and new columnist at the times, and for the first half of our programme, professor peter hotez is with us, expert in molecular virology and microbiology at the baylor college of medicine. what we ve known for some time about the uk s response to the covid pandemic is that the protective ring the government claimed to have thrown around care homes wasn t very protective at all. between march 2020 and april 2021, some 39,000 people died in care homes from covid. the public inquiry, which is still to begin, will examine whether more could have been done. in the interim, some of the evidence the panel will consider is now being tested in the court of public opinion. the reporter isabelle 0akshott, who co authored a book with matt hancock, has now shared with the telegraph 100,000 whatsapp messages which the former health secretary had shared with government officials. the goal of 100,000 tests per day by the end of this month. in one message, from april 14th 2020, mr hancock te
and cnn this morning continues right now. good morning, everyone. we are following breaking news this hour out of greece. a train full of passengers colliding head on with a freight train. so far at least 36 people have been confirmed dead. we are hearing harrowing stories from survivors who say that the train cars quickly filled with smoke and with flames. worried that the death toll could go up. one of america s prominent mayors, lori lightfoot, defeated. and the price of insulin, that is just moments away. we begin with that devastating train crash that we were talking about in greece. it has killed more than 36 people and injured dozens of others. you can see the images here of the aftermath. it s a passenger train. it was carrying about 350 people at least. it collided head on with a freight train. multiple cars derailed and several caught fire north of athens where this happened. it it left carriages and heaps of debris in the wake. both were traveling on th
white house is facing some troubling headlines the past 24 hours. news week and cnn and the washington post all raising concerns for democrats about the upcoming election on november 8th, even the new york times publishing two separate articles. the other on the president s verbal fumbles. well, that s probably a really long article. last night during his campaign stop in florida, here is a bit you know we are dealing with with inflation is a worldwide problem right now because of the war in iraq and impact on oil which russia is doing. it is going to be a war in ukraine. iraq because that s where my son died. okay, how much does it cost to make that insulin jug for diabetes? and, i don t have a greater friend in the united states senate and i don t have a greater friend when i was vice president or nor as president. debbie, i don t know where you are sitting. oh my goodness! oh, kayleigh. i mean the gas were outrageous. at one point he talked about hbu and he tal
where are you from? what country? china? china? china? ecuador? ecuador? ecuador? ecuador? this thing with military bases getting penetrated by foreign nationals is happening more and more. we have seen probably two or three times a week we are stopping these folks at the gate. i mean i m incredibly proud of the men and women of the united states border patrol that risked their lives to keep americans safe. are we safe? number two, our screening and vetting capabilities are stronger than they ever have been. john: as the border becomes a major national security threat president biden finally taking executive action that would effectively shut down asylum request at the border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2500. hello i am john roberts in washington, sandra the number is about half of where we are on a daily basis right now. sandra: we are watching closely for this announcement and the signing of that it executive order by the president coming
President elect has nominated Ardent Obamacare critic tom price, a republican congressman from the state of georgia, Congressman Price is very tight with paul ryan, this is according to the House Speaker himself. Here is speaker ryan on local talk radio. What im excited about is tom price who is a very close friend of mine. Tom price is one of the architects of replacing obamacare, of fixing health care. Hes a surgeon, he knows how the law works and hes been the most passionate advocate for patientcentered Health Care Reforms that ive seen in congress and im really excited he is now going to be the quarterback, the point person in the new administration on reforming health care. So that was speaker ryan and as donald trump is adding to his cabinet, hes also making headlines again for one of his tweets. This is what he wrote nobody should be allowed to burn the
the momentum our campaign got in the last two weeks of the campaign i think was largely due to the fact that those obamacare pr