this is new day and it will be an historic day in the u.s. congress. you re looking at live pictures of the u.s. capitol where later this morning, we do expect final passage of the $1.9 trillion relief package. this is a monumental piece of legislation that will have a huge impact. a new round of direct payments, the largest ever to americans, but it does much much more than that. child tax credits, more money for schools and health care on and on. the president will sign it ahead of his first prime-time address to the nation tomorrow night. and then he ll hit the road to sell the plan, which may not be that hard. we have a brand-new cnn poll which shows strong bipartisan support for the bill and especially what s inside it. the president s prime-time address will mark one year since the official start of the pandemic. today, nearly one in ten americans have been fully vaccinated, but there s still a along way to go for herd immunity. and public health officials say peopl
Victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some Police Forces in england and wales according to a report out today. Her majestyS Inspectorate of constabulary found a third of forces needed improvement. It said a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services as they struggle with cutbacks. Heres our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. The cornerstone of british policing the bobby on the beat. But are these Vital Community posts being eroded as forces juggle their priorities . Thats one of the warnings in a stark report from her majestyS Inspectorate of constabulary. After five years of budget cuts, some forces arent making the right tough calls over how to use their resources. Its raised what it calls a red warning flag to those struggling forces. Some have been downgrading 999 calls if theyre short on officers. That means they dont have to respond as quickly. The hmic also says Domestic Violence calls to some forces have been d
bank holiday chaos. the world s two biggest economies agreed to talk regularly on trade. we will have the latest on the visit to china. donald trump faces a manic monday ahead of super tuesday, as a us federaljudge sets a trial date of the 11th of march for the former president. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in spain, where the country s football federation has asked its president, luis rubiales, to resign after he kissed a player on the lips following the women s world cup final.
of discovery, given the fact that many of the facts underlying this indictment were known to the president and his team before given the congressional inquiries. so i think this there s always room for trials to move, i think that 11th of march trial date is incredibly ambitious. but i think that date is more likely to hold the on the others on the calendar, such as the one pending in manhattan, as well as the one in florida. um? one pending in manhattan, as well as the one in florida. the one in florida. why do you think this one is likely the one in florida. why do you think this one is likely to the one in florida. why do you think this one is likely to hold? the one in florida. why do you think this one is likely to hold? because l this one is likely to hold? because donald trump and his team have just been trying to delay his criminal trials. 50 been trying to delay his criminal trials. ~ been trying to delay his criminal trials. ~ ., ., ., ,., , trials. so i think for a
with huge new investment and settlements, hostility is here only looks set to deepen. yolande knell, bbc news. some breaking news that has just come in. he reported earlier that donald trump will face trial in march of the day before the super tuesday primary polls. lee said that that date was set for the 11th of march on charges of trying to overturn the result of the 20/20 presidential election. donald trump has now tweeted. we can put that tweet up on our screen on his troops social, ratherthan tweet up on our screen on his troops social, rather than a tweet, but he put out this statement on treat social. they will appeal the trial date in the federal election case. just an update, donald trump putting up just an update, donald trump putting up that statement on treat social saying that he will appeal the trial date that has been getting in the