and new columnist at the times, and for the first half of our programme, professor peter hotez is with us, expert in molecular virology and microbiology at the baylor college of medicine. what we ve known for some time about the uk s response to the covid pandemic is that the protective ring the government claimed to have thrown around care homes wasn t very protective at all. between march 2020 and april 2021, some 39,000 people died in care homes from covid. the public inquiry, which is still to begin, will examine whether more could have been done. in the interim, some of the evidence the panel will consider is now being tested in the court of public opinion. the reporter isabelle 0akshott, who co authored a book with matt hancock, has now shared with the telegraph 100,000 whatsapp messages which the former health secretary had shared with government officials. the goal of 100,000 tests per day by the end of this month. in one message, from april 14th 2020, mr hancock te
she lost her bid for re-election last night failing to finish in the top two in a runoff election. it is the first time in more than three decades that chicago has voted a sitting mayor out of office. i m eternally grateful to everyone who gave us their time, support and money and prayers. thank you from the bottom of my heart. god bless you. god bless this incredible city. long time public schools chief paul vallas ran a tough to crime campaign. he will face brandon johnson a cook county commissioner in an april runoff. fbi director christopher wray says the bureau believes the covid-19 pandemic was likely the result of a lab exteacciden wuhan. this comment is just days after the tent of energy low confidence assessment that covid most likely originated from a lab leak in china. the fbi has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in wuhan. we step back for a second, the fbi has agents, professionals,
welcome to westminster, where people continue to queue to pay their respects to her majesty the queen. the queue is now officially closed and no more people are now allowed to join the end of the queue, so the people who are now filing past me are some of the last who will have that moment in westminster hall in that historic building, nearly 1000 years old, that has witnessed so much history, witnessing it once again, these are some of the last people to be able to file past her majesty the queen, the late queen who has been lying in state for nearly four and a half days. that will then end at 6:30am many of these people behind me, they have started at 4pm and they continue to file past and this is we are right in the middle of the snake, that moment where people have do zigzag very compressed in order to facilitate so many people, thousands of people, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people. we believe at least half a million people will ma
reporter: but christmas in buffalo did come with some unexpected holiday hope on friday a bus full of korean tourists heading for niagara falls got stuck outside their buffalo area home. i said come on in everybody because you re going to be here for a while. reporter: without hesitating the couple welcomed ten strangers in for two nights sharing homemade korean food and the bills game with new friends. you might have saved those people s lives what do you think of that? i feel very grateful we were able to help them because it could have been a very terrible outcome. and i feel like we made ten extra family members reporter: meanwhile, the bills themselves digging out when they got back from chicago. now millions waking up to another frigid day as the northwest braces for more heavy rain, ice, and mountain snow some signs of warmth amid this terrible storm. now to the travel chaos that s still unfolding, thousands of flights canceled over the weekend and the ri