he also knew his shakespeare. he responded, the gentleman from ohio favored us with a quotation from mcbeth. i will give him an answering quotation from hamlet. he then quoted from the scene which ophelia's brother expresses his exaggerated grief of her death by leaping into ophelia's grieve. millson said, do you come here to wine, leaping into her grave? i'll rant as well as thou. the most notable example of the use of shakespeare in congress occurred in 1830 during the famous debate between senators robert hain of south carolina and daniel webster of massachusetts. it was the first major debate about the relationship between the northern and southern states. after which webster gave a speech about public lands policy, han arghain argued that was a smoke screen. webster's real problem, hain said, was the disintegration of a coalition that webster hoped to establish between the north and west against the south. evoking a scene from mcbeth in which the ghost of the murdered person appears to lady mcbeth, but is inv

shakespeare. the national constitution center hosted a discussion on shakespeare's influence on the u.s. constitution, american history, and our country's values. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the national constitution center. and that that is convening of america's townhall. i am the president of this wonderful institution. spire ourselves in -- and let us inspire ourselves in the discussion ahead by reciting together the national constitution center's mission statement. here we go. the national constitution center is the only institution in america, chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the united states constitution among the american people on a non-partisan basis. we have a series of wonderful programs coming up. it would be great if you could join on december 3. we discussed the founders and the classics with three of america's greatest scholars. on december 9, the author of the when i was ink law school, "why we lost the era." carol r. to debate whether or n

they came from shakespears world. when the english settlement began here he was at the height of his london career. as his works became increasingly popular in great britain, his popularity carried over to colonial america. he was in the first american performance, it was in 1750 and there was many soon after that in new york, philadelphia, and williams burg. as the american nation grouped the influence grew. first the two distinctive novelists were heavily influenced by shakespeare. mark twain was an avid reader. he was a great avid read heer f ofshake spear. a slapstick of mangled passages from various plays. and the humor depends on the readers familiarity with shakespeares original material. his plays dominated the american theater. at american -- you could do this in 1849. it wasn't just the eastern elites. a settlement moved west and shake conspiracy went along. there is hardly a pioneer's hut that does not contain a few odd volumes of shakespeare. his influence extended to politics. the leaders of the evolution

shakespeare. he was everywhere. my two esteemed colleagues here know a lot more about the presidents of the united states and their relationship to shakespeare than i do. but there again, it's hard to find an american president, well, most of them, that haven't quoted shakespeare, in some way. and even in the last four years, you know, i'm sort of keeping a little unofficial count of commentators describing the trump administration in some shakespearian form. and i'm up to 12 different characters that the president has been compared to. so there's deep link between these old plays and the american experience. i'm in the middle of it now, as i try to pilot a shakespeare, a theater that's famous for doing shakespeare, through this extraordinary crisis. and there's something about, a, the kind of widespread connection to this material. everybody has a little piece of it. it's in the common core. there was some study in the , as i -- in the 1990's recall, that's said something like 92% of american stu

but i had never heard that shakespeare traveled abroad to lieden. so i can't say anything more on that. >> yeah, yeah. and we know, for instance, that, you know, harvard college had shakespeare's folios in its library. so for all that they denounced plays and licentiousness of -- that could go around performance of plays and the attending of place, as you say they were very much in favor of the reading of plays. i mean, you know, cicero and cato, the classic play wrights, they were all in the libraries. >> right. >> that wasn't an issue. thomas asks, what's your take on steven hopkins and non-separatists in shaping relations with the indigenous people in trade and in colonial government as a member of the council? >> first, i would qualify, it's -- you don't really have a council in plymouth in the same sense that you do in massachusetts. you have a governor, and then you have assistants that are named to help him. hopkins is an interesting story. in fact, there's a new book that was just written on hopkins that i have sitting on my table upstairs t

bremer: i think it is very likely that he knew of the works of shakespeare. bradford is an interesting person, because he did not have any education beyond the home and presumably a local grammar school. he is not one of the puritans, for instance, who went to either oxford or cambridge university. but he was always interested in what we would call self-education. he read extensively. we can tell from the inventory at his death, he had a very large collection of books. and, of course, as robert mentioned, there are frequent mentions in his writings that indicate a familiarity with the great number of works. i would suggest two things that, if robert is interested in, he might do. david lupher has written a recent book on classical influences or evidences in the records of plymouth, and he actually talked about the passage from seneca specifically, as well as some other indications of the knowledge among the pilgrims of classical literature. another book would be jeremy d. banks, who is one of our coeditors, recently published an inventory of all of the privat

all of the members of the company that performed it were imprisoned except shakespeare.

