Lets ta ke lets take you to the white house because we are expecting donald trump to give a statement there. Hes officially to talk about coronavirus testing in the United States, bearing in mind a 7. 15 million cases have now been identified in the United States, 2005000 deaths. Itll be interesting to see whether the questions remain on that subject, and well be picking up on the new york timess publication of mr trump is my tax returns. The democrats certainly have seized on those claims that mr trump paid just 750 in income taxes in the first year of his presidency, and nothing for the previous 15 yea rs. And nothing for the previous 15 years. The democrats pointing out that the taxes that other people pay on average for example, teachers, just over 7000, firefighters atjust over 5,000, and nurses atjust over 10,000 over 5,000, and nurses atjust over 10,000 pointing out thatjoe biden and his wife in 2017 paid 3. 7 million. Anyway, we will be crossing to the white house when mr trump
Meanwhile, his opponent joe biden taking a break today to get ready for the big debate tomorrow night. We are in the part of the country that determines whether that election, northeastern ohio is a big part of the state, in 2016 we are going to show that to you and again as the election day approaches, some 36 days away. Joe biden is on the trail preparing for tomorrow nights debate, peter doocy reporting in cleveland, ohio. Peter, good afternoon to you. Good afternoon, bill, hes getting ready by preparing himself, bracing himself for personal attacks as opposed to just policy attacks. It is going to be difficult, i know, my guest be my guess is its going to be a straight attack, thats the only thing he knows how to do, hes not that smart. The former vp is staying in delaware today, hes not going to get into town until tomorrow and remember during the primary debates, rivals mostly left him alone with the exception of kamala harris, who is now on the ticket. Kamala looks back on the d
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Millions more people will qualify for the Coronavirus Vaccine this week people in england aged 70 and over will start receiving invitations within days. On a visit to a company that manufactures vaccines, the Prime Minister said the Vaccination Programme is on track, which is why the rollout is being expanded. We are getting it out as fast as we can. Four million done so far. Weve now, i think, have done more than half of the over 80s, almost half of the people in care homes. New travel restrictions International Passengers must now test negative for coronavirus if travelling to the uk
and self isolate for ten days. The price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the worlds poorest countries. And just to recap on that with the travel situation, the restrictions coming into force. International passengers must now test negative for coronavirus virus ever travelling to the uk, and self isolate for ten days. And coming up, we are
Some perspective. A month ago, a month ago on march 19th, there were 149 confirmed deaths here in the United States. Look at how it has exploded within a month. Around the world, the numbers are also soaring, and 2. 3 Million People infect and more than 150,000 confirmed dead, but probably a whole lot more than that. And despite the rising infection rate and the deaths, President Trump says he believes some governors in the United States have, quote, gotten carried away. Asking people to behave more safely and using social distancing measures and in the menti meantime, some states are relaxing measures meant to control and contain the virus. In south florida, some officials offered a soft opening of the beaches there. And in texas, some distancing measures would be lifted while encouraging people to avoid crowds. Also some more perspective, a month ago, and once again, only 149 confirmed deaths in the United States and look at how it has exploded over the past month. Mothers and father
The u. S. Has broken the record for new cases in a single day. 45,500 new diagnoses regarded wednesday with dangerous spikes in the south and the west. Here are the facts at this hour. More than a dozen states from North Carolina to california driving the recordsetting number of new cases, the highest total since april, the surge putting new pressure on doctors and nurses as hospitals become overwhelmed, leading to a shortage of icu beds in florida, arizona, and texas, where Governor Greg Abbott Just Announced his state is pausing any further phases of reopening after weeks of rising cases and pleas from local leaders. The economic pain from the virus continuing to inflict damage with todays report that another 1. 5 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits this week. In addition to more than 19 Million People still collecting jobless benefits from earlier in the year. And this hour, ill speak with nbc historian jon meacham as we preview tomorrows big vote on d. C. s statehood