Page, as weve done throughout our history. To unite, to heal. President elect, tonight. His remarks coming, not long after the Electoral College made it official. Casting 306 votes for him and 232 for the president. It was pro forma was it was certainly not normal. As michigans electors met, the State Capitol was closed to the public and ringed with security due to threats of violence. Arizona electors had to meet at an undisclosed location, again, because of concerns about their security. Covid vaccinations, as you see, began today in the u. S. Healthcare workers getting the first dose of the newly approved Pfizer Vaccine. Still, any hope was tempered by the reality that more than 300,000 americans have now died of the virus. Many of them, nurses and doctors, emts, and hospital workers. The president , showing no signs of acknowledging their sacrifices or honoring their lives. Instead, his sideshow continues, and that is what it is. A sideshow, and a sad one, at that. Attorney general
Journey back to normality. And the Health Secretary will be leading todays government Coronavirus Briefing hell be joined by chief medical officer chris whitty, and professor kevin fenton, from Public Health england. That is at six oclock this evening. Also coming up thats it, scratch coronavirus vaccinations are under way in care homes in scotland, and in gp surgeries in england. Both the European Union and the uk say progress is being made in negotiations over the future trading relationship, but warn the talks could yet fail. Hello. A new variant of coronavirus has been detected to be growing faster in some parts of england. Its one of the reasons the government has decided to place london and parts of the south east into the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions, tier 3, in order to slow rising rates of infection. It means that a further 10 Million People willjoin the 23 Million People aleady living under the most stringent level of measures. The restrictions will be brought in
The area. Today workers return to the Washington Navy yard where a gunman killed 12 people. Just hours ago, employees were seen showing up for work for the First Time Since mondays shooting. Lets get a check with liz for the latest on the road ahead. Theres some problems out there, right . There are. Things are Getting Better in some spots. We are still seeing residual delays. Now we have metering lights over at the bay bridge. A couple of Different Things going on heading towards San Francisco from the east bay. This is obviously what it looks like behind the pay gates. Cash and fastrak backed up to the overcrossings. An earlier problem coming into san lorenzo. Debris in the roads, lanes blocked, everything is clear meaning all lanes are open. They continue to get worse and they are extending into the Castro Valley y which is busy anyway at this time of the morning. Bay area drivers are getting ready for another bridge closure this time crews will replace the yellow plastic pylons on
Home on ashbourne circle in san ramon. Brian webb explains what happened. Reporter an Armored Vehicle and cop cars coming down from a hill covered with Million Dollar homes, something you dont see every day. We cant go up because we live right up the street so they told us we have to stay down here. Thats about all they told us. Its pretty boring out here. Nothing exactly is happening. This happens when we come back, so i guess its not as boring as you would think. Reporter two deputies served an eviction notice at a home being foreclosed with a locksmith and Property Owner. The locksmith started to open the door and the property opener was hit by a bullet fired through the door. A s. W. A. T. Team rushed to the scene and residents were warned to stay inside. The Property Owner was flown to the hospital. My daughters were not home and i wasnt near there. So thats just the blessing. He moved in about 2004. Reporter this woman says she know the 42yearold suspect and asked us to hide her
And this crisis we lost 6, 268 new yorkers. But there is some hope to grab on to in all of this in this moment. All of the top Officials Say it appears social distancing is working. And showing some result. The white house models now are being revised downward. Projecting an overall death toll of 60,000 people to die by august. Down from a prediction of something about 81,000. That in no way is something to celebrate but it is something to give you hope that there is an impact for all of the hard work on the front lines and all of the work of staying home and social distancing. But here is another but. Only if the country continues to hunker down. We are by no means out of the woods. And do not misread what you see in that data and on those charts. If anything, it is time to be more vigilant. Not less in the face of the hope and the devastating news. The White House Task force is now looking at washington, d. C. , baltimore, and philadelphia as potential new hot spots emerging. So lets