i never heard that shakespeare traveled abroad to light in. so, i cannot say anything more than that. >> we know for instance that, you know, harvard college had shakespeare's folios in its library. so, for all that they denounced plays and -- could go around performance of plays, and the attending of plays, as you say, are very much in favor of the reading of plays. i mean, you know, cicero and cato -- the classic playwrights, these, they were all in the libraries. >> thomas asks, what is your take on stephen hopkins and non- separatists in shaping the relations with the indigenous people in trade, and in colonial government as a member of the council? >> first, you don't really have a counsel in plymouth as in the same sense that you do in massachusetts. you have a governor, and then you have assistant's that are named to help him. there is a new book that was just written on hopkins that i have sitting on my table upstairs that i have looked at the cover and seen hopkins, the man who escaped jamestown, saved plymouth, something like that. h

hash tag share your shakespeare. and steps from angola set to a south african beat this was the dance craze that spread through the web and the world like wildfire to jerusalem up. to. a year of lockdowns of dance challenges streaming films and concerts and 2020 was also a year of losses here are some of the great entertainers who left us. we said goodbye to multiple film legends cut douglas died at the age of $103.00. max fun sido also died with one of his final big appearances in the series game of thrones. the one he left us the french actor michel because. the italian film composer and. i am the british director alan parker i run. he made history as the 1st james bond so sean connery died at 90. but he never really liked his role as the iconic british spy. connery made some of his best films just off the 100 in his double 07 badge among them the epic adventure the man who would be king like yourself too and that is our film test for the years and the mark. can you forgive me. he hasn't survived to see his last pl

, i'd rather talk about shakespeare, he spent several hours discussing poetry from shakespeare and longfellow and others about death. there is a 750,000 americans died in civil war, that's where his mind was. it wasn't mission accomplished or i am the greatest or whatev whatever, i am the leader here, he was thinking about those who had died. it is quite moving and i think that's part of where democracy comes from, his ability to identify people of all classes. >> it's really interesting in the context and sometimes a difficult marriage this is really interesting but let me ask a few questions, i'll start with a simple one. why able? >> is a great question because he didn't like the name abe, he didn't like it when people called him abe. but he would not have been elected without the image of honest able or uncle abe, he knew in 1860, he was beloved among the people as abe so it's the whole idea in the book about the way he identified with average americans in the way they saw him and loved him. the people around him new he only wanted to become, be called abraham. he signed his name a lincol

"yes, the name's william shakespeare. hello? [ laughter ] they hung up." [ laughter ] that one got you man >> tariq: yeah >> jimmy: that's funny imagine living in the u.k. and being named after their greatest writer, william shakespeare. that's like living in the u.s. and being named after whoever writes the geico commercials [ laughter ] they're geniuses i don't know what's in the vaccine, but must be pretty amazing, 'cause after shakespeare got it, he challenged logan paul to a a boxing match [ laughter ] well, as the u.k. starts vaccinating, some news just broke about our own supply it turns out this summer the trump administration turned down pfizer when they asked if we wanted to buy more doses. trump knows he messed up, when asked about it, he was like "i'm only answering questions about mario lopez playing colonel sanders. speaking of the white house, i read that trump wants to hand out mass pardons to quote, "every person who ever talked to him, even people who don't need pardons." yep, trump's handing out mass pa

emerson taught the same way about shakespeare to he said shakespeare uses all of these scraps of old plays in lousy dramas and everything he transforms them into something new. and lincoln early on popular humor sometimes rather dirty humor or whatever. he also memorized very long poems by shakespeare any did not do this to impress people at cocktail parties. and listen to my latest film or something like that that i had memorized. he did it just because these passages meant something to him. once he read a passage a couple of times he had it memorized rates are right in the middle of his presidency he would break out they soliloquy by hammer it or claudius one of the great shakespearean tragedies that kind of thing. and even on april 9, 1865 when lee was surrendering to grant and lincoln was on a vote going from virginia to washington. he had been visiting gramps. everyone around him was cheering it was wonderful it was great. i think today we would've said it should accomplish with the big banner or something. lincoln said i would rather talk about shakespeare. i would rather talk

