Abuse the government says social Media Companies face massive fines if they dont act. Better than i ever did. Betterthan i ever did. Brexit ended visa free travel to the eu for musicians now eltonjohn tells us why it will hit so many young performers. At the beginning of a career, when you have written your first record, and you want to go out and play live more than anything else, because it helps you grow as an artist. And a clap for the captain its happening now at sir toms home and joined by the hospital staff who took care of him in his final hours. And coming up on bbc news, more trouble down under, as up to 600 players and Coaching Staff go into quarantine, and all tennis is cancelled tomorrow at the australian open. Good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. In the last hour, the Prime Minister has been thanking all those who have helped the uk to reach a milestone in its Vaccination Programme ten Million People have now received a first dose. But borisjohnson also issu
julie: we re on the homestretch, folks. the kickoff for the republican presidential nominating calendar, the iowa caucuses just three days away. eyes are on the candidates but also on the weather there. another major snowstorm is expected today. polar vortex expected to bring insanely freezing temps on caucus day. the contenders are looking to sway voters there way and convince them to even show up. i m julie banderas in for harris today. let s get into it. a new poll of likely iowa caucus goers showing former nikki haley pulling ahead in a battle for second before chris christie left the race. former president trump meantime standing at 54% support. haley at 20. desantis 13. vivek ramaswamy and chris christie with six and 2% respectively when the poll asked who voters preferred with chrissy out of the race, his two points going right into the haley column. a wall street journal piece with the headline haley/desantis food fight validates trump debate. they hammer each oth
was wise enough, particularly after the death of diana, to learn how to move the monarchy forward incrementally. and she was much more in touch in a personal way with people, and you know, so i think, you know, she s always been incredibly wise and she has never gone out she never went out sort of over her skis. she always sort of had almost a sixth sense of knowing not to be too far ahead of where the public was. but yet, to bring them along when it was necessary, and i think in terms of the transition now, she has particularly, it s notable that over the past months, when or month when charles was up in balmoral, he was with her many days, and i think it s it s important to remember that she has given him many tutorials on leadership, and at one point, he said, we learn by observing, and he s obviously learned by doing as well. but she has, as her father did before her, you know, she has provided a model and a guidebook, in a way, for him to reign. kate williams,
think it will stop them. we re iowans and we will come out in it. i will be out. no matter what the weather is doing i will be here to caucus. there are some pollsters who say a lower voter turnout because of the cold weather on monday probably helps former president trump because his caucus goers are so loyal. but here is florida governor ron desantis s take on the cold weather and turnout. i think it may affect turnout from some more casual voters especially if you are more of a casual voter who is polling for trump now. he said he doesn t need your vote. the chair of the iowa gop said earlier this week that the gop has no contingency plans in place because of the falling temperatures. he compared the caucuses to a football game saying snow or below 0 temperatures doesn t matter, the show will go on.
peter? steve patterson in colorado steve, thank you. even after a tough year dominated by covid tonight, another record setter. nearly 600,000 americans testing positive in a single day. that eye popping case count forcing many people to revisit their new year s plans. some cities even canceling festivities. but at new york times square, the show will go on. kathy park is there. reporter: tonight covid canceling new year s eve celebrations again as infections skyrocket from coast to coast. nearly 600,000 covid cases nationwide in just the last 24 hours. a new record for the second day in a row. and now for the second year, officials called off san francisco s fireworks show atlanta s peach drop canceled, too. i really do think it s the best interest of the city to keep everyone as safe as possible. reporter: new york city smashing its daily covid record for the third straight day. more than 76,000 new cases and 21% of the