it is monday, december 27th. we start with several late breaking coronavirus developments. cases are surging. and the break in records. dr. fauci warning cases of the rapidly spending omicron variant will keep going up. with the country averaging 200,000 new covid cases every day. very well may be that focusing on hospitalizations as the parameter to follow and if they stay low and do not go back up but we are not there yet. we get increases in hospitalizations so we better be careful to think we are in good shape when we still need to be extremely careful getting people vaccinated and boosted, making sure we wear masks. we are in a tough situation. new york setting a record on christmas eve. nearly 50,000 people tests positive for covid and concerns of kids. the number of child hospitalizations from covid-19 quadrupling in new york city in recent weeks. with other cities on edge. renewing calls for parents to get the kids vaccinated. and then to top it all off, scores of
as the take up rate drops to its lowest level, in a decade. officers at the met police exchanged highly offensive racist, sexist and homophobic messages, claiming it was just banter according to a highly critical report from the police watchdog. and, a southern koala, born not in australia, but england, as part of a major conservation drive. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, says conservative mps still overwhelmingly support borisjohnson, following the release of the initial findings, of the report into lockdown parties in downing st. sue gray s inquiry, concluded there d been a failure of leadership. but the tory mp andrew mitchell warned the crisis risked breaking the conservative party. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused borisjohnson, of trying to save his own skin, and taking the public for fools , in his defence of his own actions, in relation to alleged breaches of covid rules. with the latest, her
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(birds chirping) - hmm, periods. hmm, periods. - my palms are sweaty. - i feel awkward about it cause it s really weird. like there s a reason if you like cut yourself, then it starts bleeding, but i don t really think there s a reason if you just start bleeding from your private. - i m kind of nervous speaking about periods, to be honest. - well, i call my period my evil best friend because she always come on time, she give me a hard time, and sometimes i m happy to see her, if you know what i mean, so she s my evil best friend. - i fucking hate having my period. sorry, if i can t say that. i hate having my period. i hate having my period. - i love talking about my period and i love sharing my period stories and i love hearing people s period stories. - i m supposed to get my period any minute. - jamie, when do you think i ll start having periods too? - the second you get it, your mom goes, you re a woman now, and that s disgusting. (audience laughing) mommy, daddy, loo
(birds chirping) - hmm, periods. hmm, periods. - my palms are sweaty. - i feel awkward about it cause it s really weird. like there s a reason if you like cut yourself, then it starts bleeding, but i don t really think there s a reason if you just start bleeding from your private. - i m kind of nervous speaking about periods, to be honest. - well, i call my period my evil best friend because she always come on time, she give me a hard time, and sometimes i m happy to see her, if you know what i mean, so she s my evil best friend. - i fucking hate having my period. sorry, if i can t say that. i hate having my period. i hate having my period. - i love talking about my period and i love sharing my period stories and i love hearing people s period stories. - i m supposed to get my period any minute. - jamie, when do you think i ll start having periods too? - the second you get it, your mom goes, you re a woman now, and that s disgusting. (audience laughing) mommy, daddy, loo