a country in chaos india s official covid death toll passes 200,000 but the real number is almost certainly much higher. 0ne dose of the oxford/astrazeneca or pfizer vaccine halves the likelihood of a person who gets coronavirus passing it on. the bafta tv nominations have been announced. sir steve mcqueen s bbc drama small axe leads the way with 15 nominations. and coming up how self driving vehicles could be allowed on uk roads by the end of this year. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a formal investigation has been launched into the funding of borisjohnson s downing street flat refurbishments by the electoral commission. the watchdog announced it was satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence or offences may have occurred . mrjohnson came under sustained pressure from the labour leader during prime ministers questions about whether he d initially borrowed the money. the prime minister said again he had covered costs but has asked
in all, 165 million doses have been distributed nationally. president biden and the first lady on easter sunday encouraged americans to get the vaccine. by getting vaccinated and encouraging your congregations and your communities to get vaccinated. we cannot only beat the virus, we can hasten the day to when we can celebrate the holidays together again. there is dog. top public health experience are warning the united states may be on the cusp of another wave of new covid infections. one comparing the current state of the pamtdndemic to a natural disaster. at this point we are in a category 5 hurricane status with regard to the rest of the world. at this time we will see the highest number of cased reported globally in terms of the pandemic. in terms of the united states we are just at the begin thfg surge. we haven t really begun to see it yet. with that, cnn s mcmorris an torah is in la guardia airport right now. are people nervous about playing or are they feeling
of the chief proponent of the big lie on election fraud. house leader kev be mccarthy is going to, we understand, basically genuflect to the former president. also awarding a lawmaker who expressed support for executing democrats. marjorie taylor green, also on video here, harassing parkland survivor david hogg. alisyn spoke to hogg moments ago. there s no amount of money you could pay us to do this work. that s not why we do it. none of us want to be doing this, but we have to because sk corrupt elected officials are in congress and prefer to protect guns than children. we re going to speak with adam kinzinger in moments about green s moments. joining us now is senior intelligence adviser philip mudd and elizabeth newman, former assistant secretary of homeland security and the director of the republican accountability project. great to talk to both of you this morning. elizabeth, i want to start with you because of this dhs bulletin that s come out. let me read it fo
really really fast. that made me happy. i was flat to see some snow. i know you guys know i have been wishing it for a long time. pete: you bought the metal disk did you use it. jedediah: no, pete, i saw the snow i thought oh i don t have a sled. next time around, i promise. pete: did you hitting the sledding with the kids? will: i hit the hills in central park. the metal disk reminds me of christmas vacation will chevy chase sprays it with like spam experimental and goes flying. pete: fantastic. the snow is not melting yet. it s freezing cold here. hope you are warm wherever you are and thank you for joining us on this december 19th. are are stick with us all four hours. why not? we begin with a fox news alert. president trump sign as two day spending bill to ainvestigator shutdown as congress rushes to negotiate a covid-19 relief deal. it comes as moderna s vaccine is cleared for emergency use with vac anyone nations set to start as soon as monday. lucas tomlinson is live
medical doctors with clear and concise answers to the questions you are all asking. we want to separate fact from fiction and help you enough gait this. at issue, what are the rules, what are the risks. what is the science? are politics usurping the science and when will this pandemic end? is the mixed messages andness information from the white house aren t enough, joe biden held a press conference that served to further confuse the issues and complicate that with what appears to be a recrete on his own mandates after the supreme court oral arguments and the writing is on the wall. are you saying covid is here to stay? i don t think covid is here to stay. but having covid in the environment and the world is probably here to stay. but covid as we are dealing with it now isn t here to stay. judge jeanine: you may recall joe s promises when he ran for president. isle shutdown the vie i ll shut down the virus, not the economy. we can walk and chew gum at the same time. jud