have much of a future, in donald trump s republican party. welcome to tuesday, it is meet the press daily, i m chuck todd. president biden approaches the halfway mark in his first 100 days in office. facing a prior of different crises that s going to test his presidency in different ways, facing tremendous pressure to keep the momentum going on what is clearly an improving covid outlook. to hold the positive trends that we re seeing. cases going down, deaths going down, hospitalizations down, and most importantly vaccinations up, up, up. but health officials continue to urge caution and there s already a bit of brewing confusion over the cdc s recent guidance, which okays a fully vaccinated americans to potentially see their families but discourages the kind of travel required for many to actually see their families, diving into that coming up. and there s biden s signature piece of covid legislation, $2 trillion in relief that he is expect today sign into law this week a
of the health service and do what we can now to reduce the risks in a way that doesn t disrupt our day to day life? or do we somehow cross our fingers and hope that a miracle will happen and then stumble, as we have done before, stumble into crisis? this morning ministers ruled out plan b in england for now. ministers, scientists, experts are looking at data on an hourly basis and we don t feel that it s the time for plan b right now. i think what we are trying to do is get people who haven t been vaccinated, to get those vaccinations up, increase the uptake of the boosterjab. scotland, wales and northern ireland all currently have tighter restrictions, including mandatory face coverings in some public places. yesterday downing street said the government was not complacent and there d been no discussion about moving to plan b in england, while the key message was the vital importance
before, stumble into crisis. ministers ruled out plan b for now. we are looking at data on an hourly basis. we don t feel it is time for plan b right now. i think what we are trying to do is get people who haven t been vaccinated to get those vaccinations up, increase the uptake of the boosterjab. scotland, wales and northern ireland all currently have tighter restrictions, including mandatory face coverings in some public places. yesterday, downing street said the government was not complacent and there d been no discussion about moving plan b in england, while the key message was the vital importance of the vaccine booster programme. hugh pym, bbc news. how bad are the pressures currently facing accident and emergency departments? to answer that, we can speak
risks in a way that does not disrupt our day to day life, or do we somehow cross our fingers and hope that a miracle will happen? then stumble, as we have done before, stumble into crisis. this morning, ministers ruled out plan b for england for now. we are looking at data on an hourly basis. we don t feel it is time for plan b right now. i think what we are trying to do is get people who haven t been vaccinated to get those vaccinations up, increase the uptake of the booster jab. scotland, wales and northern ireland all currently have tighter restrictions, including mandatory face coverings in some public places. yesterday, downing street said the government was not complacent and there d been no discussion about moving plan b in england, while the key message was the vital importance
at data on an hourly basis. we don t feel it is time for plan b right now. i think what we are trying to do is get people who haven t been vaccinated to get those vaccinations up, increase the uptake of the booster jab. scotland, wales and northern ireland all currently have tighter restrictions, including mandatory face coverings in some public places. yesterday, downing street said the government was not complacent and there d been no discussion about moving plan b in england, while the key message was the vital importance of the vaccine booster programme. hugh pym, bbc news. joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent, jonathan blake. we are waiting for sajid javid and this press conference in the next few minutes or so, and what are you hearing he might want to come out with? we hearing he might want to come out with? . hearing he might want to come out with? ~ with? we can report the government will announce with? we can report the government will announce chi