Be taken somewhere completely different, outside where coronavirus patients arent treated. Because they are dealing with the Coronavirus Crisis and moving things around and it points to that paramedics are some of those who are having to deal with the coronavirus are those who have to take time off andi are those who have to take time off and i think it is higher than usual, the absence rates and it is having a knock on effects on ambulances and response times. Moving on to be fte. £2 million rescue falling on death yea rs. £2 million rescue falling on death years. Talk us through at. Universities uk have said they are very concerned about the future of some of the universities and Research Funding file and a big fall in the income they normally get from overseas students who cannot come, who would come but are not funding the cities and the way they would. They are asking for a large share of money in the region and it seems the Education Department and perhaps the Health Department are sympathetic, the treasury is at the moment saying no, ido the treasury is at the moment saying no, i do not think we should be due surprised about that. They are saying that universities have to rely on the existing schemes, loans available and so on and so forth and really reluctant to give special help to certain sectors of the economy. They have the same response to the Airline Industry remember when they came asking for a special deal for them and they got pretty short with the government as well. And you can see why the treasury would take that view. That there is a real concern that some of the universities, more vulnerable universities, more vulnerable universities will run out of money but there is a point as well secretary worried the most vulnerable universities and some of the places where they have the so called brad wall but if there is any kind of support for the University Sector, that it is not used to prop up what he regards as couises used to prop up what he regards as courses that are not value for money. It is interesting because uk universities are saying we accept that we need to cut costs and except that we need to cut costs and except that we need to cut costs and except that we need to restructure, why are they not pursuing the furlough option that the rest of the industry is . Is it mainly because the income they get especially from foreign stu d e nts they get especially from foreign students would not be filtering through . I think the universities are following the furlough scheme but i think the numbers are just huge and obviously every sector is affected by best buy universities are keenly feeling it. An International Student market is worth about £6. 9 billion annually in the uk and they are expecting it to slump off next year and issues with Research Funding that is a vast amount of universities funding being lost. Where does labour stand on this . They are quite sympathetic that the University Sector should be helped and obviously about the universities themselves but also about the impact on social mobility and the educational prospect particularly of the more vulnerable universities. Lets look at the telegraph. Picture of a royal prince on the front. Making a rainbow to put in the window of the cambridge is north folk home and attribute to the nhs and the birthday as well. That story is that social disruption will last for a year but the story we focused on is the huge testing drive to track the virus which according to matt hancock, the aims of the next eight days is a long way off but the telegraph here looking further ahead. We have until next week to meet the 100,000 daily testing target and today we where just under 20,000 tests despite capacity being higher. We are certainly not there yet with the tests a nd certainly not there yet with the tests and the telegraph is saying around 30,000 people will be tested at night next year to track immunity and the population. Adults for about 1000 hospitals will provide blood samples to see if there are antibodies and if it will translate across the population to see how many people had coronavirus enterprise we had no idea that any of the antibody tests the government has ordered seem to work. We have no idea if you have antibodies if you have immunity and if he does for how long. This is something we assumed early on that if you had coronavirus he would be immune and not be able to catch it again but that has been cast into doubt over confusion on whether that is true and if you do how long for. So even if you have coronavirus, if you have antibodies in your blood that remains to be seen. As a former director of communications, mac Dominic Hancock coming up with this tests a day, the language they are using the capacity for 100,000 tests. Not 100,000 people but it seems an extraordinary figure tojust come people but it seems an extraordinary figure to just come up with without having a solid foundation. Figure to just come up with without having a solid foundationm figure to just come up with without having a solid foundation. It seems to bea having a solid foundation. It seems to be a bit of everything going on from other ministers and other department against matt hancock about this as a peep like this number out of the air and it is a rather arbitrary number, it looks a bit too round nea figure to be taken incredibly on a scientific basis and it was chosen for its political value and headline grabbing and it isa value and headline grabbing and it is a bit ofa value and headline grabbing and it is a bit of a hostage to fortune for man and he seems to be