1 million nearly hired last month. The infrastructure bill is a critical next step. What is indisputable now is this, the biden plan is working, boo biden plan produces results and moving the country forward. Brand new reporting on how the big lie is stoking security concerns for lawmakers heading home. We begin the hour, though, with the biden white house and its kitchen sink you might call it covid scramble. Today s jobs numbers are proof the economy is ready to soar, yet the new covid numbers raise the clear threat of another pandemic cliff. Team biden now urgently looking for new tools to boost vaccinations and today, word it is now considering what you might call a hardball approach to federal funding. If you want your check, do more to get shots in arms. Let s check in with our white house correspondent jeremy diamond at the white house on this important day. Jeremy? yeah. John, we heard president biden take a victory lap as he was talking about this record jobs number in terms o
the u.s. ramping up efforts to fight the coronavirus as the country faces new challenges. vaccinations are outpacing new cases, the u.s. is averaging 1.3 million vaccines administered every day, that s up from 1.1 million just last week. new cases and deaths are dropping in most states across the country. but experts warn, now is not the time to be complacent. the u.s. is seeing an increase in some of the new variants of the disease. virginia, just reported its first case of the south african variant. and the cdc says more than 600 cases of these new variants have been reported in 33 states. and with that in mind, experts are warning americans against holding large super bowl parties tomorrow. the cdc offering new guidance that you should only watch the game with people you live with. to prevent new outbreaks. several sports stadiums are opening up, as mass vaccination sites across the country. the nfl is offering all 32 of its stadiums to the federal government to help speed
and the woman who s spent decades trying to find out what happened to her father after his ship went down in world war ii in one of the uk s worst maritime disasters. coming up on the bbc news channel, heartbreakfor heartbreak for england as new zealand s incredible comeback denies them a place in the t20 world cup final. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has called on world leaders to stop sitting on their hands and give a determined push to get a deal on limiting climate change over the line. borisjohnson said people would find it absolutely incomprehensible if they failed to commit to serious reductions in carbon emissions. with just 48 hours left before the cop26 climate change summit in glasgow is due to end, borisjohnson travelled to glasgow and said a deal was in sight but there was still a lot of work to be done. with more here s our science editor david shukman. can the world agreed to slow down the release of the gas is heating th
geoffrey cox the latest conservative mp at the centre of a storm about second jobs says he doesn t believe he s broken any rules and he ll cooperate fully with an inquiry. and the supermodel bella hadid opens up about the impact of social media on her mental health. we ll talk to a leading uk mental health expert about this. the united nations has published the first draught of an agreement from the cop26 summit. it calls for stronger carbon cutting targets by end of 2022. and encourages richer countries to scale up support for poorer nations. the document will now have to be negotiated by countries attending the talks. and it s likely to go through further draughts. also, in the last hour the chinese climate envoy has announced a climate cooperation deal with the us. we ll come back to that later. first, here s the uk prime minister borisjohnson. we need to be more ambitious and we need more credible plans for implementation. we have to bridge the gap between where we ar
the beginning of the end of climate change former conservative cabinet minister geoffrey cox says he doesn t believe he broke the rules, after images appeared to show him using his westminster office for private work. from midnight, people working in care homes must be double jabs against covid. homeowners fear it could mean a percent of their staff will leave. a he said to be in good spirits. england s hopes of reaching t20 are 7 by new zealand. and we ll be hearing from the woman who spent decades trying to find out what happened to her father after the ship went down in world war ii. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. stop sitting on your hands and give a determined push to get a deal on limiting climate change over the line. there has been a rarejoint declaration. committing both countries to long term strategies on reaching net zero. the language is strong. beijing s employee has called climate change and accidental threat. a draft text spoke of the urgent need t