horrific state of mass shootings including racist attack in buffalo, new york and massacre of 19 children and two teachers at grade school in uvalde, texas, any new legislation would need at least 60 votes to pass in the senate and simple majority in the house. associate editor of the wall street journal and fox news contributor john busse is standing for analysis but first we go to lucas tomlinson with breaking news. lucas: moments ago the white house putting out a statement from president biden saying that this is a proposal, i want to thank chris murphy especially cornyn synema, there s the word again. does not do everything that i think is needed but reflects important steps in the direction. every day passes more children are at risk to be killed from mass shootings or shootings across the country. in 2020 there were 21,000 murders and after spade of mass shootings, buffalo, uvalde, chattanooga and philadelphia. our colleague mike emanuel has put up news, gop republican
as you said, i ve been working on monkey pox for two decades mostly in the democratic republic of congo and here is the thing, it s viral which means it is a virus that normally lives in animals, sometimes spreads to humans. monkey pox is a misnomer, it s carried by rodents and monkeys are incidental hosts just like humans are. should we be worried? i think it s always important when you see a virus change venue that when we start seeing it spread in a place that we haven t seen it spread or do something that we have normally seen it do. this is what we are seeing. should we have expected this? well, you know, the biggest achievement in public health was the eradication of smallpox in 1980 as a result we stopped vaccinated arthel: if i may, let me jump in there, to your point, the biden administration is buying 500,000 of these two dose monkey
the pandemic will drag on for longer. getting the vaccines to those who need them most in all countries must be a priority for every single government, notjust some. we need to also be able to use tools to drive transmission down, because if we don t, we will continue to see the virus change, and the virus and threaten us in ways that will bring us closer to the beginning, rather than closer to the end. 2022 will see us enter the third year of the pandemic. but the question remains will it be the year that vaccines finally become available everywhere? naomi grimley, bbc news. joining me now is romilly greenhill, uk director of the advocacy organisation the one campaign. we have watched as calls for all nations to get involved have played
the world health organization says 98 countries have not been able to meet the target of vaccinating 40% of their populations by the end of the year. without more progress, who officials are warning the pandemic will drag on for longer. getting the vaccines to those who need them most in all countries must be a priority for every single government. notjust some. we need to also be able to use tools to drive transmission down, because if we don t, we will continue to see the virus change and the virus and threaten us in ways that will bring us closer to the beginning rather than closer to the end. 2022 will see us and to the pandemic. but the question remains will it be the year that vaccines finally become available everywhere? naomi grimley, bbc news. in other news.
98 countries have not been able to meet the target of vaccinating 40% of their populations by the end of the year. without more progress, who officials are warning the pandemic will drag on for longer. getting the vaccines to those who need them most in all countries must be a priority for every single government. notjust some. we need to also be able to use tools to drive transmission down, because if we don t, we will continue to see the virus change and the virus and threaten us in ways that will bring us closer to the beginning rather than closer to the end. 2022 will see us and to the pandemic. enter the third year of the pandemic. enter the third year of the pandemic. but the question remains will it be the year that vaccines finally become available everywhere? naomi grimley, bbc news.