them. also today, a critical meeting in washington to take on the financial blow of this pandemic, which is ongoing. ten gop senators set to meet with biden to accept his counteroffer. the republican proposal, however, valued at less than a third of the democratic plan. we ll see if they can find a way to meet in the middle. our team is following the latest developments all over the country. lauren, 1.9 billion is the democratic offer. 600 million is a republican offer. the big question is, will republicans come up or are they willing? reporter: i think that is the question going into the meeting. we do know democrats can learn as soon as this week on a budget resolution that will unlock their ability with just democratic votes. so the question is how low is joe biden willing to go on his own covid relief proposal. she right now sitting at $1.9 trillion and how high are republicans willing to go? they are awaiting a score from the congressional bug office. the one big quest
here in clacton in essex on the coast they are bearing the brunt of it. a weather warning is in place and people are expecting disruption to travel and possible power cuts. israel s prime minister pleads not guilty to corruption charges he s accused of offering favours to media companies. and another victory for the veteran quarter back tom brady the 43 year old wins his seventh superbowl in the nfl s season finale. if you are getting in touch today, you re very welcome, particularly about the vaccine rolled out. you can message me on twitter and instagram, or e mail me. the vaccines minister says the public can have confidence in the uk s covid vaccines, after south africa put its plans to use the oxford astrazeneca jab on hold. early trials suggest that against the south african coronavirus variant, the oxford vaccine offers minimal protection from mild and moderate disease. so far, 147 cases of the variant have been found in the uk, but the dominant strain in this co
access visas for the eu? some of our biggest stars take the case to parliament. and ronan keating tells us why the government can t just say nothing at all. history for tom brady at the age of 43, he becomes the oldest player to win the super bowl with tampa bay buccaneers. storm darcy brings snow to many this is the scene in essex this morning. and there is more snow on the way today. two amber warnings for the south east and east anglia, another for the north midlands, lincolnshire and parts of yorkshire. it is going to be bitterly cold wherever you are and some of that snow will be blowing. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, february the 8th. our top story. the vaccines minister has said uk scientists are rising to the challenge of new covid variants, after a study suggested the oxford jab was less effective against the milder symptoms of the south african strain. nadhim zahawi said the vaccine remains a vital part of our fight against covid a
supporting additional venues targeted reaching those at the highest risk and the communities hardest hit by this pandemic. going into communities and meeting people where they are and not expecting every community to go out and seek and search where they can find the vaccine. meeting with states to discuss their plans for ensuring equitiable vaccine distribution and offerin achieing the goal. governors are overseeing the distribution and efforts to ensure that the vaccine is getting into communities across the country. we re closely engaged with them and looking for ways to help assist in that front and help and think how to do that. we re working with cdc to identify and explore ways to urgently improve the quality of vaccination data by race and ethnicity. it s no question it s not the level we need it at. is there a message to the people that are giving out the vaccines? we need this data. i m wondering how that gets changed on the ground level. i don t know if it s a pr
standing by live. we ll discuss later right here in the situation room. but first, let s go to our kaitlan collins. this is the president s first official trip since his inauguration. you re there in milwaukee, wisconsin, for us. the stakes are extremely high right now. reporter: that is right, wolf. because you see president biden taking off on air force one. this is the first real flight on there. he s gone to delaware for an unofficial trip back home but the first major domestic trip and meeting with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in washington. he s met with governors as well, but this is the time where he s coming to wisconsin and according to the white house solely so he could pitch the economic relief plan trying to sell in washington to voters across the country and that is what you ll see him doing today. interacting with voters for the first time since he s been in the white house. he s answering questions about the relief plan which we noted still did n