- don t touch that dial. we re about to flip it for you. - in five, four, three, two. - tv is changing dramatically now with 150 channels that might be available in the near future. - there s a lot of things that we do that you couldn t have on network television. - people are really trying to do something adventurous. [both gasp] all: channel 7, shame on you. - this is more a celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. - there s always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. - [laughs] that was cool. [dramatic music] - listen to it. oh! [crowd cheering] they know when it hits the bottom, it ll be 1990. good-bye to the 80s in. all: ten, nine. all: eight. eight! eight! eight! - oh, will this horrible year never end? - when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lot of experimentation. [gunshots] all: [quickly] seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! [cheering] - and the simpsons, i think, in some
one of the great problems these daysis one of the great problems these days is that everyone wants to be right and nobody wants to listen to other people s opinions. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s nine in the morning in singapore, and one o clock in london where the the uk has announced record covid infection figures for the second day in a row as the world health organization says the new strain omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. more than 75 countries have omicron cases. a top uk health official says the variant is probably the most significant threat we ve had since the start of the pandemic. meanwhile presidentjoe biden has said that the omicron variant has now arrived in the united states. our medical editor fergus walsh starts our coverage. what do you want for christmas? for millions it is a booster. these people in newcastle today were prepared to wait for hours for a covid vaccination bus. it was a record day
thank you very much for your time. great to hear the sound effects. it s bramble. is that right? bramble in the background. that is bramble and she is our star of stage and screen. and it s laura in the other studio in westminster. i and it s justin in lambeth palace. looking very grand. and with bramble. newscast. newscast from the bbc. lie down. can you lie down? that s a good girl. just lie down. and going to disappear off. archbishop, welcome to newscast. well, thank you. welcome to lambeth. well, except we were meant to be welcomed in person and we d even put in our mulled wine order, but omicron sorted that in our mulled wine order, but omicron saw to that. us, hasn t it? yeah. and who s that with you? that is bramble, who i suspect will disappear quite soon. but is the family. there she goes. she is the abcd. ooh, that smells good. but bramble, i m going to sound likejohnny morris in a while, but bramble is the abcd, which is the archbishop of canterbury s dog. terrifi
ten o clock. a full round up on the days news. it is time for newscast. muffled speech. archbishop, hello. it s adam fleming. hello, adam. how are you? thanks very much for doing this. sorry we are not there in person. well, i think you are very wise. chris mason is here in the same studio as me. hi there. hello, chris. how nice to see you. yeah, nice to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. great to hear the sound effects. it s bramble. is that right? bramble in the background. that is bramble and she is our star of stage and screen. and it s laura in the other studio in westminster. i and it sjustin in lambeth palace. looking very grand. and with bramble. newscast. newscast from the bbc. lie down. can you lie down? that s a good girl. just lie down. and going to disappear off. archbishop, welcome to newscast. well, thank you. welcome to lambeth. well, except we were meant to be welcomed in person and we d even put in our mulled wine order, but omicron saw to that.
police have made 35 arrests after members of the environmental group, insulate britain, blocked more roads today. demonstrators were dragged out of the way by angry motorists in essex, but immediately returned to join the protest again. jon donnison reports. tempers at boiling point today. moved out of the way!- tempers at boiling point today. moved out of the way! move out ofthe moved out of the way! move out of the way- moved out of the way! move out of the way. some moved out of the way! move out of the way. some drivers - moved out of the way! move out of the way. some drivers took i of the way. some drivers took matters into of the way. some drivers took matters into their of the way. some drivers took matters into their own - of the way. some drivers took matters into their own hands. i matters into their own hands. this kind of direct action has been going on for more than a month. today they reduce the ugliest scenes so far. produced. the activists complain