Can to continue our search and rescue effort. That is our priority, thatis rescue effort. That is our priority, that is where we are focused and protecting our first responders who are the scene. The number of people infected with the delta variant of coronavirus rises by 46% in a week across the uk. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The health secretary matt hancock has apologised and admitted he breached social distancing guidelines, after the sun newspaper published a photograph of him in an embrace with one his closest aides. The photo is said to have been taken in may, in mr hancock s whitehall office. The prime minister s official spokesman has said the prime minister has accepted the health secretary s apology and considers the matter closed. In a statement, the health secretary said. Let s get more from our political correspondent, ben wright. Despite what the prime minister says, this isn t really closed, is it? no, and labour will keep up the pressure, they feel there a
Good to have you along this hour. The biden administration is pushing the president s goal of at least partially vaccinating 70% of the adult population in the u. S. By fourth of july. But so far only 16 states and the district of columbia have met that objective. And while the u. S. Will likely miss that goal, former fda commissioner, dr. Scott gottlieb says that won t have a major impact. Instead, the u. S. Should start thinking about the next phase of the vaccination effort. Now we need to think about trying to push out the vaccine into community sites where people could get it delivered to them through a trusted intermediary. That means doctor s offices, schools, employers. We need to think of a different delivery strategy for those who are reluctant to get into those access points. As people go back to the school and work in fall, they ll be seeking out vaccines. That s when we need to think about the 2. 0 campaign and a different strategy. I want to take a moment to compare china
Government calls the first free election. Good to have you with us. The biden administration is pushing the president s goal of at least partially vaccinating 70 percent of the adult population by july 4th. So far only 16 states and the district of columbia have made that objective. While the u. S. Will likely miss that goal, former fda commissioner dr. Scott gottlieb said it won t have a major impact. Instead the u. S. Should start thinking about the next phase of the vaccination effort. Now we need to think about trying to push out the vaccine into community sites where people can get it delivered to them through a trusted intermediary. Doctor s offices, schools, places of employment. We need to think about the different vaccine strategy to get the people reluctant or face challenges getting to the access sites. As people contemplate going to work and school in the fall, they will be seeking out the vaccines. We need to think about the 2. 0 strategy. Let s take moment to compare chin
Safely to earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind or more important to the longrange explosion of space and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish. But in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon. We make this judgment affirmatively, it will be an entire nation. All of us must work to put him there. Ben: it s worth your time to watch the speech and not just to laugh at lbj working so hard to be in every frame. It seems like it comes not just from a different time, but from a different country. In his call for a project of immense national import president kennedy comes across as a leader of a free people committing us to a clear eyed task of achieving something that seemed utterly impossible. He has none of the lecturing attitude of philosopher king want to be barack obama, the bombast of a reality show star like donald trump or the weary old man shakes fist at cloud energy of joe biden. Instead of patronizing th
Beaten. And in vino veritas, or rather, vaccinate! newjersey offers a free glass of wine to everyone who gets a jab. Hello, i m katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. Us presidentjoe biden has told israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that he expects israel to significantly de escalate its military campaign in gaza by the end of today. The white house says it wants a path to a ceasefire although so far the us has stopped short of supporting a joint un security council statement calling for peace. The fighting in gaza has now entered its tenth day with israel continuing to target gaza with air strikes while hamas militants are firing rockets back into israel. At least 219 people have been killed so far in gaza. In israel 12 people have died. Speaking today at a press conference prime minister netanyahu talked down the possibility of a ceasefire coming soon. In fact quite the reverse. Mr netenhayu said he has still not ruled out a full scale ground inva