Could push forward president biden s infrastructure bill. And a disaster of unprecedented proportions, wildfires ravage all corners of greece forcing hundreds to evacuate. As local officials implement mandates and measures to curb the coronavirus, more americans are coming to terms with the severity of the delta variant. The cdc says more than 98% of the u. S. Population now live in counties with high or substantial transmission. 250 million alone live in high transmission areas. Barely more than half the total population in the u. S. Is vaccinated. That is nowhere near the level required to reach herd immunity. And while vaccinations are the highest they have been in weeks, nearly a third of the eligible population, that is americans 12 and older, remain unvaccinated. All this comes as kids across the u. S. Are heading back to the classroom. And while many districts will require them to mask up, that is not the case everywhere. At least seven states have banned any sort of mask mandat
the historic procession. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello. yes, this is sportsday. you re live at the bbc sport centre with me ben croucher on a packed saturday of sport. coming up.. the women s six nations might look a bit different this year but little has changed for defending champions england. thomas tuchel tastes defeat for the first time as chelsea boss. walloped by west brom. and tomorrow s boat race will look a bit different. moved from the london due to the pandemic we ll introduce to the new tranquil setting in cambridgeshire. lots of stories in the premier league and the scottish cup to bring you but let s start with the women s six nations. it s a bit different this year. it s moved to april so it doesn t clash with the men s tournament. there s two groups of three with a playoff round to decide the winner and it s all being shown on the bbc. so much is different but on the pitch nothing s changed for england. the defending champions continue to b
but first of all, the prime minister s adviser allegra stratton has resigned, she was one of those people in the video, and this is what she said about that resignation. my remarks seemed to make light of the rules, rules that people were doing everything to obey. that was never my intention. i will regret those remarks for the rest of my days and i offer my profound apologies to all of you at home for them. there s allegra stratton explaining her resignation. we also want to look at this story and what it tells us about the broader relationship between the government and the press lobby. to help us do that we have katie perrior, director of communications for theresa may when she was prime minister. michael crick, political commentator for mail plus, and kitty donaldson, the uk political editor for bloomberg news. let s start with pippa crerar from the mirror. it was your story which started all of this. when did you first hear that there had been a christmas party in downin
high-ranking commander of an iran-backed militia accused of directly planning and participating in attacks on u.s. forces. our report from iraq. also tonight, the urgent search for five u.s. marines missing after their helicopter vanished in california. the remote area where the aircraft was found. the fiery police standoff in pennsylvania. two officers shot and the home erupting into flames. israeli prime minister netanyahu rejecting hamas latest cease-fire demand. is there still room for negotiations? chaos on capitol hill. senate republicans killing the border deal they had demanded after the house gop failed to impeach the homeland security secretary. the stunning moment a democrat rushed from the hospital to cast the deciding vote. six months after the lahaina wildfires, nbc news investigates. how did one small neighborhood suffer so many deaths? the killer whales trapped in the ice off japan and the good news about them tonight. and two giants of the musi
big weekend for peter this weekend coming up. sandra: indeed. i just decided i needed to be here on a friday morning to make it a good weekend. good to be with you. good hour coming up. i m sandra smith. president trump is calling the indictment election interference at the highest level. republicans on the senate judiciary committee are warning the charges raise serious conflict of interest interests for attorney general merrick garland. meantime president biden dismissing these claims that he was paid $5 million in a bribery scheme when he was vice president. bill: here is the new york post summing up today with the headline hail to the thiefs. nancy mace telling us she saw the document from the f.b.i. which contains what some believe is a bribery claim. she thinks, after reading it, it does not look good for president biden. it was very credible and legitimate. i would not brush it off like the f.b.i. has. and it corroborates other information that we ve seen in ot