anderson thought the same way about shakespeare it's all the scraps of old plays and he transforms them into something new. lincoln early on was popular humor sometimes rather dirty humor or whatever but he also memorized long poems by shakespeare and he didn't do this to impress people at cocktail parties but even on april 9th, 6, 1865 when lee was surrendering to going from virginia to washington he had been visiting grant and everybody around him i would rather talk about shakespeare. he spent several hours discussing poetry from shakespeare and others about death and of the 750,000 americans who died in the civil war, that's where his mind was. it wasn't mission accomplished what i'm the greatest or whatever, he was thinking about those that have died. it is quite moving and that is part of for the democracy comes from and the ability to identify with people of all classes and backgrounds. >> to watch the rest of this, visit booktv.org and search for david reynolds or the title of his book using the search box at the top of the page. ♪

and emerson thought the same way about shakespeare. he says shakespeare uses all the scraps of old plays and lousy dramas and transforms them into something new, and lincoln early on was a big fan of popular humor, sometimes rather dirty humor but enemyized very long poems by shakespeare, by burns and he didn't do this to impress people at cocktail parties. and listen to my latest poem or something like that i've memorized. he did it just because these passages meant something to him, and once he read a passage a couple of timed had them enemy rised and right in the middle of his presidency he would break out with a long soliloquy by hamlet claudeus or one thereof great shakespearean tragedies and even on april 9th, 1865, when lee was surrendering to grant in an maddox and lincoln was on a boat going from virginia to washington. he had been visiting grant and everybody around him was cheering, isn't this wonderful, it's great and i guess today we would have said mission accomplished in a big banner but the lincoln said i'd rather talk

hash tag share your shakespeare. and steps from angola set to a south african beat this was the dance craze that spread through the web and the world like wildfire the jerusalem up. to. be. a year of lockdowns of dance challenges streaming films and concerts and 2020 was also a year of losses here are some of the great entertainers who left us. we said goodbye to multiple film legends cut douglas died at the age of $103.00. marks from seato also died with one of his final big appearances in the series game of thrones. the one who left us the french actor michel. the italian film composer and. i am the british director alan parker i run. he made history as the 1st james bond so sean connery died at 90. but he never really liked his role as the iconic british spy. connery made some of his best films just off 100 in his double life 7 badge among them the epic adventure the man who would be king like yourself too and that is our film test for the years and bloody mark. could you forgive me. hasn't survived to see his las

. >> max, shakespeare could not have scripted this better. the second person in the uk to get the vaccine is really named william shakespeare? >> of course. he was an inpatient 20 miles from shakespeare birthplace as well. i can't tell you how many people have come up to me here saying is it true that william shakespeare was vaccinated? yes, it's true. it's been a huge exercise but those two names rising to the top of today's excitement. >> absolutely. thank you, max. i appreciate it. >>> back here in the united states we have another example of why the vaccine rollout cannot come soon enough for the elderly. in washington state, seven residents of three different long-term care facilities died from coronavirus after health officials say staff members attended a large wedding. the elderly have been the hardest hit throughout the pandemic. and there's a report out showing the new wave of cases and death hitting these facilities right now. a one-month delay in distributing the vaccine to nursing home results could result in more than 10,000 pre

cuomo front time. >> two things, first, that william shakespeare guy is from the place where shakespeare was born. >> is he? i didn't know that. >> two, you don't know, my brother this christmas will bring out feels in you. even your blue blood will boil when you are going through all of it with wyatt seeing everything through his eyes. those beautiful cerulean blue eyes looking at you. you will experience everything anew in a way that you never imagined, love is going to come to you like i've never imagined. you'll

with the hash tag share your shakespeare. and steps from angola set to a south african beat this was the dance craze that spread through the web and the world like wildfire the jerusalem up. to. a year of walk down of dance challenges streaming films and concerts and 2020 was also a year of losses here are some of the great entertainers who left us. we said goodbye to multiple film legends cut douglas died at the age of $103.00. marks fun sido also died with one of his final big appearances in the series game of thrones. and now the one who left us the french actor michel. the italian film composer and. i and the british director alan parker i run. he made history as the 1st james bond so sean connery died at 90. but he never really liked his role as the iconic british spy. connery made some of his best films just off the 100 in his double a 7 badge among them the epic adventure the man who would be king like yourself too and that is our film test for the years and bloody mark. can you forgive me. hasn't survived to see his l

