And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 628 francisco, yeah steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you very, very much. Please welcome. Welcome. Enjoy yourselves. Welcome, welcome. Have a seat. Have a seat. I love all this noise. [ light laughter ] guys, welcome. Thank you for being here. Welcome to the tonight show. This is what [ cheers and applause ] what its all about. This is the show to be at. Yeah. Thank you. You made it, everybody. Here w guys, yesterday was president s day. And i read that donald Trump Supporters were emailed the president s day card to sign for him. And since President Trump was busy golfing, they were asked to sign some executive orders for him too. [ laughter and applause ] did you hear about this . At his rally on saturday, trump suggested there was a terror attack in sweden that didnt really happen. And then the Swedish Embassy asked the state department for an explanation. [ light laughter ] you know things
And more shops to reopen. President trump backtracks, saying he wont now disband the Coronavirus Task force well have the latest. And as the uk gears up to commemorate the 75th anniversary of v e day, when the war ended in europe plans for a permanent monument, to remember the caribbean volunteers who helped the war effort. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Lets start with the uk Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has held out the prospect of the uk beginning its exit from lockdown, as soon as monday but has been forced to concede failings in key elements of the governments coronavirus strategy. At Prime Ministers questions, the labour leader, sir keir starmer pressed the Prime Minister on why testing numbers had fallen back and why the uk had the highest official coronavirus death toll in europe. There have been a further 649 coronavirus deaths recorded in the uk taking the tot
Had to move in convoy the main story plans to adapt the because if they are not in convoy, lockdown slogan this week and the dont forget, the german u boat is going to get rid of them. Ft. The Financial Times also focuses on the easing and for that reason, 23 long days of lockdown restrictions, while at the same time on the sea before we get here, highlighting travel issues, and areas where restrictions and we came here and i remember could be tightened. When we got to bristol, i saw the Promised Land while the daily mail simply headlines the words hurrah Lockdown Freedom beckons. And the daily express exclaims, first steps to freedom from monday. What was known at the time the top story from the independent as a colour bar had restricted online also focuses on the uks recruitment to the armed forces, shortage of tests, saying widespread but by 1941 advertisements in newspapers invited people from the west indies tojoin the raf. Testing has been suspended the contribution and sacrifice
Going on in care homes, which is something i bitterly regret. President trump backtracks saying he wont now disband the Coronavirus Task force telling reporters he didnt realise how popular it was. One of the grandfathers of techno Florian Schneider has died. His band kraftwerk is credited with changing the sound of pop music. Welcome. Europes biggest economy is getting back to business. Germany has announced plans to get restaurants, shops and professional football back up and running. Itjoins a raft of countries that have started easing lockdowns but germany is going further than most. Germany is going further than most and heres why. Germany has around 167,000 confirmed cases. And the recorded death toll is under 7,000. Thats much lower figure than the uk, italy, france and spain. And so now Angela Merkel is starting to navigate germany out of its lockdown. Shes made a deal with regional leaders that means social distancing stays intojune, and face masks must be worn in shops and on
Of lockdown more shops will reopen and children will begin returning to school. And tributes to Florian Schneider founder member of kraftwerk and electro pioneer. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. We start in the states. A day after suggesting that his Coronavirus Task forces days were numbered, us President Donald Trump says the white house unit is worth keeping after all. As the nation battles a crisis that he says is worse than 9 11 and pearl harbor, the change in plans comes as more and more states open up despite evidence that the outbreak is nowhere near controlled. The us is by far the worst hit country with now more than 1. 2 million cases and more than 70,000 people have died. The bbcs nada tawfik has more. As the coronavirus drastically and quickly altered american life, the white houses task force sought to offer guidance on the way forward. So when the Vice Presi