other than the fact that he might slip and say something? and tens of thousands of farmers block major highways across india as they continue their protests against new agricultural laws. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. here in the uk, scientists are warning the government against easing lockdown measures too soon, despite the continued roll out of the coronavirus vaccination programme. ministers have said that all over 50s in the uk should be offered the first dose of the vaccine by may. with infection rates falling across the country, borisjohnson is under pressure from his own mps to set out a road map for lifting restrictions. the prime minister has promised to set out his plan to start easing measures in england on 22nd of february. meanwhile, a leaked government document has revealed ministers are looking to make sweeping reforms of the national health service in england, with a reduced role for private companies. more on that in a mo
to bid to run services, and there would be more focus on hospitals and social care services working together to improve patient care. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports. an ageing population brings with it extra challenges. elderly patients often require more context care and hospital treatment that can cause pressure on the treatment, when there is fit enough to leave but there is fit enough to leave but there isn t enough capacity the social care system to support them. new proposals suggest sweeping changes to current contracts that would allow closer working between the nhs and local authorities to keep older patients out of hospital and provide more care in the community. we need a lot morejoined up community. we need a lot morejoined up care. it is notjust going into hospital to have your hip replaced, having that sorted out then going home again, it is people who have lots of things that need to be sorted out. using the health service many times during
they may need if they can. and it s a reminder really here, and the reason i am bringing this to you as the top news right now of the hour, it s a reminder how many tools this prior administration simply declined to use during the ongoing health crisis we ve all been living through. here is the bottom line, keeping it very clear. under the traditional rules of obamacare, americans who qualify for those health plans, they must sign up within basically six weeks out of the year, and that s accept, unless they can prove they had a, quote, major life change. now think about this tonight. haven t we all had a major life change since the virus hit in 2020? what president biden is doing with this new order is applying that straight forward logic. call it logic. call it humanitarian. call it with a you want, to empower people to sign up now outside of that usual legal window, which can deliver more health care coverage, especially to people who may urgently need it, given what s goin
indeed some of those text messages came from the chamber right now. chair and vice chair investigating the january 6th capitol attack make the case for why the department of justice should charge mark meadows with criminal contercht of congress. the question is could an indictment be on the way? plus, president biden is set to visit kentucky in the wake of those devastating tornadoes. the question is how will he console the families of those who perished. and the world health organization says the omicron variant is now spreading faster than any strain before. as more companies revive restrictions, the question is mr. more states do the same? it s way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early, the show that s got plenty to ask, one of the top spokespeople at the white house, straight ahead. i m jonathon lemire. let s start with us. the and mark meadows being referred to the justice department for a criminal contempt charge investigating the ja