from infected animals. as viruses so often do in your local wet market. the spies who believe that have never spoken to working virologist and don t have internet access. the other third joe biden told us lean-to the theory that covid-19 escaped from a government lab in wuhan that was conducting dangerous experiments on bat coronaviruses. at the same time. that is a minority of spies. that opens up the possibility. who knows really? either way, joe biden explained we will get some answers or more questions possibly several months from now. rest assured the white house is on. to be honest, we doubted that. just hours before joe biden s announcement we learned that the white house shut down a large on-going andnd legitimate federl investigation into the origins of this pandemic. that investigation had been going on for months. it was conducted by the state department s bureau of arms control verification and compliance.de that is the bureau responsible for ensuring that china a
moments ago. secretary mayorkas, thanks for coming to the sunday show. thank you very much for having me, jonathan. so mr. secretary, the administration seems to be sort of haggling over language. it s not a crisis. some have called it a challenge. why not just say flat out what s happening on the southern border is a crisis? jonathan, we re not haggling over language. we re focused on mission. and that is securing the border, and the border is secure. the border is closed and that s what we re focused on. and i will not use language that is not applicable. we have dealt with surges in migration at the border before. we have a plan. we are executing our plan. we will succeed. we know what to do. we are doing it. and that is the fact of the matter. mr. secretary, what is driving the surge at the border? i mean, i know these surges have been happening, they happened under president trump, they happened under president obama. they are now happening under president bide
hand. this is american voices. first to the big breaking news in america s fight against covid-19. within the hour the fda approved johnson & johnson s single dose emergency vaccine for emergency use. it will be the third vaccine to help us fight covid in this country. doses could roll out as soon as monday and it could change the game. it s one shot and can be stored in the kind of refrigerators america s medical community most commonly uses. this approval comes at a critical moment. states are facing vaccine shortages but shortages in shots can be viewed as a good thing because it means americans are getting them. at this hour more than 96 million doses have been delivered, over 72 million hots deliver. new cases across america have dropped but it is not time to more on. as ron klain says on twitter, we are making progress on vaccinations and other interventions against covid. but we need people to continue to mask and social distancing what we re doing is working. we c
first to the big breaking news in america s fight against covid-19. within the hour the fda approved johnson & johnson s single dose emergency vaccine for emergency use. it will be the third vaccine to help fight covid in this country. doses could roll out as soon as monday. and this shot could change the game. because it s a one and done kind of deal. one shot, can be stored in the refrigerators medical community most commonly uses. unlike the pfizer and moderna vaccine which require a subzero storing temperature. this approval comes at a critical moment. states facing vaccine shortages. but shortages in shots can be viewed as a good thing because it means americans are getting them. at this more than 96 million doses have been delivered. 72 million shots administered. meaning around 15% of the population has received at least one dose. over the past month new cases and hospitalizations across america have dropped. but it is not time to move on, as white house mcevoy ron kla
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