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could he be the one to stand alone with the most grand slams wins? victory in melbourne would do it. good morning. we have a weak weather front singing south, taking its cloud and patchy rain with it. behind it, brighterskies, lots of sunshine and a few showers, some of which will be wintry. all the detail throughout the programme. it s wednesday 19th january. our main story. the prime minister is expected to set out plans for easing england s coronavirus restrictions when he addresses parliament later today. the health secretary, sajid javid, has said he s cautiously optimistic that the so called plan b measures due to expire next week can be substantially reduced . gareth barlow reports. hi, there, good morning. how are you doing? very good morning. against the backdrop of allegations of lockdown parties in downing street, and rumours of a vote of no confidence, the prime minister still has big decisions to make as england s plan b restrictions are due to end in a week ....
sarah vine, columnist with the daily mail, and ruth smeeth, former labour mp in stoke on trent. and on a busy night, we also have. amanda renteria, former adviser to hillary clinton. welcome to context. occasionally, there are two stories that collide and compete for our attention, and this is one of those nights, although strangely, there are obvious parallels between them. on this side, these are truly dark times for the prime minister, borisjohnson. today, one of the new intake of northern mps defected to the labour party, while one of his former brexit allies stabbed him in the front and called on him to resign. in washington things are not quite as serious forjoe biden, in washington, things are not quite as serious forjoe biden, but like the conservatives, the democrats are asking what their leader can do to stop the rot. in the senate the president s agenda is stalled, inflation is soaring, in the senate, the president s agenda is stalled, covid i9 still a proble ....
reporters and from the president, of course. this will be just the second formal white house press conference. he s held a handful of others on foreign trips. compared to his predecessors, he s governed largely as he campaigned, which is hunkered down in general posture. you can see compared to other presidents, this president has done nine of these opportunities and one of them is like what we re getting today, a form natural news conference at the white house. other presidents at this point in their presidencies gave many more opportunities for the press. we ll bring all of this to you live and special coverage and analysis. karl rove, mercedes schlapp and juan williams will kick us off. fox team coverage, edward lawrence, mark meredith and we begin with peter doocy who has had a front row for this presidency and the canadasy. he will be in the room this afternoon ready to ask his questions. he s no stranger to pressing president biden. here s a look back at some of t ....
5g interferes with the technology planes use to land in bad weather so now verizon and at&t are responding. plus, a woman pushed to her death off the subway platform in front of the train. another young woman stabbed to death by a stranger inside a furniture store. the deadly and random attacks plaguing major cities on both coasts of the u.s. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our health lead. free tests for everyone with a catch. today the white house quietly launched its beta version website for free at-home rapid tests. just go to covid tests.gov, but tough luck if you re a family of five. there s a limit of four per household. do not expect to see them on your doorstep tomorrow like an amazon prime delivery. they ll start shipping out at the end of the month. still, it s worth getting your name on the list because as cnn s nick watt reports for us, covid cases are still skyr skyrocketing in most of the united states and it is best to have a te ....
bumps and grand promises of u.s. support. on wednesday, secretary of state blinken visits kiev, but earlier this week a congressional delegation was here. i think vladimir putin has made the biggest mistake of his career. reporter: vowing more tough action in washington against russian aggression. we will impose crippling economic sanctions, but more important, we will give the people of ukraine the arms, lethal arms, they need to defend their lives and livelihoods. reporter: it certainly doesn t look deterred. these are the latest images of russia s live-fire military exercises near its border. where the latest ukrainian defense intelligence assessment obtained exclusively by cnn says russia has almost completed its military build up. the assessment says there are now more than 127,000 russian troops poised to invade. including russian infantry units seen here practicing urban warfare. the kind that may play a major role if any potentially messy incursion into ....