to meet vaccine entry requirements. and this letter had no surname or address on the envelope just a short biography. but amazingly, it made it to the right person. very warm welcome to you. one of the best black hollywood actors of the past century, the award winning actor sidney poitier, whose groundbreaking films in the 1950s and 60s shone a light on racism and social prejudice, has died. he was 94. he was the first black man to win an oscar for best actor, and his success paved the way for generations of other black artists. his films, including in the heat of the night and guess who s coming to dinner, reflected an america struggling with issues of racism and prejudice, at the height of the civil rights movement. his impact ultimately, transcended the silver screen. our correspondent lizo mazimba looks back on the life, of a hollywood icon. # in the heat of the night. sidney poitier s virgil tibbs, a man of authority. i m a police officer. ..intelligence and a steely
eve. what is it going to take to end our travel nightmare? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in our health lead. the cdc battling an apparent credibility problem. today the agency s director, dr. rochelle walensky took questions from reporters in her first solo news conference since july after facing a barrage of criticism, including from within the white house and the cdc over isolation guidance that even allies call confusing. walensky admitting the past few weeks have been particularly challenging. she noted that as a as the science changes, the guidance has to change as well. and she went on to say this is hard. and i am committed to continue to improve, unquote. now former biden administration health advisers are urging the white house to shift its covid strategy. as cnn s alexandra field reports, these advisers, former advisers want the president to prioritize ways for our society to learn to live and function with the virus. instead of chasing what n
people who ve tested positive for covid in scotland are being asked to isolate for 10 days, regardless of their vaccination status or even if they ve had a negative pcr result. our home affairs correspondent david cowan reports. nicola sturgeon: we may be starting to experience - a potential tsunami of infections. tommy kane and his family are starting ten days of self isolation, a tough challenge and one many more will share as omicron spreads around scotland. what did you make of what the first minister said today? it was pretty grim. i thought it was pretty dire, and it was pretty brutal news that i think is going to have an impact on us all. but public health is of paramount importance, and if people need to take the necessary precautions to protect each other then that s what we need to do. last week he went to a football match and a concert in edinburgh, and somewhere along the line picked up the new variant. i have been double jabbed. i ve not had my booster. i know th
to do the things that you wanted to do. you are moving backwards. it is a very backwards feeling. short of armed robbery, nothing makes americans poorer than inflation. finance mobile it is a good thing for them. everyone else hates it. new inflation numbers are out. according to consumer price index, inflation is up almost 7% over the past 12 months. that is very high. the problem is the reality is much worse than that. and that is because the consumer index is useless as a guide to life in america. it doesn t actually measure the cost of living. in that way, it is a lie. it is a right to government number, one of many. assigning relative weight to different categories of good, it is a very complex series of formulas. some of them were formulated in good faith, others were designed to deceive you. but in effect, the bottom line is the cpi does a very bad job of measuring how much it actually costs to live in this country. for example, gas prices. in the cpi gas prices cont