help for key workers living with long covid. and a nail biting day for nasa as it aims to land its perseverance rocket on the surface of mars. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there s been a marked decline in levels of coronavirus infections in england since january, say scientists tracking the epidemic. a study by imperial college london found that infections have fallen by two thirds across england since the latest lockdown began, with an 80% fall in the capital itself. but it warns that levels are still high, particularly among primary school age children and young adults, with one in 200 testing positive between the 4th and 13th february. that s similar to levels seen in september. katharine da costa has the details. friends and family kept apart. many businesses kept on hold. lockdown has taken its toll on all of us, but researchers say it has helped to take infection levels in england down to those last seen in september. imperial college s react survey looked at
sending the campus into lockdown. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern. i m lindsey reiser reporting from new york in for ana cabrera. we begin with hurricane idalia. the storm intensified overnight, now expected to strengthen further and make landfall in florida as a major hurricane, packing dangerous winds and a potential 12-foot storm surge. today, millions are under hurricane warnings and evacuation orders are now in place in more than 20 counties. nbc news meteorologist angie lassman is following the storm s track and priscilla thompson is in cedar key, florida. we have seen it strengthening this morning, lindsey with our most recent update now category 1, of course. that happened earlier this morning. but winds up to 80 miles per hour and moving north at 14 miles per hour. you can see it has become a little healthier when you try to look at exactly where the eye is. it starts to clear a little bit. that gives us indication it is getting its act together, becoming more organized
inside. matt gutman in texas tonight. meantime, the memorial growing for the 19 school children and two teachers. and this evening, adding to the tragedy, we have now learned the husband of teacher irma garcia who was killed at that school, that husband has now died of a heart attack. married for nearly 25 years. and what the family is saying tonight about what they say was a broken heart. and the children here tonight, what their families want the country to know about them. tonight, the call for action across this country. texas senator john cornyn, after returning to washington from the heartbreaking scene, now directed by republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to now meet with democrats for a possible bipartisan solution. so, tonight here, is there actual movement with the vast majority of americans wanting something done? rachel scott live on the hill. the other news this thursday night, as millions now prepare to travel for the weekend ahead, the severe
children and two teachers. and this evening, adding to the tragedy, we have now learned the husband of teacher irma garcia who was killed at that school, that husband has now died of a heart attack. married for nearly 25 years. and what the family is saying tonight about what they say was a broken heart. and the children here tonight, what their families want the country to know about them. mireya villarreal on the scene for us again. tonight, the call for action across this country. texas senator john cornyn, after returning to washington from the heartbreaking scene, now directed by republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to now meet with democrats for a possible bipartisan solution. so, tonight here, is there actual movement with the vast majority of americans wanting something done? rachel scott live on the hill. good evening. we are just back from texas tonight, and the pain in that community we carry with us. and i can tell you, it is as difficult and deva
This morning, a grad student was booked on a first degree murder charge after a deadly shooting rampage forced the unc chapel hill campus into lockdown yesterday. one faculty member was killed in the shooting. it happened at a science building. this morning, police have identified the gunman as tailei qi, and charged him with first degree murder charge and having a handgun on educational properties. nbc news correspondent ali vitali has the details. ali? reporter: less than 24 hours ago, this campus was on total lockdown, a scary start to the semester here. just one week after classes began at unc chapel hill possible active shooter on campus. reporter: a tragedy that has become all too familiar at schools nationwide. has a 9 millimeter, possible asian male. i m aggrieved to report that