the greek transport minister resigns and a station master in charge of signalling has been arrested after at least 36 people died and dozens injured following a train crash in northern greece. as the search continues, police fear a missing two month old baby has come to serious harm. the parents, constance marten and mark gordon, have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. new data shows hundreds of sex offenders slipped off the police radarjust by changing their names. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the former health secretary matt hancock has been accused of rejecting key advice on care homes during the pandemic. the daily telegraph says it s obtained thousands of whatsapp messages he sent and received at the height of the covid crisis. the paper says they show mr hancock decided against advice to test all residents going into care homes in england. mr hancock s spokesperson has called it a distorted account . our political correspondent,
is a security issue for every member of congress traveling, especially abroad. for the speaker it is additional security issue. without hello everyone i m arthel neville welcome to fox news live . hi eric. support thank you for joining us i m eric shawn. also following two other stories at this hour. yes we have a vote winner, one single winner and the third largest lottery jackpot in our country s history. that ticket that won the megamillion prize of more than a billion dollars, someone bought it in a chicago suburb. they probably know who they are and cannot talk right now. and security video shows crooks looting san francisco jazz club. get a load of this for eight hours after police responded to an earlier robbery there. team fox news coverage on all these top stories, first let s go to david light at the white house and the rising tensions with china and speaker pelosi s potential trip, hi david pray. hi eric, no question there are rising tensions between china, pr
care decisions. now, this, of course, comes as the white house continues to deal with the fallout from the supreme court overruling roe v wade. in just a moment, we are going to see the president virtually address this issue executive order that he had issued. this is the second time he has done so since that historic decision. let me take you through some of the top headlines. he is directing the hhs to consider actions that would support women who now need to travel out of state to get some of these reproductive health care services, including through medicaid. another big one is directing the hhs to consider actions that ensure that health care providers comply with federal nondiscrimination laws. another is ordering the hhs to improve data collection related to maternal health. for a lot of these, the details are still forthcoming. the language you see in the fact sheet from the white house says he is directing the hhs secretary to consider what the possible actions are.
and with august recess approaching, senator sinema under pressure to support her party s manchin backed bill. suing over related to the shootings. his hearings slated for tomorrow. we begin with the key primary results and the implications for november. voters proved donald trump s support still matters but roe s defeat could upend the midterms. in missouri it was the battle of the ericks in the republican race for senate. in the end state attorney general eric schmitt defeated missouri s disgraced governor eric greitens. in kansas, abortion rights sailed to overwhelming victory with voters voting down a constitutional amendment that would have eroded rights in the state. it was the first statewide vote on abortion since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade and the implications of last night s results have democrats hopeful about the potential midterm impact. our team is covering both results this morning. nbc news correspondent and moderator of washington week on pbs
consensus was that there is no documented asymptomatic transmission therefore policy was based on the assumption that covid transmitted as source. i had by this stage a significant amount of anecdotal evidence and hence i have gone over the sand over this and over this in my mind. if i had just said the science is different, that would not have carried the system with me because i m not representative of the people, if you like, as the secretary of state and the scientific advice was very clear to the contrary. what i could have done was said you know, that may be the formal scientific advice, i am overrunning it and say instead marvellous and asymptomatic transmission, that would have had risks on the other side of assuming spread for it may have been unlikely to happen and but with hindsight of course i wish i had done that hence it is my single biggest regret but what i am trying. mr it is my single biggest regret but what i am trying. . . what i am trying. mr hancock, er