arthur the ardvark is handing back his library card. welcome to the programme. his predecessor in the white house had his name on a book called the art of the deal. joe biden has spent much of his career making them on capitol hill. for donald trump, deals meant a winner and losers. senator biden s depended on bi partisanship, something that has become vanishingly rare in dc. so it was a win for the president when democrats and republicans voted to allow debate to take place on his proposed one trillion dollar infrastructure bill. roads, bridges, public transport and high speed internet are among the areas of investment. although the proposed spend is undeniably large, it s still less than one quarter the size of the 2.6 trillion plan that mr biden proposed back in march. in the past few hours, the senate has begun debating that infrastructure package. let s bring democratic senator from connecticut chris murphy senator murphy. we re very pleased to have you with us here on
you re watching bbc news. england s deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam, says he hopes the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us, but he has warned there could be one or two bumpy periods ahead as autumn approaches. he has urged people who ve not yet been vaccinated to come forward. the latest data from public health england suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. here s our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. after the misery of many months with a pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. the nhs in england went to fir park today to encourage its younger visitors to get vaccinated. we re doing covid vaccines today. ijust want to be more safe and know i am 0k, and also when everything is open now i can have my freedom. did you see that? there s something about being fearless when you are young and perhaps that is what is being played out with the vaccinations. unlike with the olde
silver in the women s canoe slalom. it can mean so much for people, and i hope people see women now as an event that is really high class, there was some amazing paddling out there. half a million fewer people are now on furlough. but experts warn there could be job cuts as government support eases. a coroner concludes that liverpool football fan andy devine who died this week after suffering life changing injuries in the hillsborough stadium disaster is the 97th victim of the tragedy. and itv says there are no current plans for another series of the x factor after reports the show had been axed. in the last half hour, england s deputy chief medical 0fficer, jonathan van tam, has told the bbc that covid vaccinations have prevented around 22 million new coronavirus cases in england and saved about 60,000 lives. he announced the figures which are from public health england while answering questions on the vaccines from bbc newsbeat listeners. let s hear what he had
saw all these flashing lights. no major injuries. a couple vehicles on the approach. the left cash lanes are lightening up. someone was trying to get in the parking lot. overall a light build for the commute. a disabled vehicle reported off the university off ramp. we ll make sure that is cleared for lanes. back to you, marcus. a lot of people should take mass transit. your ride on mass transit could get less expensive as they look into discounts in a specific situation. good news, bob. reporter: marcus, let s say you hop on b.a.r.t. and head to sf or oakland and have to transfer to a local bus or ferry. you re not going to always get a discount or a transfer. the clipper executive board which oversees the clipper fare card they want to change that. yesterday at a meeting the board agreed to spend about $600,000 on a study looking into how to integrate the fares of all 27 bay area transit agencies. right now each agency sets fares independently of each other and they don