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millions of people in texas are stuck without power in sub zero temperatures, with some even burning their own furniture to keep warm. australia s prime minister has accused facebook of unfriending his country, after it blocked news feeds in a row over a new social media law. and seven minutes of terror for nasa it s perserverence rover will face its descent to the surface of mars today. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. scientists tracking coronavirus in england say there s been a strong decline in covid infection levels since the current lockdown began. the study, which is called react and was carried out by imperial college london, found that rates have dropped by two thirds across england since lockdown began, but it warns that virus levels are still high, with one in 200 people testing positive between the 4th and the 13th of this month. while infections are coming down across england, they are falling fastest in the capital, s ....
griff: police are not sure if it was a targeted shooting a random attack. the community is shaken. i lived here all my life. it is scary to be honest. griff: one gun was found at the scene, the victims of not been identified. several enforcement agencies are investigating. we monitor this story throughout the show and bring you updates. carley: president biden unveils a $2 trillion plan to rebuild infrastructure and the economy. griff: receiving bipartisan support to be an uphill battle is republicans one of massive tax hikes that could kill us jobs. jackie ibanez joins us with the breakdown. reporter: president biden will hold his first cabinet meeting and there s a lot to talk about including the $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan but the name is misleading, 25% goes to basic infrastructure over the next 15 years, money would be pumped into other areas like manufacturing, transportation, renewable energy, schools, affordable housing and combating climate change, na ....
this is cnn breaking news. hello again, everyone. thanks so much for joining me. i m frederricka whitfield. right now the u.s. is on the verge of another major milestone in the fight against coronavirus. a panel of cdc advisers is set to vote any moment now on whether to recommend the onjohnn & johnson vaccine for people over the age of 18. the group will also make recommendations on who should get priority access. jacqueline howard joining me now. jacqueline, what are we anticipating and how quickly would a recommendation go into play? right now the cdc advisory panel, fred, is meeting to vote on whether to recommend the vaccine, and then what happens next, like you said, the director will sign off on the recommendations, and then in the next few days, we could see the official rollout of the third authorized covid-19 vaccine here in the united states. and here s what the rollout plan will look like. we ve looked at these numbers before, but they re really importan ....
his country last. after a magnificent run of america for over 200 years as the world s super power. we are left with and leader who believes in the global order and slack scenes ask. we are watching in real-time the takedown of mayor could. attributable to joe biden s america last policy. unlike the destruction of other countries and empires, this is self-imposed. self-inflicted from within. just as abraham lincoln said would be the tomorrow way america could fail. since joe biden has taken the helm he ordered a halt to scheduled court ordered deportations of any illegals convicted of crime. biden is re-opening the southern border. just ask any migrant. and average of 3,000 immigrants from central america cross our border every day. the obama administration considered 1,000 a day a crisis. as a result border patrol is forced to implement catch and release. release as in let them in and then release them into the united states. biden has nullified president trump s remai ....
the dark for the fourth straight day, as record cold temperatures stretch across the state. governor abbott is now pledging to reform the state s energy agency, and he s saying, and i m quoting now, texans deserve answers about why the shortfalls occurred. and more severe weather is on the way. 100 million people are in the path of a major storm and winter weather alerts extend from the u.s. southwest all the way up to the northeast. let s get straight to texas, though, right now. our national correspondent ed lavendera is in dallas for us. ed, governor abbott has just signed a major disaster declaration. tell us about that. reporter: yeah, it s going to be another long night here. but after four days of taking a political beating over this disaster in texas, the governor says he accepts responsibility for the situation at ercot, the state power grid system, but not before once again laying into the executives at that agency, saying that what has happened is unacce ....