Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The home secretary priti patel will be giving todays downing street briefing in half an hours time where shes expected to announce quarantine plans for entering the uk, with possible fines if people fail to self isolate for m days. The plans have already been crictised by airlines and airports. Meanwhile, the key evidence on the safety and impact of reopening schools has been published by the governments Scientific Advisory group, sage. The documents say its not clear to what extent reopening schools might lead to cases taking off in the uk again. But it says teachers do not appear to be at a greater risk of catching the virus than other professions. It comes as the plan to reopen schools in england on 1stjune is questioned by local councils. A bbc survey suggests most English Councils cannot guarantee primaries will reopen on the date targeted by the government. A further 351 people have died from confirmed cases of coronavirus across the uk, ta
Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its friday, february 22nd. With us on set, as we take a live look at times square, we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle. With the former governor of pennsylvania and nbc news political analyst ed rendell and the host of politics nation and president of the National Action network, reverend al sharpton. Hi, reverend al. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Its friday, huh . It is friday, right . Is it . I think it is. The oscars this weekend, Academy Awards. And of course, hollywood is very excited about this. Yes. Louis bergdorf is going to be storming on the big parties. Hes going to be going all to the fast food joints and stuffing food in his mouth on videotape. Look at that. See, hes a very healthy boy. So anyway. Isnt he supposed to be working for us . No. No. Hes hes having fun. But, you know did you say he could do that . I think anybody in the control room, theyll tell you, working for us is fun. Its the same
Sudd savor and explore, s dona the Great Indoors friskies indoor delights. Feed the senses. Why are why are you awake . Producer john tower, youve got a few good ones. I do. Biff in new york. I want to nominate louis for an oscar for his inspiring performance on way too early. Kristin also writes, im up trying to figure out how way too early got chris kattan to guest host. Ouch i think of mr. Peepers, that guy who ate the apple, like, in four seconds. And louis, i dont have any comments on. Chris kattan, really . Night at the roxbury. I dont even know how to do that. Morning joe starts right now. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its friday, february 22nd. With us on set, as we take a live look at times square, we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle. With the former governor of pennsylvania and nbc news political analyst ed rendell and the host of politics nation and president of the National Action network, reverend al sharpton. Hi, reverend al. Good morning. Good morning. Good m
E yesterday. Now the fbi is joining in the investigation. A u. S. Officials telling cnn thats because the attacks are very similar to the paris killings. Earlier today Danish Police made two arrests and killed the suspected gunman. They tracked him down with surveillance video. The alleged gunman later died in a shootout with police. Hours later, Police Arrested two suspects at an internet cafe not far from that shootout. We are waiting to find out their connection their possible connection with this case. All told two people died five Police Officers were shots at two separate locations and injured, the first at a Free Speech Forum, the second shooting taking place ten hours later at a synagogue. We now know that one of the victims was a 55yearold film director by the name of finn norgaard. As soon as the first attack happened we hight send our presence by the synagogue, this is standard procedure. Thats one of the reasons it didnt turn into something much worse than we saw. It doesnt
Hit isis targets in libya. The Egyptian Military says their jets have all returned safely from their missions. These twoxattacks are in response to a video showing decapitations on a beach in libya. Isis captured those christians this past december and january. Cnns ian lee joins us now live from cairo with the latest. Egypts president has condemned the beheadings and has already responded as weve reported with these air strikes conducted on isis territory . Reporter the president spoke in cover of dark. F16s were taking off and struck targets inside libya. This is according to the Egyptian Military. They hit warehouses and weapons depots in libya. Local media on the ground there is saying that the targets were in the city of durna. A city that was taken over by isis a while ago. It has a long history of militant activity. Were waiting to see if this one a oneoff or a Continuous Campaign against isis in libya. This video that we saw come out where they behead 21 egyptian Coptic Christi