Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Our headlines today the go ahead to keep on building the High Speed Rail line hs2 the Prime Minister will give his backing to the entire route linking london to birmingham, manchester and leeds. And im live in leeds at the end of the line. Journey times will be cut here by almost an hour. But with surrounding services on their knees, ill be asking, is hs2 the best use of
public money to close the north south divide . The search is on to trace patients treated at a brighton gp surgery where a staff member has tested positive for coronavirus. There seems no end in sight to the divisions in the scotland rugby camp. The stand off between coach Gregor Townsend and his player finn russell continues. Good morning today. Another cold and windy day across scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England. There isa ireland and Northern England. There is a risk of ice. Coming south we still have some showers around but then we
Youre watching bbc news at 9 with me, annita mcveigh. The headlines the airline jet2 says it wont fly home a group of british tourists confined to a hotel in tenerife until next month, unless they have tested negative for coronavirus. Yes, we would be leaving on the 10th of march, they would be flying us home. However, i have asked for their guarantee with regards to our safety since we have remained in isolation and there will be other passengers in the plane who will only have gone into the Hotel Grounds but will not have been following the protocols. Stock markets across the globe are suffering their worst week since the Global Financial crisis of 2008 as fears over the impact of the coronavirus continue to grip investors. As concern mounts over violent escalations on the turkey syria border,
turkish Officials Say the country is lifting border controls to allow refugees to try to travel to the eu. The competition and markets authority says its found troubling evidence of home owners
On the cbs evening news. Think you for watching tonight at 6 00. The news continues streaming on cbsn bay area. You n find it captioning sponsored by cbs odonnell disturbing new details tonight. The violent mob got within how the Vice President narrowly missed the mob. The chilling note left for pence by the man known as the qanon shaman. Tonight, Speaker Pelosi warns any lawmaker who helped rioters may face prosecution. 25,000 troops called up. Security. And the threats that led president elect joe biden to
cancel his amtrak train to his own swearing in. Plus, how every state is preparing for violence. Police officers speak out. Out. The officer nearly crushed by a door. Another, dragged and beaten. People started chanting, kill him with his own gun. Odonnell five days left in office. Why President Trump wants a militarystyle sendoff, with all the pomp and circumstance. Vaccine stockpile confusion. Some states cancel appointments. New york city may run out of shots by next week. How p
December 21st. You can continue to watch the live stream of his news tonight several developing as we come on the air. The cdc and what theyre now urging involving thanksgiving. Urging americans not to travel. It comes as nearly 200,000 new cases and nearly 2,000 deaths reported in just the last 24 whos. The cdcs alarming new prediction about the death toll by mid december. Authorities in new york city and across the country taking new action. In california issuing a new curfew tonight. Ohios governor warning hospitalizations are reaching critical levelings. Dr. Anthony fauci at the white house podium for the first time in months and reporters asking where is the president on this virus. What were now learning about a third vaccine tonight showing promise. Late today president elect joe biden warning american lives
are at stake with the president refusing to work with him on any plan for vaccine distribution. With mr. Biden approaching 80 million votes in the popular vote he was asked
And alex padilla taking the empty u. S. Senate tonight, the news coming in late today, reports pfizer is now in talks with the u. S. Government to providen thes of millions of additional doses of the vaccine. And that new variant of the virus. Theyre now testing for it here in new york. All of this as the nation now marks the deadliest year in american history. Were now seeing an average of more than 2,600 american lives lost every day. As concerns mount tonight over that new variant of covid. The testing in new york and the new steps from some airlines to test passengers for flights from the uk to the u. S. But dont, dr. Anthony fauci saying we must assume its already here in the u. S. As he gets his own vaccine shot before the cameras. And that news tonight, pfizer reportedly nearing a deal with the Trump Administration for more doses and what we know so far. Hospitals tonight under growing pressure. We have an alarming look inside. And now, the fears that the millions traveling for