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after christmas to avoid a surge in coronavirus cases. new plans to ban the export of live animals from england and wales to be slaughtered abroad by the end of 2021. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. the first doses of the pfizer/biontech coronavirus vaccine are due to arrive in the uk today. a mass vaccination programme will begin next week, after the uk became the first country in the world to approve the jab yesterday. we re going straight now to a special edition of your questions answered with england s deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam, in which i m joined by my 5live colleague rachel burden. good morning and welcome to this special edition. your call on bbc radio 5 live, and your questions answered on the bbc news channel. the first doses of the corronavirus vaccine from pfizer and biontech could arrive in the uk today the first country in the world to approve it. england s deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam, is with ....
we wish both of those obama daughters only, only the best in these coming four years and indeed throughout their lives. you can follow what is going on here in the situation room on twitter, tweet me@wolfblitzer, and like us on facebook as well. the news continues next on cnn . hello everyone, don lemon, you are in the cnn newsroom, let s get caught up on the headlines of the day. riots erupted over a court decision, sending 21 people to death. at least 30 people were killed in clashes with security forces today. this all happened after the court sentenced 21 people for their role in a post game soccer riot last year, more than 70 people were killed in that right. thousands of people marched in washington today demanding tough new gun control laws, it s the first anti-gun demonstration since the newtown shooting. disgraced cyclist lance armstrong said he is ready to cooperate with a agency tasked with cleaning up doping in the sport. this announcement as the head of the ....
you ll be all over it for us as always, thank you so much. monu raju in washington. thank you for being with us on this tuesday afternoon. getting word from the police chief there in houston, texas, the first police officer fatality in the storm, sergeant perez, 34 years with houston pd. i m brooke baldwin. the lead starts now. welcome to the lead. i m brianna keeler in for jake tapper. we re going to begin with breaking news in the national lead. president trump arriving in texas. he is about to get a tour of the operations center there after stopping in corpus christi today. today there are new warnings to residents. get out now as a levee is pushed to its limit in houston and harvey continues to relentlessly pour down on the gulf coast. just moments ago we learned that a houston police officer, sergeant steve perez, was killed in this storm drowning on his way to work on sunday. his police chief overcome with emotion as he was explaining the decision to not go in af ....
controversial stand your ground law. the lawyers who represented trayvon martin and george zimmerman are here. plus, for the president, it was the best of weeks and the worst of weeks, depending on your point of view. michael cohen again dominating headlines claiming trump knew in advance of the heating with russian representativeles. meanwhile, the longstanding accountant gets a federal subpoena. amidst the legal woes came more economic news. the president lifts the gdp above 4%. mid-terms on the horizon, is it still the semi-stupid? and this pennsylvania 5th and 6th grade teacher has been moonlighting for years. suddenly it s endangering his day job? because he plays a bad guy that does the nazi salute and shouts z zig heil. there are no charges in florida because of the florida stands your ground law. it s the same one much discussed in the killing of trayvon martin. now, federal lawmakers are calling the doj to investigate. so how did we get here? after finishing her n ....
not to prosecute citing the controversial stand your ground law. now federal lawmakers want a justice department investigation. the lawyers who represented trayvon martin and george zimmerman are here. plus, for the president, it was the best of weeks and the worst of weeks, depending on your point of view. michael cohen again dominating headlines claiming trump knew in advance of the meeting with russian representatives. meanwhile, the longstanding accountant gets a federal subpoena. amidst the legal woes came more economic news. the president lifts the gdp above 4%. mid-terms on the horizon, is it still the economy, stupid? and this pennsylvania 5th and 6th grade teacher has been moonlighting for years. suddenly it s endangering his day job? because he plays a bad guy that does the nazi salute and shouts zig heil. is the problem his or the fans who cheer him on, rather than booing? but first there s a funeral today for a man shot dead july 19 in a florida parking lot. th ....