but first, i have to be honest with you, this is a difficult topic for me for many reasons. i m a young black man in america who grew up wanting to be a cop. when i was a kid, my friends and i would play cops and robbers. and i was always the cop. i was a police explorer. i went on to major in college and criminal justice. i have nothing but respect for the profession. i know how hard their job is. i know the stakes. i understand the inherent danger that comes with being a cop. but sadly, i also know what it is like to have a negative experience with a police officer. i personally understand how experiences like that can lead to fear and distrust. and look, i m not alone feeling this way. we all have stories like senator tim scott. i recall walking into an office building just last year, after being here for five years, capital, and the officer looked at me, a little attitude, and said i don t know you. show me your i.d. i will tell you, i was speaking to myself, either he
egyptian rulers will be transported through cairo today. crowds are expected to line the streets to witness the historic procession. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m shaun ley. do stay with me for the latest news this saturday. care home residents in england will be allowed two regular visitors indoors from the 12th of april in a further relaxation of coronavirus restrictions. visitors will also be able to bring babies and young children with them, meaning some residents could meet grandchildren for the first time. charlotte wright has this report. it s been an agonising year for those with relatives locked down in care homes. but last month, as restrictions started to ease, some were able to hold their loved ones hands for the first time since the start of the pandemic. hello, mum, how are you? now, from april 12th, more family members will be reunited as residents will be allowed a second regular indoor visitor. it is time for people
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the editor of the political news website, politics home, kate proctor and the broadcaster, john stapleton. tomorrow s front pages starting with. lockdown to continue until cases drop below 1,000 a day is the daily telegraph s understanding of when restrictions will be eased, ahead of borisjohnson publishing an exit plan next week. the mail says it can reveal how ministers are discussing a road map out of lockdown that will take untiljuly before leisure and uk tourism will be broadly back to normal . the times speaks of a mass testing blitz under which 400,000 rapid lateral flow tests will be sent out to homes and workplaces everyday, with the aim of getting the country to a new normal . two jabs for all by august is the headline in the metro, which quotes the head of the vaccination task force as saying that every uk adult may be offered a jab by the autumn. the guardian
and also for northern ireland as we head into friday morning. some mist and fog patches across southern parts of england and wales, they could be slow to clear tomorrow. we have still got that mix of rain around the coast and at low levels but heavy snow across central parts of scotland, so some disruption is likely. heavy rain showers for parts of north east england and for northern ireland. but into the weekend that s when things will turn colder for all of us and there is further snow in places as well. so heading through the course of friday night into saturday, low pressure starts to drift away towards the south. we still got more snow across the higher ground of scotland, some of that snow on saturday falling to lower levels and it will start to snow across parts of northern england as well. to the south of that mainly rain showers with the driest weather for parts of northern ireland and into wales on saturday but those temperature starting to come down, around 2 8 deg
her fight to be believed and the holiday mystery. the heartfelt thank you card inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening it was just a month ago a covid variant of concern was reported out of south africa. days later, it got a name, omicron. and tonight it s now spreading in all 50 u.s. states, driving a wave of new infections the cdc reports the seven-day average has climbed by 25% over the prior week while authorities are urging americans who may be on the move this holiday to get tested, lines remain and supplies are short. one chain of walk-up urgent care clinics in new york temporarily closing some of its locations over staff shortages. tonight doctors do have a new weapon to heal the sick, a covid treatment. a pill has now been authorized for emergency use by the fda. at the same time another treatment is running in short supply miguel almaguer leads our coverage tonight reporter: the fda s emergency use authorization officiall