Fall to the taliban as they dismiss international calls for a ceasefire. Cheering. I can t wait! the dancing re starts in scotland, as almost all of the final coronavirus restrictions are lifted. A baby thought to be the world s smallest at birth has been discharged from a singapore hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. It is unequivocal, that human activities are responsible for climate change. That is according to a new study by the un. It is an up to date assessment of how global warming will change the planet in the decade. It is a wake up call to governments to cut emissions. 234 authors from 66 countries have worked on the landmark assessment. The report says global average temprature rise could reach or exceed 1. 5 degrees celsius in the next 20 years ten years sooner than expected. That tempreature rise will breach the ambition of the 2015 paris climate agreement, and bring widespread devastation
live as soon as it begins. at the very same time we are keeping a close eye on what s happening down in texas. the deep freeze there is over but you have still got 8 million people without power, people lining up to get food and that s not all their problems. some texans are now getting hit with massive electric bills. this woman s monthly bill was over $6,000. i ll explain why that is happening in just a minute. and finally, a new and terrible milestone, the number of covid deaths in the united states of america has now surpassed half a million. a figure equivalent to the total population of kansas city, or miami, florida. the president and first lady will hold a ceremony this evening to honor and remember those who lost their lives. but there is good covid news out there. coronavirus numbers keep coming down across the nation, new cases have fallen, more than 40% over the last two weeks, hospitalizations and deaths are down at least 30%. i want to start this very busy w
engulfing his state and constituents. right before he got on the plane, he basically made this poor decision he made, an adult, he blamed it apparently on his kids. my daughters asked if they could take a trip with some friends, and heidi and i agreed. so i flew down with them last night, dropped them off here and i m headed back to texas and back continuing to work. back to work in texas. as for the claims there, we have a fact check coming up. politically, civically, responsibility wise, it s a problem for senator cruz. we begin with the reason it s a problem, because so many people s lives hang in the balance. texas suffering this horrific crisis that we and so many journalists have been reporting on. the freezing weather has paralyzed huge swaths of the state. hundreds of thousands of people remain in the dark as of this hour, which means no heat, reports of food shortages mounting, residents scrambling for basic shelter. the storm has taken 21 lives, including a man
they have become targets for hate. good to have you with us. well from covid-19 to economic relief to domestic terrorism, u.s. president joe biden fielded a wide range of questions from voters for the first time since taking office during cnn s town hall hosted by anderson cooper. the topic that dominated the night, the coronavirus pandemic. mr. biden was asked about the availability of vaccines. when is every american who wants it, going to be able to get a vaccine? by the end of july of this year. we have we came into office. there was only 50 million doses that were available. we have now, by the end of july, we ll have over 600 million doses, enough to vaccinate every single american. we got in office and found out the supply there was no backlog i mean, there was nothing in the refrigerator, figuratively and literally speaking. and there were 10 million doses a day available. we ve upped that in the first three weeks in office to significantly more than that.
democrats are considering going it alone with a much more expansive and expensive bill. the latest on these negotiations. good evening, bret. tonight s meeting is the first time that president biden has invited them to the white house and all of them are republicans. whether or not he is willing to compromise or not to earn their support is still very much. go big or go bipartisan. that s the question president joe biden faces as he attempts to pass his $1.9 trillion stimulus package. the president calls for bipartisan support and 10 moderate republican senators responded to the roughly $600 billion plan of their own. i m going to do everything i can to encourage the president to do something that is much more targeted from the $1.9 trillion package. he was one of the ten moderates to send a letter to him on sunday reminding him of the promise tomorrow s going to be it looks like you are in the snow globe at the white house. thank you. down the street from the bipartisa