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replace him? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early. the show that gives us answers in the form of a question. i m jonathan lemire on this thursday, august 12th. we ll start with the news. today the fda is expected to approve covid-19 booster shots for people with weakened immune systems. it comes as covid cases surge across the country, including a growing number of pediatric patients. morgan chesky has the latest. reporter: as covid cases surge yet again the fda looks to speed up the time line for booster shots. they ll look at a shot for pfizer and moderna boosters. unvaccinated patients filling up hospitals as schools face push back over mask mandates. i m not willing to play russian roulette with someone s life like that. reporter: the delta driven surge, in pennsylvania up 120%, in tennessee 40%. one in four new cases are kids under 17. now we re seeing more kids who are symptomatic and more kids being hospitalized due t ....
thought birth rates would be up. well you d be wrong. the us birth rate sjust fallen off a cliff. plus, the teenager from arkansas who didn t quite get the memo about her new digs. hello, i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. former president donald trump created news cycles, fired top personnel, and sometimes even altered us policy with his tweets. his power on facebook was quieter, but no less significant. he used the social media platform to spread his message and raise millions. mr trump lost access to that particular microphone in the wake of the january 6th insurrection. and he s not getting it back. not yet anyway. today an oversight board created by facebook itself supported the company s decision to remove mr trump from the platform. the board said the suspension was justified by the ongoing risk of violence that is posed by mr trump. but the board did criticise facebook s decision to make his suspension indefinite ordering the site to re ....
allegations of sexual assault. the eruption of a giant underwater volcano near the island nation of tonga has triggered tsunami waves across the southwestern pacific. the uk foreign secretary calls for russia to halt its aggression , and accuses the kremlin of waging a disinformation campaign to justify an invasion of ukraine. russia denies it s preparing to carry out false sabotage operations. experts say they re hopeful that efforts to save red squirrels in scotland could be helping native populations recover but warn that measures to control grey squirrels will have to continue for some time. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a former minister and senior conservative politician says the uk prime minister borisjohnson must lead or step aside . tobias ellwood made the comments to the bbc as pressure continues regarding parties at downing street while tough coronavirus restrictions were in place in the uk. meanwhile the labour leader ....
as we race through the new car tech in las vegas, and then bring it safely to a stop. but is anyone actually in the driving seat? plus, what s up with this shop? we are at the supermarket that has something very strange in store for you. hey, welcome back to the consumer electronics show in vegas. we have cars for you this week, lots of them. one of the biggest draws at the show in recent years has been the motor hall so lara, are you ready to get your driving shoes on? i am revved up and ready. ok, so on your marks, get set and go! every year, ces is full of concept cars. often outlandish ideas as to how we re going to be on roads in future. maybe that will be having a chat to your vehicle. do you like it? yes. sounds good. ..0r turning the back into a really impractical and uncomfortable living room. this year, though, there was at least one idea with a somewhat more convincing purpose. what i m filming here is a concept that hopes to be able to create uncrashable c ....
across the southwestern pacific the uk foreign secretary calls for russia to halt its aggression, and accuses the kremlin of waging a disinformation campaign to justify an invasion of ukraine. russia denies it s preparing to carry out false sabotage operations. now on bbc news it s the media show. i m ros atkins, welcome to this week s edition of the media show. and there s no doubting one of the big media stories of the week, the columnist of the new york times ben smith has announced he is leaving the paper and he s joining forces withjustin smith, no relation, who has been head of bloomberg media. together they re going to create a new news organisation. they say within the next 20 years it could take on the mighty cnn, new york times, bbc and others. well, ben smith is our guest on the media show today and, ben, i would like to understand a little bit more about what you are planning. of course and yes, thanks for having me on. i hope you ll. there s been a tonne ....