migrant boy in texas stopping and asking border patrol agent for help. he is one of many children found abandoned at the border every day. hello, welcome to another edition of america reports, i am john roberts in washington and hi, sandra. sandra: and sandra smith in new york my hello, john, these images of young children all by themselves. they are met by border patrol agents at the border. no matter how many new shelters are built, the biden administration, john, cannot keep up with a surge. right now, there were more than 19,000 unaccompanied migrant children in u.s. custody. john: sandra this comes as top republican request with briefing to men on the fbi terrorist watch list caught cost, crossing the border. we will speak with you and investor nikki haley about the take on the border crisis, but first let s go to alex hogan life on the border in texas, alex? house speaker kevin mccarthy says he wants a briefing of classified briefing how these two men from yemen
faces questions about the scottish government s handling of complaints against former first minister alex salmond. and coming up this hour. a congregation in herefordshire are shocked to discover an ordinary looking painting of the last supper is actually a long lost masterpiece. the figures speak for themselves and they paint a picture which suggests the battle against covid is on the turn. the number of weekly registered coronavirus deaths in england and wales has fallen by more than a quarter in a week to the lowest level since the start of the year. the figures from the office for national statistics suggest that the latest national lockdown and the sucessful vaccination programme are working. there s good news too on hospital admissions down by 80% for those aged over 80 who ve received a single dose of vaccine. the results have been described by the head of the oxford vaccine project as stunning . the government says there s no cause for complacency and stick
the u.s. more than 500,000 american lives lost in this pandemic. a floblow to the former u.s. president. the u.s. supreme court rejects donald trump s last-ditch efforts to shield his financial records. we will tell you who gets access to them. and cnn gets a rare look inside an iraqi icu where health care workers fear an overwhelming surge of covid patients. it has been one year since the coronavirus was detected here in the united states. since then, a staggering 500,000-plus americans have died. that s half a million parents, spouses, siblings, and friends who have been lost to the virus. the washington national cathedral bells rang 500 times in their memory. the american flag on top of the white house and capitol hill were lowered to half-staff. u.s. president joe biden consoled the nation. he asked americans not to become numb to sorrow but to honor the dead. we acknowledge the scale of this mass death in america. remember each person and the life they lived. they
actress, olivia munn, who helped police make that arrest. some horrible images, coming out of new york and all across the country, this week. and beyond, as we do say good morning, everybody, it is saturday, february 20th. i m kendis gibson. i m lindsey reiser. we re happy to have you up and early with us on this saturday. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest for you right now. we begin in houston, texas. the state s largest city, where they have to boil their water just so that it s safe to use. a high school football stadium and parks have been turned into massive-distribution facilities for water. nbc s antonia hilton is in the houston area. antonia, how are people managing there? reporter: lindsey, it has been an emotional and exhausting week for residents here in houston. the mayor expects that the boil-water advisory is going to be in effect, until at least monday. but it could extend longer than that. in the meantime, people are without saf
reaction to the budget or any of our main stories today you can tweet me at annita countries which have more overweight people have had the highest death rates from covid 19, a report says, as the government looks at a reward scheme to encourage people to lose weight. i m dressed up as my favourite character. and as children dress up to mark world book day, campaigners call for more books with characters from ethnic backgrounds. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the duchess of sussex has suggested the royal family have played a part in what she called perpetuating falsehoods about her and prince harry. she made the comments in an interview with oprah winfrey, to be broadcast in the us this weekend. last night, buckingham palace said its human resources team was looking into claims that the duchess had bullied staff while she was a working royal in 2018. simon jones has more. meghan is making it clear she will not be afraid to speak out in a second trailer for the in