english deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam. please get in touch. uk ministers are due to unveilfurther get in touch. uk ministers are due to unveil further measures to help thousands of people living in buildings deemed unsafe since the grenfell tower disaster. six republican senators join democrats in voting to push ahead with donald trump s impeachment trial. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. for the latest news and analysis the for the latest news and analysis uk transport secrt is the uk transport secretary says it is too soon for people to start thinking about booking summer holidays and any changes to restrictions on international travel. we rely on everyone getting a covid vaccine. hello and welcome to this special edition of the big debate and your questions answered. i m qasa alom and we re live on the bbc asian network, bbc two and the
vice president to stop certification. and when vice president pence refused, explaining that the constitution does not allow him to stop. that the constitution does not allow him to step- - - him to stop. thank you for watching. him to stop. thank you for watching, bye-bye. - hello and welcome to the special edition of the big debate, and your questions answered. we are live on the bbc asian network, bbc two, bbc news channel, and on bbc world news. i m clive myrie it, and as concerns grow over the hesitancy of some people in the black and asian community to have the covid 19 vaccine, we will be answering your questions this hour on misinformation and concerns over the vaccine and what s behind the apparently low take. i m pleased to say we are joined by professor jonathan van town. welcome to the bbc, jonathan, good to see you. if you ve got a question for him, get in touch using the hashtag bbc your questions or e mail us. let’s in touch using the hashtag bbc your ques
moments. if you are feeling a sense of pandemic deja vu, you re not alone. in the words of dr. fauci, covid cases are raging around the world. massive lines for testing are back. more and more pro sports and entertainment events are getting cancelled. but we did get a glimmer of hope this morning. moderna just announcing that its booster shot appears to provide protection against omicron. we ll have more on that in a few moments. also this morning, where do they go from here? democrats and the white house plotting next steps after senator joe manchin dealt a massive blow to the build back better plan. we ll break down the different paths being floated to try to salvage at least parts of it. also, what the west virginia senator just said about his decision and the last few minutes to a radio station in west virginia. we ll go there as well in a few moments. we re going to start in minneapolis. the closing arguments now underway in kim potter s trial. nbc s shaquille brewst
administration the january 6th committee has now heard from a key witness and its investigation. mark sure, the former vice president mike pence s former chief of staff quietly testified before the house camila committee last wednesday. short was with pence at the capitol on the day of the insurrection as a pro trump mob stormed the building calling for pence to be hanged. shorts testimony follows a subpoena and an earlier engagement with the january six committee and this latest development comes as donald trump is amplifying the false claim that mike pence had the authority to overturn the 2020 election. late sunday, trump sent out a a statement slamming the bipartisan effort to update the electoral count act suggesting that the law as written quote, mike pence did have the right to change the outcome and they now want to take that right away. unfortunately, he did not exercise that power, he could ve overturn the election and quote and that followed his speech at a rally i
machines ethan started musing about using the department of homeland security, we will have much more on that and it is day 377 of the biden administration. the january 6th committee has now heard from a key witness and its investigation. mark sure, the former vice president mike pence s former chief of staff quietly testified before the house camila committee last wednesday. short was with pence at the capitol on the day of the insurrection as a pro trump mob stormed the building calling for pence to be hanged. shorts testimony follows a subpoena and an earlier engagement with the january six committee and this latest development comes as donald trump is amplifying the false claim that mike pence had the authority to overturn the 2020 election. late sunday, trump s that down a statement slamming the bipartisan effort to update the electoral count act suggesting that the law as written quote, mike pence did have the right to change the outcome and they now want to take that r