dole. president biden is expected to speak in honor of a man he called an american giant. we re going to bring you that memorial service live at the capitol when it begins. and later, the president will meet with his coronavirus response team to discuss the latest developments with the omicron variant promising developments. two new studies out of israel show that booster doses of pfizer s vaccine reduce deaths by some 90%. elizabeth cohen joins us now. elizabeth, promising in that the booster reduces the chances of severe cases of this and death. but also that folks who are fully vaccinated at this point also have a good amount of protection. that s right. i think one thing we want to be super clear about is that every expert, including the some of the folks who publish this data have said to me the first booster sorry, first set of vaccinations, that first and second shot that you get a few weeks apart, those are the most important ones. boosters, important. people
nation s justice system. deadly flooding in the pacific northwest. what this could mean for holiday travel and in europe, a surge of covid cases have officials worried it could still get worse. wednesday, november 17. right now two high-profile cases are gripping the united states highlighting race, guns and legal trials. in brunswick, georgia. arguing that mcmichael s shot arbery. he was accompanied by two others in this case. americans are awaiting a verdict in the kyle rittenhouse trial. his lawyers argue he shot three in self-defense amid racial justice protest in kenosha, wisconsin last year. prosecution say rittenhouse instigated the shootings. after close to nine hours on day one. still no verdict. early in the day, they requested more copies. that is significant because those pages deal with crucial concepts like self-defense and provocation and the concept of intent along with the charges connected to the killing of joseph rosebaum. later in the day, the jury req
fixed there. when that happens, the opponents say, yes, it is happening, and your member of congress voted against it, voted against the safety of alabama, on and on and on. it s crazy. i think, mika, we ll see more and more of this. yeah. because infrastructure is something everybody likes, especially when it s been crumbling for quite some time. i mean, people are going to be very it is going to create jobs. i mean, of course he is going to take credit for it, but the voting against and then taking credit for it, that s just another way the republican party looks kind of lost. well, let s just say, if you ve looked at the poll numbers, there are a couple parties in washington, d.c. that are lost. democrats way behind. we ll get to that on a lot of issues polls especially and much more. willie, couple of bits of news we should talk about. first of all, our dear friends, and they are as much family as much as friends, out at java joes in des moines, we ve been going t
certain people who were in the bbc who have behaved in a way that is truly abysmal and possibly criminal. how much is a fair salary? the rate of the so called real living wage goes up today. i ll explain what difference it can make to low paid workers. it s being called one of the greatest drives of his career. from ten places back on the grid, lewis hamilton wins in brazil to keep a thrilling formula one title race alive. owain s drumathon is officially recognised as the most successful 2a hour challenge in children in need s 41 year history yesterday the temperature in the highlands reached nearly 16 degrees. this week it is going to state mild, mostly dry. any heavy rain in the north and west, especially of scotland. next we get is turning much colder. details coming up. it s monday, 15th november. our main story. the security service, m15, has been called in to assist counter terrorism police investigating yesterday s car explosion outside a hospital in liverpool. one man
cell disease in england. a lockdown in austria for anyone who hasn t been vaccinated against covid comes into force. a nine year old boy has died after being injured during a crowd surge at the astroworld festival in texas after panic broke out during the performance by the rapper travis scott. assurances there will definitely be enough turkeys for christmas after fears there could be a shortage. and norwich city rooted at the bottom of the premier league confirm former aston villa boss, dean smith as their new manager. hello and welcome to bbc news. the security service, mi5, has been called in to assist counter terrorism police investigating yesterday s car explosion outside a hospital in liverpool. one man has been killed and another injured in the incident. three men have been arrested under the terrorism act after several houses were evacuated in the city. the explosion happened just before 11am on remembrance sunday. james reynolds report contains flashing images