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48.8 centrigrade on the island of sicily. good morning. today for many of us it will be dry with sunshine. more clout in the south with the odd spot of drizzle. heavy showers coming in across scotland and northern ireland. all the details in 25 minutes. it s thursday, the 12th of august. our top story. more than half a million students in england, wales and northern ireland will receive their gcse results this morning with record results predicted. for the second year running, the grades have been based on teachers assessments, after the exams were cancelled. our education correspondent elaine dunkley has this report. i had one exam and the rest was coursework. molly is doing a btec in business. she s one of hundreds of thousands of students who will receive gcse and vocational qualifications today. the pandemic hasn tjust had an impact on her education, it s brought personal tragedy and loss. unfortunately, i lost my step grandad and my dad in may and june, so, yeah, it s j ....
covering. fellow squad member aoc even liking when the pictures on instagram without breaking details and allied reports. i know another deadly violence we can an american big cities. a new video of a brutal beating and robbery in broad daylight on the streets of seattle. meanwhile, squad member cori bush has been backing down from her push to defund the police. while private security to protect her. and those i want texas democrats now suing governor greg abbott and other leaders over anxiety and stress caused by efforts to force them to return home. we begin tonight with a pandemic and yet another round of democratic leaders appearing to ignore the masking guidelines and other recommendations out there. correspondent rich edson is tracking the story line. nice to see you, rich. good evening, shayna. and with an aggressive variant and covid-19 searching across the country, the centers for disease control recommends that even vaccinated americans, and in many cases, w ....
good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that would drag race against president biden and probably lose. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, august 6th. let s start with the news. as the delta variant rages across the country, hospitalization rates are surging. according to the cdc, the number of people in the hospital with covid has almost quadrupled in the past month to over 45,000. florida has a new record for the sunshine state. over 2,500 of them are in intensive care. florida has also seen a rise in pediatric cases. texas is the only other state to conform more pediatric cases than florida. there, 142 children are hospitalized. a war of words between governor ron desantis and president biden continue. yesterday desantis was asked about the criticism of him when it comes to covid. here s how it played out. just two states. florida and texas account for one third of all new covid cases in the entire country. i say to these governors, please help. if ....
it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that entirely too often uses the doggy paddle. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, july 29th. let s start with the news. folks, they ve got a deal. senators celebrated yesterday after finally coming to an agreement on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. the break came after weeks of disagreements over sticking points such as transportation funding and how to pay for it. chuck schumer held a vote exactly one week after the previous vote failed. it passed with every democrat and 17 republicans including minority leaders mitch mcconnell signing on. despite the popularity of it and the need for it, washington hasn t been able to get it done. this time we re going to get it done. it s a matter of building a relationship and having trust. i trust each one of them with my political life, i really do, because i know we want the same thing, what s best for our country. this ....
through one and a half million hectares of land in siberian region. very welcome to tokyo, where for the next three weeks bbc world news will be broadcasting from the stunning location high above tokyo bay, to bring you the very latest on what is arguably the most controversial olympic games for a generation. a games delayed a year and now proceeding in a global pandemic. and with just four days to go until they get underway, the olympic village has been hit by a fourth coronavirus case. so far, two south african footballers, a czech beach volleyball player and an american gymnast have all tested positive for covid i9. 62 cases in total have been reported among the athletes, media, contractors and other personnel. all of this is a concern for the japanese public, especially in tokyo itself where cases continue to rise. but the international olympic committee insists that these positive cases do not post a wider threat to the population. we heard from some people in toky ....