason to believe the tokyo games will not go ahead this year but other events have not faired so well, organsiers say Glastonbury Festival will not go ahead this year. Well take a look at how major events are adapting to the pandemic in his first hours in office President Biden signed half a dozen executive orders some aimed at reversing the previous administrations hardline immigration policies. They included lifting a travel ban on mostly muslim majority countries and halting construction of the Us Mexico Border wall. Mr biden also sent a bill to congress proposing a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already living in the United States. Lorella praeli a one time undocumented immigrant from peru, who became a us citizen in 2015, has welcomed the new policy. Joe bidens day one bear very truly a dramatic shift and a welcome departure from their racism and xenophobia of their trump era. We really think the president for keeping his promises during the campaign and i see very much as setting the tone of what we are to expect and what we have to work to accomplish in the next 100 days and beyond. Yesterday we saw a repeal of the muslim band and we saw that they want data on immigration that seeks to legalise 11 Million People that for the first time is in leading with an enforcement for a framework which is significant. We also saw a commitment to being stating the aca and a halt to the border wall construction and a moratorium or a pause on removals. And how huge that its for the movement. Is i its for the movement. As i mentioned its for the movement. As i mentioned we its for the movement. As i mentioned we are its for the movement. As i mentioned we are expecting him to speakfrom the mentioned we are expecting him to speak from the white house. I want to bring you some nice pictures we are seeing their getting set up and ready to hearfrom are seeing their getting set up and ready to hear from joe biden. Reversing a lot of the policies that were put in place by his predecessor, former President Donald Trump so we are waiting his arrival to come in to the oval office. You can see that is a strategic plan, 21 pages long. Pandemic preparedness and outlining federal order for masks for contractors and also about how he plans to stop the spread and the difference with this is a National Strategy that he is trying to together instead of the 50 states all having their own plan. We can see a couple of people that are walking in beginning to get ready. That of course is a man we have become very familiar with over the past ten months. That is doctor Anthony Fauci and he was chief medical adviserfor Anthony Fauci and he was chief medical adviser for donald trump and stays in the office forjoe biden, and we have some others joining virtually as well as he can see. Doctor felt was given the task of electing the World Health Organisation know that the us was rejoining which is very important for the who funding, 400 million they received in 2019 from the us. Over 50 of the money that they can then put into stopping pandemics and helping control the spread and sell doctor felty was the one who would deliver that news in a conference call. Standing by forjoe biden who is expected and also everybody becoming so familiar with speaking virtually or having these Virtual Meetings just 35 minutes past two in the afternoon. They look like theyre going to be waiting for another couple of minutes. Let me bring you another few aspects when it comes tojoe biden and executive orders. One signed yesterday returned america to the paris Climate Change agreement. Its goal is to limit Global Warming to well below two degrees celsius, preferably to 1 point 5 degrees, compared to pre industrial levels. Under the agreement, each country sets its own Emission Reduction targets, which are reviewed every five yea rs. And rich countries are required to help poorer nations switch to renewable energy. Paul bodnar was a key climate and Energy Advisor to president obama heres his take on the biden administrations approach to Climate Change. He said, the cry for survival comes from the planet itself. Strong words for an american president. But everyone understands that this is not a problem that can be solved with the stroke of a pen and biden cant simply pick up where obama had left off. The Climate Crisis has deepened and americans standing in the world has been harmed. The president will certainly face scepticism in the rest of the world, which has had to struggle with the inconsistent presence of the United States on Global Climate action, but he has a few things working in his favour. First, World Leaders know and trust the president and his team. Second, this moment calls for exactly the kind of leadership in the United States can effectively provide in its moments, nimble and decisive, and finally there is simply no time for hard feelings. We can process the emotional damage later, once we put out the fire. And the president likes to say that america must lead by the power of the example, so i think you will see very bold and Decisive Action to cut us emissions domestically, as well as to make sure that the us is an engine of change around the world. I was very noticeable how when they started looking at their priorities for the new administration they started with iran and they kept coming back to iran all of course about the Iran Nuclear Deal of 2015 and that President Trump pulled out of that which congress was not consulted on and congress made the made it absolutely clear whether it was iran or any otherforeign policy issues they wanted to be consulted on and what was also very noticeable was how much he emphasised that they would notjust engage with congress but they would also engage with allies and in the case of iran that means european allies who want to ensure that 2015 field is not far fall apart. Ensure that 2015 field is not far fallapart. Its ensure that 2015 field is not far fall apart. Its hanging by a thread and any new agreement sets and he said he would consult states in the golf as well as israel who are our opponents of the 2015 deal and also want to ensure that any more negotiations and any diplomacy with iran focuses on a list of Ballistic Missiles and the activities in the region. Here are some of the front pages. You can see the french paper says joe bidens dream of unity but instead let us turn to the latest edition of time magazine. That is joe biden