access visas for the eu? some of our biggest stars take the case to parliament. and ronan keating tells us why the government can t just say nothing at all. history for tom brady at the age of 43, he becomes the oldest player to win the super bowl with tampa bay buccaneers. storm darcy brings snow to many this is the scene in essex this morning. and there is more snow on the way today. two amber warnings for the south east and east anglia, another for the north midlands, lincolnshire and parts of yorkshire. it is going to be bitterly cold wherever you are and some of that snow will be blowing. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, february the 8th. our top story. the vaccines minister has said uk scientists are rising to the challenge of new covid variants, after a study suggested the oxford jab was less effective against the milder symptoms of the south african strain. nadhim zahawi said the vaccine remains a vital part of our fight against covid a
indeed civil war in america, and race war in america, he just wouldn t do it. he intended the events of january 6th to happen, and when it did, he delighted in it. speak of these insurrectionists incited by president trump threatened our national security. dana: former president trump s lawyers are set to deliver their defense tomorrow. they are giving us a preview on how they are prepared to push back against democrats charges. watch here. why do we ignore the word peacefully why do we ignore the context to cheer on legislatures to have courage and that sort of thing? this is what you get when you bring in a movie company at higher a large law firm to make a professional product that takes things out of context and presents it as an entertainment package. dana: republican senators continuing to say that the math isn t there for a conviction. watch. i think most republicans found the presentation by the house managers offensive and absurd. really what the aim
vows not to dilute, dither or delay that legislation. the white house focuses today on immigration as president biden prepares to sign a series of executive actions, including assembly task force to reunite families separated at the border during the trump administration. welcome to tuesday, it s groundhog day, the longest groundhog day any of us have ever experienced, isn t it, anyway, it jen psaki will hold her briefing the house impeachment managers have filed their pretrial brief this morning as well. we ll get to both of those in a moment. the daily briefing comes after president biden met with ten of the most moderately minded senate republicans, not necessarily an ideology but perhaps in tone last night at the white house. the that meeting they proposed a covid relief deal that they probably knew biden could not support and biden probably knew they wouldn t be able to stay united on that anyway. case in point, it s not every day you see mitch mcconnell publicl
where a hostage situation is still underway. police have confirmed that one of the hostages has been released and will be reunited with his family. we are going to bring you the very latest from the ground in just a minute. plus, how some in the grand ole party have become anti-reality. and you don t have to be a diplomat to get around visa laws any more. or do you? sydney, australia is trying to figure that out. we re going to explain how tennis star novak djokovic is involved. and the supreme court ruled this week the government has no business telling you what to do with your body except, of course, if you live in texas. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. let s start with the very latest on the breaking news out of texas. nbc s morgan chesky is on the ground for us. morgan, we know one of the hostages was released already. have we heard what led to that release? what s the situation looking like at this hour? reporter: yeah, ayman, the colleyville police sai
hostage was released an hour ago unharmed and should be reunited with family. we don t know what led to the release. we do believe there are still at least three individuals that are still inside. congregation beth israel synagogue, which is about a quarter mile from where i m standing, and we do know that ongoing talks are happening with fbi hostage negotiators and that individual, that man who is pleased to be armed and inside and has been inside that synagogue, ayman, since 10:45 this morning. that s when the initial call went out to the local police here, saying that there was some sort of situation happening in this rather small synagogue in this suburban neighborhood. that s about 30 miles outside dallas. and since that point in time, whenever that synagogue s live stream for their services was interrupted by this man, we have seen federal and state authorities converge on this scene, expand their footprint here to about a quarter to a half mile perimeter, and tell ever