welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the republican majority leader in the us senate, mitch mcconnell has formally acknowledged thatjoe biden won last month s presidential election. it s the first sign of a split between the party s leadership and donald trump who still maintains, without any evidence, that he is the rightful winner of november s vote. here s mitch mcconnell on the senate floor on tuesday. so, today, iwant to congratulate president electjoe biden. the president elect is no stranger to the senate. he s devoted himself to public service for many years. i also want to congratulate the vice president elect, our colleague from california, senator harris. beyond our differences, all americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president elect for the very first time. mitch mcconnell there of course. we can now speak to our north america correspondent, david willis, who is in los angeles. ina way in a way what mitch mcconnel
the republican leader of the us senate, mitch mcconnell has formally acknowledged thatjoe biden won last month s presidential election. it s the first sign of a split between the party s leadership and donald trump, who still maintains, without any evidence, that he is the rightful winner of november s vote. here s mr mcconnell speaking on the senate floor on tuesday. so, today, iwant to congratulate president electjoe biden. the president elect is no stranger to the senate. he s devoted himself to public service for many years. i also want to congratulate the vice president elect, our colleague from california, senator harris. beyond our differences, all americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president elect for the very first time. mr biden has gone to the state of georgia to campaign for the democrats in next month s senate run off elections. he gave a speech in atlanta. two seats will be decided on 5 january, and if the democrats win them both, they wi
the uk s water companies released raw sewage into rivers on 400,000 separate occasions last year, according to figures from the environment agency. the figures have prompted calls for more to be done to tackle water pollution, with the singer feargal sharkey among those leading the campaign for change. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, has been to meet him. # scooby, dooby do. i want to know how a punk from northern ireland ended up the champion of britain s rivers. # teenage kicks right through the night. feargal sharkey is probably best known for this song. the dj, john peel, described teenage kicks as the best pop song ever written. how did a working class punk. laughter ..from derry end up doing this? it s considered a gentleman s sport, isn t it? laughter ..from derry end up doing this? it s a long time since anybody called me that, i have to tell you. well, ironically enough, if you want to get into flyfishing, there is no finer place than northern ireland. a, it s no
been told to prepare for the worst case scenario of up to a quarter of their staff being off work because of covid. the uk has seen record numbers of daily cases over the festive period. ministers have been asked to develop robust contingency plans in case of large scale workplace absences. here s our business correspondent, katie prescott. this cumbria care firm has been short staffed and finding it tough to recruit for a while. buses say they have enough work for at least another a0 people will stop now 0micron has decimated their rotors. it’s decimated their rotors. it s auoin decimated their rotors. it s going to decimated their rotors. it s going to be decimated their rotors. it s going to be difficult. we may be in a position as a care sector where not everybody s going to get the care they need. that s the unfortunate truth. we re not going to be to provide care for everybody that needsit provide care for everybody that needs it and that s obviously a major wor
there can re open next week after closing early for christmas in the face of rising infections france toughens its rules around face masks all children over six now have to wear them in shops and on public transport. a legal document which prince andrew s lawyer believes will stop a civil case against him in the us, is expected to be made public today. the duke of york has consistently denied sexually assaulting virginia giuffre when she was 17. and the kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter richard leakey has died at the age of 77. now on bbc news it s time for the travel show. child crying i m amber and my husband is frank. we live outside of birmingham, alabama. we have four beautiful boys frankie who is 17, stephen who is 14, and then we have a set of boy twins who are four years old, and they are nonverbal autistic their names are alex and will. we are the ellis family. my husband and i have known each other since grade school. we were friends the whole time. w