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But it wasn't. she was, in fact, owed more than £7,000. if we hadn't have been persistent, we wouldn't have got anywhere, so i urge people, you know, if they think they've got a shortfall, keep on with it, don't be fobbed off. irene has now got the money — but it was a fight, and she is far from alone. under special rules for married women, those who had small state pensions in their own right could get better payouts based on their husbands contributions. but errors at the dwp meant that, for decades, they were underpaid. some are owed six—figure sums. the errors date back to 1985, affec...

Irene has now been paid the £7,000 she was owed, but it was a battle and she's far from alone. these errors relate to married women who had small state pensions. they were eligible to claim 60% of their husbands contributions. but complex rules and errors by the dwp meant that for decades, they were underpaid. the errors date back to 1985, affecting an estimated 134,000 pensioners, including some married women, widows and the over 805. they are collectively owed more than £1 billion. the national audit office found there were repeated human errors over many years at the department for work a...

Since its creation, the cops program -- listen to this -- has helped over 13,000 local police departments hire over 134,000 officers. we believe in it on the democratic side. we're glad you've come around. we sent a letter to the appropriations committee signed by 37 democrats for the cops program. do you know how many republicans signed the letter? none. with your amendment tonight clearly you've come around, the republicans are joining the democrats in supporting joe biden's cops program. you are right we need 100,000 more police and we stand with joe biden's program and glad that you've joi...

And said okay, thank you for your hard work. now we're going to send this off to the select committee. pelosi has hand selected who's on that committee. she knows the staff. they meet in her office and they strategize. she has all the control over this committee. and for her, it's about laying out a record. obviously congress can't bring criminal charges, but they can put it all out in the open to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> we have elections, too, but yeah, it will be interesting to watch. up next, florida reported more than 134,000 new covid infections last week and the positivit...

But there is a risk that lambda may end up being a more resilient variant. whit? >> janai, thank you. for more on all this, let's bring in dr. aileen marty, distinguished university professor of infectious diseases from florida international university. dr. marty, thank you so much for joining us. we just heard in janai's report there, your state of florida is seeing a real surge in covid cases. 134,000 just this past week. hospitalizations are the highest in the country. we're getting reports of icus again running out of space. you treat covid patients yourself. how would you describe the sit...