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Administration colleagues. we are joined live from the white house to share new reporting. mj, tell us more. >> reporter: john, what we are told by sources is that that warning from the doctor over the weekend caught some of bidens officials by surprise. were talking about officials that work closely on covid issues. they were surprised because they hadnt gotten the heads up he would be making this public projection. the other side of this, of course, is that public health experts, they are a li...

Has been cancelled and the fenway bowl in boston is also called off. and in the english premiere league, a couple matches scheduled for tuesday ha v been postponed. the league says arsenal will take on hampton another time due in part to covid issues on the wolves squad. match between leeds and the villa will be rescheduled. at least 15 matches have been rescheduled or post toned due to covid issues. the pandemic brought sports to a grinding halt in 2020 but 2021 saw athletes back on courts an...

The fourth ashes test starts tomorrow night in sydney. england have already lost the series and preparations have been badly hampered by a number of covid issues, which means most of the coaching staff have been self—isolating. weve heard from joe root today. hell become englands longest serving test captain when he skippers the side for a 60th time, but his leadership has been questioned after their performances so far in australia. ill look at the future at the end of this tour. i dont think...

Lets have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today... judd trump is a step closer to his second masters snooker title. the world number two eased into the semi finals by thrashing kyren wilson 6—1 in their quarterfinal. trump will now face either mark selby or barry hawkins in the finalfour. their quarter final is tonight. britains sam sunderland said he "cant be happier" after winning his second dakar rally motorbike title. he finished almost three and a half min...

To bowl, stuart broad was trying. but in 101 rapid runs, travis head transformed the whole mood, australia were reborn in the match. when cameron green put his mighty frame to the cause... deliciously played by green. ..england started to look exhausted. still mark wood charged in, and when green aimed for six, he was caught, 241—6, england were hanging on when the rain came. thatjust about covers it. joe wilson, bbc news. football line now. burnley�*s match against leicester in the premier ...

Australia have held the ashes for the last three series, whilst england have had covid issues of late. 0pening batter tammy beaumont�*s been telling us about the unusual way theyve been preparing. we had to have a low—key christmas with family, make sure they were lateral flowing and everything and we have all had to train as individual since two weeks before we flew, heather knight had her partner batting left—handed so she could get practising, sophia dunkley had her mum feeding the bowl...

Crisis, when you see thousands upon thousands of people that are coming over, its crazy. its all happening under the biden administration. eric: the numbers have been higher in the past during the george w. bush administration, in the thousands, you have been down to the border seven times, what are those humanitarian conditions like, are they letting in people with covid and what should the administration do right now the try and get a handle on this? >> i could tell you its more difficult to c...

Meeting with president trump? you could hear him initially engaging with the questions but then you turn to song. which is sort of endearing. but its interesting, its not like it was a secret that he was there meeting with president trump in washington. it was reported widely and publicly at the time that president trump was inviting a whole delegation of michigan lawmakers in the white house. he was invading the -- insisting he must have won that state an all must of been stolen from him. offic...

Her first solo flight as a jet pilot. this is united news academy, the only flight school owned by a major usair line, the newest fix for an industry-wide problem. airlines that got smaller during the pandemic are now looking to hire again. american airlines wants to add 2,000 pilots this year. delta air lines plans to hire as many as 200 a month. united airlines ceo scott kirby said the goal is to train 500 pilots annually. >> the pilot shortage is real. we can hire pilots at united airlines. b...

We already have major cancellations for flights this weekend because of the weather. now, covid issues canceled thousands and thousands of flights since christmas. all of this highlighted another issue. there are simply not enough pilots. cnns pete muntean leave in goodyear, arizona. youre smart. youre out there where its warmer, pete. but this really is a big issue. >> reporter: its a huge issue, john. united airlines opening up its own pilot academy. the official ribbon cutting just happened. ...