Nigerian farmers murdered by armed men on motorcycles. And the mass resignation of hong kong opposition lawmakers means there is no longer any resistance in government to beijing. We will hear from one make our who joined the stand of defiance. And in sports, a frightening crash leaves racing fans breathless. But the formula one driver escapes with his life, look at this walking away from a great all of fire ball of fire. I am brent goff in berlin. To our viewers in pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome. As november ends and to sever begins, the race for an approved december begins with the race for an approved corona vaccine. Mode dare not applying for emergency approval for its Covid Vaccine in europe and the United States. That could lead to distribution in the United States as soon as sometime in december. The company says full trial results show its vaccine was 94 effective, note serious safety concerns. The filing sets up but derrida modernas product to be the se
Numbers. We close in on counties beginning the certification process. I know there were questions mainly concerning the military ballots, which were the last ones to come in on friday. With that, at the end of the were 18,407 military votes that were accepted and outstanding, which means they cannot come in now, but those were the out there available and ones could have come in but did not, 7786. Separate from that was regular absentee ballots. So with that, the ballots cast were 1,303,749 absentee ballots, and then theres 126,400 that were not cast. You will see that the lower number than the original request because we literally had hundreds of thousands of people show up to vote in person that had absentee ballots canceled, which is a process legal in in the state of georgia. So far, weve seen a little over 7000 provisionals had been a part of the reports that if have come in from the counties. We know at least 7300 provisionals have been accepted already and continue to work with c
Fulton versus city of philadelphia. The honorable chief justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Oye, oye, oye. All persons having business honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to get their attention for the court is now sitting. God save the United States and this honorable court. Roberts we will hear argument this morning in case number 19120 three, fulton versus city of philadelphia. Ms. Windham . Mr. Chief justice and may it please the court. The courts below made a civil error. They fail to understand where smith controls and where does not. Smith does not control where a government uses individual exemptions or makes other exceptions that undermine rules or when it changes rules to prohibit a religious practice. Philadelphia made all three errors here. The city cannot identify a neutral, generally applicable law after six attempt. Attempts. It now acknowledges its decisions are subjective and individualized. Yet the cou
Formalci, biden, a transition to as administration began monday. He said his team had spoken with you. Who did you talk with specifically on his team and when will you meet with him directly . Base with theed chief of staff, ron klain. We do not talk about the nuts and bolts. Obviously, soon we will be getting the Transition Team and the task force to give them the information that would make their assuming the responsibilities easier and more efficient. Serveif asked, which you on a Biden Administration Coronavirus Task force . Guest of course. Host what are you anticipating from the Biden Administration, specifically on the idea of testing and tracing . Guest i dont want to get ahead of them. They will have their agenda. We will discuss it together. I certainly will give them recommendations, but i dont want to get ahead of them and make announcements of what they should do. We really need to sit down and talk together and then we will come out with that. Host we want to give you a c
Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Katty this is bbc world news america. The, joe biden says, his back, even if this transition is anything but normal the United States, joe biden says, is back, even if this transition is anything but normal. Longawaited report of the sex abuse by a former u. S. Cardinal finds failings by past vatican officials, including popes. We published the report with sorrow, to the victims, their families, the church in the United States and the universal church. Katty how will they Coronavirus Vaccine be distributed around the world . Welcome. Joe biden is pushing back against republican efforts to undermine his victory. At the current president tweets his outrage in all caps, mr. Biden is deliberately calm, telling reporters he is getting on with the job of building the next administration