border. a crisis at the border starting to take shape. a surge of migrants crossing. fema stepping in to help with the more than 3,200 migrant children being housed in customs and border facilities as of last week. that figure is a new record. republicans are seizing on it. in a matter of hours, kevin mckathy and other congressional republicans will be at the border in texas. they are calling it a crisis. democrats are calling it a challenge that they inherited from the previous administration. that s where we start. garrett haake in el paso, texas, where a group of house republicans, including minority leader mccarthy, making the border visit. i want to bring in the former white house deputy chief of staff for operations under president obama. jacob is with us in california. we know that part of fema s role we don t have jacob yet. garrett is in el paso. congressional republicans making a visit to the border in a matter of hours. this visit coming as congress preparing to
we start with brexit, and an indication of how much effect the uk leaving the european union has had on trade in both directions across the english channel. figures compiled by the uk government show how british exports to the eu fell byjust over 40% injanuary the first month when the post brexit rules came into force. and imports from the eu were down by nearly 30%. there are of course contributing factors, like earlier stockpiling, and pandemic lockdowns. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has the details. this manchester exporter of branded clothing, much of it for corporate events that haven t been happening, has gone through what it describes as a nightmare yearjust staying in business and keeping staff safe. but now, its boss told me, far from the promised frictionless trade, it s become very difficult to export to europe. transporters and couriers are charging big extra fees to cover much more complex paperwork and taxes, pushing costs up so high that it s had
we start with brexit and an indication of how much effect the uk leaving the european union has had on trade in both directions across the english channel. figures compiled by the uk government show how british exports to the eu fell byjust over 40% injanuary the first month when the post brexit rules came into force. and imports from the eu were down by nearly 30%. there are of course contributing factors, like earlier stockpiling, and pandemic lockdowns. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has the details. this manchester exporter of branded clothing, much of it for corporate events that haven t been happening, has gone through what it describes as a nightmare yearjust staying in business and keeping staff safe. but now, its boss told me, far from the promised frictionless trade, it s become very difficult to export to europe. transporters and couriers are charging big extra fees to cover much more complex paperwork and taxes, pushing costs up so high that it s ha
now anyone over 16 can get a jab. we ll hear from a doctor in a remote area about how they re doing it. we shall meet again, and thunder, lightning we shall meet again, and thunder, lightning or rain. and all the world s a stage even the virtual world of zoom, we ll talk to actor simon callow about bringing shakespeare to a new generation. hello, i m katty kay, in washington, christian fraser is in london. it s the first major victory of the biden presidency, a whopping $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, that in the last few hours cleared a final vote in the house of representatives, in the house of representatives. the american rescue plan, as it s called, will now head to the president s desk for his signature. we re expecting him to sign on friday afternoon, and the cheques will roll out soon after. so what s in this bill, and where s all that money going? well, among other things, there s a new round of means tested payments of up to $1,400 for most american adults. democrats
Plans for a second Scottish Referendum on independence have been put on ice. First minister Nicola Sturgeon has categorically not dropped the idea of another vote, but said today that no legislation will be brought forward until autumn next year at the earliest. Given the pace at which these things proceed, that means no vote would happen until 2020 and by then it would likely be delayed until after the next scottish elections in 2021. The reset amounts to a setback for the ambitions of the snp, but its arguably also a retreat for the forces of change and disruption that have been dominating politics for so long. It was scotland that led the world into a new era of voter restlessness. A nationalist surge that saw snp Majority Rule in scotland and which paved the way for that Independence Referendum. Scotland has voted no in this referendum on independence. It was a defeat for independence but it came closer than anyone anticipated when it all started. Something had stirred and quickly