Let s start in the united states, because after months of political wrangling the us senate has passed a $1 trillion infrastructure plan, intended to restore some of the ageing, often crumbling, transport systems across the us. The plan will see $110 billion being spent on roads, bridges and other major projects. The white house currently believes 115,000 bridges across the country are considered to be in poor condition. $73 billion will be spent on clean energy. President biden hopes the money will be spent on new power lines and rebuilding america s old electric grids. Let s now get more details on the plan, the bbc s michelle fleury filed this report from new york. Presidentjoe biden celebrated the passage of the infrastructure bill, describing it as a once in a generation investment in america. After ears investment in america. After years and investment in america. After years and infrastructure, investment in america. After years and infrastructure, we | years and infrastructur
Nation s top infectious diseases expert, dr. Anthony fauci, says the u. S. Is headed in the wrong direction. Reporter: the worst case scenario among the unvaccinated. Feel like we re going back in the bell again and it s definitely, it s definitely another wave. Reporter: the highly contagious delta variant fuelling a surge of new cases across the country. Dire warnings from the nation s top doctor. Going into the fall with the delta variant, we could have a really serious problem with a considerable surge of infections. Reporter: the variant sweeping through the south, texas, arkansas and florida accounting for 40% of new cases in the country. But in miami, thousands packing the stadium for a live concert. You re drowning in people. Reporter: as the cdc said they could recommend masks for the fully vaccinated indoors. But in arkansas, a new law banning mask mandates goes into effect this week. It s important not to have the current debate about mask wearing but to have the current emp
Holding. And secretary blinken is about to hold a press conference from jerusalem, where we re going to bring you that news conference live. But we ll start the hour with the remembrances of george floyd and latest on the police reform bill that bears he s name. Today was supposed to be the day we had a deal for police reform. We don t. In minnesota the governor asked that a 9:29 moment of silence in downtown minneapolis be marked all across the state. That, by the way, is scheduled to come up at 2:00 p. M. Eastern time. Late this morning the floyd family, along with civil rights attorney benjamin crump arrived on capitol hill where they met with house speaker nancy pelosi, congressman karen bass to discuss those police reforms. All of this while senators say they made progress on the reform bill following the passage of the house s george floyd justice in policing act several weeks ago. President biden set a deadline of today to pass this but it will not meet that deadline. But they r
in the last year or so. and he s done some great stuff, and i thank him very much, particularly on helping to encourage vaccine take up amongst more hesitant groups and communities. new figures show fewer than one in five people with covid 19 symptoms request a test, and the number who follow self isolation rules is low. as france goes into a third lockdown we talk to an expert in paris in paris about the situation across the country. and the life and legacy of diana, princess of wales, is to be recognised with a blue plaque in london. one of six new plaques dedicated to pioneering women. good afternoon. a 22 year old has become the first british police officer to be convicted of belonging to a banned neo nazi terror group. neo nazi terrorist group. benjamin hannam was also convicted of lying on his met police application and having terrorist documents detailing knife combat and making explosive devices, following the trial at the old bailey. hejoined national action after
a two hour edited version of the ceremony full of many moments like this. and the winner of the bafta for best actor goes to. ..cillian murphy. the bafta. the bafta goes to. ..emma stone. and the bafta goes to. ..oh, i can read it, oppenheimer. we didn t feel the need to issue any spoiler alerts before showing those clips as they date from last weekend. but that was very much an issue for some newswatch viewers, including dave griffiths. watching the baftas last sunday, 25th february and waiting for the best actor, best actress to be announced when both my wife and is bbc app decided to ping. so while waiting for the next award to be presented, i looked at mine only to find out that the best actor and best actress had been announced on the bbc app some 15 minutes before those who were watching the programme got to find out. well, another viewer who got in touch with us about this was paul kirkwood to let speak to him now. thank you so much, paul, for coming on newswatch. tell