vaccination and that it s on track to meet its targets. fake coronavirus test certificates with a negative result are being sold online, meaning people can travel without being tested. the army is out and about on the streets of myanmar as the military stage a coup months after losing an election. political leaders were either rounded up or sacked. and also before 9pm, silver prices have hit an a eight year high after calls to buy the metal on social media sparked a trading frenzy. mass testing of people with and without covid 19 symptoms is to be carried out in eight postcodes in england in an attempt to halt the spread of the south african variant of the virus. it s after 11 cases were identified in recent days with no links to international travel, raising fears that the variant is now being transmitted within the community. door to door testing will be carried out in the affected parts of england, with a total of about 80,000 people living in the affected areas. the postc
the trouble is theirs is valued add a third of that and excluded the state and local aid that democrats find essential to responding to this. they are meeting this afternoon. we ll see where that goes. in the fight against the virus, better news this morning. forc for the first time in almost two months, fewer than 100,000 americans are hospitalized with covid-19. the direction of the graph there a hopeful sign. it is. the fight far from over. you could see the last month marked the deadliest of the pandemic in the u.s. more than 95,000 people in this country died from covid in that month alone. the key to ending the pandemic is vaccinated people. some states using big sites to get as many shot news arms as quickly as they can. we kick things off in washington on the fight for aid for stimulus. our lauren fox joins us on capitol hill. okay, so the republicans came out with a counter proposal and joe biden said come on over to the white house. but what he does with that is t
welcome. i m jerry baker. i m in for neil cavuto. this is your world. we have fox news team coverage right now with aishah hasnie in the thick of it in new york city out there in the snow. meteorologist adam klotz on whether or not we ve seen the worst it. we begin with aishah hasnie. hi, jerry. good afternoon. the snow is relentless. that s how i would describe it in times square. take a look. the snow on the ground doesn t look like it s been touched, right? it s been plowed at least two or three times today right in front of us. the snow just right back on top of it again. sometimes 2 to 3 inches an hour. it s really incredible to see the plows and the shovelling could not keep up. the city is bracing for 18 to 24 inches of snow. this as you said, the city and much of the state now under a state of emergency. we ve got in-person classes that were cancelled today. they re cancelled for tomorrow as well. outdoor dining has been cancelled. the covid-19 vaccine appointment
in myanmar a direct assault on the country s transition to democracy. the country s armed forces seized power, detaining civilian leader, aung san suu kyi, and her top advisers. the takeover follows a landslide win by her national league for democracy in november s election, which the army claims was fraudulent. myanmar, also known as burma, was ruled by the military until 2011. democratic reforms by aung san suu kyi ended their control. troops are being said to be patrolling the streets of the capital and the main city yangon. now her leadership and reputation has been once hailed as a beacon of democracy she was awarded the nobel peace prize. her leadership has been tarnished by looking at the rate map working alongside the army. alongside the army. muslim rohingya minority. but she still enjoys great support throughout the country. our special correspondent fergal keane reports. (tx next) this. an army reverting to autocratic type, swiftly and ruthlessly deposing a democra
the worst in years. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. hello. the united states has threatened to impose sanctions on myanmar, following a military coup in the country. president biden has urged an international response to the power grab, and called it a direct assault on democracy. those detained include the head of the largest party, aung san suu kyi, and other members of the civilian leadership. troops are on the streets of the capital, naypyidaw, and the biggest city, yangon and a curfew has been put in place. our special correspondent, fergal keane reports. an army reverting to autocratic type, swiftly and ruthlessly deposing a democratically elected leader. somewhere behind the guns, aung san suu kyi is once more a prisoner of the generals. and even if people never trusted the military, they re still shocked at what s happened. translation: the army assaulted i people as it carried out a coup i on the civilian government elected by our peopl