Children, perhaps close to halloween. Next steps, pfizer and its partner, biontech, will apply to the fda in coming days to get their vaccine authorized for use in children. The new york times underscoring the urgent need for a safe and effective vaccine for kids asap writing this, quote, children now account for one in five new cases, when the highly contagious delta variant has sent more children into hospitals and icus in the past few weeks than at any time other time in the pandemic. It s coming at a complicated moment for kids in schools with classrooms all across this country shutting down or having to revert once again to remote learning just days or weeks into the new school year. Doctors in alaska, idaho, and montana are facing what the washington post describes as agonizing ethical questions, forced to ration care for some of its sickest patients as hospitals surpass capacity due to covid surges. The state of alabama revealing their grimmest of statistics, that deaths outpace
be doing whatever we can to stop that and not accept any level of death, really. now it s time for a look at the weather. carol isjoining us live! what carol is joining us live! what a treat. good morning. it s been a cold start to the day. a widespread frost and sunshine. the weather front coming in from the west is bringing rain and as it bumps into the cold air it s also bringing some snow. especially across scotland and northern england heading towards the northern england heading towards the north midlands. some of that will be at lower levels especially in scotland and northern england and these black circles represent the strength of the winds. we could be looking at some blizzards and drifting in scotland and northern england. behind the weather front, we ve got less cold air and then another weather front coming in bringing some showers, some could be heavy and thundery. this is a cold front so later on the air will turn colder once again. these are our temperatures
we hope it is a fact, the data seems to indicate that omicron is less severe than delta has been. we still have the huge numbers, don t we? that is obviously a concern. at have the huge numbers, don t we? that is obviously a concern.- that is obviously a concern. at the moment, that is obviously a concern. at the moment. the that is obviously a concern. at the moment, the measures that is obviously a concern. at the moment, the measures that - that is obviously a concern. at the moment, the measures that are i that is obviously a concern. at the | moment, the measures that are in place are completely inadequate to prevent infection. therefore, vaccines are very important, i would also urge the government to ensure that those vaccinations are made available to everyone over all ainge rages as quickly as possible. our schools go back and we will see omicron invading that population as well. i think really, i omicron invading that population as well. ithink really, i have om
lets s bring you some news just in from here in the uk. and the prime minister borisjohnson has offered a humble and sincere apology over his failure to disclose key messages relating to the refurbishment of his flat at number 10 downing street. it comes as the uk s top adviser on ministerial standards lord geidt cleared the prime minister of breaking the ministerial code, after re examining evidence. our political correspondent ben wright is in westminster. the text messages that have been revealed are interesting. the? revealed are interesting. they certainly are. revealed are interesting. they certainly are. they revealed are interesting. they certainly are. they date - revealed are interesting. they certainly are. they date back. revealed are interesting. tie: certainly are. they date back to november 2020. an exchange of messages between borisjohnson and lord brownlow, a tory pier and donor to the conservative party. the message that we have seen today that h