hello, and welcome to the programme. from monday, england and wales covid border controls will be significantly relaxed as people who have been fully vaccinated in the eu or us will not need to isolate when coming to england from an amber list country. officials say the move will reunite friends and family who live abroad. the uk transport secretary grant shapps said the new rules will apply to all travellers from the united states, the european union, as well as norway and switzerland. but france for now is not included, after being classed as amber plus. passengers will need to have been fully vaccinated in america or the eu travellers will still need a test before setting off and another test two days after arrival. northern ireland has yet to decide whether to follow suit. meanwhile the government says it will review again england s traffic light system for countries around the world including france at the end of next week. our transport correspondent, caroline davi
in tokyo, and vulnerable communities here at home. and back to the former guy, one of donald trump s close friends busted by the feds and it goes straight back to what was happening inside the trump administration. we ll get to that developing legal story in just a moment, and a lot more on this wednesday, july 21st, but first, willie, let s begin with the very latest on the virus. good morning, mika, the dangerous, highly contagious delta variant as of this morning was responsible for 83% of new covid infections, a full seven months after the first highly effective vaccine became available in this country. hospitals are inundated with a surge of patients who are very sick, and the number of cases is climbing across the country. this latest wave is impacting the most vulnerable states and communities that have low vaccination rates. in a moment, nbc s gabe gutierrez will report from louisiana on why people are deciding not to get the shot. first, miguel almaguer with the la
what could be a major step of getting her freedom back. spears told the judge she wants to get rid of her dad as conservator and accuse him of conservatee abuse. driving critics crazy. that s irresponsible and. somehow fauci is above reproach. he has had no problem becoming a national interstate celebrity. that means he is not immune to sarcasm. hello. ainsley: good morning, everybody. thanks for waking up with us. that s empire state building here in new york city. beautiful shot. steve: it s going to be a beautiful day. about 3 hours from right now, we are going to cibleg off the soldier ride in front of our building. they started this in 2004, live on this show. and last year didn t have it because of the pandemic. but this year it is back to see it for the end of today s big telecast which features lawrence jones today. lawrence: oh, whatever. [laughter] ainsley: lawrence, your mom is watching. lawrence: yep. ainsley: yesterday she was watching and said i love
longest serving israeli prime minister. good to have you with us. well, police in south florida may be closer to cracking a murder case after this weekend s deadly shooting outside a miami area banquet hall. two people were killed and at least 20 hurt when gunmen opened fire on a crowd at a concert venue. the attackers jumped out this have suv and fled just seconds later. officials say they found the vehicle in a canal and as they hunt for suspects they warn the months ahead could get much worse. violent crime is surging in miami-dade county with this year s homicide numbers already matching the total for 2020. cnn s leyla santiago has more. reporter: newly released surveillance video shows three individuals jumping out of an suv with assault rifles and handguns before opening fire into a crowded banquet hall near hialeah florida just after midnight on sunday. the three get back into their car and take off less than ten seconds later. we have a total of 23 people that
their masks off as americans begin to celebrate memorial day with a surge in travel we haven t seen since the start of the pandemic. let s start with ryan nobles. senate republicans were mostly united in killing the january 6th bipartisan proposed commission with only six breaking ranks. reporter: and that s not enough for this measure to move through. it was just a couple of weeks ago that leaders, both republican and democrat, seemed unified in the idea of an independent commission to look into the insurrection on january 6th. after today s vote, it is unlikely that it will ever happen. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. reporter: but the outcome was never in doubt. republicans successfully blocking an attempt to form an independent commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection. the final vote, 54-35. 60 votes were needed to move the measure forward. out of fear or fealty to d