with a hash tag share your shakespeare. and steps from angola to a south african beat this was the dance craze that spread through the web and the world like wildfire the jerusalem up. to. a year of walk down of dance challenges streaming films and concerts and 2020 was also a year of losses here are some of the great entertainers who left us. we said goodbye to multiple film legends cut douglas died at the age of $103.00. also died with one of his final big appearances in the series game of thrones. the one who left us the french actor michel because. the italian film composer. and the british director alan parker i run. he made history as the 1st james bond so sean connery died at 90. but he never really liked his role as the iconic british spy. connery made some of his best films just off the 100 in his double 07 badge among them the epic adventure the man who would be king like yourself too and that is our film test for the years and bloody mark. can you forgive me. he hasn't survived to see his last plans put into acti

shakespeare received his jab at a hospital in coventry not far from where england's great dramatist him poet was born the famous name inspired some wits with comments like the taming of the flu and the 2 gentlemen of corona. some asked if the woman who received the 1st jab if she was patient one day then was shakespear patient to be or not to be. here in germany the country's top scientists are recommending a much tougher campaign to stop the coronavirus one that does not allow any exceptions for christmas or new years today the country's national academy of sciences known as leopold dina's said the government should consider a 2 week nationwide hard lockdown starting on december 24th several states including bavaria have already announced curfews and stay at home orders. with the christmas shopping season in full swing many people are probably thinking more about presents than hospitals but statistics say more than 4000 patients are being treated for cope with 19 and germany's intensive care units due to its high number of infections saxony has taken a decisive step. sensually scho

shakespeare received his jab at a hospital in coventry not far from where england's great dramatist him poets was born the famous name inspired some wits with comments like the taming of the flu and the 2 gentlemen of corona. some asked if the woman who received the 1st jab if she was patient one day then was shakespeare patient to be or not to be. here in germany the country's top scientists are recommending a much tougher campaign to stop the coronavirus one that does not allow any exceptions for christmas or new years today the country's national academy of sciences known as leopold dina's said the government should consider a 2 week nationwide hard lockdown starting on december 24th several states including bavaria have already announced curfews and stay at home orders. with the christmas shopping season in full swing many people are probably thinking more about presents than hospitals but statistics say more than 4000 patients are being treated for cope with 19 and germany's intensive care units due to its high number of infections saxony has taken a decisive step. in this is a

it did sound too could be true we heard that william shakespeare was the second person to get it, because ministers been claiming it'sa get it, because ministers been claiming it's a great victory for britain and england. sol claiming it's a great victory for britain and england. so i think they will have been well pleased if it wasjust a will have been well pleased if it was just a coincidence, will have been well pleased if it wasjust a coincidence, but i'm afraid the retired spin doctor in me suspects perhaps it was not. no spin doctor ever retires, do they? 4 million doses before christmas, that's a lot. in only three weeks you think that's possible? that's certainly what matt hancock has said, millions of doses before christmas. we know that from today vaccine has been rolled out, at hospital hubs from next week that will expand to 300 gp hubs, of course there's the logistical challenges with the pfizer vaccine that needs to be kept at this extremely low temperature of —70 degrees switch presents some issues. but if the vaccines are arriving and getting rolled out that's great news

he spent several hours discussing poetry from shakespeare and longfellow and others about death. in his mind, was really on the 750,000 americans who died in the civil war. that's where his mind was. and it wasn't, hey, mission accomplished or i'm the greatest or whatever like that. i'm the leader here. he was thinking about those who had died. and you know, it's quite moving and i think that's part of where his democracy comes from and his ability to identify, with really people of all, you know, all classes and all backgrounds. backgrounds. >> so the book is chockful of these interesting sides to help us understand lincoln sometimes how he fits into the culture and somehow how he departs. marriage, was there marriage, typical middle class marriage or was it some ways different, an interesting section on the origi origins, in god we trust, things like that. and let me ask you about the general themes, but let me start with the simpler ones. why abe? why not abraham lincoln? >> that's a good question. he didn't like the name abe, he didn't like when people called him abe yet, i w

