Happy new year, right . Yeah, thanks a lot. Well, as you get back into your routine, remember you can get the power of storm team4 any time anywhere. Open up the nbc washington app on your phone. The bitter fold is keeping firefighters in our region busy tonight. Thats right. We have had a rash of house fires, many of them the result of people just trying to stay warm overnight. D. C. Fire crews battled the flames at a row house in northwest and at an Apartment Building in southeast. In virginia, firefighters were called to homes in annandale and in arlington, and in maryland there were 12 fires in Montgomery County alone this weekend. And there was a tragic end to a fire in annandale, a 94yearold world war ii veteran wasnt able to make it out in time. News4s amee cho has been talking to folks who knew him and joins us live from the neighborhood. Amee . Reporter meagan, his name was louis they called him mr. Lou. He loved to have fun and used a walker and maybe thats why he wasnt able
Support, republicans pause their infighting to suggest cutting Unemployment Benefits to just 100 a week. And he warned us, impeachment manager adam schiff, on reports that the president tried to get business for his golf resort through the American Ambassador to britain when all in starts right now. Good evening from philadelphia. Im in for chris hayes. When a country starts to slip into facism, the way it often works is that it happens slowly over time. You start to see institutions and norms break down little by little. Here in the United States with president donald trump, we have seen this slow chipping away of norms. But in the face of a raging pandemic, an economic recession, historic unrest, were seeing it happen more than ever. The president restarted his daily coronavirus briefings yesterday. In the past, these briefings included doctors and scientists and Public Health officials who could dispense medical information. But now the president is appearing the loan. Hes trying to
America through the coronavirus pandemic. The leadership of president dt. We did a lot of things right. More than six months after the first confirmed case of coronavirus in america, we are seeing record levels of cases and deaths from the virus. Trump has resumed his daily side show, trying to bolster his fake narrative that everything is totally under control. Holding yet another of his new quote unquote beliriefings, wito health experts, since they might disrupt with facts. Yesterday, he begin said the virus will just disappear. On tuesday, the u. S. Recorded more than 1,000 deaths. The most in a single day since late june. More than 143,000 americans have now lost their lives. And the number of confirmed cases is poised to break 4 million. We all know donald trump has a pin pinchon for nicknames so nancy pelosi has now branded him. It is a pandemic. That has gotten worse before it will get better. Because of his inaction and in fact clearly, it is the trump virus. And despite all o
He scores stanley cup champions touchdown only mahomes. The big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. Lets look at the headlines concerning the coronavirus pandemic. Several states, including arizona, california, florida are reporting new record high death tolls on a daily basis with florida seeing its fourth new record this week. Now florida already at the heart of a pandemic is bracing for the impending arrival of a hurricane. Floridas governor declared a state of emergency for the county along the atlantic coast. The storm is expected to start affecting the state later tonight and cause problems throughout the weekend before, perhaps, scaping up the eae in coast. Hampering efforts to confront the coronavirus. We are happy to have with us julia bag of wtvj in miami covering this pandemic and a hurricane. Whats the situation there . Reporter florida certainly facing a double threat this afternoon from coronavirus, a fourth straight day of record death
Going on. At first i saw there was a person on the ground. I thought that they maybe got hit by a car. That was shortly taken back once i saw a cop kind of running around the school with his gun drawn. I knew that the situation was definitely greater than that. And at that time a number of Law Enforcement officers arrived on scene, and started to clear the area, and set up a perimeter. They got everybody inside the fieldhouse, put us into a corner. They probably had, i dont know, five to seven officers within the fieldhouse clearing the area, making sure nobody was inside there, keeping all the students safe. Police say two students are now in the hospital. Its unclear if the suspect is one of those injured. Its also unclear if the suspect is a student or former student. Also breaking this morning, four federal agents have been shot in topeka, kansas. It happened outside a motel while the agents were trying to make an arrest there. Thankfully their injuries are not life threatening. It