Buying the Washington Post newspaper for 250 million. This deal ends the graham familys 80 years of ownership. He calls this acquisition a personal endeavor. Not amazon money hes using, this is his very own. And chairman and ceo don graham talking about this deal. Jeff reached out to me less than a month ago. We met at a Conference Face to face, twice, the second week in july. We spent an hour together. He asked for time to study the numbers, we then spent another two hours together. And at the end of it, he said he thought he wanted to go ahead, but he obviously, he and his team needed time to look over the business and understand it more thoroughly. And then we he did and we quickly reached a deal. Shares of Washington Post climbing to the highest level in almost five years. 588 and change. Almost up 20 on this news. And this is something that were really focused on just because of the journalism and everything. We have to. But the graham family. The graham family, giving it up after
Aimed at tackling coronavirus in the us. Among new measures announced on mr biden s first full day in office all passengers flying to us will need to quarantine on arrival. Mr biden called for americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office, warning that the countrys death toll would soon reach half a million. Us Infectious Diseases expert Anthony Fauci expects most americans to be vaccinated by mid 2021 and a return to some normalcy by the fall. It comes as the us announced it will rejoin the world health organization. Here in the uk, Prime Minister borisjohnson says its too early to say whether Englands Covid restrictions will be lifted in the spring. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are former fleet street editor eve pollard and columnist at the article, ali miraj. Tomorrows front pages starting with. The Daily Telegraph reports ministers are considering paying £500 to everyone who tests positive for covid, un
Says everyone should consider getting one, as our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. It couldve ended completely differently. So, you know, i suppose i do owe them my life, really. Dorset, where theyve taken the fight against the coronavirus into peoples homes. Lessons learned from the first wave have highlighted the danger of leaving some patients to sit out the infection alone. We have seen people who are critically low on oxygen, and weve heard stories of people dying at home, because they havent been recognised. So, i do think this simple hit of kit really could save your life. The bit of kit is a small relatively cheap device known as an oximeter, which measures oxygen levels in the blood. Covid positive patients like michael kerr, who are aged 65 and over, or who are at high risk, are now being given the devices by gps and then monitored. Yeah, im fine. I feel certainly. Oximeters are seen as vital because some patients with the virus are not breathless despite havin
Massive winter storm blanketing almost half of this country. In some places in the continental United States they are colder than the north pole. Other parts of the country its a whiteout, drivers urged off the roads, 100 million americans hunkering down tonight. Our extreme weather team is out in force. Right there in the snow drift we begin with abcs gio benitez in chicago where it is piling up. Gio. Reporter it sure is, diane. Good evening to you from a snowy chicagoland. Its getting colder and colder. 12 degrees right now. It feels like two below zero. This stuff isnt just fluffy. Its downright relentless. From blaring sirens in evanston, illinois, alerting residents to a snow emergency, to a chicago whiteout, up to 18 inches of fresh snow in places. The midwest is a blowing, snowing, deep freeze. Officials too, sounding a warning. We ask that residents check on the wellbeing of residents, friends and neighbors. Reporter the citys full fleet of 287 snow plows and salt spreaders dom
Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening and happy new year. The holidays may come to an early end for a lot of people trying to get home now as a major snowstorm blankets a wide swath of the country, potentially snarling a lot of travel plans. Tonight that storm system is picking up steam across the Great Lakes Region in cities like chicago and detroit. And several inches of snow starting tomorrow. Flights have been canceled, including 600 at Ohare Airport. Weve got it covered tonight. And begin with nbcs kevin contin reporter this heads east and people are getting prepared for a lot of snow and cold. Dangerous sub zero temperatures made for miserable work as emergency crews battled an apparent gas explosion and fire in minneapolis. 14 injured, six critically. Some residents had to be rescued by firefighters. You can imagine if youre trying to advance a heavy hose line on an ice skating rink. Repo