he talked about shakespeare too and said shakespeare uses all the scraps of old plays and lousy [inaudible] and transformed him into something new and lincoln early on was of popular humor sometimes rather dirty humor or whatever but also memorized long poems shakespeare by burns and did not do this to impress people at cocktail parties [inaudible] but he did it just because these passages meant something to him and once he read a passage a couple of times he had it memorized and in the middle of it presidency he would break out with a long soliloquy about him or by claudius or one of the great shakespearean tragedies and even on april 91865 when lee was surrendering to grant at appomattox and lincoln was going from virginia to washington because he had been visiting grant and everyone was cheering and it's wonderful and great and i guess today we would've said wishing accomplished in a big banner but lincoln said i'd rather talk about shakespeare and rather talk about longfellow and he spent several hours discussing poetry from shakespeare and longfellow and others about death and it was

perfectly british the second person to receive the vaccine an 81-year-old man, aptly named william shakespeare. as people received their vaccines in the uk the president, president trump, says he's going today to sign an executive order aimed at prioritizing the shipment of vaccines to americans before any other nations. that's according to senior administration officials, but he can't really do that. >> well, the chief scientific adviser for operation warped speed was asked about this this morning. listen to his answer. >> can you explain this executive order the president is going to be putting out? i don't quite understand it. he says foreign countries won't be able to get the vaccine before anyone in the united states gets it. it sounds like the problem is the opposite, pfizer has made deals with other countries that is going to limit the supply here. >> frankly i don't know and frankly i'm staying out of this. i can't comment. >> you don't know? >> he's in charge of the vaccine rollout, by the way, as appointed by the administration and he is saying he doesn't want to get involved in it.

is from the place william shakespeare was born. and you don't even know my brother. this christmas is going to bring out feels in you. your blue blood will boil when you are going through all of it with

shakespeare received his jab at a hospital in coventry not far from where england's great dramatist him poet was born the famous name inspired some wits with comments like the taming of the flu and the 2 gentlemen of corona. some asked if the woman who received the 1st jab if she was patient one day then was shakespear patient to be or not to be. here in germany the country's top scientists are recommending a much tougher campaign to stop the coronavirus one that does not allow any exceptions for christmas or new years today the country's national academy of sciences known as leopold dean and said the government should consider a 2 week nationwide hard lockdown starting on december 24th several states including bavaria have already announced curfews and stay at home orders. with the christmas shopping season in full swing many people are probably thinking more about presents than hospitals but statistics say more than 4000 patients are being treated for cope at 19 and germany's intensive care units due to its high number of infections saxony has taken a decisive step. in these an es

shakespeare received his jab at a hospital in coventry not far from where england's great dramatist him poets was born the famous name inspired some wits with comments like the taming of the flu and the 2 gentlemen of corona. some asked if the woman who received the 1st jab if she was patient one day then was shakespeare patient to be or not to be. here in germany the country's top scientists are recommending a much tougher campaign to stop the corona virus one that does not allow any exceptions for christmas or new years today the country's national academy of sciences known as leopold dina's said the government should consider a 2 week nationwide hard lockdown starting on december 24th several states including bavaria have already announced curfews and stay at home orders. with the christmas shopping season in full swing many people are probably thinking more about presents than hospitals but statistics say more than 4000 patients are being treated for cope with 19 and germany's intensive care units due to its high number of infections saxony has taken a decisive step. even if it

william shakespeare has been vaccinated against coronavirus. he was among the first patients to be inoculated in the u.k. that began distributing pfizer's vaccine. president trump held a vaccine summit and signed an executive order that would give americans priority when it comes to vaccine access. the u.s. topped 15 million total cases according to johns hopkins university. for the fifth straight day, californians saw a record number of coronavirus patients in the icu. there is also a record number of hospitalized patients. also, for the first time, the number of california lives lost to coronavirus topped 20,000. and marin county put the state's regional stay-at-home order into effect shutting down salons and gyms and limiting restaurants to takeout and delivery service. >>> santa clara officials allowed for a plan for self-swabbing. >> do it yourself, the effort could preserve valuable ppe and make sure nurses are staffed where needed the most. chris nguyen is in san jose. >> reporter: in one of the areas hit hardest by the covid-19 pandemic

