Health. Happy new year. Of aofi have a few things to highlight. Very exciting news with regard to medy cal expanding coverage to undocumented immigrants up to age 26. This is an expansion that Governor Newsom authorized as part of the states 2019 to 20 budget, including full scope medical to eligible adults ages 19 to 25 regardless of immigration status. Statewide this is expected to have a wide impact, covering 90,000 people, and enrollment started the first of the year. We have to make that expansion will apply to about 1,000 to 2,000 individuals in San Francisco. And we have been working with the Human Services agency to notify eligible san franciscans, including transitioning those who qualify from healthy San Francisco to medical. This is also an important opportunity to remind residents about the available of medical, that immigrants are not pen liesed when they apply for a green card, and there are no changes to the public charge rule as the courts issued an injunction and the f
it s not easy to find quick fixes for housing problems, which could leave some students struggling next year, too. branwen jeffreys, bbc news, manchester. you are watching bbc news now newswatch. hello and welcome to news watch with me, samira ahmed. questions are asked after a news channel presenter talks of her glee during a paper review on the night borisjohnson pulls out of the tory leadership contest. i don t know, i don t think i ll be voting again after what happened to boris johnson. that reporter s staple, the vox pop. do we really need to be told so often what random strangers think? demonstrating impartiality on air, as we discussed on last week s programme, is one of the key goals and challenges for bbc news. it wasn t long before the fraught nature of that ambition was exposed again, with the addition of the paper review on the news channel on sunday night, shortly before it was broadcast on a day of high political drama, it emerged that borisjohnson had withdraw
Politics we have been told is about the improvement of peoples lives. I know that the work i have been able to do has improved peoples lives. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. For a decade now, every time i would get tired or discouraged or frustrated i would think about the people i was doing this for and it would get me up on my feet. I know the same will be true for everyone who decides to pursue politics that is about improving peoples lives. I hope you know that i will be fighting alongside you every step of the way. With that, mr. President i yielded the floor. There you have it live from the United States senate, minnesota senator al franken addressing his colleagues and says he is announcing he will be resigning from the u. S. Senate. This comes after multiple women have come forward recently alleging franken harassed them. He did address some allegations. He said some are not true but others he remembers differently. He took immediate digs at President Trump and the
This week samira ahmed hears your views on this weeks bbc news output. Welcome to newswatch. The bbcs china editor accuses her employer of unlawful pay descript gs. What do fewers zrum nation what do viewers think . Patients arent being seen within the target of four hours, but do the bbc know what number that is . It was one of those weeks when the bbc itself became the story. Presenting radio 4s today programme on monday morning withjohn humphreys was carry gracie who until the day before had been the china editor. Her resignation from that post appeared on the front pages of several ever that days newspapers and led to discussions in parliament, as well as throughout the media. How did it come to this . The row stems from the publication last summer of the salaries of the bbcs best paid on air employees. Carrie gracie with £135,000 did not appear on that list, but she noticed that two other international on air editors did, jermey bowen, earning between £150,000 editors did, jerme
At their level. Baz. There were more people leaving their jobs at westminster this week as theresa may made some changes to her ministerial team. On tuesday the deputy Political Editor of the bbc john pienaar had a glimpse of the new cabinet. Allowed through the door at number ten today for a quick peek at new look cabinet. Nobody move, almost nobody moved yesterday because theresa may couldnt make them. Where is she . There she is, them. Where is she . There she is, the whole secretary was in the way and wouldnt budge, just like yesterday. But everything went entirely to plan with the reshuffle but did bbc news are fairly portray it as but did bbc news are fairly portray itasa but did bbc news are fairly portray it as a shambles when it wasnt . Roger morton thought so, writing it is no secret that the nhs is under pressure at the moment but just how bad are things in our hospitals . It can help to get some statistics. The instant on waiting times. Only if they are accurate. And twice