having to self isolate, after being contacted by the nhs covid app. transport unions say things will only get worse next week and are warning of dire consequences, when most covid restrictions are lifted in england. with more, here s sarah campbell. the pressure on business is unrelenting. in the last week we had our head of production, he got pinged, then the guy below him, the manufacturing manager, he got pinged. then the distribution manager got pinged and then the guy who is managing our new tap yard which was due to open on friday, he also got pinged. this brewery should have been welcoming 100 business customers to the opening of a new on site bar this evening but with nine members of staff self isolating the event is off and the new bar will remain closed. you start thinking, the numbers are going down, we ve got a deadline, we re going to be out of it, it s all going to be fine, but now you re just thrust straight back into it, into the fear of the pinging and the fe
good to be with you. six mob months, the fencing around the u.s. capitol is about to come down. there are still big questions of how to protect that building and lawmakers against new threats of violence. capitol security forces are facing severe money problems with the house and gsenate no closer than reaching agreements. rye wran n ryan is on capitol hill. reporter: there s a real concern by the different security forces charged with protecting the capitol that they will run out of money as soon as the beginning of august. in particular, the national guard sounding the alarm with a long list of funding projects they will have to put on hold if they don t get the funding they need by august 1st. they could cancel august and september trapi training drills. the capital police is concerned about their funding issues. they have skyrocketed since what happened on january 6th with over time and furloughs. they are worried they could run out of money by the end of august. at is
condos urging them to get inspected amid fears of another collapse. we are standing by for a briefing by local officials, this hour. we want to welcome our viewers here, in the united states, and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin over at the white house with cnn s chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff, president biden, he is clearly adamant, totally adamant, about all u.s. forces leaving afghanistan in the coming weeks. wolf, president biden did offer a robust defense of his decision. he said the two overriding objectives had been met. that is hunting down osama bin laden and rooting out the al qaeda terrorists that attacked the u.s., back on 9/11. n now, biden, of course, is a long-time skeptic of this war. he said, quite frankly, this decision was overdue. afghanistan, he said, must have its own course and defend its country. i will not send another generation of americans to war in afghanistan with no
can to continue our search and rescue effort. that is our priority, thatis rescue effort. that is our priority, that is where we are focused and protecting our first responders who are the scene. the number of people infected with the delta variant of coronavirus rises by 46% in a week across the uk. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the health secretary matt hancock has apologised and admitted he breached social distancing guidelines, after the sun newspaper published a photograph of him in an embrace with one his closest aides. the photo is said to have been taken in may, in mr hancock s whitehall office. the prime minister s official spokesman has said the prime minister has accepted the health secretary s apology and considers the matter closed. in a statement, the health secretary said. let s get more from our political correspondent, ben wright. despite what the prime minister says, this isn t really closed, is it? no, and labour will keep up the pressure, they fe