Remember, it was just about two months ago when americans were declaring liberation. How sweet that was, from wearing masks. If you got the shot, you could go out without face coverings, inside, outside. You can feel free to do that. Now were getting guidance from director walensky. Well have that live. But first, lets check in with Peter Doocy who has a sense of what we can expect here this afternoon. High, peter. Good afternoon. This is going to affect a lot of people watching right now. Ahead of the Cdc Director walenskys announcement, weve seen the Bullet Points about who is vaccinated will need to wear a mask according to the cdc. In areas with substantial and High Transmission, cdc recommends that fully vaccinated officials wear a mask in public, indoor settings to head protect against spread of delta and others. When school starts again, universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students and visitors to k12 schools regardless of vaccination status. Children should return
The description from his officers is how they thought they were going to die that day. The threat has not gone away an that one point the republicans sitting on the committee went from laughter to tears at one point describing why was so important for him to stand up i the face of what happened. The House Minority Leader has submitted five republicans to the panel. Kevin mccarthy told the rest of the. We saw a lot of very dramatic video that We Saw initially played during the insurrection on January 6th. If you are watching you saw compelling at times damning emotional testimony from these four officers that held the lin to try to protect the capital and the lawmakers inside. For anybody watching and watch the videos their Testimony Abou that day and thought it wasnt violent think its an eyeopener. We talked about January 6th a lot in the time since then but putting it all together and seeing it again is jarring. Listening to these officers say how they wanted to fight and hold onto th
Assault israel. Its unrelenting. And we are going to challenge it vigorously. Are you on the side of truth or lies . Fact or fiction, Justice Or Injustice connect Democracy Or Autocracy . Thats what its coming down to. Stand up, for god sake, and help prevent this concerted effort to undermine our election. Have you know shame . We are facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. Jesse Joe Biden is also calling for a federal takeover of elections and is promising to use his Department Of Justice to go after the states. Now, keep in mind, while the president spewed that kind of rhetoric, liberal factcheckers have found these republican bills actually expand voting hours. But those facts dont matter to liberals in texas. A group of showboating democrats just skipping town in order to block republicans there from passing these new voting bills. They are fashioning themselves as political martyrs, who of course fled the the down next washington, d. C. , without fa
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sian griffiths, who s the education editor at the sunday times, and james moore, the chief business commentatorfor the independent. welcome to you both. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the daily telegraph says there won t be any new restrictions that would spoil new year s eve. staying with covid rules, the i says there ll be no new restrictions before next year. meanwhile the guardian says england goes it alone as extra measures are rejected before the new year. the daily mail calls it boris s new year cheer as new year s eve parties get the go ahead. the times there won t be any curbs on new year s eve parties. the mirror leads with where s the prime minister amid the record covid cases. and that s your lot for the moment. we will start with the daily telegraph because we have got on the front page to very happy looking clubbers from wigan on boxing day who probably
the eu and the uk positions seem far apart as negotiations begin again tonight, but both worn stability in northern ireland is at risk. protestors are dragged away by angry motorists in essex this morning as they continue to block roads. two, one. and star trek s william shatner at the age of 90 makes history as the oldest person to go into space for a io minute journey injeff bezos capsule. what you have given me is the most profound experience i can imagine. i m so filled with emotion about what just happened. i m just. it s extraordinary, extraordinary. and coming up on the bbc news channel. fifa condemn the racially aggravated incident in the stands at wembley, as calls grow for hungary to be banned from international football. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. don t panic buy. but do plan ahead for christmas. that s the message to shoppers from a global shipping boss who has warned that a shortage of hgv drivers is having a knock on effect on ports ar