the second was a man named william shakespeare. >> the first western nation to approve pfizer's vaccine candidate. richard engel is there with a look at the excitement and the long road ahead to get everyone vaccinated. >> reporter: marcus, laura, it's finally begun. the vaccine rollout program started this morning in the uk. in fact, it began at this hospital in coventry north of london. the first person to get the vaccine patient a, as they are calling her, is a 90-year-old woman from northern ireland originally. she did well. the nurses gave her the shot, said she barely felt it. she's expected to go home and join her family today. >> i can't really answer the question yet. it's just really -- i don't know what to say. >> reporter: this is a historic time. many say the beginning of the end of the pandemic. still a long way to go but it started here this morning and is expected to continue. a very important day. back to you. >> thanks, richard. richard engel reporting from the uk. >>> no doubt this week for days and weeks ahead w

we said maggie at 90 take hers also bill shakespeare has taken his. talk about this rollout, how it's going, how it's progressing and the confidence people have in this. >> good morning to you. and i think v day from here on should be known as vaccination day. vaccination rollout has begun in the uk and already we have great news bound to bring a smile to people's faces. margaret kenan, 90 years old, about to turn 91, and this is the best early birthday present that she could think of because it means she's going to be able to spend time with friends and family next year, after spending this year alone. >> it hasn't sunk in yet. i can't really answer the question yet. it's just really, i don't know what to say, it's just my first is the family really. it's the best thing that's ever happened, and the moment, please offer it. that's all i say, you know. if i can do it, well, so can you. >> reporter: she's got two children, four grandchildren. she won't be immune in time for christmas. there are two jabs, 21 days apart, and according to nhs guidance, it

. >>> next on americanis t ihisto, democratic chief counsel michael evans discusses how shakespeare has been invoked in congressional debates and the political lessons learned from his plays, especially the tragedies. this lasts about an hour. >>> today is very special. mike evans comes to us a graduate of salem state university where he was just granted an honorary dock rate for his significant

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right behind margaret, william shakespe shakespear. back here at home tonight, the fda set to give emergency authorization as early as thursday. and tonight, the fda has confirmed it is effective and safe. and they shared this graph today of covid cases among trial participants. the red line showing covid cases among people who got the placebo, not the vaccine. the blue line, the rate of infection among those who actually got the vaccine, virtually flat there. so, what's unfolding right now in the uk tonight and what does it tell us about what could happen here and soon? abc's james longman leading us off tonight from london. >> reporter: 90-year-old grandmother margaret keenan making history. tonight, the first of millions who will get the pfizer biontech vaccine. the retired jewelry shop assistant wearing a christmas shirt, looking forward to the holiday after saying she spent a year in near isolation. >> i'm spending christmas with four of my family members. but i'm just looking forward to christmas, yes i am. >> reporter: they're c

a storybook moment for 81-year-old william shakespeare. yes, he is named after the playwright. the second to receive the life-changing shot. >> groundbreaking, i think. >> reporter: the u.s. now on the verge of vaccine authorization. tonight, the fda releasing analysis of data from pfizer showing how effective it has been in trials. look at that blue line. it's the low rate of people who got covid after getting the vaccine. compare it with the red line. that's people on the placebo who got the virus. by the end of the study, of those who got the real vaccine, only eight got infected. in the placebo group, 162 got covid. the fda also saying they believe there's ample evidence the vaccine works and is safe in people 16 and over. pfizer optimistic that the agency will grant emergency use with a meeting in less than 48 hours. >> we have answers, we believe, to every question they will ask. and i think they will vote yes. >> reporter: the vaccine could start arriving within 24 hours of a green light. in seattle, they're training with new specialized freezers that can store the doses

william shakespeare getting his vaccine the other day in the uk. meg, thanks so much. we'll check back in soon. our meg tirrell with the late for us. >> in the first wave pfizer is shipping nearly 3 million doses of covid-19 vaccine across the country. the vaccine is the fastest ever to be developed and walgreens has been moving just as quickly to prepare for this historic day. joining us now is wall green's group vice president of pharmacy operations and services. it's great to have you here. what happens at walgreens today? >> thank you so much for having me. really appreciate the opportunity. we have been similar to how it's been for the last couple of months. we have been actively preparing for this moment for when vaccine is available, so we have all of our teams ready to go so that when vaccine does come to our locations we can go ahead to kt at rate is our plan to support the health care workers and the activating the long-term care facility plans next week as they move forward. >> so just to be clear, when i think of wall green, i think of the general public, a

