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we start with the travel business, because as you ve been hearing, the uk is about to announce a shake up of its covid rules for international travel. airlines and tour operators have been pushing for simpler rules on destinations, instead of the so called traffic light system of green, amber and red lists. and they want compulsory pcr covid tests to be scrapped, arguing the cost has been putting people off travelling, as our transport correspondent caroline davies explains. there have been hints that now people are vaccinated, they could be swapped for lateral flow test, the cheaper option. that could still prove controversial with some people in public health. other things the industry wants to see our things like moving from the traffic light system to just a red list and an open list system as well, so simplification there. the industry are really piling on the pressure on the government. thurlow comes to an end at the end of this month and they still have thousan ....
the first minister considers drafting in the military to help the scottish ambulance delays after average wait for an ambulance reached six hours last week. and the top 100 most influential people on the planet: time magazine puts harry and meghan on its list for 2021. the programme of third, booster, covid jabs has got underway in england and wales with some vulnerable people and health workers receiving their dose this morning. eligible people who had their second vaccine at least six months ago will be invited for the extra dose the full rollout begins next week. everyone aged 50 and over across the uk is eligible, as well as frontline healthcare workers and vulnerable groups about 30 million people in all. but as some people are now receiving their third jab there are still more than five million adults across the uk who are yet to have one. here s our health correspondent katherine da costa. come along, let s see you. on the front line and among the first ....
i will speak with a congressman. and attorney general merrick garland says the doj will turn its eye on new restrictive voting laws passing in states all across the country. we ll get to all of it. welcome to the week. we begin with an astonishing story. former attorney general william barr is attempting to distance himself from reporting that the trump doj seized the phone records of at least two prominent lawmakers. barr tells politico that while he was attorney general, he was, quote, not aware of any congressman s records being sought in a leak case. the justice department has announced that the department s inspector general will investigate and democrats are calling on barr and trump s other former attorney general, jeff sessions, to testify before congress. but really none of us should be surprised. remember, he literally called for this to happen. i call this receipts. roll the tape. they ought to investigate adam schiff for leaking that information ....
and house speaker, sitting behind the president. a lot has happened in 100 days. mapping out a plan to overcome covid, from creating a vaccination plan from scratch to convincing congress to spend more federal funding to those struggling most, and now it s on to infrastructure, which could be a good thing given new polling i mentioned shows nearly 6 in 10 americans think biden s infrastructure plan is a good idea. our new polling shows nearly 70% of the country approves of how he s handled the pandemic. not the same story on other issues. when it comes to immigration and guns, 1 in 3 americans approve of biden s handling so far. will polling change how biden governs? here s vice president kamala harris earlier today. he is someone who i have seen over and over again make decisions based on what he truly believes, based on his years of doing this work and studying these issues, what he truly believes is the right thing to do. joining me now, nbc political corresponde ....
who left early. chuck schumer said thank you for taking time to read the bill. we re going to power through and finish this bill however long it takes. the american people are counting on us, and our nation depends on it. i want to thank everyone, everyone, on the floor staff who worked late into the night and into the wee hours of the morning to finish reading the senate amendment to the american rescue plan. i m sure you all didn t expect that part of your job this week would entail standing on your feet and reading dense legislative language for more than ten hours straight. as for our friend from wisconsin, i hope he enjoyed his thursday evening. cnn correspondent jessica dean is covering this on the hill for us. this vote-a-rama has begun, jessica. explain what this is and why this could last for days. reporter: right, brianna, this could stretch out for a long, long time. a vote-a-rama means any senator can bring something to the floor and vote on it. this c ....