i need you. i need you to get vaccinated when it s your turn and when you can find an opportunity. and to help your family, your friends, your neighbors gets vaccinated as well. here s the point. if we do all this, if we do our part, if we do this together, by july the 4th, there s a good chance you, your family and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or neighborhood and have a cookout and barbecue and celebrate independence day. that doesn t mean large events with lots of people together, but it does mean small groups will be able to get together. after this long, hard year, that will make this independence day something truly special, where we mark our independence as a nation, but we begin to mark or independence from this virus. president biden announcing last night his goal of 100 million shots in 100 days will be met and beaten. when i came into office, you may recall i set a goal that many of you set was kind of way over the top. i said i intended
penning newspaper columns and presenting the podcast rock and roll politics. maria margaronis is a journalist, who s written and presented a number of radio documentaries on the crises man made and natural which have afflicted greece. ashis ray has half a century of explaining events here to his readers in india. a fulltime occupation in itself, you might think, but he s still found time to commentate on his beloved cricket. lovely to have you all new the studio. all together as well. so thank you for being with us. borisjohnson street, according to a ukrainian mp, could soon be found on maps for odesa, as it expunges the memorialisation of famous russians. assuming the british prime minister s visit to india this week is followed in due course by a free trade deal something neither the european union nor the united states has pulled off there ll probably be a thoroughfare named in his honour in mumbai, too. in this country, borisjohnson way might be a cul de sac. such is
and pulled the driver to safety. others in china not so fortunate. at least 37 people have been fouled dead. late-night attacks in iraq pushed yesterday s death toll to 103, making it the deadliest day this year. bombs and bullets ripping across several cities mostly targeting shiite muslims. no group has claimed responsibility, but they claim days after al qaeda announced it was making a comeback against iraq s weakened government. as the violence in syria escalates, the european union is calling for tightening sanctions. in may last year, member nations will now be required to search ships and airports suspected of carrying suspicious cargo to syria. meanwhile, the opposition reports heavy fighting, and they say 54 350e78 have been killed across the country today. angelina jolie, brad pitt and paul mccartney are among the alleged victims in britain s phone-hacking scandal. police are charging some prime suspects. a former aide to david cameron and former protege of ru
we re in mesa, arizona, tonight s cnn arizona republican presidential debate. it s been about a among since they last faced off and since then even more upheaval. rick santorum is now the surging candidates and the one for mitt romney to beat tonight. both men we are campaigning down to the wire and may have given each other press ammunition. he s here with us, going through the details. what s the latest? for the top two candidates, the devil is in the debails. two potential flash points. tonight mitt romney s new tax plan and rick santorum s faith-based brand of politics. he made what could be a risky move, a plan that could come under fire. i m going to lower rates across the board for all americans by 20%. it will last setting the top bracket for the wealthier earners at 28%, and cut the corporate tax rate to 25%, lower than the 28% proposed by the president, but higher than his gop rivals. romney would offset some of those cuts by limiting popular deductions for th
also, wow, two more contests within a fortnight. are you kidding? they are heading to florida. it s getting ugly. romney is calling gingrich a failed leader. but why? the mayor of the island where the cruise ship capsized is warning of an ecological time bomb. there may have been more passengers than originally thought that weren t on the roster. head s up football fans, super bowl sequel, giants and patriots meet again at this year s super bowl. we ll begin this hour with powerful and very dangerous weather sweeping across the southeast this morning. and if you didn t see pictures, here is what it looked like in arkansas, listen closely. the sound of really intense wind and rain in the dark, someone had the forethought to get pictures. a hot lot of people were sleepi multiple tornadoes r from illinois to alabama. reports of widespread damage, luckily no deaths. thousands waking up without power, indiana, kentucky, tennessee, mississippi, alabama all in harm s way rig