uber drivers in the uk will be classed as workers, not self employed, with big implications for global employment rights. and the 99 year old duke of edinburgh returns home to windsor, after a month in hospital he s said to be in good spirits. sweden and latvia are the latest eu member states to suspend use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine, following concerns about possible side effects. france, germany, spain and italy have all said they re awaiting the conclusions of an investigation by the european medicines agency, which are due on thursday. but the agency has already said today there s no indication that the astrazeneca vaccine causes side effects such as blood clots. our medical editor fergus walsh has more details. this vaccine saves lives, of that there is no doubt. and yet in the middle of a pandemic, with thousands dying every day in europe from covid. germany, france, italy, more than a dozen eu countries have temporarily suspended using the astrazeneca jab.
that biden doesn t care. he s not worried about those numbers. he s just working and he s ignoring the republicans and that s got to be driving them crazy. i think that his laid back approach has been good. i think that there was some bad casting around his approach early on that he ll be able to work with these republicans. no. on the right. look, i don t know if you heard the open of the show tonight but i m tired of this media baiting about mitch mcconnell. oh, he s threatening. if you get rid of the filibuster. why? why is the media all atwitter about this? what do you think he s going to do? it s not a threat, it s a promise. right. he will do you dirty and play power politics and beat you. always. again. always. that s what he does. you re going to not remove the filibuster because you re worried about what it will mean to mitch mcconnell. he will do it to you. he did it to you in 2017 with the most sacred aspect of super majority which is supreme cour
back, and we understand why. it s worked for him so far. but if he can get in front of the congestion in congress by going right to people and talking about what people want that is the origin of the bully pulpit as theodore roosevelt dubbed it. thank you very much for taking us inside the numbers, whiz. i love taking you inside, even without my glasses i go right inside the numbers. i didn t know you wear glasses. i don t wear glasses. lie to the audience. i didn t lie to the audience. i wish i wore glasses, make me look so much smarter. that s the least of your problems. see you back in the office. take a break, when we come back, teeing up the big show. you ve got the looks let s make lots of money you ve got the brawn i ve got the brains. with allstate, drivers who switched saved over $700 click or call to switch to support local restaurants, we ve been to every city. including little rock and even worcester. and tonight. i ll be eating the
are being executed in the north of the country. in clinical trials, both the vaccinated people and the people who received the placebo had shown small numbers of blood clots developments. the number of thromboembolism events overall in vaccinated people seems not to be higher than that seen in the general population. the european medical agency the general population. the european medical agency investigation - the general population. the european medical agency investigation is - medical agency investigation is ongoing, we are expected to hear the outcome on thursday. but let s be clear, both the uk present medicines were regular and the world health organization have stressed there is no evidence of any connection between these vaccines and blood clots. on monday, the eu because i picks memphis, germany, france and italyjoined several other countries in suspending the astrazeneca jab. sweden, latvia, portugal, and slovenia have now followed. other countries including au
with 740 deaths, and more than 41,000 hospitalizations, which is a significant reduction from peaks two months ago. but it s still far too high say health policy experts trying to prevent another surge. 11 states are reporting an uptick in new infections compared to last week. vaccinations are the bright spot here, the nation is averaging 2.4 million actual shots a day. with more than 11% of the country fully inoculated against coronavirus through the vaccine. then s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us now. i feel like this uk variant has been the tsunami we see coming at us. where is at this point in time? that s for sure. remember, brianna, when we were counting cases by variant, one by one, but now there are thousands. what we know about this uk variant, it s been spotted in 48 out of 50 states. the vaccine seems to work pretty well against it but it seems to spread more easily. and according to a new study just out, the risk of death when you get