now on bbc news: dateline london. hello, i m shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk commentators, journalists born overseas who ply their trade in the uk, along with bbc specialists, dateline london. british labour, founded in part by the unions, appears to be in trouble this weekend. it s a different sort of union, that of the nations of the uk, also under threat. the uk is basking in the success of its vaccination programme. is it time to share its good fortune more widely? and the latest on hot air. no, not politics, but global warming. to shed more light than heat, at least i hope so, two veterans of the newspaper trade. an american by birth, janet daley, has lived in the uk since the 1960s. her politics shifted over the years from labour to conservatives back in the 80s. she s a columnist for the sunday telegraph. polly toynbee has penned a column for the guardian for more than 20 years. she s supported labour except for a period in the 8
even after the white house told us they re being sent back home. press secretary jen psaki trying to dodge the disaster in texas. instead lashing out at the border patrol agents on horseback. this has been an incredibly heart wrenching issue. we ve watched the photos of haitians gathering under bridges and the horrific video of the officers on horses using brutal measures against people. they were placed on administrative leave and will not be interacting with any migrants. meanwhile, nobody in the administration seems to know the exact number of people coming across our border. you re telling us that the dhs chief has the most recent numbers about how many of these people under the bridge have been sent back and how many have been released into the u.s. the dhs chief is telling us that he doesn t know. so who else can we ask? you can certainly ask the department of homeland security. i m confident, peter, that you want the most up to date numbers and we ll get you th
continues. new year s celebrations are being scaled back or canceled altogether, and businesses are closing because workers are forced to quarantine. all this as we see an increase in hospitalizations in children just days before schools reopen for the holiday break. gillian: fox team coverage, dr. marc siegel joins us in a moment. mike: but we begin with steve harrigan in atlanta, home of the cdc. steve? mike, more of these covid records are being set, but yesterday almost half a million new cases, almost double the amount that the previous single day had cases, 50 states have set records for new cases. the cdc says hospitalizations are lagging behind the new case numbers, that they are comparatively low. but just a short time ago six atlanta hospitals said they were suffering a staggering surge of covid patients, both adults and children, almost all of the nonvaccinated. for the surgeons and doctors on the front lines who have to deal at this, it really does seem like
machines and exercising emergency powers. also, 2020 campaign manager bill stepien. former-new york police commissioner and pardoned felon bernie kerik who was part of the willard hotel room set up to overturn the election. then, there is john eastman, the president s attorney who put together that memo which amount today a step-by-step guide to the former president sparking a coup. and all we are demanding of vice president pence is this afternoon at 1:00, he let the legislatures of the state look into this so we get to the bottom of it and the american people know whether we have control of the direction of our government or not. [ cheers and applause ] rudy giuliani applauding him on. that was eastman at the rally leading up to the insurrection laying out the essence of a memo that would only come to light months later, and might never have seen the light of day had the scheme actually succeeded. now, the select committee wants to know more. the question, though, is wi
monday. coming up, breakfast. now it s time for the media show. hello. how do you interest the public in public interestjournalism? how do you get a bigger splash? that is the theme of today s programme. the largest leak of offshore data in history has seen newspapers around the world co ordinate to unleash the pandora papers. their findings have revealed the hidden wealth and tax avoidance of some of the world s richest and most powerful people. over in the states, a facebook whistle blower and an expose into a media company have also got journalists very excited. but how can the public be persuaded to pay attention to stories like these? what tips something from worth reporting to game changing? let me introduce you to my guests. ben smith is media columnist at the new york times, and before that he was editor in chief at buzzfeed news. so, ben, we will be talking a lot today about investigations, which is an art form that you are familiar with. tell me, what would you say