documentaries on bbc two. i gently pointed out to someone who was about my children s age before all of that stuff he actually was a serious politician, being when i first met him the adviser to the shadow chancellor gordon brown and then to the chancellor himself, before becoming education secretary, shadow chancellor and a candidate for the labour leader. all that feels though like a very long time ago. welcome to political thinking. a long time ago. it s christmas after all and while we re recording this before christmas it s being broadcast afterwards. given you just produced a cookery book or at least a book about christmas cooking, reflections, tips, people are sitting there wondering what they should do with the christmas leftovers. what is the ed balls recommendation? the most important thing for post christmas leftovers is chips homemade chips. my mother in law is brilliant at making homemade chips, cut some potatoes, double cooked in a pan, and you can get quite a
as new restrictions come into force in bars and restaurants. as covid 19 cases increase rapidly in france, home working will become mandatory for at least three days a week wherever possible. in new york, children age 12 and over now have to be fully vaccinated to enter into restaurants and leisure facilities. as infections rise in the city. remembering archbishop desmond tutu, south africa has begun a week of events to commemorate the anti apartheid leader who died on sunday. now here on the bbc news it is time for political thinking with nick robinson. 0h oh my god, how do you know a ball someone said to me the other day assuming the only reason you might know my guest on political thinking for this christmas special is because of his dancing on strictly convincing, winning the celebrity best home chef or making all those documentaries on bbc two. i pointed out to someone who was about my children s age before all of that stuff he was a serious politician being when i first
i wish i could have been there to protect her. a wife murdered. and later, a husband under suspicion. he was such a nice guy. you would have never guessed he did something like that. you think he faked that burglary and killed his wife? yes. he wanted the house. he wanted her money. if he divorced, he lost everything. in court. a stunning verdict. this cannot be happening. i did not kill my wife. more stunning still, was what came after. a mysterious witness. with a secret. this is a woman essentially says i saw the murder. and it wasn t tom. would her story be the ultimate twist? the murder of a well loved teacher. within hours police were on the scene. there would be an arrest. a trial. and a conviction. case closed? not on your life. because in this story, a bomb shell came in after the verdict. here s josh mankiewicz with mystery at heath bar farm. 911. i need an ambulance now. reporter: february 2009, coldwater, michigan. what s the prob
police interrogation. you have no idea where laci is. i do not. we couldn t find anything wrong with this guy. he was that charming. reporter: and surprising details from the other woman, who helped uncover the truth. it still affects me emotionally. did scott peterson kill his wife? i don t believe he did. i mean, really. who else could have done it? i m glad you asked that question. once upon a time, in a small california city, lived a sweet, pregnant woman, with a radiant smile and outside of friends and family, hardly anyone knew her name. can i help you? my son-in-law called. he was playing golf. my daughter s been missing since this morning. she s eight months pregnant. reporter: she would never know, of course, how famous that name of hers was about to become. we have no indication, no significant leads at this point. reporter: would never know that a curious, sympathetic, puzzled nation had cast an eye her way. laci peterson. she was 27
spread holiday cheer. we begin with the growing threat of the omicron variant. cases are rising quickly around the globe. less than a month after it was first detected. in the u.s., experts are warning that americans could be facing a dark winter as omicron collides with the surge of the delta variant. the country is now averaging more than 125,000 new infections a day. cases are rising, especially fast in the northeast, midwest, and south, but experts say that s mostly being fueled by the delta variant, not omicron that s expected to become the dominant strain in the coming weeks, but cdc numbers show that omicron accounts for just around 3% of new cases. u.s. hospitals are already peeling the impact around 69,000 americans are currently hospitalized with the virus. and experts say omicron is only likely to make things worse, putting more strain on an already-overwhelmed health care system. the sheer number of patients that will still generate for hospitals will overwhel