And there is billions of dollars communities will be able to use for policing. And the frustrations of being the negotiator in chief, Infrastructure Talks between that Bipartisan Group of senators and the white house havent just hit a pothole, they are at the edge of a chasm over some big Sticking Points. The latest on that this just moments. Were following Breaking News as well out of the Supreme Court. A big decision on students free speech. It is an 81 ruling that former cheerleaders online profanity about her school is protected under the first amendment. Pete williams has read over the decision. What stands out to you . What stands out to me is who things. What the Supreme Court is saying here is that it is wiping out a Lower Court Ruling that said that schools can never punish students for what they say off campus. The court doesnt go that far. But it is the next best thing to that far as far as free speech advocates are concerned. Because the Court Suggests that the circumstance
Applications with the fda. Three companies ha shown promising data for efficacy and ase three trials. Tore owif that supported candidates are on the way in the final phase of Clinical Trials. Fda has now scheduled a meeting the Vaccine Committee to review on december 17 foowing pfizer meeting on december 10th we also learned this morning the United Kingdom is grted mthorization to the fraser vaccine. To have enougho vaccinate ery american who wantit because of operation warp speed we expect to be at that point i the spring. Having substantial quantities of th safee and effective vaccine thats been authorized by the fda before the end of the year is a remarkable aievement and willtart saving lives very soon. As all o of you likely know yestery the cdc held a meeting on immunization practices that issued recomndations to the leadership o how vaccines can be equitably distributed. These recommendations will be used bytates to develop the best prioritization system for thei own citizens. S
Both republicans. In a tweet today the president said why wont governor, the helpless governor of georgia uses Emergency Powers which can be easily done to overrule his obstinate secretary of state and do massive signatures on envelopes. It would be a gold mine of fraud. And we will easily win the state,. Secretary of state brad a rothenberg or said they are more hundred 50 voter fraud investigations going on there. But he is also pushing back against the president saying quote there is those exploding the emotions of Trump Supporters with halftruths, misinformation, and frankly theyre misleading the presiden president. And if that were not enough President Trump opening up a new front in his battle to overturn the election. Telling maria that the fbi and d. O. J. Might have been involved in hijacking the election. This election was rigged. This election was a total fraud. And it continues to be as they hide. And the problem we have, we go to judges, people dont want to get involved. S
With not all 60 g. B. In which capable of making an instalment rational decision. Bring the stories you might not find anywhere else. Well, thats a great start. This is our national as always good to have you with us a very warm welcome to the program. I want to start us off. We go to germany where at least 4 people have been killed in a call ramming. A driver has been arrested off to crashing into pedestrians a high speed in the western city of tria. The fatalities include one child and more than a dozen other people injured. Peter has the story on tuesday afternoon, a silver gray s. U. V. Plowing through people out in a pedestrian area of the southwestern city of trivia, some absolute Horror Stories from eyewitnesses being recounted to local media, talk of a, a one kilometer long trail of destruction. Through this part of central trio, were hearing of people being thrown into the air after having been struck by an s. U. V. That was accelerating into crowds of people. Theres even stor
American Health Care Association with us to talk about the impact of covid19 and Health Care Facilities and Nursing Homes across the country. Good morning. Guest good morning, bill. Host since the pandemic began first of all, give us numbers on how many facilities, assisted living facilities, your organization represents. Guest about 15,000 Nursing Homes in the country and about 35,000 assisted living. We represent 10,000 out of 5000 out of the 35,000. Host what are the changes you have made to address the issues, the spread of the virus, the deaths in those facilities . Guest i think the challenges really been learning about the virus. Early on nobody really knew about the virus. It was hard to control. We did not know so many people who did not have symptoms could spread it. We did not have availability of testing. We did not know what the right practices were. So it was very hard to control for the first several months. I think now that we have a better sense we are starting to get