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downing street says talks with the eu over a brexit deal covering northern ireland have been "positive", raising hopes of a new agreement. also in northern ireland. a fifth persons been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of the off—duty police officerjohn caldwell in omagh. and, we report on the huge relief effort in turkey and syria, to try to help people who have lost everything in the catastrophic earthquakes. some of these guys have been flying around 2000 hours sin...

1998. whenever it comes to northern ireland, we have various stop start forms of government over the last 25 years and its always best for the people of northern ireland and for society functioning for the people who are in political leadership to be able to do theirjobs. theres been a lot of talk about vacuums and so on, i dont think that would have made a difference to the outcome and to the attack on the police officer, dci john coldwell, however, to the attack on the police officer, dcijohn ...

A push from essential employees. it is confusing to the average worker, is it not? >> it is confusing. the guidance has been confusing, often contra particular tory. leadership chaotic. i do agree with the fact that this is not a simple infection control exercise. you need to balance the recommendations with what people will tolerate, with what you need to keep society functioning, and you have to not ignore peoples individual liberties and rights. thats exactly what we did in the trump administ...

People for asymptomatic covid because so many people will test positive at once that it will be literally impossible to keep society functioning. today the white houses top infectious disease expert, anthony fauci, was asked about what our priorities should be as a nation, whether it should be trying to tamp down the number of infections to try and stop the disease from spreading, or if weve entered a new phase of this pandemic where we as a society learn to live with the virus with as little il...

Understand how we can match all of the things we want to go after it involves normal functioning society while managing the bad infectious disease. thats what we need to return to. we cant have all of society functioning around the control of the spread of one disease. we have seen where that leads, its not a good place. >> rachel: no, it is not. really quick, dr. saphier. the president who is trying to lead the charge against misinformation continues to say that this is a pandemic of the unvacc...

Declared a state of emergency today. to try to help alleviate the shortage. airlines canceling more than 900 flights again today because of covid staffing problems, as well as the weather. in d.c. today, the smithsonian was forced to close for different museums in the washington post is reporting that that is a large reason why the cdc shortened the isolation period with asymptomatic covid. for fear that so many people are about to pests positive that wants, that it could be impossible, literall...

Were already seen that across the country. in new york city, officials at the subway had to suspend an entire subway line. there were not enough people to drive the trains around this city. in cincinnati, there are so many firefighters out because of covid that the city there had to declare a state of emergency today to try and help alleviate the shortage. airlines cancelling more than 900 flights again today due to covid staffing problems as well as the weather. in dc today, the smithsonian was...

0 now, the white house repeatedly has warned russia over the last few weeks that a russian invasion of ukraine would have severe, severe diplomatic and economic consequences. what did administration official told politicaltratio official told politica will come in the midst of a, quote, moment of crisis between the two nations. well have a lot more on that coming up later in the show.ha but we start tonight with a moment of crisis of our own right here at home.a take a look at this map. this i...

They say the range of uncertainty is reduced as more data is collected. health officials say cutting isolation time for covid patients was necessary to keep society functioning. >> there is a danger that there will be so many people who are being isolated who are asymptomatic for the full 10 days that you could have a major negative impact on our ability to keep society running. >> nations largest nursing union says cutting isolation from 10 days to five days will endanger patients. the cdc hid ...

Questions that were going to be asking in this briefing in the next hour, chris. >> a lot of questions, dr. patel. so much confusion over the cdcs new guidelines shortening quarantine procedures for those with covid and exposed to it. i want to read what a senior health official told "the washington post." they worried that the sheer volumes of infections could mean that tens of thousands of police, firefighters, grocery workers, and other essential employees would be out of work, making it chal...