Good to have you along this hour. The biden administration is pushing the president s goal of at least partially vaccinating 70% of the adult population in the u. S. By fourth of july. But so far only 16 states and the district of columbia have met that objective. And while the u. S. Will likely miss that goal, former fda commissioner, dr. Scott gottlieb says that won t have a major impact. Instead, the u. S. Should start thinking about the next phase of the vaccination effort. Now we need to think about trying to push out the vaccine into community sites where people could get it delivered to them through a trusted intermediary. That means doctor s offices, schools, employers. We need to think of a different delivery strategy for those who are reluctant to get into those access points. As people go back to the school and work in fall, they ll be seeking out vaccines. That s when we need to think about the 2. 0 campaign and a different strategy. I want to take a moment to compare china
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a painting by vincent van gogh, has been shown to the public for the first time, after being kept in a french family s collection for years. good evening. when children in england return to the classroom the week after next, many of them will have missed nearly half a school year because of covid lockdowns. today, the government has announced an extra £400 million on top of £300 million announced last month for what s being described as a catch up programme. out of that, £302 million will be for primary and secondary schools to spend on their most disadvantaged pupils. another £200 million is for expanded tutoring programmes. and a further £200 million will be set aside for extra face to face summer schools for some secondary pupils. teaching unions and heads have described the extra cash as a good start, but say there needs to be a longer term strategy. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has been to two schools in the west midlands. a haven for children as familie
there is continuous news tv, radio continuous news, so there s a lot more of it. is that better or worse? it s better in that i think we are responding to what people want and how they live their lives and how they don t want to just kind of make an appointment to see news or to listen to news, they need it there, instantly so it s better in that respect. is the quality of what we do worse or better? i think the quality of what we do is actually incredibly good. you mentioned quality, but as you ve heard, some people think there has been a loss of quality because of the cuts that you ve had to make of the past few years. recently the bbc admitted it had been a mistake to interview the lawyer alan dershowitz after ghislaine maxwell s conviction. do you accept that with fewer experienced journalists in the newsroom, mistakes like that are going to happen more? well, mistakes do happen. i m not going to deny that. but i think in that particular case, it was less to do with cuts,
reacted like this. what it means for the bbc is with less money in real terms, we are going to have to address how we do what we do differently. and they will have to be changes and consequences. if you diminish capital resources there are going to be affects. now, bbc has already had ten years of real reduction by about 30%. the news department has not been exempt from those cuts with an £80 million savings target to be met by this year. and that s meantjob losses in areas such as political and business news. some viewers have been detecting an effect on the output over recent months. with hannah fearn tweeting. well, let s talk to fran unsworth who firstjoined the bbc in 1980, starting in local radio but who rose to become its director of news and current affairs and she retires next week. thank you, fran for coming on newswatch. it s a pleasure. would you say you re leaving bbc news in a better place that you first started working here? well, it s a very different place t