We are thrilled to have you with us this saturday, august 14th. Still a little bit early, christi. The Coffee Hasnt completely kicked in yet. I give you credit. I dont drink coffee. You never know what youre going to get from me. Boris, so good to see you. We begin this hour with some pretty disturbing numbers. The surge in the u. S. Covid19 infections are overwhelming hospitals and communities and the u. S. Is now leading the world with the highest rate of new cases so far reporting more than 1. 5 million new infections just in august thus far. The cases are primarily in the south. In fact, heres dr. Peter hotez. This is starting to look really ominous in the south where i am. Were now if you look at the rates of transmission in florida and louisiana, theyre actually probably the highest in the world. Thats how badly things have gotten out of hands. The skeencenes at the hospit are reminiscent of the early days. Theyre quickly running out of hospital beds. One hospital in mississippi
Folks who already got vaccinated, but this is the deal if incentives help us beat the virus i believe we should use them. An inquiry into the murder of a maltese anti Corruption Journalist says the state must bear responsibility for her death. Im Sarah Mulkerrins Live In Tokyo on day 7 of the olympics where the focus will start to shift to the track where the worlds fastest women are in action in the 100m heats. And reliving past glories, former asian olympians tell us what it feels like to taste sporting success. Live from our studio in singapore, this is Bbc News. It is newsday. Its 8am in singapore and 9am in tokyo where theres increasing concern that enthusiasm for the olympics has contributed to a spike in coronavirus cases. For the first time, since the pandemic began, the number of new daily infections there has passed 10,000. The japanese authorities say the dramatic rise will not affect the olympics, but experts are warning if something isnt done to control the spread, the Cit
erin, you re the woman on the panel so i m curious what you watch every holiday season. first of all, merry christmas to you, tiffany, and shoutout to you for looking like a whole christmas centerpiece up here. i am loving the holiday look, honey. so look, this is an important time to remind people that diehard is 100% a christmas movie. if there is a young person who does not know that, you are failing them as a parent, grand parent, aunt. home alone and a christmas story did pair christmas with guns and violence. only in america, i guess. that s a good point. i noticed this this year and was like, hmm, maybe explains why we ve seen some folks on the twittersphere making that connection. brilliant point. but you brought up something very controversial that is diehard being a christmas movie. some people say no, some people say yes. i have to agree with you, it is a christmas movie. but i have to tell you i was talking to one of our producers who was working o
it s already illegal to call or text on a hand held phone while you re driving in the uk. but from next year, the rules are getting even tighter. drivers will be banned from taking photos, filming, searching playlists or playing games even while stationary on mobiles and tablets. those who break the law will face six points on their licence and a £200 fine. caroline davies reports. # happy birthday to you. joe cairns was 1a years old when his mother last waved him off to school. i always told him, you know, i love ya. not always would he say it back. chuckles sometimes he would. we got him settled in the van and i waved goodbye to him. the minibusjoe was riding in was hit by a lorry. the lorry driver was checking his social media on his phone moments before the crash. finding that out, i do remember being physically sick. i was, you know it was just that reaction that my boy was killed for nothing. for likes, you know? checking his social media. the driverjames majur
surrender in georgia. what happens next in the case? here are tonight s headlines. the former president remains defiant after spending just jail. we did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. margaret: state of emergency. the deadlyly storms, incluluding tornadoes come hitting michigan, with major flooding at a power outage for hundreds of thousands. we are tracking the dangerous weather. and fet military jet has crashed. this is where mcas miramar. search and rescue has now come to an end. they have found that pilot on scene, deceased. a mandatory evacuation orders issued by the paris of louisiana as a wildfire bird near the texas border. they have found embers that are still lit 20 miles away. the kremlin says not us as the investigation continues into the crash of the plane believes to have killed wagner group leader yevgeny prigozhin bureau for u.s. intelligence as an intentional explosion caused of the plane crash. the county of mau