and william shakespeare. william shakespeare was number two. apparently even from warwickshire like the playwrights himself. perhaps a little bit too good to be true given that the government are keen to present this somehow as a very english or british victory when actually of course this particular vaccine is being produced in belgium. and coming across the channel in large numbers. this paper cannot good news without the picture of the queen and members of the royal family meeting at windsor castle. but we are not putting a damper on things, but is pointing out that this is the start of a long battle. and that people still do need to be careful, masks for a year despite vaccines, and for some elderly people who have perhaps been looking forward to seeing their children and grandchildren, or great—grandchildren as indeed the queen has, a lot of care still needed. that's right. maybe a slight disappointment to hear those messages, particularly the timeline of the year. we've already had the prime minister and downing street stressing the rol

during shakespeare's theatres have been closed. during sha kespeare's lifetime because of the bubonic plague, the theatres were shut off and for yea rs the theatres were shut off and for years at the time and during one of those breaks, shakespeare not able to act, wrote three plays, if any cleopatra, mcbeth and that's what he did with his lockdown and so that to be an inspiration. and, during the war, theatres closed, particularly in london, during the blitz. but we spring back. receiving the coronavirus vaccine. i am on social media. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbckasiamadera. hello there. on wednesday, we saw a pretty deep area of low pressure sweep up from the south to bring rain and gales, particularly to western areas. today, though, it's looking a bit quieter. we're in between weather systems, so we should see a good deal of sunshine around. it'll stay quite breezy too, though, not quite as windy as it has been. so that's wednesday's low pushing away to the north of the uk. this feature will come in during thursday

. >> sk second to receive the vaccine was a gentleman called william shakespeare. he would have had his name written on a card-like that. it shows he was vaccinated and has another dose coming up in three weeks time. i'm showing you this because there's a bit of debate about them. it is an immunization passport, a slippery slope some would call it, officials saying it's simply another appointment card. whilst this hub system of hospitals appears to be working, it will be much tougher when they take the vaccines out into doctor's offices and care homes because of the vaccine the vacci temperature the vaccine has to be held ouat. and it doesn't come ready made. it has to be mixed on site, so they have to have a team of pharmacists on site. we're learning a lot of lessons so far. >> max, to be vaccinated or not to be, that's the question i feel today. >> what's in a name. what's in a name? >> yes. >> sorry, max, you have to endure this. >> william shakespeare is the second person to get it. sherlock holmes and james bond are next in line. >> we can quote him some rele

with the hash tag share your shakespeare. and steps from angola to a south african beat this was the dance craze that spread through the web and the world like wildfire the jerusalem up. to. a year of walk down of dance challenges streaming films and concerts and 2020 was also a year of losses here are some of the great entertainers who left us. we said goodbye to multiple film legends douglas died at the age of $103.00. marks from seato also died with one of his final big appearances in the series game of thrones. and now the one who left us the french actor michel. the italian film composer and no more to call me. i am the british director alan parker i bond. james bond. 0 he made history as the 1st james bond so sean connery died at 90. but he never really liked his role as the iconic british spy. connery made some of his best films just off the 100 in his double 07 badge among men the epic adventure the man who would be king like yourself too and that is our film test for the years and bloody mark. can you forgive me. he

this really is 81—year—old william shakespeare. it could make a difference to our lives from now on, couldn't it? the start of changing out couldn't it? the start of changing our lives and our lifestyle. you've made history today. back in bristol, no sign of any side effects for jack. thank you, all. grateful and finally able to plan a future. jon kay, bbc news. well, it's the biggest vaccination programme in nhs history and the beginning of the road back to some sort of normality. the health secretary for england matt hancock says he hopes current restrictions will be lifted by the spring and people will able to go on summer holidays. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns looks at some of the big questions surrounding the covid jab. the first thing most people want to know is when they'll get the vaccine, and generally the answer is no time soon. we've got around 800,000 doses of this pfizer vaccine to start with. that's enough for 400,000 people. so, the plan is to start with the most vulnerable — over a tease, care home sta

