Quickly here in the u. S. In regions where there are high numbers of unvaccinated americans. Cases on the rise. In the u. S. Now, up 51 in a month. More than 17,000 new cases a day. Also tonight, were monitoring the potential for storms as we come on the Air Tonight across the northeast. Philadelphia, New York all in the path. And in the west at this hour, the record Heat Wave. The third Heat Wave already this summer. The fires in california and oregon exploding. Swirling flames forcing firefighters to run to their trucks for shelter. Ginger zee standing by on all of this. The battle in this country over voting rights. Tonight in texas, one of the states trying to enact strict new voting laws, democratic lawmakers are now leaving the state to avoid the vote, all in their effort, they say, to protect Voting Access in texas. Rachel Scott Tonight on what this could mean for the larger debate across this country. The rare and historic images from cuba tonight. Protesters in the streets fro
Quickly here in the u. S. In regions where there are high numbers of unvaccinated americans. Cases on the rise. In the u. S. Now, up 51 in a month. More than 17,000 new cases a day. Also tonight, were monit monitoring the potential for storms as we come on the air tonight. Philadelphia, New York all in the path. And in the west at this hour, the record Heat Wave. The third Heat Wave already this summer. The fires in california and oregon exploding. Swirling flames forcing firefighters to run to their trucks for shelter. Ginger zee standing by on all of this. The battle in this country over Voting Rights. Tonight in texas, one of the states trying to enact strict new voting laws, democratic lawmakers are now leaving the state to avoid the vote, all in their effort to protect Voting Access in texas. Rachel Scott Tonight on what this could mean for the larger debate across this country. The rare and historic images from cuba tonight. Protesters in the streets from havana to santiago. Dema
from dublin. hi, peter. dana, we have been told today on the record by a white house official here in dublin the president biden is having the time of his life. that is not something you usually hear about the work trip. and a few minutes ago president biden down played the significance of these document getting leaked. president biden: there is a full blown investigation going on with the intelligence community and justice department and they are getting close. how concerned are you about this leak? i m not concerned about the leak i m not concerned that it happened but nothing contemporaneous that i m aware of that is of consequence. the accused leaker is a man in his 20s who works on a military base and uses the moniker o.g. online according to the washington post , which talked to an unnamed member of a chatroom where classified materials were shared weeks before the pentagon realized it was out there. a chatroom that counts as members some foreign nationals
how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home? did you have a trickyjourney to work? do you support the strikes? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk, with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medal for £81; million to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. and to mark his 40th birthday, new photos are released of prince william selling the big issue we look back at his four decades in the spotlight. good morning. the biggest rail strike in 30 years is under way, with an almost total shutdown of the network in england, scotland and wales. members of the rail, maritime and transport workers union are staging the first of this week s three 24 hour walk outs due to an ongoing dispute over pay, p
workers and the railway industry are outrageous. london euston station is eerily quiet this morning. some passengers are hoping to make a journey but there is widespread disruption across the rail network. how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home or did you have a trickyjounrey to work? do you support the strikes or not? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. in other news a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medalfor £81i million, to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. a former senior united nations official calls for an independent panel to investigate allegations of sexual abuse and corruption in the organisation. he attacks me in the elevator, he comes at me all of a sudden. i pleaded with him to sto