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In liverpool will be used for test sites as well. when pubs and restaurants reopen in england later this month you will not need to prove your covid status, but downing street has not ruled out that happening later in the year. perhaps to reduce the need for social distancing. but the government does not want covid certificates for public transport or supermarkets and other essential shops. some devolved governments are sceptical about the plan. the prime minister said that... there will be an u...

That progress does not mean the threat is over, however. cases are headed in the wrong direction in several states and ahead of the holiday weekend, 1.5 million people passed through airports friday. the latest sign of people perhaps abandoning health recommendations. evan mcmorris-santoro was in times square where people are once again packing the streets. >> reporter: this is times square on a saturday. and frankly it looks like times square on a saturday because actually pretty crazy because ...

A handful of states have acted including georgia where some are calling for economic consequences in response. >> this boycott is against coca-cola, delta air lines. >> reporter: georgias business leaders under public pressure now speaking out. >> let me be crystal clear, this legislation is unacceptable. >> reporter: the ceo of delta, the states largest private employer blasting the law as based on a lie of 2020 election fraud saying in a memo its evident that the bill includes provisions that ...

We are not out of the woods, yet. so, dont declare, prematurely, victory. because were not there, yet. thats the sobering news. the good news is what you mentioned, just a moment ago. were getting three to four -- now, today was 4 million doses, per day. so, its kind of like a race, between getting people vaccinated. and the more people, on a daily basis, you get vaccinated, the better chance you have of blunting or preventing that surge that were all concerned about. so, its, you know, sobering...

Doses given, and that is i want to say a new daily record. that brings the seven-day vaccination average above the 3 million mark for the first time ever. and nearly a third of all americans have received at least one vaccine dose. but that progress doesnt mean the threat is over, of course. cases are headed in the wrong direction in several states. in fact, ahead of the holiday weekend a record of more than 1.5 million people passed through u.s. airports on friday alone. and thats just the late...

Provisions that will make it harder for many underrepresented voters particularly black voters to exercise their constitutional right to elect their representatives. that is wrong. in response the georgia house passed an amendment revoking deltas jet fuel tax break. >> were going to start taxing jet fuel after july 1, 2021. >> he took away the delta tax exemption as a retaliation. >> reporter: but it died when the senate failed to take it up. claiming these concerns were not raised during conver...

Seemed to be overly interested in the activity below of the dumpster. but he checked out before detective hinson could talk to him. the same security guard also remembered seeing a woman fitting bonnies description going into one of those second-floor rooms. the detective wondered where was the womans car? >> it was still out there? >> yeah. the car was still missing. >> the airport was nearby, so hinson cruised the parking lots there. >> it would be a logical place to hide a car. >> bingo. ther...

Theres bipartisan agreement on that. obviously, yeah, theres differences how well pay for it. there are also differences on how much this is going to deal with climate change. the bill i passed out of my committee last year, republicans called it green new deal 2.0. they said, you know, thats going too far. no. transportation is the single largest contributor to carbon pollution in the united states of america. so the good news is we can rebuild it, give ourselves a 21st century system, resilien...

Climate change. the bill i passed out of my committee last year the republicans called it green new deal 2.0. they said, you know, thats going too far. no. transportation is the largest single contributor to carbon pollution in the united states of america. so the good news is we can rebuild it, give ourselves a 21st century system, resilient to climate change and severe weather events, sea level rise. and we can also deal with fossil fuel pollution and help people with their daily lives in term...

Extended across the country. now, were in paris, were on the champs—elysees, and quite evidently, its not lockdown as you might conventionally understand the term. were not literally locked down in our homes. its a much looser affair than the original lockdown a year ago. we can go out as long as we dont go further than ten kilometres away, we dont have to have a piece of paper to show the police anymore. nonetheless, non—essential shops are shut, schools are shut, that is a big change, and ...