the supreme court rules that uber drivers must be treated as workers rather than self employed in a decision with wide implications for the gig economy. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have confirmed to the queen that they will not be returning as working members of the royal family. as a result the couple will now no longer hold the honorary military appointments and royal patronages given to them by the queen. in a statement buckingham palace said that in stepping away from the work of the royal family it would not be possible to continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public service. prince harry and meghan have committed to continue supporting the organisations they have represented saying service is universal . andy moore reports. ever since meghan and harry moved to north america, their long term role in the royal family has been uncertain. last january, they announced they would step back as seni
and, why max the springer spaniel is getting an award, after helping thousands of people cope with lockdown. max helped me from recovering from depression and if he can help others now, and our other dogs, if they make people smile, then i say bring it on. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have confirmed to the queen that they will not be returning as working members of the royal family. as a result the couple will now no longer hold the honorary military appointments and royal patronages given to them by the queen. in a statement buckingham palace said that in stepping away from the work of the royal family it would not be possible to continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public service. prince harry and meghan have committed to continue supporting the organisations they have represented saying service is universal . andy moore reports. ever since meghan and harry moved to north america, their long te
new information this afternoon as two candles continue to escalate around the new york governor andrew cuomo. he s seen as the hero of the pandemic. he reportedly had staff who were actively changing numbers on how many new york state nursing home residents were dying. the governor s most senior aide rewrote the report to take it out. it, being the all right 9,000 nursing home residents that were dead. the report was released july 6. 4 days later, cuomo said he was writing a book about his leadership in the darkest days of the virus. we ll dig in to the timing of that as well as the accuser that calling him a textbook harasser and groomer. i was terrified. i was shaken. i thought any moment something could happen. martha: more on that story to come with leo terrell. we begin with ron kim, assemblyman. he s chair of the state s aging committee and he has been blowing the whistle on this nursing home scandal since day 1. he lost his uncle in one of these facilities. thanks
i m laura jarrett. 5 a.m. here in new york. nearly two months after the insurrection, washington on high alert. there s a possible plot to breach the capitol by an identified militia group on thursday, march 4th. why march 4th? qanon believes former president trump will somehow magically be inaugurated today because fdr and others were inaugurated today. to be clear, they re wrong. that s not happening. because it s spreading on social media does not mean it s real. the warning led house leaders to scrap a session that had been set for today. and it s better to have us, you know, scattering to the four winds as opposed to all concentrated in one building. unless there is a very substantial well-trained force on their way to washington, d.c., they are going to meet security like they never imagined before. capitol police have ramped up security after we learned for the first time wednesday that it took more than 3 hours for the pentagon to send in national guard troop
nearly one in four americans have received at least one dose, with a 13% of the country fully inoculated. today, though, a grave tone from dr. rochelle walensky, pleading with americans to keep their masks on and continue social distancing, a response to seeing people on the move and seeing states easing restrictions. more travelers than ever during the pandemic, airports on sunday, 1.5 million according to the tsa, nearly 10 million in total in the last week. and spring break in the miami area is seeing unprecedented nighttime crowds with few masks to be seen. in the meantime u.s. covid numbers are stabilizing at high levels, the country is averaging about 54,000 new cases a day. and a thousand deaths daily. we must act now, and i am worried that if we don t take the right actions now, we will have another avoidable surge. just as we are seeing in europe right now. and just as we are so aggressively scaling up vaccination. i want to turn now to cnn s kristen holmes for m