Against the variants right now. The more contagious variant first found in south africa is here. It almost certainly means theres other cases out there. This is new day, with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. It is friday, january 29th, its 6 00 here in new york. So why is this man smiling . No, not the guy on the left who lost an election by 7 million votes and presided over the deaths of 400,000 americans from coronavirus. The guy on the right, the republican leader on the right. Why is he smiling . Because hes been working on some bipartisan deal to get vaccines to millions of people . Is he smiling because hes been fighting for Economic Relief for millions of people out of work . Is he smiling because hes taken a new public stand against lies, hate, and bigotry . No, no, and no. Hes smiling because he got a political pat on the head, the tender embrace of the man who told a mob to march on the cap
Now on bbc news Tuesday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Tuesday In Parliament. As the Health Secretary promises to come down hard on a new coronavirus strain. Our mission must be to stop its spread altogether and break those chains of transmission. But is there light at the end of the tunnel in scotland . We may be able to begin looking towards a careful and gradual easing around the start of march. And the death of a hero, tributes to captain sir tom moore. He brought joy to the nation. He was an inspiration to everybody in this country. But first, the Health Secretary has faced calls from mps for stronger Border Controls after the outbreak of the South African strain of coronavirus here in the uk. Amid concern that the new variant is spreading in the community, matt hancock said it was critical that people in areas singled out for enhanced testing stay at home. The Health Secretary did have some good news, more than 10 million doses of vaccines have been given in the uk, bu
Scientists say the coronavirus has mutated again in the uk. New strains have been discovered in liverpool and bristol Scientists Say vaccinations remain crucial. As long as we manage to roll out the vaccine effectively to all vulnerable people, it shouldnt have too much of an impact going forward. And in the last half hour scientists from Oxford University theirjab may reduce transmission. We will have the latest. Back to the classroom this month scotlands first minister announces a phased return. Calls for a re think of Brexit Border checks at ports in Northern Ireland after threats against staff. Whats the real cost of all our buying and spending . A new report says the effect on the Natural World should be part of the calculation. And coming up in sport on bbc news. All systems go for the six nations after france approves covid rules that relax travel restrictions around their matches. Good evening. Captain sir tom moore the 100 year old veteran who caught the nations imagination la
way too early, as we remember the life of queen elizabeth. i m jonathan lemire. on this friday, september 9th. thank you for starting your day with us. the world is in mourning today, following the death of queen elizabeth ii. buckingham palace announced the passing of england s longest reigning monarch at 96 years old yesterday. writing in a brief statement, quote, the queen died peacefully this afternoon, her summer home in scotland. what comes next, a meticulously planned national memorializing of the queen, which was reportedly set in motion with four coded words yesterday. london bridge is down. as part of the plans, england s new king, charles iii will deliver a televised address to the united kingdom tonight. tomorrow, after privately taking an oath swearing to protect the church of scotland, king charles accession is expected to be announce from a balcony at saint james palace, that oath has been taken by every monarch since george i in 1714, meanwhile the queen s b
investigation. let s break down what each side is arguing before this judge right now. cnn s sarah murray is leading us off. sarah, walk us you therough it. reporter: ana, this is going to be the continuation of this court fight over whether there should be this third party to go through what was seized at mar-a-lago. the justice department has argued that this is not a necessary step. they re saying that the trump team pushed an inaccurate narrative about the search and that putting a special master in place now when they ve already gone through the material is just going to slow down their criminal investigation and could potentially impede this national security risk assessment that has already been under way. they re also pointing out that while there are some potentially attorney-client privilege materials, that executive privilege doesn t apply in this scenario because you re talking about sharing information with the executive branch. but the trump team in their fili