2020 election could once again lead to violence. we are so grateful to have your company every sunday morning. good morning to you, and welcome to new day, i m christi paul. and i m boris sanchez, always a pleasure to see you. thank you so much for joining us this morning. this week president biden is approaching 100 days in office. what he s going to do as he addresses a joint session of correct congress. 52% approve of the job he s doing, his handling of the pandemic getting the highest marks, though a majority also want the president to aim for republican support with major changes to his proposals. the newest item on his to do list is his american families plan. he s expected to pitch an infrastructure overhaul as well, and there are the tense issues of course of reforming gun laws and policing. we know senator tim scott is leading republicans in negotiates on a police reform bill. he will be delivering the gop response to president biden s address as well. let
and a scaled back easter sunday, although the choir was able to perform here. while at the vatican, the pope called for vaccines to be shared with the world s poorest countries. and coming up. the media show. the government is to trial measures in england, including covid passports, to allow the safe return of sports matches, major events and nightlife. they ll show if a person has been vaccinated, had a recent negative test or has antibodies. the pilot will include the fa cup final, and will last until mid may. here s our political correspondent, jessica parker. the fa cup final, 2019. it won t be so packed this year, but the final is being used to pilot how these kinds of mass events might work in future. the opportunity to get back to full capacity, i think, is something that is so prevalent at the moment and underpins so many of the hopes that the events industry and the entertainment industry has, so this scheme, we feel, is the right way to go. plotting a path to reopen
royal crisis injordan a former crown prince says he s under house arrest. prince hamza s accused of being involved in a plot to destabilise the country. and a scaled back easter sunday, although the choir was able to perform at canterbury cathedral. while at the vatican, the pope called for vaccines to be shared with the world s poorest countries. now on bbc news: global questions talks to two former female presidents, one from africa and one from europe, who ve both been trailblazers for women s rights for decades. hello, and welcome to global questions. thousands of women all over the world are protesting against gender violence and sexism, and are demanding an end to the violation of their right. this week, we have two distinguished former female presidents, one from africa and one from europe, answering questions about why women still have to endure discrimination. that is gglobal questions: sexism and violence against women in a patriarchal world. to bring you this a
although the choir was able to perform at canterbury cathedral. while at the vatican, the pope called for vaccines to be shared with the world s poorest countries. and in half an hour on bbc news global questions talks to two formerfemale presidents, one from africa and one from europe, who ve both been trailblazers for women s rights for decades. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the government is to trial measures in england, including covid passports, to allow the safe return of sports matches, major events and nightlife. they ll show if a person has been vaccinated, had a recent negative test or has antibodies. the pilot will include the fa cup final, and will last until mid may. here s our political correspondentjessica parker. the fa cup final, 2019. it won t be so packed this year, but the final is being used to pilot how these kinds of mass events might work in future. the opportunity to get back to full capacity, i think, is something that is so prevalent at the
double the number of hospitalizations. that is staggering to consider. starting today, face masks will be required on all public transportation and mass transit hubs. anyone that does not follow the order will be in violation of the order. my colleague is in ft. lauderdale for us. welcome back. how concerned are officials here about this new development? yeah, alex, they re so concerned about the development that it could lead to more hospitalizations and deaths that they re looking for that uk variant and the brazilian and south african variants. we know those cases have tripled in the past week. southern florida getting hit the hardest. broward county, palm beach county, and miami-dade county make up 60% of the cases total. in addition to the uk variant that officials are looking at here in florida, they re looking at the brazilian variant as well. there is a large brazilian population. they are looking at ways to increase vaccination rates as well. we spoke to some flo