effecting our families like inflation, crime, and the border crisis. biden is only interested in appeasing his far left face with a focus on abortion, student debt blout, and promise to save democracy. he has a new attack line that rolls off the tongue. polls have been all over the place. i think that we re going to see one more shift back to our side the closing days and let me tell you why i think that. we re starting to see some good news on the economy. the election is not a referendum, it s a choice, it s a choice. republican criticizing the economic record, but look what i inherited and what i ve done and look what they re offering. it is mega maga trickle down. the kind of policies that have failed the country before, and will fail it again. mega maga trickle down. he tests out a last ditch effort to sway voters, aoc is making fun of constituents in a town hall. watch. all right. all right. listen, listen. okay. jesse: i think she has presidential material writ
the government s announced there ll be a significant reduction in the availability of coronavirus vaccines from the end of this month, with the shortage expected to last through april. the nhs has written to local health organisations, urging them not to take any new appointments from the 29th of march. those who already have bookings are not expected to lose their slot. the bbc has been told that fewer batches of astrazeneca vaccines are available than expected. here is our political correspondent, laura kuenssberg. i have some fantastic news to be new today. we have now vaccinated over 25 million people stopping the vaccine is on the way. we are on track, so let s stick with that, follow the rules, and when you get the call, get the jab. the rules, and when you get the call, get the jab- call, get the “ab. perhaps the “ourne call, get the “ab. perhaps the journey is call, get the jab. perhaps the journey is less call, get the jab. perhaps the journey is less smoo
now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show the surfers making waves in fukushima, ten years after the nuclear disaster. the hunt for the priceless royal russian room stolen by the nazis. and we get a taste of sustainable sake. cheers to that! kanpai! we start this week in the fukushima region in north eastern japan. now, as the world learns to cope with one disaster a global pandemic here, they re marking another. it s exactly ten years since an earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear catastrophe. the region has sadly become synonymous with those tragic events. a decade on, i m here to find out how people are still battling to move on from the past. this is kitaizumi beach, some 70km from the centre of fu kushima city. while it s hard to believe now, this beach was once one of the most popular surfing destinations injapan. surfing was popularised injapan in the 1960s, when american gis stationed here headed for the beaches, armed with their boards, and t
now, if you ve got an old petrol or diesel car would you be prepared to swap it for a bike or take the bus instead 7 a scheme s begun in coventry, where people can hand their vehicles over to be recycled in exchange for credit to spend on more sustainable modes of transport. our business correspondent katy austin has the details. it s the end of the road for this car. it was sent here deliberately by its former owner. but why? let s reverse a few days. we met mohammed, who owned that 15 year old diesel for four years. after, you know, the lockdown has kicked in, i have been mainly working from home, five days a week. so, i m not using the car as much. he decided tojoin a trial in coventry. owners of cars over ten years old can give them up and get cash for other forms of travel. they are offering £3000 worth of credits, which you can use to travel by bus, train, taxi. authorities in the west midlands are behind this scheme, using funding from a government grant. the idea i
sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. good luck to both of them and indeed all the nominees. now it s time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. with the exception of naughty scotland staying mostly dry today, elsewhere, we are seeing some rain for a time. that will eventually reach those parts of eastern england. it will stay dry for much of the day. this evening, clearing away and a few showers in the south west. largely clear overnight for eastern scotland and north east england, that is where we will have the lowest temperatures. this is where there is a greater chance of seeing a touch of frost going into the morning, whereas elsewhere, temperatures staying well above freezing. it s in the west tomorrow that we will see most of the cloud for northern ireland, wales, western parts of england into western scotland. that cloud increases. chances of seeing patches of rain, whereas the eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england, it will stay dry with ple