gazing out of the window of a trust oval office. He called this day one. Also let us turn to russia. State television focusing on the differences betweenjoe biden and donald trump. Let me play you article. This correspondent says joe this correspondent sastoe biden is not hiding that he will drastically change the course that the country followed and russia does not have much to count on that because the new administration already has said it will continue the policy of containing russia. As we wait for joe biden at the white house let us take a look at the coverage in latin america. This is the front of brazils o globo daily, withjoe bidens statement that democracy prevails. Luis fajardo from bbc monitoring joins me from miami. What other coverage have you seen . Taking a look at the media and the region. Good to have you back. What have you see them. The . E region. Good to have you back. What have you see them. Have you see them. They us inauguration have you see them. They us inauguration always have you see them. They us inauguration always was have you see them. They us inauguration always was expected to be extremely latin america however that tell him tone is extraordinary. You keep the million outlets and many others actually expressing relief at the fact that the democratic transition did take place that the transfer of power did take place and things like a call for unity and democracy has prevailed and warning against extremism while of coursejoe bidens words in his inaugural speech but the tone is very, very different, i tell them that is quite distinct from the normal coverage and sometimes symptoms went from admiration but never really concerned as it is the case now. This is the concern about basic democratic stability and a real concern about the events that took place in the last couple of weeks. Other Media Outlets have also taken a very strong critical position about the Us Institution for example major news outlet in columbia describing the end of what they call trumps banana republic. Of course latin america very often was criticised in these terms in the us and in other western countries so now the idea that they expressed concerns about this very basic situation and a very basic viability of us democracy as they see it and the fact that they have to express a belief of their success and many others are saying and what concerns of immigration and insurance issues around the environment in the case of breast air but stare many of them or most of them i would say understand that the degree of turmoil that they saw in the us or in this electoral process is something that concerns the entire world and of course that has been the focus of the coverage these days. The focus of the coverage these da 5. , ~ , , the focus of the coverage these da 5. , ~ , days. Thank you so much for speaking to us from miami. For some believers of the sprawling Conspiracy Theory known as qanon, donald trump leaving office was a betrayal. Many expected him to order the mass arrests of supposed satan worshipping pedophile elites, especially democrats. Instead, joe biden was calmly sworn into office. Some of the reaction includes this from one qanon influencer. This is a very difficult day for all of us. We thought � the plan was the way we would take this country back. And another follower said i just want to throw up. Im so sick of all the disinformation and false hope. Marianna spring is our specialist disinformation reporter. She has been kept incredibly busy over the past few days and weeks and months. I am fascinated with this reaction that i am reading. What did some of these conspiracy theorists expect to happen yesterday exactly . They were expecting some very outlandish things to happen at the inauguration. They were hoping that donald trump might throw them some bread crumbs in his speech or might speak of stolen elections again or even suggest that a storm is upon us and here we go we are going to take over the country and i did not happen. Quite unusually sell because some of that speech is more recently have fields of those conspiracy narratives on mine. Then they expected that they were going to be mass arrests when joe expected that they were going to be mass arrests Whenjoe Biden was inaugurated because they think that he and others including lady gaga are part of a satanic paedophile ring for which there is absolutely no evidence. When that did not happen out of them if you say began despairing what is going on, why is nothing coming through . Far more than be perhaps expected, conspiracy theories dont tend to disappear. They evolve and change but this was a really Crucial Point for those who believe he went on and nothing came to fruition that they were expecting. 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Theres lots of evidence that the conspiracy evidence that the conspiracy theories involved so when one target moves on a day i that there conspiracy to fit in your narrative. That has been the case for some of the q and unbelievers. They said its part of the plan to keep following trump. For those who are disappointed i think they can call various ways and i hope that some of them may emerge from this conspiracy rabbit hole thats been expressed by relatives of those who have fallen into two and on and been speaking to me over the past couple of days. A lot of people are vulnerable to extremist groups and it was on the far right and other conspiracies and he may find themselves sucked into another kind of cult or for those who have lost faith in donald trump they can still hold onto that satanic paedophile elements and continue to pursue and promote false allegations about certain people that they do not like. May qanon grows bigger than trump but i know one thing we know for certain if its not going to totally disappear and it may evolve and morph into something even more extreme and more dangerous particularly for those people who feel they now have nothing to lose. Still] people who feel they now have nothing to lose. The ideal to listen tojoe biden due to speak about the pandemic. Hundreds of homes have been evacuated in the uk after storm christoph caused widespread flooding. The north west of england is one of the worst hit, Judith Moritz is there. Submerged streets and flooded fields, this was warrington today. For months, the message has been to stay at home. This morning in this area with the bible at or by foot it was to