euro match before being resuscitated. it s a huge day for the tartan army. scotland s football team is making its first appearance at a major international tournament in 23 years taking on the czech republic at hampden park. hello and welcome to bbc news. the final easing of lockdown restrictions in england, which was due to take place next monday, is almost certain to be delayed by up to four weeks. it would dash the hopes of many hoping for the lifting of the remaining legal limits on social contact. several senior ministers have already signed off on a postponement as cases of the new delta variant of coronavirus continue to rise. the latest figures show how the uk is on track for a big wave of infections. if the current rate of increase continues, there would be more than 15,000 cases a day by 21stjune, a week today. successful vaccine deployment is one of the four tests set by the government for the next stage of easing to go ahead. secondly, there needs to be reduce
guidelines for people fully vaccinated. no masks or social distancing needed, both outside and indoors full stop. president biden, he calls this a water shed moment and a great day for america. they bring a host of new questions about how we really can live our lives safely right now. they offer this note of caution this morning. i m cautiously optimistic that we are seeing this the great, great end point in sight. i think we have to be humble and say that this virus, this pandemic has given us twists and turns. we kent get our eye off the ball. we have to continue to monitor really carefully. millions of americans should feel liberated with this new guidance. there are still lots of unanswered questions though that come with it. what does this mean for kids that can t be vaccinated yet? how do businesses navigate this now? how do we know people are vaccinated or not when we can take our masks off now? do we need to know? remember, only 36% of the population is fully va
below. very loud bang. knew that was not good. and felt like it was on our side of the plane and i was over the wing and flipped up the shade and saw the front of that engine missing or blown up. can you imagine that? president biden declaring a major disaster in texas where 14 million people are still without safe drinking water and tens of thousands are still in the dark. an emergency meeting on another growing crise this. some texans reporting skyrocketing bills, getting charged thousands of dollars for using electricity last week alone. donald trump set to give his first speech since leaving the white house at a major conservative conference as he reportedly gears up for a war with his own party. high-profile targets in the insurrection probe. the fbi and the doj investigating trump allies roger stone and alex jones over their possible roles in the capitol hill riot and whether they may have instigated any violence. the u.s. could reach a grim milestone as cov
her, president harris, as she attempts to string words together like hack blinking christmas lights, and she is the dimmest bulb. that open letter, urging the administration to change course, change strategy. it s time for us to do what we have been doing. t that time is every day grade every day, it is time for us to agree that there are tools available to us to slow this down. greg: that time is every day. [laughter] it is like a song lyric. that s not word salad. that s a turd salad with a vinaigrette of voter regret. they scatter like a deck of cards, a strong wind. two metaphors tied together. [laughter] the democrats were hoping that her youthful enthusiasm would rub off on biden, because they ve only been in the sameul room twice in the last year. instead, biden s incoherence has rubbed off on her, and is apparently as contagious as omicron. president biden: count the votes. count the votes. vice president harris: you can google it or go to any search engine,
worthless. actually, as a relative measure over time, polls could provide a lot of historical context. joe biden s polls are in the toilet right now. everyone knows that. the question is why? here a lot of people say it was afghanistan, the true debacle that biden oversaw in afghanistan. the question is that really it, however? is a foreign policy disaster enough to knock a president off his game in his first year in office? well, here are some comparisons. gerald ford s approval ratings after the fall of saigon are worth looking at. the fall of saigon was the most humiliating moment in this country s history up until that time. the entire world watched as americans ran from a peasant army. civilians dangled from helicopters taking off from the roof of the u.s. embassy in saigon. it was a catastrophe when it became an enduring symbol of the confidence of our foreign policy establishment. the u.s. spent more than a decade in vietnam, lost close to 60,000 men and after all of t