portugal from next monday, after last minute uncertainty over their government s plans. and they always land on their feet this cat had onlookers agast as it leapt from the fifth floor of a burning building in chicago landed, and sauntered off what a cool cat. good evening and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has said that the new indian variant of coronavirus could pose a serious disruption, to the progress made in tackling the virus, and make it more difficult to move to the final stage of relaxing restrictions in england injune. speaking earlier this evening, the prime minister said that second vaccine doses for the over 50s would be accelerated, in a bid to keep ahead of the virus. cases of the indian variant have more than doubled in a week, with over 1300 cases, mostly in england. the government says there s no firm evidence that the variant causes more severe disease or that it s more resistant to the vaccine but that it may be more transmissible. here s our m
and the meteorite that landed outside a family home in gloucestershire, about to go on public display at london s natural history museum. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that israel s biggest offensive against hamas in gaza in years is not over yet. palestinians in northern gaza have been fleeing the israeli bombardment. rockets were fired by militants towards israel from the territory for a fifth day. at least 122 people in gaza have been killed, and nine have died in israel since fighting began on monday. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen reports now from jerusalem. it s ugly and angry on the streets and towns shared byjews and arabs in israel. they have the same id papers and not much else in common. police broke down the door of a family in haifa. they deny accusations their sons were attacking jews. the police say their officers behaved correctly. the father, the imam of a mosque, and his two sons were arrested for attacking police officers. t
encounters. this one for daunte wright, who along with adam toledo has joined george floyd as victims of those encounters in just the last week, but i m sadly certain that they won t be the last. but as those deaths were becoming viral last week, president biden was meeting with members of the congressional black caucus, the first such meeting in four years, and an ambitious one reflecting the cbc s emergence as a legislative force in a convulsive team. in american history is any guide the cbc will see both the successes and failures of the biden administration affect their black constituents first and so its members are watching the administration carefully, appreciating his break from the recent past, but not allowing it him to renig on his promises to the voters who made this possible. representative joyce beaty, democrat of ohio. congresswoman beaty as chair of the congressional black caw can you see, you led the cbc delegation that met with president biden and vice presi
much different story. our own bill motion on the ground and reporting over 50-mile it will make migrants mostly from venezuela dropped in that one spot just this morning. local authorities say that the border patrol is so overwhelmed that they have been forced to deal with the influx of migrants. it s tying up our resources. it s frustrating because there are no answers that are being given. there is not, i don t believe that there is a plan in place. right now we need more manpower. we need people in d.c. to make a decision, do their jobs. dana: jesse, it was while watching that unfold this morning right in front of your eyes. jessie: , the border patrol looks like guest greeters out there helping people across. it is joe biden a member of the cartel? that s what he s doing. he is honestly helping them traffic these kids into our country. he helps smuggle the illegal immigrants. if you are an adult that comes with a minor, can t separate family so they give you a bus t
welcome to weekends with alex witt. here is what s happening past 2:00 p.m. eastern. first is breaking news in the covid pandemic. nearly half a million people have died in the united states from coronavirus. it is by far the highest death toll in the world. the official count, 499,906 deaths and more than 28.1 million confirmed cases across this country. the first 100,000 deaths were recorded by may of last year. the u.s. reaching 300,000 deaths by december. january saw the death toll rise to 400,000 and in just about a month, we have added another 100,000. dr. anthony fauci today called the death toll historic. it s terrible. it is historic. we haven t seen anything even close to this for well over 100 years since the 1918 pandemic of influenza. it s stunning when you lookts look at the in your opinions. it s true. this is a devastating pandemic and it s historic. it s been just shy of a year since the very first u.s. covid death was reported in the new york time. that