normal. at least 20 people have died as a result of the storm. an 11-year-old boy died in an unheated texas mobile home. authorities suspect hypothermia. three children and their grandmother died in a house fire. officials believe the family s efforts to stay warm may have caused the fire. college students are describing a frozen hell scape, with flooded halls and unflushable toilets. 7 million people, a quarter of the population are having to boil their tap water before drinking it because water pressure allowed bacteria to leak into the system. governor abbott who has yet to reach out some of his own state s mayors was one of roughly 20 texas officials who president biden reached out to. it s a departure from his predecessor who would wield assistance like a weapon against governors who wouldn t take the need. i talked to the federal emergency management agency, fema, the administrator. this afternoon i m going to ask him to accelerate our response and request for quote
america, it appears that the conservative majority on the supreme court is willing to reduce you to a secondary constitutional citizen by decreeing the control over your very person, your physical body belongs not to you, but to your state. this morning, the court heard arguments in which they were asked to allow mississippi to uphold a ban on abortions after 15 weeks. the state also asked justices to overturn two major reproductive rights rulings, roe versus weighed and the court s 1992 decision in planned parenthood versus casey which said states could not impose an undue burden on the right to abortion before fetal viable. listening to the oral arguments it became clear that all six conservative justices were either openly or impolicitily interested in entertaining mississippi s request. if you were to prevail, the states didl majorities of states, or states still could or presumably would continue to freely allow abortion, some states would be able to do that even if
and, the lovely bones author, alice sebold, apologises for her part in the conviction of a man found innocent after 16 years injail. the rising cost of living, inflation in the uk could push an average spending of a family over £2000 over the next year. and coming up this hour. more than £20 million is pledged to end hiv action plan on world aids day. we live in liverpool, remembering some of those who have lost their lives to the disease. we are live. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the nhs is gearing up for a major expansion of the vaccine booster programme, with hospitals and thousands of community sites set to offer the jab in response to the 0micron variant. in england, a further 14 million adults are being offered a booster. the government says all adults should have been offered a booster by the end of january. some 400 military personnel will help out at 1,500 vaccine sites across england to deliver the booster programme. the prime minister said these were
mr speaker, what i can tell- the right honourable gentleman is that, is that all guidance was followed completely. during numberten. we ll bring you the latest. also this lunchtime. staff at 58 universities start a three day strike over pay, pensions and working conditions. the death of a 16 year old girl in hamilton in south lanarkshire is being treated as murder. a typical uk family will spend £1,700 more on bills and food next year according to a forecast for bbc panorama. and ellen white says she is proud and lucky to become the lionesses all time top goal scorer after getting a hat trick last night in a world cup qualifier. and coming up on the bbc news channel. she was the first british woman to reach an wimbledon semifinal in 39 year, butjohanna konta has announced her retirement from tennis. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the health secretary, sajid javid, says there s no need for people to change plans they have made for christmas because of t
jean mancini will be joining us live. john: we go to our chief legal couldn t respondent who is at the steps of the supreme court arguments wrapped up a short-term go. the protests continue. good afternoon, shannon. we understand there were some arrests not far from us not short time ago. inside the court, there were heated moments as well. a big focus on the concept of precedence. do they stand because shark one can the supreme court overruled him? would they be eligible at this point to be overturned or should they be left alone as super precedents as they are often called? glad of that conversation conversation today and it sounde conservative justice would be in support of the mississippi law which bans after 15 weeks. most of them. there are some exceptions. it s something to be willing to uphold the law. whether they would be taking chunks out of roe or casey, we just don t know where they re going to land. chief justice roberts is the critical vote year and he brou