the european commission president turn to shakespeare to express her mixed emotions i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly speaking in relief. i know this is a difficulty for some. and to a lot of friends in the united kingdom i want to say 3rd team is such sweet sorrow . the $27.00 e.u. governments and the u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st the end of the year should also close out a difficult divorce. we can cross over to brussels correspondent max sand hi there max good to see you both sides are sitting this as a success but other any real winners here yeah kristie let me let me start by by by saying that this is most likely the 1st trade deal in history that hasn't made the trade relations better but effectively worse now what you got was access to the e.u.'s internal market with 0 quotas 0 terrorist but under strict rules this is going to avoid chaos at the end of the year and cushion the fallout of brics and so this could be seen as a win for both sides in a way of course in the 1st place this wouldn't have been strictly necessary now this is a ve

the european commission president turn to shakespeare to express her mixed emotions i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly speaking relief. i know this is a difficulty for some. and to our friends in the united kingdom i want to say it. is such sweet sorrow. for $27.00 b. you governments and the u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st the end of the year should also close out a difficult divorce. all right so for more on the steel we can cross over talk our spondon in london and in brussels big of mosse and max and of welcome to the both a few top of the morning big surprise going to surprise johnson has finally got breaks it down as he promised when he 1st took office how's he been selling disagreement well you told the british people in the video that you put out on social media that this is the deal is the ideal reading material for your post christmas lunch he said it's happy christmas tidings and he basically said that he was able to keep his promise that he is the one who delivers on the spreads the deal which he has promised all along was going to be

cut off from a year's university exchange program erasmus the european commission president turned to shakespeare to express her mixed emotions i only feel quite satisfaction and friend to speak in relief. and i know this is a difficulty for some. and to our friends in the united kingdom i want to see her team is such sweet sorrow. the 27 e.u. governments and the u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st. for more let's bring in our correspondents in london and brussels big mouth and alexander from naaman welcome to the both of you big prime minister of bars johnson has achieved what he promised when he took office finally getting bracks it done how has he been selling this agreement he sold it as the big christmas tree he pulled it out under the christmas tree for a video on social media and was and courage in britain's to read it after a long christmas lunch in case anybody had time for the 2000 page document on the day like that but no seriously it's really all about him keeping his promise he was elected on the brick sedation he said i will have this deal with the europea

the european commission president turn to shakespeare to express her mixed emotions i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly speaking relief. i know this is a difficult day for some. and to our friends in the united kingdom i want to see. is such sweet sorrow. for $27.00 b. you governments and the u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st the end of the year should also close out a difficult divorce. all right so for more on the steel we can cross over talk our spondon in london and in brussels big of mass and max and of welcome to the both a few top of the morning big yes so prime minister abbas johnson has finally got breaks it down as he promised when he 1st took office how's he been selling this agreement well you told the british people in the video that you put out on social media that this is the deal is the ideal reading material for your post christmas lunch he said it's happy christmas tidings and he basically said that he was able to keep his promise that he is the one who delivers on the spreads the deal which he has promised all along was going to b

the european commission president turn to shakespeare to express her mixed emotions i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly seeking relief. i know this is a difficulty for some. and to our friends in the united kingdom i want to see 13 is such sweet sorrow. to $27.00 b. you governments around the u.k. parliament must now sign off on the deal by december 31st the end of the year should also close out a difficult divorce. all right so for more on the steel we can cross over talk our spondon in london and in brussels big of moss and max and of welcome to the both a few top of the morning big as so prime minister boris johnson has finally got breaks it down as he promised when he 1st took office how's he been selling this agreement well you told the british people in the video that you put out on social media that this is the deal is the ideal reading material for your post christmas lunch he said it's happy christmas tidings and he basically said that he was able to keep his promise that he is the one who delivers on the spreads the deal which he has promised all along was going to be

shakespeare and company is a magnet for tourists and persians alike. the shop's turnover has fallen by 80 percent since the pandemic began, but orders have flooded in since staff alerted a social media to its lights. well, thousands of farmers have blocked roads into india's capital daily to protest agricultural reforms. the same in the new laws to deregulate crop pricing will leave them at the mercy of big corporations. in response, a prime minister, narendra modi said, protesters are being misled by opposition parties, and that the laws will benefit them. these $20000.00 farmers aren't going anywhere their trucks and tractors, blocking major highways, sneak in the is capital h. about tract is loaded with russians for up to 4 months. until the time the government reverses these new agricultural laws, none of us will go back to the families feel their livelihoods are under threat. new laws mean the government will soon stop buying grain at guaranteed prices. the pharmacy claim that could leave them at the mercy of corporations who won't pay enough for