to pandemic shopping online. industry leaders say there s a temporary lack of cardboard packaging. coming up in half an hour: clive myrie follows staff at the royal london hospital as they try to cope with a second wave of coronavirus. hello, good afternoon. england s covid lockdown will need to be eased very slowly and very cautiously , with the focus on getting people vaccinated and preventing another wave of infections. that s according to dr susan hopkins from public health england, who said the uk should start seeing the impact of the vaccination programme within a fortnight. meanwhile, a happy and free great british summer is being predicted by health secretary matt hancock. but he warns of a tough few months before then. it comes as the irish prime minister, micheal martin, said lessons had to be learnt after the eu was blindsided by its row with astrazeneca, before backtracking on its threat to put checks on the irish border, to tackle european vaccine shortage
days after the so-called storm of the century, first responders from nearby states and military police heading to upstate new york to help. state troopers now using tactical gear to clear cars from congested roads. the region tonight bracing for a warmup and the big melt. with widespread rain heading east in the next few days. flooding already along the west coast. higher elevations expecting more than two feet of snow. mona kosar abdi in buffalo. meteorologist rob marciano timing it all out. and that news just coming in from the supreme court. the justices leave in place title 42, the trump-era order restricting asylum claims amid the growing crisis at the border. mary alice parks standing by from the white house. the stunning admission from congressman-elect george santos, trying to explain the falsehoods from his past. the lies about his education and employment. the reaction tonight from capitol hill. the race to restore water to jackson, mississippi. the city decla
but it has its problems, and among its members there are very different opinions. this weekend, citizens across the bloc will elect members of the european parliament. who will shape the eu as it faces defining challenges. so what are the issues driving this election? and what s foremost in people s minds as they head to the ballot boxes? welcome to europe votes 202a. hello and welcome from sunny lisbon, where we are coming to you from today. i m mark lowen, one of the bbc s europe correspondents. and over the course of this programme, we will bring new reports from across the continent as the election gets under way. but first, what is it all about? elections to the european parliament take place every five years. it is the only directly elected institution of the european union, shaping the bloc s policies, legislation and budgets. voting happens by proportional representation. each country gets a number of members of the european parliament, or meps, relative to its size.
a criticism that, you know, the obama administration maybe didn t do enough to settle and explain and talk about their stimulus efforts and want to make sure that people around the country really know what s in the bill, know what s coming and the kind of impact it s having. there s a conversation that we ll watch how it plays outside of washington. do the additional benefits help people. they showed up at their briefing wearing masks and trying to make the case, the republican argument that the biden administration is not pushing aggressively enough there. you see follow the science, not the unions, the biden administration is pushing schools to open and a president can only do so much. local school districts make these decisions, mayors make them but the politics there and listen to the different perspectives from a top democrat and top republican on what this covid relief package is. the american rescue plan is transformative. it will comprehensively and compassiona
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