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And a total 78.4% of the population have now received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine. a shortage of blood tubes means gps are having to make difficult choices about who gets blood tests, the british medical association has warned. the bma said shortages across hospitals and gp surgeries were "severe" and if the nhs did not reduce usage in the coming days even the most clinically important blood tests may be at risk. the department of health said it is working to restore normal supply and th...

78.4%, thats how many people still dont have electricity, people waiting in line for gas, money, food and water isnt getti getting everywhere it needs to go. president trump pushed the governor to do it as well. >> did the united states, did your government when we came in, did we do a great job, military, first responders, fema? did we do a great job? >> you responded immediately, sir, and you did so, you know, calm and brought -- they have been on the phone with me essentially every day since ...

Some other numbers. its been four weeks and a day since hurricane maria hit puerto rico knocking out power to the whole island, destroying homes and roads and bridges, leaving towns full of people barely getting by. four weeks and a day later more than 28% of puerto rico has no access to drinking water. just this week ed lavandera found people collecting and drinking water from a super fund site. heres another number 78.4%, thats how many people still dont have electricity, people waiting in lin...

90% of catholics in ireland attended mass every week in 1984. in 2011, only 18% of them did. it got us thinking, if religious attitudes in historically pious ireland are changing so dramatically, what does the future hold for religion around the world? if you look at recent trends in the united states, the most christian nation in the world, religion is on the wane. according to a recent report from the pew research center, self-described christians dropped from 78.4% of the population to 70.6% ...

If you look at recent trends in the united states, the most christian nation in the world, religion is on the wane. according to a recent report from the pew research center, self-described christians dropped from 78.4% of the population to 70.6% of the population. a nearly eight-point drop in just seven years. the religiously unaffiliated, like atheists and agnostics, increased from 16.1% to 22.8% over that time. whats more, the decline in christians is happening across the board among the youn...

Themselves as christian fell about eight points from 78.4% to 70.6%. joining me now, senior pastor of the first baptist church in dallas texas dr. robert jeffress. what do you make of that decline? >> well i think the decline is real and megyn, its having an effect not just on christians but all of america, as well. and heres why. for the first 200 years of our country, there was a basic judeo christian foundation to our nation and not everyone agreed with it but everybody benefitted to it. prov...

Ameriprise created the exclusive confident retirement approach. to get the real answers you need. start building your confident retirement today. welcome back. we turn now to a pew poll out earlier this week showing the number of christians in america is falling. over the last seven years the number of people who describe themselves as christian fell about eight points from 78.4% to 70.6%. joining me now, senior pastor of the first baptist church in dallas texas dr. robert jeffress. what do yo...

The beauty of being a christian or having faith, because no one can get between you and, you know, the heavenly father. but pew the pew research center said 78.4% of americans are christians. if thats the case, thats the majority. it always gets me that, like, one person protests, you know? take a vote if they want to do that. i dont think one person should change it for the 78%. >> stifling the free speech, stifling your religion, your faith. it is, its unsettling to think about that. i moon, a...

Complaints declined and apparently the industrys on-time rate was 78.4% which is down from 81.8% from 2012. american eagle was the worst performer in that category. hawaiian airlines had the best showing at 93% in both 2012 and 20 2013. always, you know, sunny weather might help, i dont know, might have something to do with it, and the industrys largest improvement last year came in the area of denied boardings where eight carriers got better from 2012. so as i say, it is a mixed bag, excuse the...

Polls 3% margin of error. and in florida that poll has president obama at 48 and mitt romney at 47. another statistical tie. tonight nate silver of the "new york times" 538 blog forecasts that on november 6th president obama will win 300 electoral college votes and mitt romney will win 238 and president obamas chance of re-election ticked up tonight in nate silvers calculations to 78.4%. and finally, george w. bush has entered the presidential campaign. he did that today when he was dragged into...