until our next presidential election. and while we were deep into the trump presidency now, we are nonetheless covering a number of firsts tonight. for starters, the president of the united states stood in the rose garden today and accused his predecessor of committing a crime while offering no details or proof. and that wasn t even the lead story from the press conference today. if there was a bumper sticker quote to emerge from today s session about the climbing u.s. death toll, it was this, and we quote, don t ask me, ask china because as others have thee rised, unable to run for the election on economy or health care or leadership, the deflection to china already under way will be constant and a daily theme. at the start of today s event, the president declared we have met the moment, and we have prevailed. when called out on that later on, the president said he was talking about testing. and today he staked his word on testing. these are the quotes. americans should be
under way will be constant and a daily theme. at the start of today s event, the president declared we have met the moment, and we have prevailed. when called out on that later on, the president said he was talking about testing. and today he staked his word on testing. these are the quotes. americans should be able to get a test right now. if somebody wants to get tested right now, they ll be able to get tested. while he stopped to add that not everybody should get a test in his estimation, he went back there again. quote, if people want to get tested, they get tested. and that, we know, is just not true. about the economy, the president continues to bet on the third quarter of this year. he s billing it as the transition to greatness, and he said today, quote, greatness is going to be in the fourth quarter, but it s really going to be next year. back in the real world tonight, we have lost 81,468 americans to this virus with well north of 1.3 million cases that we know of.
re-election on the economy or health care or leadership, the deflection to china already under way will be constant and a daily theme. at the start of today s event, the president declared we have met the moment, and we have prevailed. when called out on that later on, the president said he was talking about testing. and today he staked his word on testing. these are the quotes. americans should be able to get a test right now. if somebody wants to get tested right now, they ll be able to get tested. while he stopped to add that not everybody should get a test in his estimation, he went back there again. quote, if people want to get tested, they get tested. and that, we know, is just not true. about the economy, the president continues to bet on the third quarter of this year. he s billing it as the transition to greatness, and he said today, quote, greatness is going to be in the fourth quarter, but it s really going to be next year. back in the real world tonight, we have l
bit of sunshine coming through, but in scotland and northern ireland staying quite cloudy today, and there will be a little bit of rain to come for some of us as well. i will have the full forecast coming up will have the full forecast coming upa will have the full forecast coming up a little bit later on. it s saturday, may the 16th. our top story: stick with the rules and don t take risks. that s the message from the health secretary matt hancock, as we enter our first weekend since lockdown restrictions were eased in england. local councils are warning us to stay away from beauty spots and beaches, fearing a surge of visitors will lead to an increase in infections. it comes after scientists revealed the infection rate across the uk has risen. john mcmanus has the latest. in southwold in suffolk, they are hoping for visitors this weekend, so long as they follow the distancing rules. they don t want to see a repeat of these scenes from march. with warm weather on the way,
good morning. if you thought yesterday was blustery, it is even windier out there today. we may see a passing shower, and others, it will be a very wet day. i will tell you where with the sunday forecast coming up. just after six o clock. good morning to you. it s sunday june 28. our top story: the prime minister has pledged to speed up the delivery of major building and transport projects and avoid a return to the policies of austerity. yes, borisjohnson will use a major speech on tuesday to set out his attempt to stimulate the uk economy following warnings from labour that the government s response to the coronavirus crisis is putting jobs at risk. he ll announce that a new group, called the infrastructure delivery taskforce, will be set up, promising a dramatic acceleration in delivering new schools, hospitals and transport schemes. the prime minister has been discussing his plans in an interview with today s mail on sunday. our political correspondent nick eardley can tel