quite relaxed about it and if they get close then so about it and if they get close then so be it. When labour were about it and if they get close then so be it. When labourwere in about it and if they get close then so be it. When labour were in power at which seems like a long time ago of course, we used to set targets all the time and it seemed to be a good way of motivating the system to make it and stick to that target evenif make it and stick to that target even if it is a bit short and still made a big difference compared to what was done before. But i think it is in the circumstances when the government are trying to save the entire strategy is wedded to the science and informed by the science to come up with what is a political high profile figure rather than one you can imagine at any great scientific or medical value. It does kinda go against. What are you hearing . The telegraph from page suggest that perhaps matt hancock was being targeted. Dominic cummings i think is back and circulation now and what are you hearing about that particularfigure . And what are you hearing about that particular figure . Downing street we re particular figure . Downing street were pushing back against that story and it was sort of suggesting matt hancock was a lamb to the slaughter with this and was mistaken for having produced that figure but of course the Prime Minister talked about getting up to 250,000 tests and set a particular time frame for it and perhaps that would be Matt Hancocks mistake and it is important targets like this are met because trust in the government at times like this and ability to get things done is never more important and if he does not get this target it will not produce very good headlines. 0f it will not produce very good headlines. Of course some things they are saying is we are not meeting the capacity because there are not as many people who are l but the target is notjust the capacity but the number of tests done each day to 100000 and it is not really good for the government if they dont manage to make that. We will have another look at the first additions in about 35 minutes time after donald trump has spoken but for the moment, thank you both and i look forward to seeing you in a little bit. That is it for the papers and with our two guests, just to remind you we will be at the white house and the next couple of minutes. Donald trump had tweeted earlier on saying he was going to be speaking at 15 minutes to the top of the hour yesterday he announced in this press conference that he was actually pushing for America First and immigration would very much be key elements of this election campaign. Very much of course what they were in 2016 as well. Interesting that this is notjust for temporary workers but for people who are looking for green cards and will not cover people and the agricultural sector. Those numbers have fallen in recent months as well. Lets catch up with some weather. Hello there, wednesday was completely dry across the day and we had sunshine into the low 20s and 23 degrees and dossett but it is likely to be the warmest day of the week, theres a. We got off toa day of the week, theres a. We got off to a chilly start and may have a touch of frost and a bit of the next m0 cloud perhaps up into the midlands as well but it will not last long. A dry and sunny day with sunshine a little hazy at times for the northern half of the uk but the winds on thursday will be even lighter and it will feel warmer and temperatures may be a bit higher as well. Could reach 25 degrees into hampshire and berkshire and a bit cooler around the north sea coast but even across western scotland, maybe 20 or 21 celsius. Away from scotla nd maybe 20 or 21 celsius. Away from scotland we still have some high pollen levels on thursday. It his tree pollen of course, it is the time of year, looking at the oak tree and particular. We start with mess and load cloud for the eastern side of england and it will burn off very quickly and the sunshine. And then towards the five southwest, probably going to be a dry day and another warm day for the time of year and temperatures peaking at 21 01 year and temperatures peaking at 21 or 22 celsius. Into the weekend, a couple things we can be sure about, temperatures will drop a little and the winds will remain my but a lot of uncertainty about those particularly on sunday. We are looking at more cloud towards wells in the southwest and this is where we are more likely to catch a shower 01 we are more likely to catch a shower or two but there will be more cloud coming into the northwest of scotland. Elsewhere it will be a still very dry and some sunshine around. It is during sunday that there is much more uncertainty because now it looks like the shower band could move its way further south into england and wells with a cluster of showers that turn into a more northerly breeze. And the sunshine around and temperatures in parts of the uk and back down to 1a 01 parts of the uk and back down to 1a or 15 degrees could make 19 or 20 still perhaps in the south. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Forty five thousand people are now known to have died from coronavirus in the us as it emerges the first death occured three weeks earlier than experts previously thought the us governments Daily Briefing gets underway shortly well take you live to the white house. Here in the uk the policy of social distancing will be needed until at least the end of the year according to the british governments chief medical adviser. 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