Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. With less than three weeks until election day, polls show a divided picture among religious voters, especially catholics, who have been almost evenly split between president obama and governor romney. On thursday, both candidates attended the annual Al Smith Charity Dinner sponsored by the catholic archdiocese of new york. At the usually lighthearted event, both men made jokes at their own expense, but obama ended on a serious note its written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance. And perseverance, character. And character, hope. This week, the u. S. Catholic bishops have been urging special prayers for religious liberty. At a mass to open the rosary novena for life and liberty, archbishop william lori said catholics must bring their beliefs to the public square. Religion came up briefly at the president ial debate tuesday, when mitt romney made a rare reference to his mormon faith. And i believe were all children
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. With less than three weeks until election day, polls show a divided picture among religious voters, especially catholics, who have been almost evenly split between president obama and governor romney. On thursday, both candidates attended the annual Al Smith Charity Dinner sponsored by the catholic archdiocese of new york. At the usually lighthearted event, both men made jokes at their own expense, but obama ended on a serious note its written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance. And perseverance, character. And character, hope. This week, the u. S. Catholic bishops have been urging special prayers for religious liberty. At a mass to open the rosary novena for life and liberty, archbishop william lori said catholics must bring their beliefs to the public square. Religion came up briefly at the president ial debate tuesday, when mitt romney made a rare reference to his mormon faith. And i believe were all children
We have details on what exactly is in it. The world is marking earth day, and though were seeing cleaner air since the pandemic started, its only temporary, and activists say more action is needed to combat Climate Change. More than 2. 5 million infections of coronavirus have now been reported around the world with almost 178,000 deaths. The u. S. Has confirmed the most fatalities and now believes its first death happened in early february. As the death toll grows, the head of the cdc says the situation could get worse. He warns of another wave this winter, during the flu season, which could further overwhelm hospitals, but dr. Deborah birx from the White House Coronavirus task force disagrees. I dont know if it will be worse. I think this has been pretty bad. When you see what has happened in new york, that was very bad. I believe that well have Early Warning signals, both from our surveillance that weve been talking about on the vulnerable populations. Were going to continue that sur
Minister flailing around, trying to blame others. Last week he was telling the house that it was not yet safe for kids to go back to school. This week, he is saying not enough kids are going back. A dire forecast for the Global Economy the biggest downturn in peacetime in a century, with the uk hardest hit of developed countries escape from lockdown human beings will be allowed out to visit zoos and safari parks from next week. Councils under pressure to act as other controversial statues are targetted by protestors. Applause and calls to celebrate the nhss 72nd birthday and thank key workers for their support during the pandemic with a nationwide clap next month. Boris johnson has been forced to defend his plans for re opening schools in tetchy exchanges during Prime Ministers questions. After the governments u turn on getting Primary Schoolchildren in england back before the summer break, labour leader sir keir starmer told him he needed to take responsibility for a mess and accused
Hello. There are new claims about the movements of the british Prime Ministers adviser Dominic Cummings during lockdown. Hes faced calls to resign for driving more than 400km from london to the north east of england after his wife developed coronavirus symptoms. Downing street has defended mr cummings trip to be nearfamily, saying it had been essential for him to ensure he had child care. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. Youre supposed to be more than two metres apart borisjohnsons Senior Advisor Dominic Cummings, lecturing reporters on social distancing, but his opponents accuse him of breaking the lockdown rules himself. When his wife became ill at the end of march, he, she and their four year old child didnt self isolate at their london home but travelled more than 250 miles to County Durham. Well, its a question of doing the right thing. Its not about what you guys think. The governments guidance on self isolation says. But in a statement, downing street set out to ex