It. And not being able to settle on either of those poles. Ifill plus, private contractors, nasa and the f. A. A. Investigate what caused a space station supply rocket to explode seconds after take off. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the ebola death rate in west africa may be slowing. The World Health Organization reported today that total cases now top 13,700, but the death toll remains at just under 5,0
Either of those poles. Ifill plus, private contractors, nasa and the f. A. A. Investigate what caused a space station supply rocket to explode seconds after take off. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the ebola death rate in west africa may be slowing. The World Health Organization reported today that total cases now top 13,700, but the death toll remains at just under 5,000. Thats partly due to liberias dea
1,000 per day in recent weeks. This as one of the highest profile republicans in the capitol, mitt romney, is criticizing the president for the second time this week, this time for his failure to denounce something at last nights town hall. I dont know about qanon. You do know. I dont know. Romney says the president s unwillingness to denounce an absurd conspiracy the theory continues an alarming pattern. Those who embrace extremists may be opening the door to a Political Movement that could eclipse them. Joe biden is in romneys home state of michigan where hell speak later this hour. Joining us now is former democratic senator and majority leader harry reid of nevada. He led the Senate Democrats from 2005 to 2017. Senator reid, great to have you with us. I hope you dont mind me asking about your health. How are you doing, sir . Are you in remission for pancreatic cancer . How are you feeling . Okay so far. Take one day at a time, but i feel pretty good. Thats good to hear that, sir. I
Skyrocket. While states try to to figure out who gets the vaccine and when. Also this hour, the house takes a historic step forward in the effort to legalize marijuana. Reporters are covering the big stories across the country right now. I want to bring them in. But start with our breaking news this hour. The Washington Post is reporting that President Trump called georgias republican Governor Brian Kemp this morning to pressure him for help in overturning bidens win in the state. The reports saying, quote, this, trump pressed kemp to call a special session of the state legislature to get lawmakers to override the results and appoint electors that would back him according to a person familiar with the conversation. He also asked the governor to demand an audit of signatures on mail ballots. Something kemp has previously noted he has no power to do. Kemp then declined the overture from trump, according to the person. Joining me with more details is nbcs Josh Lederman whos been standing
Vaccine is welcome, as the country is feeling covid19s impact like never before. In just the past week, more than 1. 51 million new coronavirus cases were reported. Thats according to Johns Hopkins university. That means new infections were reporting in 1 in 216 americans. Its the most cases added in a single week since the pandemic began. In just the first 18 days of the month, december already the second highest month of new cases since the pandemic emerged. Yesterday saw yet another record high number of covid19 hospitalizations. For 17 days in a row now, more than 100,000 people have been hospitaled due to the virus. The virus continues to kill thousands of americans each day. Some of those victims include eight nuns who died within a week in a facility in milwaukee. A new study showing the death rate for hospitalized vid patients three times that the rate of hospitalized flu patients and a new model projects projects 562,000 deaths by april. The state has reported more than 300 de