Were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the Home Of The Brave Rachel good morning at 6 00 a. M. That was the army band with the starspangled banner. I am so glad to be here with all of you and Griff Jenkins and Douglas Murray who are in for will and. Griff i never looked at the images when Fox And Friends start the starspangled banner but theres patriotic dogs. Rachel will is a dog guy, pete is a cat guy and we did a prolife baby version for me, weve done it all on this show, great to have you both. Im a little tired this morning. You dont have children, do you . One thing they do is when sleeping they Start Talking to you. That happened to me last night as i got into rem and i had a hard time getting back to sleep. Douglas at least we are not about to go to spend the morning in the river unlike certain people who
Rachel nice of our producers to give a tip of the hat to the classy side of the couch. Will that was a shot of the Uss Silver Sides museum. Im unfamiliar with of that memorial and that museum. I want to know immediately the history of that ship and why it is right there in michigan. I want to know more about Uss Silver Sides. You will tell me on social media and give you an update little later but we begin this hour with the drama surrounding the biden family, the president is on a 10 day vacation after a federal judge in delaware rejected hunters sweetheart please deal. He still being investigated for suspicious foreign business dealings. Rachel to expected testimony from unders former business partner, devon archer. It could reveal the extent of joabs involvement. Will the president dismantling talk of impeachment inquiry yesterday. President biden republicans may have to find Something Else to criticize me for now that inflation is coming down. Maybe they will decide to impeach may
Theres been speculation that humans basically used to sleep when it got dark, which would mean theyd sleep 10, 11, even 12 hours. It turns out that thats not the case. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york. A foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan president obama announced today hell keep american troops in afghanistan through the end of his presidency, extending americas longest war. The policy reversa
The uk is looking increasingly isolated as the government here admits a new variant of covid 19 is out of control. Almost all of europe has banned flights from the uk. But the European Union is set to announce a unified plan on tuesday that could exempt lorries and freight to ensure trade routes can resume safely as soon as possible. In africa and the middle east turkey, israel, morocco and saudi arabia are among those to ban all flights from the uk. In asia india and hong kong, a key travel hub, have suspended flights too. In south and Central America argentina and columbia have also taken swift action. And so has canada although so far the United States has not. The french ban on some freight lorries is due to last 48 hours, its already led to long queues on roads to the port of dover. The uks government points out that most freight is getting through , and talks to find a solution are still going on, as our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. You shall not pass. Travel is blo
What effect would moving up a tier have on you . Should the government be reviewing the tiers at all . Do get in touch with me on twitter Annita Mcveigh and use bbcyourquestions, and ill try to read out some of your comments. Across europe, governments are imposing stricter measures following a surge in covid cases. Well be getting the latest from our correspondents across the continent. 32 years after the lockerbie bombing, authorities in the us are understood to be preparing fresh charges. And toy shops face stock shortages beause of delays at uk ports. Some orders will now miss christmas, costing business thousands of pounds in sales. Coronavirus appears to be spreading even more rapidly in wales than previously thought. Its emerged that thousands of positive test results have been left out from official figures. 11,000 covid test results were missing from official figures because of a computer problem with a system Recording Lab results which had been undergoing routine maintenance