pardon. he faces allegations that range from paying for sex to alleged sex with an underaged girl. to be clear, he denied all of those allegations and he s not been charged with a crime. but the times reports something striking. they have two people who were told of high level discussions that gaetz was privately asking the white house for a blanket preemptive pardon for any crimes they may have committed. that s important. we ll come back to that clause because it is quite telling. now, trump s white house lawyers denied the pardon according to the times because they were concerned about the precedent. we also know as a public matter he wasn t federally pardoned. did gaetz know when he was under investigation? the times notes only he didn t tell the white house according to their reporting that he may have been facing a doj sex crime probe. he did know already by that point that his associate joel greenberg was in trouble, indicted in august of last year for sex trafficking
overseas holidays since the roadmap was published. unemployment hits its highest figure for five years with people under the age of 25 worst affected. ready, steady, go as venues prepare to reopen, we look at the likely impact on sport and activities. and coming up on bbc news: no positive tests in the latest rounds, but ten france players are out with coronavirus, including the captain, putting their six nations match against scotland in doubt. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. as the prime minister says he s still confident the country will reopen by the end ofjune, confirmation that the government is looking into the possible use of vaccine certificates the so called jab passports for people wanting to visit indoor venues such as pubs and theatres after they ve had the jab or a negative test result. senior cabinet minister michael gove will lead a review into their possible introduction, but there are logistic and ethical issues to be considered.
hundreds of thousands of americans in the state of texas are bracing for another day in the dark as many face the freezing temperatures, the heat, food or water. so far millions of businesses and homes have had their power restored after harsh winter storms earlier in the week knocked out most of the state s power grid. now the bitter cold is facing another necessity. some 13 million texans are under boil water notices and some have no water at all. many have been lining up at public pumps while others have turned to melting snow. reports are pouring in across the state, frozen water pipes bursting. the city of austin alone says it has lost 325 million gallons of water after pipes burst from the freezing conditions flooding homes and businesses. this is what we came back to. our whole apartment. look at the y all, i cannot believe this. anger boiling over as texans endure more pain. millions are now facing a new problem, major water disruptions. this woman s apartment
that s about half the state. dallas resident thomas black took this picture. tells cnn he and his girlfriend are running out of food and they are boiling snow for water. i only knew to do that because i had a pouring of outreach giving me tips on how to weather this out and without them, you know, as a texan, we re just not inherently prepared for something like this. austin s water system lost 325 million gallons of water after thousands of pipes burst there. officials say city reservoirs were drained by the water demand and they re warning this could go on for days. u.s. department of health and human services declaring a public health emergency in texas. the lack of water means hospitals can t provide dialysis. crews in san antonio working through the night to put out an apartment building fire that broke out moments after water was shut off to the building. hydrants are frozen so firefighters are trucking water to the scene. roads are so slick and dangerous the red