u.s. forces are out of the picture. thanks for joining us. well, the threat of the delta covid variant looms large across the united states, especially in states where vaccination rates remain low. but now there s concern the variant could even impact the effectiveness of vaccines. the israeli government says preliminary data shows the pfizer vaccine is less effective than before in preventing covid-19 infections mainly due to the spread of that delta variant. though the vaccine is still strong in preventing severe illness. more than 157 million americans are now fully vaccinated. that s almost half of the u.s. population. now health officials are pushing to get even more shots in arms as they battle vaccine hesitancy. cnn s phil mattingly reports from the white house. reporter: president biden may have fallen short of his goal of having 70% of american adults with at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccination by july 4th. it didn t mean he was going to stop the celebra
vaccine are being refused it by some gps who are not following government guidance. the premier league and english football leagure are urged to do more to tackle racist abuse from fans. and quarantine free holidays in cyprus from may for british holiday makers if they ve been vaccinated. good morning. welcome to bbc news. there s been a furious reaction to the government s proposed 1% pay rise for nhs staff in england. health unions have called the proposal a kick in the teeth for staff who have worked throughout the pandemic. a 1% pay rise would be below the rate of inflation forecast in the budget for next year amounting to a cut in real terms. it would apply to all staff apart from junior doctors, gps and dentists. other public sector workers earning more than £24,000 a year have had their pay frozen. nhs pay is devolved, so there will be separate pay agreements for scotland, wales and northern ireland. the royal college of nursing says the pay rise in england woul
normally there are hundreds of thousands of people here. they ve been here all day. there are a lot of first responders, doctors and nurses, medical professionals, first responders who are there with their families in these pens as honored guests, as they should be. they are having a good time, and we re all waiting for the ball to drop for the new year. yes, i know. you re a little drunk. you know, we were just talking about annoying things, things that annoy us in our lives right now. yes. i m very annoyed by this book that i read. you have a whole thing about children s books. well, i do children s book reviews on my instagram. and, you know, there are some that make no sense. i mean i had a 70s sesame alphabet book that i mean it says h is for hull. how am i explaining this to my son? there are some kids i m thinking is this an acid trip. do you have potty time for elmo ? they re like, elmo can use the potty. my agent carol is a great friend, got wya
use and access to coffee during the warld. jake wynn and kyle dalton compared union and confederate soldiers and take questions via chat. the national museum of civil war medicine provided this video. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us on this new program we re trying out. we re having a morning conversation over coffee. i m kyle dalton, the membership and development coordinator. and i m jake wynn. i m the director of interpretation for the national museum of civil war medicine and the clara barton missing soldiers office and time in washington, d.c. and i m in frederick, maryland, know. to our main location, the cardi building. we re happy for you joining us this morning, especially for those on the west coast. today we re talking about coffee. so i ve got my cup of joe right here in the appropriately branded mug. and i see you have yours there. yes, i m supporting george mason university today. we support education. so my coffee, you could see it beh
musical guest, avil lavigne, and featuring the lendary roots crew. questlove10 15! steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applaus] jimmy: oh, my goodness. [ cheers and applause ] that is a hot crowd right there. at is a hot new york cit crowd. welcome, everybody. ghcheers and applause ] welcome to the toshow. give it up for the roots, everybody, right there. [ cheers and applause ] the roots. thank you guys. well, everybody, tomorrow is valentine s day. [ cheers ] yeah, i can tell who forgot based on the expressions right after i said tt. [ laughter ] it s that guy right there. i saw it. [ se ] plah. i saw that the today show made a list of valentine s gift ideas that included a barista kit, a breakfast sandwich machine and a wifi router. [ light laughter ] the perfect gift is to make someone think you just robbed a a starbucks.pp [ laughter anduse ] it s just so romantic. actually, i read that the most popular valentine s gift are experiences, li