joe biden entered the conversation trying to dispel some of the concerns about his age and fragility and ability to communicate effectively and he just didn t rise to the occasion and i think that is a bit of a shame for him and the campaign because that will be the story from this discussion. it was halting and raspy and stumbled over some statistics and indeed, misquoted some of them as well, especially in instances of his economic performance which is every bit as strong as the former president s so i think looking through it in that prism does make it difficult reading i think for a lot of democrats and really does change the game very quickly heading into the summer months. very quickly heading into the summer months. ., ., ,., summer months. you mention some statistics he summer months. you mention some statistics he stumbled summer months. you mention some statistics he stumbled over- summer months. you mention some statistics he stumbled over and - statistics he
us presidentjoe biden and his rival donald trump have gone head to head he has been criticised for a week and hesitant performance in the first head to head tv debate. he struggled as his rivalformer president donald trump made repeated claims that weren t true as the two sparred over their respective terms in office. they even swiped at each other about golf are several key topics were not mentioned at all. let s speak tojohn sudworth, who is in atlanta, where the debate took place. this was a bad night for us politics. yes, in normal circumstances the focus might be on those falsehoods that littered donald trump s performance, but in contrast he appeared presidential. this was a terrible night forjoe biden, faltering, at times seeming to be unable to complete his train of thought, and an event that was asked for by the democrats that had the purpose of trying to allay concerns about his age and mental competence has only amplified them and it has pushed those long simmerin
a significant increase in the number of people being admitted with covid, as infections of the omicron variant double every two or three days. the uk has today recorded the highest daily number of new cases since 9th january. with close to 60,000. across scotland, people are now being urged to limit their socialising, with no more than three households mixing indoors. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, said she wasn t cancelling christmas, but she warned of a tsunami of cases in the weeks ahead. long queues have continued at vaccination centres across the uk. the number of people in england trying to get a pcr test today was so high this morning that no test appointments were availabe. our health editor hugh pym reports. high level concern about the new variant is increasing and the rapid roll out of booster jabs variant is increasing and the rapid roll out of boosterjabs is seen as a vital part of the official response. there was no shortage of people queueing for boosters in