plus, how high flying criminals were brought back down to earth by one feisty parrot. hello and welcome. we start in washington and the first hearing into the january 6 attack on the us capitol. it got under way earlier today. police officers have been giving harrowing first hand accounts of what happened that day to a congressional panel, set up to investigate the siege. opening the session, the chairman of the committee said the events that day were a co ordinated attempt to derail the peaceful transfer of power. one of the officers who testified was michael fanone, who was violently attacked and beaten by the mob. a warning you may find some of his words distressing. they ripped off my badge, they grabbed and stripped me of my radio, they seized ammunition that was secured to my body. they began to beat me with their fists and with what felt like hard metal objects. at one point, i came face to face with an attacker, who repeatedly lunged for me and attempted to remove m
i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. the u.s. is experiencing a surge of new coronavirus cases and it s posing a danger to unvaccinated americans. for the first time since may, the country has recorded 20,000 new cases for several days in a row. health experts fear cases may keep trending higher, because fewer than half of americans are fully vaccinated. the biggest clusters of unvaccinated people in the u.s. are in the southwest and midwest. los angeles county is jumping 165% over the past week. dr. stephen peroti joins me from san francisco. he is the associate executive director with the permanente medical group at kaiser permanente. thank you so much for joining us, doctor. we re seeing the rise of the delta variant, mostly in the south and places like missouri, where the investigation rate is extremely low, but also in california where it s now the dominant variant, probably the best example is l.a. county. it s reported the highest number of cases in months now
whoever wins, will face italy that s after they beat spain in late night penalties at wembley. if you re an england supporter, how are you feeling? let me know. please don t say it s coming home cos it s tempting fate. also today british airways and virgin are to trial fast track lanes at heathrow airport, for passengers who are fully vaccinated against covid 19. the mother of two women who were stabbed to death last year, says she fears the man who took her daughters lives will become a killing machine in prison. it s the worst thing that has happened to you. you have the result, but you still don t have your daughters. and so, there is no peace. england are hoping to make history tonight, when they play denmark in the semifinals of the euros. if they win, they ll face italy in their first major final since 1966. 0lly foster looks ahead to the big match. this england team don t like to dwell on the past. the history hurts. but they can afford to look back at the last th
numbers of young children in accident and emergency departments across the uk with most suffering a mild fever which could be treated at home still cutting hair at 91 we meet the uk s oldest hairdresser and coming up later this hour, i ll be taking your questions on international travel and putting them to our experts you can send in your questions to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet us with the hashtag #bbcyourquestions good morning. leading figures in the travel industry have expressed dismay and frustration at the government s easing of restrictions on foreign holidays, saying it does not go far enough. sixteen destinations have been added to the uk s green list. in europe, those include the spanish balearic islands of ibiza, menorca and majorca as well as malta and madeira. further afield, green list countries include antigua, barbados, dominica and bermuda. it means from 4 o clock on wednesday morning, travellers from those green list countries will not have