the first from several police officers. but the question is, what do the medical examiners say about floyd s death? plus, new reporting on how smugglers connected migrants who want to come to the united states. did social media help fuel the crisis at the border? and in the battle between the bears and the bulldogs, the bears come out on top as baylor beats gonzaga to win the team s first-ever national title. the question is, how did they do it? it s way too early for this. good morning. welcome to way too early, the show that this morning is congratulating our producer mike for winning the office march madness pool. i am kasie hunt on this tuesday, april 6th. we ll start with the news. minneapolis police chief medaria arradondo took the stand yesterday to testify against the officer accused of killing george floyd saying derek chauvin s knee on floyd s neck violated policy and defied his own training. once there was no longer any resistance and clearly when mr. f
the bloodiest day of the military coup in myanmar the un says security forces have shot dead at least 18 protesters. the coronation street actorjohnny briggs who played mike baldwin in the itv soap has died at the age of 85. good afternoon. the chancellor rishi sunak says people should be reassured by his plans in this week s budget. mr sunak said he would continue to support families and businesses hit by coronavirus, but wanted to level with people that more challenging times could lie ahead as we emerge from the pandemic. he also announced a £5 billion grant scheme, to help pubs, restaurants, shops, and other businesses in england to re open. here s our political correspondentjonathan blake. closed for business and struggling to survive, but some comfort for companies hit hard by the pandemic as the government offers £5 billion worth of grants part, the chancellor says, of his promise to do whatever it takes to keep the economy going. and ahead of the budget a sign
them so drug treatments will have a crucial role, having effective treatments would essentially make coronavirus or treatable disease and ultimately prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. katherine da costa. now the weather, with darren bett. i will start with a summary of the low temperatures, 23 making it the coldest since 1995. in king s lynn, temperatures have just got above freezing. it s a cold afternoon, many places will be dry with some spells of sunshine. there s more cloud to the south west and that threatens them sleet and snow into devon and cornwall, perhaps pembrokeshire, and it s windy, gusts 40-50 pembrokeshire, and it s windy, gusts 40 50 miles an hour making it feel colder temperatures struggling to get much above freezing and numbers will drop quickly during the evening. we have more cloud for a while across south west england and wales. the clouds thickening up in northern ireland, we could see snow here, at the same time snow coming into the north eas
of ireland but now that eu have stepped back. the world health organisation has criticised the eu s announcement of export controls on vaccines, saying such measures risked prolonging the pandemic. it is morally wrong, in terms of arresting the pandemic it wouldn t help, and it wouldn t also bring livelihoods back. the prime minister publishes an open letter to parents, saying he s in awe of the way they re coping with home schooling. five men have been arrested following a disturbance at a former military barracks in kent, being used to house hundreds of asylum seekers. a four year girl has discovered a rare dinosaur footprint on a beach in south wales. and coming up we find out how alpine ski resorts are dealing with a winter season of closures and lockdowns, that s in the travel show. the european union is facing criticism over its now abandoned plan to override the post brexit withdrawal treaty to impose export controls from the eu to northern ireland as part of e
if you d like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me @vicderbyshire or email victoria@bbc.co.uk. and the queen and prime minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, who s died at 100 years old after testing positive for coronavirus last week. the government says it will ensure he s officially remembered. i think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. good morning. the health secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the oxford astrazeneca vaccine significantly reduces people passing on the virus. the research by oxford university, which has not yet been formally published, also found that the jab provides a high level of protection, even when there s a gap of 12 weeks between the two doses. researchers believe that the vaccine remains 76% effective for up to three months after the first