Cruise ships will come in here, and at the moment they see the remnants ofa at the moment they see the remnants of a railing station. Whaling station. Its quite difficult for them to understand, so hopefully with Michaels Commission we can help them interpret the past but also reflect a present of the island, which is a resurgent ecosystem. Once caught here in their thousands, humpbacks and even rare blue whales are now returning to south georgias waters, so this site, the charity says, is an all too rare beacon of conservation. An ecosystem showing signs of real recovery. Victoria gill, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Heres helen willetts. Thank you. A blast of cold air heading our way for the day tomorrow. This afternoon though it remains witty turbulence, low pressure is the reason and the weather front is sweeping its way east, and isoba rs weather front is sweeping its way east, and isobars indicating the blustery conditions but the picture to start with showed sunshine
Week, as well as Lessons Learned from his work with president s across party lines, including, of course, the outgoing Trump Administration. So that interview, i want you to know, is coming up live tonight on the beat. Stick with us for the hour because i am very interested to hear what dr. Fauci has to say. We begin with our top story, the legal and political squabbling over that very same reference i just made to the outcoming Trump Administration. The workweek winding down in washington right now. The Supreme Court set to respond to this frivolous republican suit that asks the court to do what its never done. Cancel the certified results of the federal election. Legal experts have already widely explained this isnt the kind of case the Supreme Court will bother to hear because its frivolous, let alone the case the Supreme Court has ever used. I mean ever, under any circumstance to overturn an election. So that is the legal brick wall. Theres also new reporting, though owhy donald tr
Going on, the president was publicly lashing out on steven hahn on twitter for not getting this done faster and having his own staff and chief of staff lash out to him privately because we are told that mark meadows did call dr. Hahn this morning and basically, complaining if they did not get this coronavirus authorized, this emergency authorization granted by the ends of the d ofe may not have a job. The job security of the fda commissioner now in question after the white house steve of staff told him to be prepared to resign if his agency doesnt grant emergency use authorization of pfizers vaccine by the ends of the day. Sources say mark meadows called dr. Steven hahn this morning after President Trump spent the week venting that the uk had already rolled out vaccines. Top Government Health officials have said emergency authorization is in the works. The fda informed pfizer that they do, intend, to proceed towards an authorization for their vaccines. Reporter but things arent moving
Care is revealed at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. Richard stantons daughter died six hours after she was born. We had no idea that this trust would fail us and fail so many families in such a catastrophic way. The sky news presenter, kay burley, will be taken off air for six months after an internal investigation found she and a small number of sky news staff had breached covid 19 guidelines whilst celebrating her 60th birthday. Good afternoon. Were waiting for a downing street News Conference on coronavirus which should start any moment. Its being led by the Health Secretary, matt hancock, alongside nhs englands professor Stephen Powis and englands chief medical officer, professor chris whitty. The briefing comes after the latest coronavirus figures show a rise in the number of infections. 20,964 new cases have been recorded, thats the highest daily increase since mid november. A further 516 new deaths within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test have also been reported. While w
Several weeks and then we will just keep rolling out vaccines through january, february, march as they come off the production lines. And what month do you expect right now average americans, meaning the general public, to get vaccinated or to have it available to them . So thats going to be up to the nations governors as they prioritize within their states, but as we look at the quantities of vaccine that we expect to come off from a multitude of manufacturers, you should start seeing at points in february and march general population vaccinations occurring. What weve said is we expect that in the Second Quarter of next year we would have enough vaccine for all americans that want it, but thats not a moment in time event. As more vaccine becomes available, as we perhaps see astrazeneca, Johnson Johnson join the ranks, more will be available and our governors will keep opening it up and we will start seeing general vaccination campaigns also, especially the medically underserved and mo