this thank you. thank you very much, thank you. we are now going to take some questions from the media. i have a list here, itv first. i some questions from the media. i have a list here, itv first.- have a list here, itv first. i drop the mic moment. have a list here, itv first. i drop the mic moment. keir have a list here, itv first. i drop the mic moment. keir starmer, | have a list here, itv first. i drop - the mic moment. keir starmer, you had a the mic moment. keir starmer, you had a pop the mic moment. keir starmer, you had a pop at the mic moment. keir starmer, you had a pop at rishi sunak while the conservatives have had a pop at you. they see conservatives have had a pop at you. they see you conservatives have had a pop at you. they see you are too weary for this. they they see you are too weary for this. they have they see you are too weary for this. they have suggested you may not be tough they have suggested you may not be tough enough, you might
you are vaccinated. also, why it is still telling vaccinated americans not to travel. politico reports that the agency did originally consider updating the travel guidelines only to scrap the update before the report became public. cdc director rochelle walensky tried to address the balancing act with my colleague rachel maddow last night. here s what we know about travel. we know that right now there are a lot of variants here in this country. some have brought in from travel. others have emanated from inside the country. we know that after mass travel, after vacations, after holidays, we tend to see a surge in cases. and so we really want to make sure again with just 10% of people vaccinated that we are limiting travel. we are reaching a turning point when it comes to vaccines, as supply increases, experts believe parts of the country could reach a scenario where they have more vaccine than people who want it. and that could come as early as next month. instates like
cdc, and she s been pressed after the decision to relax isolation guidelines just as covid cases hit record numbers. the question is did she provide assurance that the agency can, in fact, be trusted? and fully vaccinated. it s currently defined as two doses of either pfizer or moderna vaccines or one dose of the j&j. the question, is it now time to redefine that term? and ghislaine maxwell, convicted of sex trafficking for her role in recruiting teenage girls for jeffrey epstein. the question this morning, is the case closed? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is really ready to close out 2021. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, december 30th, the penultimate day of the year.
at six, austria becomes the first country in europe to make vaccinations compulsory, as coronavirus cases on much of the continent hit record numbers. austria is going back into a complete national lockdown. christmas markets in parts of germany are cancelled, in what ministers say is a national emergency. across the uk, cases remain high but experts say the vaccination rates and the booster programme could make the difference. i wouldn t assume we are going to follow the same trajectory as europe. we re watching very closely and obviously there is concern. also tonight: police reveal the hospital bomb in liverpool contained ball bearings as shrapnel and could have caused significant injury or death. cricket bosses promise action after the racism experienced by yorkshire player azeem rafiq.
and we hope that actions will follow words. - so, lord frost walked through these doors once again today as talks continue and the mood music does seem to have improved. but there were always likely to be ups as well as downs in this process. this journey has still got some way to run. lord frost leaving brussels this afternoon. both sides speak of urgency on talks that aren t quite stuck, rather moving slowly. jessica parker, bbc news, in brussels. our top story this evening: austria becomes the first country in europe to make vaccinations compulsory as coronavirus cases on much of the continent hit record numbers. coming up, we are live at children in need. tonight will feature ed sheeran, 0ti mabuse and zippy.