Without pay. Furloughed until congress can get its act together to fund the government. Ironically, its also the 123rd anniversary of yellowstone becoming a national park. Just one of the many places forced to close until further notice. At 1 16 a. M. , after the shutdown had taken effect, Speaker John Boehner held a press conference offering to take the resolution to conference. Thats an offer rejected by Senate Majority leader harry reid but what did not shutdown, the sign of obama care. Sign up for the Affordable Care act. Health exchanges still kick off today. Boy, the headlines reflect it all. Heres the New York Times talking about mirroring the shutdown. The wall street journal talks about washingtons grim standoff. The usa today talks about the shutdown showdown. The boston globe not my favorite but close. Big font. Huge font. Its about as big as rock dyes. You can read that. The Washington Post has down to the wire. The Financial Times and they are accurate here. Republicans fe
And now has detectable levels of antibody. But dr. Sean conley didnt say if trump hat levels of antibodies because he was given an antibody cocktail. He also didnt say which medications he is currently taking when he last tested negative, what his lung scans showed, or whether he is still contagious. The doctor did quote the president saying he was feeling great with an exclamation point. The president s fiphysician has not taken questions from reporters since monday and doesnt say if he plans to brief again. President trump back in the oval office toot for the First Time Since last thursday. Sources told cnn officials prepared by trumps arrival by stationing a socalled medical cart outside of the oval office. We have a number of safety protocols with full ppe. Reporter the president was not surrounded by as many familiar faces as usual in the west wing today. His top adviser Steven Miller tested positive yesterday, meaning 11 white house officials, including president , have coronavir
Started going out to more than 3700 locations around the country. That means thousands more people will be getting their shots today. That includes dr. Anthony fauci, hhs secretary alex azar and the head of the nih, dr. Francis collins, all set to get vaccinated live, just one hour from now. But listen to this. As of monday morning, the cdc says about 614,000 people had gotten their shots. That is less than 100,000 vaccines per day. New cases are happening at double that rate. We went from 17 million to 18 million cases in just four days. This morning, the number of hospitalizations from covid are at an alltime high. More than 115,000 people are in the hospital in the United States right now. And theres a fear that things could get a whole lot worse in the few mutation of this virus makes its way from the uk to the United States. That mutation, which apparently spreads much faster than the version here, has prompted dozens of countries to stop flights from the united kingdom. So far th
Youre watching bbc news at nine, with me, carrie gracie. The headlines the duke of sussex says there was really no other option in stepping back from being a senior royal. Prince harry spoke at a private Charity Dinner last night for the First Time Since announcing hes standing down. The decision that i have made for my wife and i had to step back is not one i made lightly. It was so many months of talks, after so many years of challenges, and i know i havent always got it right, but as far as this goes, there really was no other option. Two men arrested on suspicion of murder after three men were killed in east london. Despite paramedics at the scene they were declared dead
at the scene they were declared dead at the scene they were declared dead at the scene. A tragic event to have taken place. A leak of a government commissioned review show the h52 High Speed Rail link could end up costing £106 billion. The department of transports says its still a draft. The National Crime agency
To people on the front line . Thank you, and can i also give my deepest sympathies to members of his family. The Prime Minister has written to all of the households in this country setting out clearly the task thatis country setting out clearly the task that is before everyone. We see on the news the difficult scenes in other European Countries like italy for example, and the deaths that we are reporting daily in these press conferences are reporting daily in these press c0 nfe re nces a re are reporting daily in these press conferences are very sobering. Every death is a tragedy. We dont want to see any unnecessary death so what the Prime Minister has said in that letter is we all have the power to influence events in respect of this virus. If we want to help the nhs to be able to have the capacity to continue to perform the good Quality Public Service we all wanted to do throughout the course of the virus, then we need to take heed of the medical advice. We do need to stay at home. B