the duke of edinburgh is to be buried in next saturday. he died on friday at the age of 99. because of coronavirus restrictions, his funeral will take place within the grounds of windsor castle, with no public processions but it will be televised. the palace has said prince harry will attend but his wife meghan, who is pregnant, has been advised by her doctors not to travel. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. at midday in the capital cities of the four nations of the united kingdom, 41 gun salutes sounded in tribute to the duke. fire! fire. and for a man who served in the royal navy in the second world war and later, guns were fired in tribute aboard several warships. and in gibraltar, home to the royal navy s gibraltar squadron. at windsor castle, the earl of wessex arrived with his wife tojoin the queen in the family s mourning, as officials put the finishing touches to the plans for the duke s funeral. it will take place at three o clock next saturday aft
positions on what kind of relief americans need. you don t have to be a good pollster from washington the question, hey, would you like the federal government to send you a $3,500 check. of course the answer is going to be yes. if you said do you want us to borrow that money from your children because that s what this is. i think their answer might be a lot differently. if republicans could give, you know, a $2 trillion tax break to the wealthiest people and stop arctic drilling, or continue drilling in the arctic, then i think that democrats can make sure that 30 million americans get a raise. the january 6th attack on the capitol will also be front and center this week with plans to hold the first public hearings. it comes as we learn two of donald trump s loyal allies are now a focus on the capitol riot probe. a law enforcement source telling nbc news that the justice department and the fbi are investigating whether alex jones and roger stone played any role in organ
hello. by this time tomorrow, omicron will most likely have overtaken delta to become the dominant covid variant in london. roughly speaking, the number of cases here is doubling every two and half days. the uk has now recorded the first death from omicron, we don t know the particular circumstances behind that case, but the prime minster said today people needed to dispel the notion that this is a milder variant. ourfreedoms, he says, will depend on the success of the booster programme and how willing people are to get vaccinated. tomorrow, there will be four votes in the house of commons on facemasks, social distancing rules, covid certificates for larger venues, and compulsory vaccinations for all nhs staff. on the conservative benches, there will be a sizable rebellion, but the leader of the opposition sir keir starmer said tonight they will be backing the governments tighter measures. of the scientists are clear. our best defence is the boosterjab. the vaccine is safe an
growing tensions between china and taiwan. beijing sends two dozen war planes into the taiwan air defense zone . thanks for joining us. the world health organization is taking stock of the covid-19 omicron variant and says the over all risk is very high. as the world races to understand and contain the new form of covid-19. u.s. president biden is set to speak later today about what the u.s. knows about the variant. remarks come as u.s. travel restrictions take effect on south africa where the variant was first detected and several neighboring countries. medical experts say if it isn t already in the u.s., it probably will be soon. australia and canada reported cases on sunday. and there are a number of infections in europe. g 7 health ministers meet in the coming hours on omicron. after this warning from the european commission president. we are now in a race against time. why that, because we know not all about this variant. but it is a variant of concern. and the scien
this is the sunday show. this sunday we begin with a secret diplomatic trip to a war torn country. house speaker nancy pelosi let a small congressional delegation on an unannounced trip to ukraine. meeting with president volodymyr zelenskyy, and spending three hours on the ground in the capital city of kyiv. it is a strong show of support from the united states. pelosi is now the highest ranking u.s. official to visit to the ukrainian capital since russia s invasion. we believe that we are visiting you to say thank you. for your fight for freedom on any frontier freedom and that your front is a fight for everyone. but our command is to be there for you while this work is done. we as the delegation continues on to polling, the russian foreign minister is warning that any weapons shipments is, quote, fair game as russian forces continue to pound the besieged nation. a glimmer of hope this morning news agency was reported that nearly 40 civilians were successfully evacuated