political wing of the ira, so that is ultimately what sinn fein is about, however it also recognizes that at the moment, there is not a huge mandate for irish unity on either side of the border, in the north or the south and in this campaign, they ran on a kitchen table agenda, they ran on jobs, the cost of living, they ran on better health care, they said almost nothing about the irish unity. and one of the big questions is, now that they ve emerged as the largest party, will they in fact, revert to the nationalist agenda for a border poll. a border poll would be a referendum that would be held on both sides of the border to determine if the majority of people want to unify the north and the south. the british government is ultimately the one that has to schedule a referendum in the north. there will be a lot of resistance to that. and in fact, british officials have already been on television saying now is not the time to
is also launching a new system where patients with track results scanning a unique bar code with smartphones. this tube comes into the laboratory. when received, you get a text message that says your specimen is in the laboratory. reporter: but, for those who are still waiting what would you tell people that are frustrated we re not further along in testing nearly two years into the pandemic yeah. i think it s taken a while for government to get on its footing and have a coherent response to this i think we re more on the right track now than before but we are still catching up to this reporter: the lab says half the positive tests are from people not showing symptoms, lester gabe gutierrez, thank you. let s turn to the report on jobs a record 4.5 million people quit jobs in november while the month ended with 10.6 million jobs open our stephanie ruhle joins us stephanie, what s behind these numbers reporter: lester, the headline is dramatic, but it doesn t tell the who
in georgia, where we have 646,000 georgians, 4.4 million americans, in the coverage gap. i ve been focused on child care, on expanding the child tax credit, on jobs, infrastructure. all of these things are important. but even as we push forward infrastructure, we ve got to deal with the infrastructure of our democracy. and that s the question confronting us right now. and the issue for democrats is what are you going to do? sadly, our republican counterparts have already made their decision. i m not about to let them off the hook. if they are the party of lincoln, they they ought to stand up for liberty. and i ll continue to make that case. but we just can t afford to wait given all that s going on. voter suppression bills introduced in some 49 states. dozens of provisions to subvert the will of the people. our democracy is in a 911 state of emergency.
economy it s also right to protect the democracy and it s a contradiction, it is sheer hypocrisy to say otherwise, to change the rule in order to raise the debt ceiling while the ceiling of our democracy is crashing in all around us. i think history s going to judge us for this moment. and be really clear. i ve been focused during my year now almost in the senate on a whole range of issues. i ve been focused on getting medicaid expansion, for example, in georgia, where we have 646,000 georgians, 4.4 million americans, in the coverage gap. i ve been focused on child care, on expanding the child tax credit, on jobs, infrastructure. all of these things are important. but even as we push forward infrastructure, we ve got to deal with the infrastructure of our democracy. and that s the question confronting us right now.
priorities now? have they change? what s involved? that priorities now? have they change? what s involved? what s involved? that is a great cuestion. what s involved? that is a great question. what what s involved? that is a great question. what your what s involved? that is a great question. what your viewers - what s involved? that is a greati question. what your viewers are seeing is one side, really, of the story. what is important to understand is that afghanistan has been confronted with a multiple series of needs. there are of course the needs triggered by the latest developments, but this comes on the backdrop of a situation where 18 million people were in need of humanitarian assistance. 11 million people, due to a very severe drought are in need of food. that is one third of afghanistan s population and when you think about the compounding effect of the pandemic, for example, onjobs, livelihoods for example, on jobs, livelihoods and for example, onjobs, livelihoods and i