message of the u.s. government, the evacuations are continuing, and the harsh reality for many afghans on the ground. they cannot reach the airport that is the country s only emergency exit. this morning all access points to the airport in kabul have effectively been cut off. a source tells cnn there are about 150 american citizens remaining in afghanistan. those people need military escorts to the airport, and u.s. forces are now racing against the clock to get them out safely. complicating all of this, credible reports of an imminent terror attack just outside the airport gates. in the last 24 hours, a total of 13,400 people have been evacuated from the country, some 5,100 by the u.s. this is down from the 19,000 evacuated in total yesterday. this is new video obtained by cnn. it captures the desperation outside the kabul airport. some afghans have been waiting for days and nights on end, hoping for a slim chance to get through those taliban checkpoints and the threats and
let s start in the united states, because after months of political wrangling the us senate has passed a $1 trillion infrastructure plan, intended to restore some of the ageing, often crumbling, transport systems across the us. the plan will see $110 billion being spent on roads, bridges and other major projects. the white house currently believes 115,000 bridges across the country are considered to be in poor condition. $73 billion will be spent on clean energy. president biden hopes the money will be spent on new power lines and rebuilding america s old electric grids. let s now get more details on the plan, the bbc s michelle fleury filed this report from new york. presidentjoe biden celebrated the passage of the infrastructure bill, describing it as a once in a generation investment in america. after ears investment in america. after years and investment in america. after years and infrastructure, - investment in america. after years and infrastructure, we | years and i
it is going to be a cold start to tuesday morning. the blue tones return yes, temperatures struggling and falling below freezing in places. so gardeners and growers take note, those young spring plants might need a little help over the next few days. frost not too far away, a good deal of dry but cool weather stays with us. hello. this is bbc news with me, lukwesa burak. we ll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. covid certificates are to be trialled by the government in plans to try to restart mass events and foreign travel. new rules for care home visits in england. two people as well as babies and young children will be allowed indoor visits from 12th april. a woman who died after being attacked by 2 dogs who got into her garden through a hole in the fence has been named as lucille downer a great grandmother from the west midlands. thousands of people are in central london, protesting against the government s police, cri
impeachment managers today, and bring you disturbing new details about the downfall of the anti-trump group the lincoln project. our guest tonight says it sal worse than what is being reported. who had a two our phone call with president xi?o joe biden. mike pompeo will tell us what that means.om but first, the house impeachment managers percent of their final argument against former president trump today and they close their case by inventing a totally new and arbitrary standard of guilt. president trump s lack of remorse and refusal to take accountability during the attack shows his state of mind, it shows he intended the events of january 6th to happen, to sit back and watch and delight as insurrectionist s attack us. he reacted exactly the way someone would react if they were delighted. laura: that was just one example of their dramatic, olympic leaps in logic. they sliced together footage of trump talking about a g.o.p. house candidate body slamming a reporter in 2
underway. president biden sitting down with house democratic leaders, this is as congress pushes forward with his $1.9 trillion covid relief package. republicans so far have pushed back on the size and scope. they proposed less than a third of that value. but democrats do have the votes to pass their own bill. putting the president s call for bipartisanship and unity to the test. we are also watching less than an hour from now, the white house covid-19 team holds a press conference as we get new warnings on coronavirus variants rapidly spreading across the country. let s begin with manu raju on the hill. john harwood joins us from the white house. manu, it is really interesting, jared bernstein said, no, we re still negotiating but still full steam ahead into not needing a single republican vote. it is unlikely that this bill will win over any republicans, certainly not any senate republicans based on the size and scope of the legislation. they are pursuing this morning,