Were suspended because of threats against staff. Does it matter what mask you wear . We examine the difference between the various makes as one expert suggests we should be double masking. And travel disruption in parts of the north of england and scotland, with some motorists stranded as heavy snow brings chaos. And coming up in sport on bbc news. The government meets with campaigners to discuss the issue of Head Injuries in sport, with concerns over the number of former players being diagnosed with dementia. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Just when the government said it was trying to get on top of one variant the South African Variant Of Coronavirus now comes another one. The kent variant of coronavirus which has been spreading around the uk now appears to be undergoing some new genetic changes and Scientists Say theyre worried. All this as a door to door Testing Blitz of 80,000 people is under way in a number of areas around england, as the government says it w
Flags are lowered over Downing Street and borisjohnson describes captain sir tom as a National Inspiration, and a beacon of hope for the world. The uk variant of coronavirus has mutated again the Health Secretary says hes seen cases of concern in bristol and liverpool. Meanwhile, 80,000 people in england are tested to stop the spread of the Virus Variant from south africa. Scotland is to introduce Travel Quarantines for overseas arrivals and plans are put in place to open scottish schools later this month. Travel disruption in parts of the north of england and scotland as heavy snow brings chaos. Good afternoon. In the last hour, its been announced that captain sir tom moore has died. Captain tom, who was 100 years old, and had raised almost £33 million for the nhs, was taken to hospital earlier this week, with coronavirus. The army veteran, originally from keighley in West Yorkshire, came to prominence by walking 100 laps of his garden in bedfordshire, during the First National lockd
to terminate pregnancies on hold effective seven days from now. kristen is the name of the drug at first got fda approval more than two decades ago, and until recently the notion of a judge having grounds to reverse approval of it was seen by many legal experts is dubious at best. however, abortion opponents steered their case to a judge named matthew kiss merrick of the fifth circuit in texas, and he has ruled as they hoped just after that. we got word of a ruling in a different federal court in washington state, affecting only some states on the same drug, so there s a lot to get to cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue joins us right now on both rulings. so first tell us about the texas ruling and what that means. it s been an unbelievable night, right? both of these rulings opposing and they both have to do with the fbi. today s approval of the medication, abortion drugs, and that approval came in 2000. in this first case, what the federal judge said is he blocked the g
the lead starts right now. tensions continue to escalate in the middle east, new details and images just coming in as cnn learns of a new terrorist attack and tell aviv as israel strikes after a barrage of rockets hit along its borders, plus supreme court justice clarence thomas tries to explain after a bombshell report revealed his many family trips on a god in a private jet, all paid for by a billionaire republican mega donor. and thomas never disclosed almost any of it, plus vice president kamala harris dispatched to tennessee one day after state house republicans expelled two democrats. two black men who were protesting on the floor, but they did not expel the other democrat on the floor with them white woman. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we have some breaking tragic news from israel. you re looking at live pictures from tele viv after one person was killed and six wounded from a quote terror attack in a popular thoroughfare. in the city. israel says all of the v
after they took the house floor , demanding action in the wake of the nashville school massacre , plus more breaking news rockets fired into and from gaza tonight, tensions there at a breaking point. we ll take you there live and the district attorney who indicted former president trump tonight, taking on republicans, accusing them of attempting to undermine his criminal case. let s go, outfront. and good evening, everyone. i m bianna golodryga in for erin burnett outfront tonight, breaking news expelled . the republican led tennessee house has voted to expel one democrat and just moments ago it failed to expel a second and now the tennessee house is about to take action against the third. what is taking place is a dramatic act of political retaliation after the representatives justin jones, justin pearson and gloria johnson took to the floor last week to rally for stricter gun control after six people, including three children, were killed during a mass shooting at a nashvil