Thousands to protect the capitol in advance of next weeks inauguration, were going to start our news tonight with something that actually happened quite far from d. C. Today, something that nevertheless, i think helps with the story of how we got to this chaotic and violent national moment. I want to start tonight in a county courtroom this afternoon. In the proceedings in this county courtroom this afternoon, proceedings because of the pandemic had to happen over zoom just like all of our work meetings and School Meetings do, but still hard to get used to seeing that be the case for Court Proceedings. Nevertheless, here it was. Okay. Okay. I got okay. Good morning. Can you hear me over there . Yes, your honor. Yes, your honor. Okay. I got to get the attorney general in another window here. Just a moment. Then were going to start. Okay. Here goes. All right there. Our attorney general, can you hear me . I can, your honor. Yes, your honor, thank you. Okay. Everybody can hear me. Everybo
In fact, one that has revealed in sharp relief the political and security crises will inherit from his predecessor. President elect biden has his gaze fixed on the other crisis on the nation he set to lead. The staggering toll that the coronavirus has taken on this country and incomprehensive loss of human life brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. President elect bidens first stop, memorial for the more than 400,000 moms, dads, neighbors, and even children. The historic human tragedy thats certain to define his presidency remains president elect bidens central focus as the pomp and circumstance around his inauguration gets under way. Today, joe biden is arriving in a washington that appears very much to be on a war footing in the wake of the deadly insurrection just 13 days ago with 25,000 National Guard troops on alert amid ongoing fears of threats from the far right fringe of our politics. Overturn joe bidens indisputable and sizable victory. When he takes his place, he will not b
But with all eyes on washington right now, where the National Guard is massing by the tens of thousands to protect the capitol in advance of next weeks inauguration, were going to start our news tonight with something that actually happened quite far from d. C. Today, something that nevertheless, i think helps with the story of how we got to this chaotic and violent national moment. I want to start tonight in a county courtroom this afternoon. In the proceedings in this county courtroom this afternoon, proceedings because of the pandemic had to happen over zoom just like all of our work meetings and School Meetings do, but still hard to get used to seeing that be the case for Court Proceedings. Nevertheless, here it was. Okay. Okay. I got okay. Good morning. Can you hear me over there . Yes, your honor. Yes, your honor. Okay. I got to get the attorney general in another window here. Just a moment. Then were going to start. Okay. Here goes. All right there. Our attorney general, can you
As midfebruary. The cdc has already warned that the new and more contagious covid19 variant will likely cause another major surge by march. President biden has unveiled what i calls a full scale wartime effort to combat and defeat the disease. And he is not afraid to tell the American People the truth about what were inagainst. In the next few months, masks, not vaccinations, are the single best defense that we have against covid19. Medical experts say that by Wearing Masks from now until april, we will save more than 50,000 lives. Ill always level with you. I promise you. And the brutal truth is that things will get worse the next several months before they get better. We didnt get into this mess overnight, it will take time for us to turn things around. But we also have to act now, now, with urgency and unity as the United States of america. Meanwhile the failed former president has spoken publicly for the First Time Since fleeing to florida telling the Washington Examiner reporter w
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening. Thanks for joining us. Secretary of state john kerry traveled today to cairo to try to enlist egypts support in what the white house describes as americas war against the Islamic State, also known as isil. Egypt is the most populous country in the arab world. It will be our goal in every meeting that we have on the international basis, together, working to degrade and ultimately to defeat isil. Sreenivasan in his weekly radio address, president obama also emphasized the need to build an Arab Coalition to fight the extremist group, which has seized significant portions of syria a