good morning! and welcome to way too early, the show that wants to hear more about this four-day workweek idea. we re going to tell you about that little bit later on in the show. i am kasie hunt on this tuesday, march 16th. we ll start with the news. europe s fight against coronavirus just hit another snag as more countries hit pause on the astrazeneca vaccine due to concerns about side effects. germany, france, italy and spain have halted use of the vaccine after reports of blood clots in some people who had recently received shots. denmark and norway halted the shots last week. astrazeneca says a review of 17 million people found no increased risk of blood clots and the world health organization is urging countries to continue using it. this comes as europe faces a third wave of coronavirus amid a slow vaccine rollout. the shot, which was developed with oxford university, has not yet been approved for use in the united states. the fda is still reviewing data to determi
The nhs is still using old operating systems. 90 of hospitals are using a system which wind was not greeted new security for 30 years. It is a story of underinvestment and It Infrastructure and the powers we give to the gchq and the nsa to build weapons like this and with any other weapon, once they are built, they can be bought and sold by anyone. The daily mail sent some hackers cripple the nhs. Operations we re hackers cripple the nhs. Operations were cancelled, ambulances had to be diverted, but it seems like a lot of staff responded incredibly fast to try to mitigate and reduce a lot of the impact it could have had. That is exactly it. There seems to have been a plan, a good Contingency Plan in place and it seems to have worked. I think what is not quite clear, it is not even clear to the government yet, for and what of the knock on effects are into next week. I think people will be very tolerant and patient over the course of the weekend, but we will have to see when we get a mon
The Confirmation Hearings go on in washington. Today, the senate will vote jeff sessions, who is Donald Trumps nominee to be attorney general. And the president isnt happy about the pace of this. It is a disgrace that my full cabinet is still not in place, the longest such delay in the history of our country. Obstruction by democrats thats not true, by the way its not the longest such delay. Anyhow, it is very likely mr trump will get the cabinet he wants. But he will still face significant challenges if he wants his main policies through. And this next report, by the mark urban from the Bbcs Newsnight programme, looks at just that. You can come here, promising to drain the swamp or dethrone the establishment, but this city has a way of protecting its interests, slowing down those who challenge its ways. So the trump administrations they dont have the numbers to wreck trumps agenda. Rather, its doubts among republicans that could pose the most serious threat to it. Keen to impress the
The Confirmation Hearings go on in washington. Today, the senate will vote jeff sessions, who is Donald Trumps nominee to be attorney general. And the president isnt happy about the pace of this. It is a disgrace that my full cabinet is still not in place, the longest such delay in the history of our country. Obstruction by democrats thats not true, by the way its not the longest such delay. Anyhow, it is very likely mr trump will get the cabinet he wants. But he will still face significant challenges if he wants his main policies through. And this next report, by the mark urban from the Bbcs Newsnight programme, looks at just that. You can come here, promising to drain the swamp or dethrone the establishment, but this city has a way of protecting its interests, slowing down those who challenge its ways. So the trump administrations they dont have the numbers to wreck trumps agenda. Rather, its doubts among republicans that could pose the most serious threat to it. Keen to impress the
Wild campers are ruining the environment with a letter and anti social behaviour. Critics say it undermines the right to roam. And a premature baby becomes the youngest patient ever to undergo and survive major Abdominal Surgery anywhere in the world. Good morning. We will have coverage of the Francois Fillon News Conference as soon as it begins. It is due any time. Stay with us for that. First, news of Donald Trumps first speech to congress. He said he was there to deliver a message of unity and strength and that a new year of strength was beginning. He condemned recent threats aimed jewish centres and the shooting of two indian immigrants in kansas. And he called on republicans and democrats to Work Together on the issue of immigration. Our washington Correspondent Laura Bicker watched the speech. Donald trumps trip to Congress Gave them a few last moments to practise his speech. The president of the United States. Again, the president delivered what few had expected, the most presid