get out. Mi; area with the bible at or by foot it was to get out area with the bible at or by foot it was to get out. My living room floor literally looks was to get out. My living room floor literally looks like was to get out. My living room floor literally looks like a was to get out. My living room floor literally looks like a water was to get out. My living room floor literally looks like a water bed literally looks like a water bed because the water has gone straight under it. Ive had to turn off all the electricity and gas and everything. The electricity and gas and everything the electricity and gas and eve hina. , , j , everything. Though that theyll use was forecast. Everything. Though that theyll use was forecast, this everything. Though that theyll use was forecast, this area everything. Though that theyll use was forecast, this area was everything. Though that theyll use was forecast, this area was not everything. Though that theyll use | was forecast, this area was not one of those classed at the highest risk meaning a threat to life. I of those classed at the highest risk meaning a threat to life. Meaning a threat to life. I think it was a very meaning a threat to life. I think it was a very frightening meaning a threat to life. I think it was a very frightening situation. I was a very frightening situation. The water grill and rose quite rapidly and i think as the snow started to follow is that it became quite a dangerous situation. In north which their retirement village was cut off and i was living there were taken away to a hotel. The Prime Minister watched defences being shored up this morning. Last night, residents here were told to evacuate their homes. Today they were allowed back and were pleased to be clearing away puddles of rain rather than floodwater. Did you leave the house . Myself and my two daughters did, we went to stay with my mum. She lives nearby. Shes only five minutes away so we were very lucky. Some people decided to go, some people decided to stay. We took it upon ourselves to make sure that the river was monitored every hour right through the night by the residents here. Its only when you get up into the air that you can see the extent of the water in manchester and cheshire. It is mostly lying on farmland, by design. As the river mersey was raging, to stop it overflowing they opened the sluice gates here and sent to the water along that drainage channel and out onto the flood plain. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Let us turn to the white house where President Joe Biden is speaking. With the most professionalism and duty and honour that can be expected. As commander in chief and president i always respect and revere their service and that of their families. Revere their service and that of theirfamilies. But now, to revere their service and that of their families. But now, to todays announcement. Vice president harris and i werejoined by members of our covid 19 team, Response Team and doctor Anthony Fauci our chief covid 19 medical adviser. Our nominee for secretary of health and Human Services. Our nominee for a surgeon general, doctor Michelle Lenski who will be the director for the centers for Disease Control and prevention and doctor maisel and eunice smith who will be leading our equity work in the covid 19 response. And i wear managers of this whole effort. Yesterday during my inaugural address i offered a prayer and a silent prayer, both salient and silent and i thought it was important that people understand what had happened that we all paid tribute to our prayers for those 400,000 americans love left lost their lives in this pandemic. On tuesday, janet and i and we stayed at their reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial and joint americans all across the country to remember there 400,000 mothers and fathers, hunt husbands and wives, children, sons, daughters and they said at that moment that the heel we must remember. I dashed to heel we must remember. I dashed to heel we must remember. I dashed to heel we must remember. It is important to do that as a nation. We must also act, not just that as a nation. We must also act, notjust remember. Yet for the past year we could not rely on the federal government to act with urgency and focus and coordination we needed. We have seen the tragic cost of that failure. 3 4000 deaths per day. To date, more than 24 million americans. 24 million americans have been infected. To put that in context, america makes up 4 of the well� s population. 25 of the well� s covid 19 cases and nearly 20 of all the covid 19 gas, 4 of the population. The pandemic has disproportionately impacted on blacks commandant latinos, native americans who are about four times as likely to be hospitalised and three times more likely to die from the covid 19 pandemic than white americans. Hospitals are out of beds. Businesses are closed for good. Schools are caught in between and while the vaccine provides so much hope the roll out has been a dismalfailure much hope the roll out has been a dismal failure thus far. So, much hope the roll out has been a dismalfailure thus far. So, i understand the despair and frustration of so many americans. And how they are feeling. I understand why many governors, mayors, county officials, tribal leaders feel like they are left on their own without a clear National Plan to get them through the crisis. Let me be clear, things are going to continue to get worse before they get better. The memorial we held two nights ago will not be our last one unfortunately. The death toll is likely top 500,000 next month. Cases will continue to mount. He did not get into this mess overnight. It will take months for us to turn things around. That may be equally clear, we will get through this. We will defeat this pandemic. And to a nation we can for action, let me be the clearest on this point. Help is on the way. Today, i am embedding a National Strategy on covid 19. An executive action is to be its pandemic. This plan reflects the ideas i said forward during the campaign and further refined over the past three months. It consists of my transition teams and task force and Anthony Fauci and the team here today and other experts put this plan together. Our National Strategy is comprehensive and its based on science and not politics and its based on truth and not the nail and its detailed. You can review this entire plan, this entire plan by