Being out of school is having on children and parents. Three Premier League defeats in a row forjose mourinho and spurs. They lose at home to chelsea, who continue their good start under new boss thomas tuchel. Today, snow only really Northern Scotland but over the next few days we are going to see is no more widely and all of us will feel the bitter chill of an easterly wind seeing snow more widely. Its friday, february 5th. Our top story. From the 15th Of February uk residents returning from Coronavirus Hotspots abroad will have to quarantine in hotels for ten nights. Theres been mounting pressure for ministers to set out details of the scheme, which was first announced last week. The government has been accused of being too slow to act. Simonjones reports. A new destination for new arrivals from the most high risk countries. British nationals returning home from more than 30 covid hot spots will have to check into designated hotels at their own expense for ten days. It is to try to
Pitch as its expected to field acquisition offers this week. And unexpected fireworks from the Vice President ial debate last night. Well look at the highlights and the impact on the campaign. Amazon hitting another alltime high yesterday. Announcing prime reading, which unlocks thousands of kindle books for free. What that means for the industry. But first up, twitter shares rising in the premarket amid some increasing talk about a possible sale of the company. Comes more than a week after david broke the news that twitter has received expressions of interest from a number of Tech Companies that are considering whether to make a bid for the social media company. Little more color being flushed out by some regarding splits on the board between av and dorsey, the role nodas had in sort of driving morale. Yeah, interesting story from bloomberg. Our reporting sort of is where it was, you know, perhaps it is this week as i last reported. There was a formalization, more or less of a process
On the next washington journal, mr. Crystal on this weeks debate and what it means. After that executive director of the sierra club with details of the paris Climate Change agreement. Washington journal is live every morning at seven 7 00 a. M. Eastern. You can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. This week on newsmakers, senator Lamar Alexander talks about successful efforts to pass the ever child succeed at. President obama signed the legislation on december 10. Senator alexander chairs the Education Committee and was president george w. Bush secretary of education. He is a former governor of tennessee. American history tv, every weekend on seat band tv. Louisiana state louisiana professor on the history of the United States. He starts out in 1727 by establishing the junto. The young mans improvement club. These were about improving their community and individual morals, they would read books and share ideas. These were young men like himself w
An exchange of fire between north and south korea. South korea returned fire after shells from a north Korean Military drill fell into a disputed area. Residents of nearby islands evacuated to bomb shelters as a precaution. Despite the tensioning this morning, experts do not expect the dispute to escalate further. In albuquerque, the march over a Fatal Shooting of a homeless man turned violent. The demonstration dragged on for more than ten hours. People fired back with tear gas and arrested several people. The shooting that took place two weeks ago was captured on video. The fbi is investigating. A milestone day for obamacare. Today marks the end of the sixmonth signup period. So far, more than 6 million have signed pup. The number the white house said was needed to keep the new law financially afloat. So whats next . Kristin fisher joins us with all the answers from washington this morning. Good morning, kristin. Reporter good morning, john and diana. Just because today is the offici