You most likely wouldnt know any of this if you listen to the president who appears to be employing a distraction and manipulation campaign against the hard facts relating to the covid19 pandemic. Trump has ordered the centers for Disease Control and prevention to alert official or alter the guidance as it relates to the american people. At my direction, the centers for Disease Control and prevention is issuing guidance for communities of faith. Im identifying houses of worship, churches, synagogue and mosques as essential places that provide essential services. Some governors have deemed the Liquor Stores and abortion clinics as essential, but left out churches and other houses of worship. Its not right. Im directing this injustice and calling houses of worship essential. Regardless of how that plays with separation of church and state and if the president has no authority to issue that decree, his insistence of the opening flies in the face of this is not a time to be complacent. The
Mr. Kaplan spoke at the Louisville Free Public Library in kentucky. I admire those who do but thats not what i do. What im interested in is policies and ideas. Where do these ideas come from . I mean, they dont just drop from the sky. Usually they are not things that just automatically appeal to everybody as a matter of logic. Where do the ideas come from . Who are the people who advanced the idea . Theres a lot of competing ideas. How did this particular set of ideas get translated into policy with the resistance . How is the resistance overcome . It usually isnt just one person, its a community. How did this Community Form . What was the basis of it . Thats what history is all about. Its a story. Thats what these stories are about, its about the interplay between personalities and politics, and policy. An accident, going to disappear so thats what im interested in. And why do i, im interested in how this applies, war, i mean, in all the arenas of human conduct, this is the most high
Families to sue saudi arabia instantly becomes law. Decisively overridden now. We have more on what happens next. Reporter well, this bill is effectively law. If he is overridden by both members of congress, without hms it becomes law. It went to the house. The vote there was 348 to 77. They were well above the threshold. You needed 284 based on 425 members that were voting. You talked about this being a reputuation. One of the reasons it came to the floor right now is because Mitch Mcconnel decided to override about five or six weeks before election. This is good politics especially for the republicans. The speaker of the house did not vote. It is customary he only votes a couple of times each year. He had reservations. I should point Something Else out. When this moved through the house and the senate there was no role call vote. We typically have a role call vote. It was approved by unanimous consent and on a voice vote in the house. Everybody in favor shouts high and those opposed
Conflicts. A setback for equal right advocates in North Carolina, lawmakers failed to reach a deal to over turn the so called bathroom bill that requires people to use Public Restrooms that match the sex on their birth certificates regardless of their gender identity. Report from raleigh, North Carolina coming up. We start with a new head turning comment from president elect trump, this time it is about Nuclear Weapons. My colleague, halie jackson, joining me now here in new york. Explain to us what mr. Trump said or what you think it maybe. What he tweeted. The president elect trump talking about u. S. Capabilities of beefing those up. It was an interesting comment. The United States must strengthen and expand its Nuclear Capability. This is interesting, it is not as though there is some Nuclear Weapon conversation thats happening currently. You know what i mean in the world of politics, inside the belt way. There are some who pointed out interestingly that russian president , vladimi
Syria. The u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations says russia, iran and syria should be ashamed for carrying out war crimes on civilians with barrel bombs, mortars and air strikes. Tonight, tens of thousands of syrian await evacuation from aleppo and an uncertain future. John huddy has the latest. Reporter the convoy of buses and ambulances carried the first wave of men, women and children from eastern aleppo today leaving with some hope of life amid so much death. U. N. Officials say the sick and wounded were evacuated first followed by vulnerable citizens and then rebel fighters and their families. They have been granted amnesty and safe pass saage to other pa of syria. Then there are the children like this group of orphans. A 10yearold says this may be the last time her voice is heard and she talks about how her mom and dad were killed in air strikes two years ago in aleppo. The evacuation of some 1,000 civilians today and more than 3,000 rebel fighters effectively ends the fouryear