Hello and welcome. We start with an apology from americas top Infectious Diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci after he criticised uk regulators over their rapid approval of a new coronavirus vaccine. Britain on wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer Biontech vaccine for mass use. Speaking earlier to cbs, dr fauci said the uk was not as rigorous as the us in its vaccine approval process. But when he spoke to my colleagues earlier on this channel, dr fauci backtracked. The point i was really trying to make, i did not make it well, which is why i welcome to the opportunity to get on your show and say it came out wrong. In the United States, there is such a considerable amount of tension of pushing back on the credibility of the safety and efficacy that if we in the United States had done it as quickly as the uk did it, and thats no judgement on the way uk did it, and even though my statement did come across looking that way, if we had a, for example, approved it
capitol hill this hour, both involving the border. new talks, new hope, but no word of a timeline for a potential hostage deal in the middle east. plus, able proposition that might result donald trump s legal issues once and for all. a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everybody, to alex witt reports. it s one pm on the east coast, ten a.m. out west. we begin with two big breaking news stories. first up, the white house is confirming three u.s. s members were killed and at least two dozen injured in an northeast georgia right near the border with syria. president biden said in a statement, quote, while we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical around -backed middle groups operating in syria and iraq. and the other big breaking story, a possible bipartisan deal on immigration and border security. donald trump is urging senators to reject that deal, but republican negotiators s
a month away, marking the first-time primary voters will get to weigh in on their party s nominee for the white house. as things stand right now, a biden trump rematches on the horizon. according to new polling, that could spell trouble for president biden. a survey by morning consult, bloomberg, of a hypothetical 2024 election matchup shows donald trump narrowly beating biden in seven swing states. that same poll reveals that biden is losing support from a key constituency, black voters, with only 62% saying they would vote for the president. now, 62% sounds like a lot, right? well, let me put that number into perspective. in 2020, president biden won 87% of the black vote. a slide and black support is deeply concerning because every democrat elected president has committed a coalition of voters to win the white house. here s why. no democrat running for president has won the white house, the white vote, the white vote since 1964. because of a, african american voters have b
and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 18th of january , you can keep up with all the latest hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on tonight s programme. a dark day for snooker ten chinese players are charged in relation to alleged match fixing. and the night shift for norrie who makes it through to the third round of the australian open. also coming up in the programme. leeds united will be looking for their first win since november tonight, when they take on managerless cardiff city in their fa cup third round replay at elland road. good evening and welcome to tonight s programme. today, the world professional billiards and snooker association confirmed that ten chinese players have a case to answer in relation to alleged match fixing. among the players charged are some big names in the sport. liang wenbo, a finallist in the uk championship in 2015, has been charged with being concerned in fixing matches on the world snooker tour and approaching players to fix
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