the works of lewis fa reform akan. i will be a no vote on this. this is a way that they are going to prepay the advancement of their socialist agenda. good morning, everybody. it is friday march the fifth, 2021 and we start this hour of fox & friends with fox news alert. a new bombshell report claims that top aides to governor cuomo pushed health officials to underreport vastly thousands of coronavirus nursing home deaths. a senior adviser to the governor pushing back saying the out of facility data was omitted after d of course h, department of health could not confirm it and it had been that it had been completely verified. this did not change the conclusion of the report. so in other words, they didn t think it was accurate. ainsley: state officials say more than 15,430 residents died in nursing homes or long-term facilities. this as cuomo faces sexual harassment allegations from 3 different women. one of them speaking out for the first time. he was proposi
after his supporters stormed the capitol building in washington. no custard creams or baked beans at british supermarkets in europe due to major supply problems because of post brexit rules on exports to the eu. also this hour. as a national inquiry into racial injustice in maternity care is set to launch today, why are black women more likely to die in childbirth than white women? if you re black and have an experience to share on the maternity care you recieved, please do email. and coming up this hour. england have won the 1st test against india by 227 runs in chennai. they bowled out india for 192 on the final day. good morning. all travellers coming into the uk will have to take two coronavirus tests while they are quarantining, in an attempt to track new cases or variants entering the country. the department for health said the new testing regime will provide a further level of protection . travellers arriving in the uk will still be required to show proof of a negativ
good afternoon. a conservative backbencher who has accused downing street of trying to blackmail some mps seeking to oust borisjohnson is to meet the police to discuss his allegations. william wragg said he d be speaking to a scotland yard detective in the commons early next week. the prime minister has said he s seen no evidence to support the claims but mr wragg said he wanted any inquiry to be carried out by experts . our political correspondent helen catt reports. some of the methods used to persuade mps to follow their party line have always been a bit murky. these extraordinarily public allegations levelled at the government and its whips are serious. but some conservative mps suspected of wanting borisjohnson out have been in the end of attempts to intimidate them with embarrassing stories in them with embarrassing stories in the press and threats to take away public money from their constituencies.- public money from their constituencies. ., ., ., constituencies. t
them 1.5 billion pounds for not reaching annual targets. the targets are quite high. royal mail have to deliver 93% of all first class post within one day, that is the target set by the regulator. it is all very well saying, get your act together, does that suggest they do not believe the royal mail when they say it is because of coronavirus and staff absences. they want to see improvements. royal mail made £726 million last year and pre tax profits. the cost of a first class stamp by more than 20% last year. the regulator expecting more. here is the weather. large areas of cloud. potentially a touch of frost. milder further north. that brisk south westerly wind looking teacher blow across northern scotland tomorrow. a largely dry but is largely cloudy day. some sunny spells. south westerly wind will continue to blow across northern scotland. in the coming week, a lot of dry weather, the increasing chance of some rain in the north. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines.
on friday alone. in los angeles, new cases, they are tripled in the last week. and the surging infections making a real mess of holiday travel for so many people. several major airlines canceling hundreds of flights this morning citing staffing shortages. and we are monitoring all the developments. nadia, you are in atlanta. what is the situation for travelers there right now? good morning. it is ererily quiet here simply because delta for one canceled about 250 flights on wednesday. so some people were able to get those cancellations earlier this weekend a try to make the changes as best they could. but really we re seeing cancellations happening all across the country with major airlines, delta canceling some 283 flights. united 238. and jetblue, 120. just for christmas day so far. but over this entire weekend, we re looking at more than 1,000 flights being canceled here in the u.s. and you can imagine that impact on travelers. i listened to some of them, their frustratio