going to white house not golf. Its so detailed, it is over 198 pages complete details of what we are going to do. Our plan starts with aggressive, safe and effective vaccination campaign. To meet our going going of administering 100 million shots and our first hundred daysin million shots and our first hundred days in office. They are on day one. This will be one of the greatest operational challenges our nation has ever undertaken. I am committed to getting it done. We are committed to getting it done. We are committed to getting it done. We are committed to getting it done. I explained, as i explained last week we will move heaven and earth to get more people vaccinated for free and create more places for them to get vaccinated to mobilise more medical teams to get shots in peoples arms and to increase vaccine supply and get it out the door as fast as possible. Yesterday we got started, we directed the federal Emergency Management agency to start standing up Management Agency to start standing up the first federally supported Community Vaccination centres with the goal of standing up 100 centres within the next month. The centers for Disease Control and prevention will launch the federal Pharmacy Programme to make Vaccines Available to communities and their local pharmacies beginning early by the seventh or 8th of february and very early february. We would also task the department of health and Human Services to prepare and expand the pool of medical professionals who can administer the vaccine, who can administer the vaccine and who ensure we have enough facts that people doing the vaccines to meet the needs and quickly. In addition to this effort our administration will be asking congress to find and quell the Public Health workforce. They are also going to take immediate steps to partner with governors and mayors and other local officials who will be talking to all along who are on the front lines of the site. He directed them to establish a covid 19 response liaison for each state which every state will have a point person at the federal level to maximise cooperation between the federal government and the states and we will be made known about it immediately. This is a model used to respond to Hurricane Sandy which i was deeply involved with and in just a few moments im going to sign a declaration to immediately begin reimbursing states 100 for the use of their National Guards to help covid 19 relief efforts. Something democrats and republican governors i like have called for. But the brutal truth is its going to take months before you can get the majority of americans vaccinated. That before you can get the maority of americans vaccinated. Americans vaccinated. That is president americans vaccinated. That is president joe americans vaccinated. That is President Joe Biden. Americans vaccinated. That is President Joe Biden. Of americans vaccinated. That is | President Joe Biden. Of course President Joe Biden. Of course speaking about his National Strategy for covid 19. We are going to have some of our viewers the bus from bbc news. The rain may mostly have used now by flame will remain a concern over the next few days. All of the water has to get through the river system. You can check all the latest flood warnings on bbc weather website. Storm christoph brought more than a month of rain to some places over you can see part of north wales and north england especially. As it begins to clear away on the back you can see we had smelled mixing in. A lot of snow over some parts of scotland. A beautiful scene early on in east. Some snowfall to come particularly through tonight. Along the immediate coastline in the northeast it will be rain that falls. Price is likely to be a concern across the western side of the uk. Maybe further east as well with temperatures dropping down to freezing or below in some spots. A scattering of showers across Western Areas and low pressure will remain to the northeast of the British Isles during tomorrow. Wind coming from the north and one that will continue to bring some winter showers. Across the north of scotland we will see snow showers through the day and a mixture of rain and snow across parts of northern ireland. Some winter showers and parts of wales in southwest england as well. Further east it will stay dry with spells of sunshine. A windy day especially across scotland and as far as the temperatures go for 8 degrees. Friday night is going to be very cold. In low of 7 possible in places. Fog on saturday morning. Some rain going close to seven counties of england first thing but for the most part it is a fine day with spells of sunshine. One way to showers which are likely to be winter. Could bring some snow to low levels with top temperature is between two and 7 degrees. And we will have that cold air in place during saturday night into sunday. The frontal system will push in from the west and uncertainty about the exact position of this but some places particularly down to the south could see snow for a time even to quite low levels and it will be another cold day with highs of 3 6. The headlines at eight. As nearly 5 Million People have been given their first vaccinationjob a Million People have been given their first vaccination job a warning from the Prime Minister not to bank on a quick easing of the covid restrictions. I quick easing of the covid restrictions. Quick easing of the covid restrictions. ~ � , , restrictions. I think its too early to say when restrictions. I think its too early to say when we restrictions. I think its too early to say when we will restrictions. I think its too early to say when we will be restrictions. I think its too early to say when we will be able restrictions. I think its too early to say when we will be able to i restrictions. I think its too early l to say when we will be able to lift some of the restrictions. The new £800 fine for some of the restrictions. The new £800 fine for people some of the restrictions. The new £800 fine for people attending i some of the restrictions. The new £800 fine for people attending house parties of more than 15 people in england. Ourfinal report parties of more than 15 people in england. Our final report from the loyal league not royal london hospital. The pandemic a lesson and what caretakers can and cannot do in a crisis. Parts of northwest england and wales are still under danger to life. Flood warnings, hundreds of homes have been evacuated