the hospitality sector welcomes the decision not to impose further covid restrictions in england before the new year, describing it as a lifeline, but ministers say further restrictions hinges on the number of hospitalisations. the french government call their new covid measures proportionate , as rules for remote working and public gatherings come into force next week. more young children are being forced work on the streets, as afghanistan s humanitarian crisis deepens. we ll bring you a special report from kabul. heavy snowstorms batter western states in the us, leaving thousands without power and causing travel chaos. it s all over australia thrash england to win the ashes, after a dismal collapse in melbourne. now on bbc news, review 2021, we remember. prince philip, una stubbs, charlie watts, sarah harding, captain sir tom moore, christopher plummer and jimmy greaves. just some of those whose lives are celebrated in this year s programme. # we re all going on a summe
november the 5th, it s a busy friday morning. live picture of new york city. a couple of hours south in washington, d.c. because after months of negotiations, the house is set to vote today on both the build back better act in the biden s infrastructure bill. the date will begin a couple of hours at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. democrats working late into the night finalizing deals. concerning immigrations and state and local taxes and the overall cost of the legislation. joe, here we are, it s taken several months and a lot of back and forth and hand ringing among democrat to get there. a vote today in the house, do you think they ll get it through? well, i can t believe nancy would bring it up on the floor if she were not get both of the bills through. of course the most important thing is and again let s act like grown-ups here. pass infrastructure bill. have a huge sign ceremony, this is a big damn deal, right? get the headlines and releases about it. it s also making brid
trial. the prosecution star witness, michael cohen, back on the stand. today s burning question, will cohen keep his cool when trump s lawyers begin what could be an intense cross examination, which could start any time today. could his trademark temper flare under pressure? yasmin vossoughian is outside the courthouse for us. yasmin, take us inside right now. what s happening? reporter: yeah, a lot happening so far, right? we re 30 minutes into this thing. we already got a lot. we re getting to the crux of this whole thing. yesterday we heard a lot of incredible testimony from michael cohen. we got to the intent as to why essentially donald trump would have wanted to pay off stormy daniels. we talked about the january 16th and or 17th meeting, michael cohen is unclear about the date in which donald trump, allen weisselberg, michael cohen were in the room in trump tower saying we re going to say legal services rendered, paying you monthly, $35,000 a month per the math d
where the crowds are ready for a hugely significant historic event that dates back more than two centuries. this is trooping the colour, as we mark the king s official birthday. all five regiments of the fog cards making their way onto centre stage. the footguards. led by the irish wolfhound known as seamus, the regimental mascot of the irish guards. because this year, it is number nine company irish guards who have the honour of providing the escort and trooping their colour. and with them comes the musical flair of the pipes and drums. we have a real treat in store. in about 15 minutes, his majesty the king will set off from buckingham palace for his second birthday parade as monarch and he will be accompanied by other members of the royal family. there is huge excitement around that. we can offer a number of ways to enjoy our coverage this morning. we have audio described commentary for those who are blind or partially sighted, that is via the red button. and you can fi