about strains spreading in the u.s. the overall progress on vaccinations is encouraging. the daily rate is going up. the nation now averaging a new record for daily vaccinations around 2 1/2 million doses per day. that is a relief to see. this all comes as the biden add administration is scrambling to find shelter for migrant children at the u.s.-mexico border. 422 of those children are in u.s. custody. they plan to move thousands of migrant teenagers to a conv convention center in dallas. we ll get to more on the push to vaccinate america. elizabeth cohen is us with. the daily vaccinations keep going up, that s great. you have the big gatherings without masks like we saw images of and serious hesitancy, mainly from republicans. that s right. it s interesting. in a way we can t visualize the hesitancy. so many people are getting vaccinated which is great. i ve been talking with public health officials that are concerned that once everybody that wants the vaccine gets it,
They received £3 million for the last paralympic cycle. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Nearly every local authority in england is planning to raise Council Taxes in the coming year, most of them by 5 , to help meet the rising cost of social care. But the local government association, which represents councils, has warned that deep cuts to other services will still have to be made because of the huge cost of looking after growing numbers of elderly and disabled people. Heres our social Affairs Correspondent alison holt. Yes, and youll be fine. This is social care in action. Good girl. And i will be behind you. After several falls, 80 year old Maureen Edwards is being given support that will mean she regains some independence and rebuilds her confidence. It means she and her husband can cope at home. According to todays survey, the sheer demand for this sort of care is the reason why most local authorities in england plan to raise council tax. That was wonderful. Wev
Of reassurance to eu leaders, saying that his country remains committed to continued cooperation. And what a night ahead for non League Sutton united, as they host premier League Giants arsenal in the fa cup. Its five oclock, our main story members of the House Of Lords have begun debating the legislation that will allow the government to begin the process of withdrawing the uk from the European Union. In a mark of the significance of the debate, theresa may was present. The leader of the house, baroness evans, said she was confident the lords would not ignore the result of the referendum and the vote in the commons. Joining me from the House Of Commons lobby is our Political Correspondent leila nathoo. 100 peers want to talk, what have we been hearing . This is a first chance we have heard to hear from been hearing . This is a first chance we have heard to hearfrom peers, a range of views this afternoon, both supporters and opponents of brexit and the governments plans and strategy fo
And there is a lot of support for that within the ranks of republican senators, because many of them still have a big problem with the way the High School Era accusation of dr. Christine blasey ford, and the college era accusation of deborah ramirez, were brought to their attention. Its amazing to me that these allegations come Out Of Nowhere at the last minute, and that they werent brought up earlier in this process. Its not on thetypical for our Friends On The Other Side to pull that kind of crap. Dont forget, his stripper, who escorted him throughout those meetings in the summer, is now the newest g. O. P. Senator, john kyle. He was asked if he ever picked up on a character flaw, and he said he did not. Sandra . Sandra peter, any undecided democrats hinting that they might support his confirmation . Not yet, but there are some democrats who say they still want to hear more. That has to be something more than just an allegation, okay . I think its very serious. The second one seems t
laying out. he s talked about processing centers and talked about refugee numbers. he s not trying to solve this issue. he s not trying to slow down the surge. he s just trying to facilitate a more and more into the country quicker and it s just the wrong approach. trace: yeah. i want to put this on the screen. this is a new fox news poll. it s biden s treatment of illegal immigrants. you can see the middle line there, not tough enough, 60% now say he s not tough enough. that s up from 55% in november and my question to you, chad, is can you imagine what that number on the left would be if the other networks and big newspapers were actually covering this story down on the border? well, not only covering the story but actually telling the truth about what is going on with the biden administration s policies. look, they re not doing this and this isn t occurring by happenstance or chance. this is a plan that they have put in place and it s one they continue to execute on but they,